How Do I Perform Multi-carrier Connection?
Last updated: June 18, 2009
This section is only applicable to the lab application and to a test application with the required feature license.
The following procedure provides an example of how to setup a multi-carrier test application between two test sets. It assumes that both the test sets running the E1966B 1xEV-DO test application or E6706B 1xEV-DO lab application and one acting as the Main unit and the other acting as the Aux unit 1. For a three-carrier setup (one acts as a Main unit and the other two act as Auxiliary units), just configure the Aux unit 2 associated parameters (e.g. Ext 8960 2 Addr) on the Main unit in the same way as the Aux unit 1 parameters in the following procedure.
Prior to a multi-carrier test application setup, make sure you have finished the connection between the test sets (see
MCMU Hardware Setup
).
Step 1: Setup Main-to-Aux Connection on the Main unit
This is performed on the Main unit.
-
Press the
SYSTEM CONFIG
key.
-
Go to
Control 2 of 2
, Press the
External Device
Connection (
F4
) key and set up the
Ext 8960 IP Addr
(
F1
) of the Aux unit 1 as required.
-
Press the
CALL SETUP
key.
-
Go to
Call Control 2 of 3,
select
Multicarrier Info
(
F4
), and then press
Multicarrier Setup Parms
(
F1
), set the
Local Testset Configuration to Main and Auto Setup External 8960 1 State to On
.
Step 2: Main unit High Level Setup
This is performed on the Main unit.
-
Press the
CALL SETUP
key.
-
Select
Operating Mode
(
F1
) and set the operating mode to
Active Cell
.
-
Go to
Call Parms 2 of 3
, Configure the
Protocol Rel
(
F11
) to
B (1xEV-DO-B)
and then select
Protocol Subtype Config
(
F12
), set the
Release B Physical Layer Subtype
to
Subtype 3
.
Step 5: Traffic Configuration, Open a Session And Connection
-
On the Main unit, set the parameters that are associated with signaling with the AT. For the related parameters, see
Multi-carrier Parameters Setup Consideration
.
-
Press the
CALL SETUP
key.
-
Select
Cell Band
(
F8
) and set the cell band to the desired value, and set the
Channel
to the desired value in the same way.
-
Go to
Call Parms 2 of 3
, select
Multicarrier Info
(
F4
), then select
Aux Carriers Info
(
F2
) and
Aux Carrier 1 Parms
.
-
Turn the knob to highlight a parameter and then set the parameters to the desired value.
-
Set the parameters that are not associated with signaling with the AT on the Main unit and the Aux unit separately. For the related parameters, see
Multi-carrier Parameters Setup Consideration
.
-
Press the
CALL SETUP
key on each unit.
-
Select
Cell Power
(
F7
) and set the cell power to the desired value on each unit.
-
Select
AT Max Power
(
F6
) and set the AT max power to the desired value on each unit.
-
Select other parameters to the desired value on each unit.
-
Turn on the access terminal and wait for it to open a session. A typical display of the test sets after a session open is shown as below.
-
Start the Data Connection.
This is performed on the Main unit.
-
Press the
CALL SETUP
key.
-
Select
Start Data Connection
(
F3
on
Call Control 1 of 3
) to page the AT.
-
Check for
Connected
in the Active Cell status field (see
Channel Connection Status in MCMU configuration
). Also, the type of test application (FMCTAP or RMCTAP) and physical layer subtype (PLSub3) being configured for the current connection is also indicated at the right bottom of the status area. An example display after an FMCTAP test data connection is shown as below.
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