RadioFrame Networks Inc MCSERIESMP User Manual

MC-Series System Installation & Testing 

RadioFrame Networks, Inc.

The MC-Series System can be configured to have 1, 2, or 3 sectors. The single sector, or omni 
configuration can have up to 20 BRs. In multi-sector configurations, the BRs must be assigned to 
sectors in groups of 8. For a 3-sector system the maximum number of BRs per sector is 8. For a 
2-sector configuration one of the sectors can have up to 16 BRs, while the other sector can have 
up to 8, providing a maximum capacity of 24 BRs in a 2- or 3-sector configuration. 

 

The MC-Series System includes the following RadioFrame Networks hardware:  

•  BTS Interface Chassis (BIC) is the interface to the iSC and routes Ethernet traffic for up to 

three sectors.  

•  Airlink Interface Chassis (AIC) performs the digital receive and transmit function for each 

RadioBlade (RB) and provides the common timing source for each RBS.  

•  RadioBlade Shelf (RBS) enables up to 24 RadioBlade

® 

transceivers. A second RBS is 

required to provide diversity through “receive only” RadioBlade transceivers. 

•  iDEN 2-port RadioBlade transceivers (RBs) insert into slots in the RBS; each RB corresponds 

to one iDEN BR. 

•  RF Shelf provides Rx-Tx amplification, filtering, and distribution between the RBSs and 

external equipment. 

•  Power Distribution Unit (PDU) distributes DC power and provides overcurrent protection to 

each component in the MC-Series System cabinet. 

 

 

The MC-Series System includes the following non-RadioFrame Networks hardware:  

•  ISC-3s:  two integrated Site Controllers (iSC 3s) for redundancy 
•  Environmental Alarm System (EAS) 

provides additional external alarming as required.

 

•  Channel Service Unit (CSU) single-rack unit, high multi-purpose cross-connect, with the 

ability to aggregate multiple types of traffic onto a single T1 for backhaul to the MSO. 

•  DC power source.