Table of Contents

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Foreword
1 Scope
2 References
3 Symbols and abbreviations
  3.1 Symbols
  3.2 Abbreviations
4 General characteristics
  4.1 Frequency bands and channel arrangements
      4.1.1 Channel arrangements
      4.1.2 Channel spacing for systems operating on the same route
  4.2 Compatibility requirements between systems
  4.3 Performance and availability requirements
  4.4 Environmental conditions
      4.4.1 Equipment within weather protected locations (indoor
            locations)
      4.4.2 Equipment for non-weather protected locations (outdoor
            locations)
  4.5 Power supply
  4.6 Electromagnetic compatibility
  4.7 System block diagram
  4.8 Telecommunications Management Network (TMN) interface
  4.9 Branching/feeder/antenna characteristics
      4.9.1 Antenna radiation patterns
      4.9.2 Antenna cross-Polar Discrimination (XPD)
      4.9.3 Antenna Inter-Port Isolation (IPI)
      4.9.4 Waveguide flanges (or other connectors)
      4.9.5 Return loss
5 System Parameters
  5.1 Transmission capacity
  5.2 Baseband parameters
      5.2.1 Plesiochronous interfaces
      5.2.2 SDH baseband interfaces
  5.3 Transmitter characteristics
      5.3.1 Transmitter power range
      5.3.2 Transmit power and frequency control
            5.3.2.1 Automatic Transmit Power Control (ATPC)
            5.3.2.2 Remote Transmit Power Control (RTPC)
            5.3.2.3 Remote Frequency Control (RFC)
      5.3.3 Transmitter output power tolerance
      5.3.4 Transmit Local Oscillator (LO) frequency arrangements
      5.3.5 RF spectrum mask
      5.3.6 Discrete CW lines exceeding the spectrum mask limit
            5.3.6.1 Spectral lines at the symbol rate
            5.3.6.2 Other spectral lines
      5.3.7 Spurious emissions
            5.3.7.1 Spurious emissions-external
            5.3.7.2 Spurious emissions-internal
      5.3.8 Radio frequency tolerance
  5.4 Receiver characteristics
      5.4.1 Input level range
      5.4.2 Receiver image rejection
      5.4.3 Spurious emissions-external
      5.4.4 Spurious emissions-internal
  5.5 System performance without diversity
      5.5.1 BER as a function of Receiver input Signal Level (RSL)
      5.5.2 Equipment Residual BER
      5.5.3 Interference sensitivity
            5.5.3.1 Co-channel interference sensitivity
            5.5.3.2 Adjacent channel interference
            5.5.3.3 CW spurious interference
      5.5.4 Distortion sensitivity
  5.6 System characteristics with diversity
Annex A (informative): Additional information
      A.1 Radio frequency channel arrangement
      A.2 Feeder/antenna return loss
      A.3 Automatic Transmit Power Control (ATPC)
      A.4 Spectrum masks
      A.5 RBER
      A.6 Co-channel and adjacent channel interference
Annex B (normative): System type codes for regulatory procedures
Annex C (informative): Bibliography
History

Abstract

Specifies parameters for high capacity STM-1 digital radio-relay systems designed to operate in the 17,7 GHz to 19,7 GHz band.

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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Committee	TM 4