SIST EN 301 126-3-2 V1.2.1:2003

Fixed Radio Systems; Conformance testing; Part 3-2: Point-to-Multipoint antennas - Definitions, general requirements and test procedures

Revision of conformance testing standard to include circularly polarised antennas : Coordination with the work under REN/TM-4144 should be maintained in order to synchronise the outputs (as far as possible)

Fiksni radijski sistemi – Preskušanje skladnosti – 3-2. del: Antene tipa točka-več točka - Definicije, splošne zahteve in preskusni postopki

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 30-Nov-2003
• ICS: 33.060.30 - Radio relay and fixed satellite communications systems
• ICS: 33.120.40 - Aerials
• Technical Committee: SS EIT - Technical Board for the electrotechnical, information technology and telecommunications fields
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Due Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Completion Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Ref Project: ETSI EN 301 126-3-2 V1.2.1 (2003-12) - Fixed Radio Systems; Conformance testing; Part 3-2: Point-to-Multipoint antennas - Definitions, general requirements and test procedures

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 301 126-3-2 V1.2.1:2003
01-december-2003
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Fixed Radio Systems; Conformance testing; Part 3-2: Point-to-Multipoint antennas -
Definitions, general requirements and test procedures
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 301 126-3-2 Version 1.2.1
ICS:
33.060.30 Radiorelejni in fiksni satelitski Radio relay and fixed satellite
komunikacijski sistemi communications systems
33.120.40 Antene Aerials
SIST EN 301 126-3-2 V1.2.1:2003 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 301 126-3-2 V1.2.1:2003

ETSI EN 301 126-3-2 V1.2.1 (2003-12)
European Standard (Telecommunications series)


Fixed Radio Systems;
Conformance testing;
Part 3-2: Point-to-Multipoint antennas -
Definitions, general requirements and test procedures

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Reference
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Keywords
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.5
Foreword.5
1 Scope.6
2 References.6
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations .7
3.1 Definitions.7
3.2 Symbols.9
3.3 Abbreviations.9
4 Requirements related to antennas conformance test .10
4.1 General requirements.10
4.2 Implementation under test (IUT).11
5 Supplier's Declaration.12
5.1 General characteristics.12
5.1.1 Frequency range.12
5.1.1.1 Frequency band.12
5.1.2 Class of antenna RPE.12
5.1.3 Sector angle.12
5.1.4 Gain.12
5.1.5 Environmental characteristics.12
5.1.6 Antenna stability.12
5.1.7 Antenna input connector.12
5.1.8 RL/VSWR.13
5.1.9 Inter-port isolation.13
5.1.10 Polarization.13
6 Test procedures for essential requirements .13
6.1 Radiation Pattern Envelope (RPE) .13
6.2 Antenna gain.15
6.3 Other antenna characteristics.17
6.3.1 Passive intermodulation, VSWR and inter-port isolation .17
Annex A (normative): Supplier's Declaration .18
A.1 Supplier's Declaration against the essential parameters .18
A.2 Supplier's Declaration against the complementary/optional parameters.19
A.2.1 Environmental characteristics.19
A.2.1.1 Temperature range.19
A.2.1.2 Wind survival.19
A.2.2 Antenna stability.19
A.2.3 Antenna input connectors.19
A.2.4 RL/VSWR.20
A.2.5 Inter-port isolation.20
A.3 Supplementary information (if applicable) .20
Annex B (normative): Test report.21
B.1 Test results.21
B.1.1 Summary of tests.21
B.1.2 General information about the tests.21
B.1.3 Test result forms.21
B.1.3.1 Radiation Pattern Envelope (RPE).21
B.1.3.1.1 Azimuth co-polar radiation patterns.21
B.1.3.1.2 Azimuth cross-polar radiation patterns .22
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B.1.3.1.3 Elevation co-polar radiation patterns .23
B.1.3.1.4 Elevation cross-polar radiation patterns .24
B.1.3.2 Antenna gain.25
B.1.3.3 Environmental conditions during the test .25
B.1.4 Measurement accuracy.26
B.1.4.1 Gain measurement accuracy.26
B.1.4.2 Co-polar and cross-polar radiation patterns measurement accuracy.26
Annex C (informative): Test site description .27
C.1 Test equipment used for tests .28
C.2 Supplementary information (if applicable) .28
Annex D (informative): Bibliography.29
History .30

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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
server (http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/home.asp).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This European Standard (Telecommunications series) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Transmission
and Multiplexing (TM).
The present document defines the type approval testing requirements for the antenna specific parameters, required
directly by the relevant radio relay or antenna standard. Harmonized test methods and test report format, for these
parameters, are also contained, herein.
In addition to the main body of the present document there are two annexes, namely the Supplier's Declaration
(annex A) and the Test Report (annex B). The parameters in the two annexes are according to the main body of the
present document.
The present document is part 3-2 of a multi-part deliverable covering the Fixed Radio System; Conformance testing, as
identified below:
Part 1: "Point-to-point equipment - Definitions, general requirements and test procedures";
Part 2-1: "Point-to-Multipoint equipment; Definitions and general requirements";
Part 2-2: "Point-to-Multipoint equipment; Test procedures for FDMA systems";
Part 2-3: "Point-to-Multipoint equipment; Test procedures for TDMA systems";
Part 2-4: "Point-to-Multipoint equipment; Test procedures for FH-CDMA systems";
Part 2-5: "Point-to-Multipoint equipment; Test procedures for DS-CDMA systems";
Part 2-6: "Point-to-Multipoint equipment; Test procedures for Multi Carrier Time Division Multiple Access
(MC-TDMA) systems";
Part 2-7: "Test procedures and proforma for declaration of results for transmitter eirp mask and block edge mask";
Part 3-1: "Point-to-Point antennas; Definitions, general requirements and test procedures";
Part 3-2: "Point-to-Multipoint antennas - Definitions, general requirements and test procedures".

National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 28 November 2003
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 29 February 2004
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 August 2004
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 August 2004

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1 Scope
The present document details standardized procedures for conformance testing of antennas for Point-to-MultiPoint radio
relay systems [1], [2] and [3] in order to achieve the approval by the Type Approval Authority.
The procedure for dealing with established products is outside the scope of the present document.
The present document is intended to be applied in conjunction with the individual antenna standards and will enable
commonality in the presentation of test results, irrespective of the Suppliers/accredited laboratory carrying out the test.
The conformance tests described in the present document are related to antenna specific parameters required directly by
the relevant antenna standards [1], [2] and [3].
The present document applies to both those antennas that are separate and those that are in some manner partially or
fully integrated with the outdoor equipment. In all cases, whilst facilitating access to the appropriate antenna port,
testing shall preserve the electro-magnetic environment i.e. be representative of the outdoor unit enclosure / electronics
used in the typical (manufacturers' recommended) configuration. This need to maintain consistency with the
manufacturer's recommended configuration is particularly important for less directional antennas (commonly with less
than 25 dBi gain, although this value will depend on the specific ETS/EN parameters for that class, type etc).
It is noted that antennas intended for Point-to-Point (P-P) use are similarly the subjects of separate standards covering
their characteristics and conformance testing [5], [6] and [7]. In some cases, particularly for the higher gains and
frequencies, such P-P antennas may be appropriate for P-MP usage at the discretion of the regulatory authority. In such
cases the regulatory authority will also define the applicable antenna and conformance-testing standard.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
• References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
[1] ETSI EN 301 525: "Fixed Radio Systems; Point-to-Multipoint Antennas; Antennas for
Point-to-Multipoint fixed radio systems in the 1 GHz to 3 GHz band".
[2] ETSI EN 302 085: "Fixed Radio Systems; Point-to-Multipoint Antennas; Antennas for
point-to-multipoint fixed radio systems in the 3 GHz to 11 GHz band".
[3] ETSI EN 301 215 (series): "Fixed Radio Systems; Point-to-Multipoint Antennas; Antennas for
point-to-multipoint fixed radio systems in the 11 GHz to 60 GHz band".
[4] Void.
[5] ETSI EN 300 631: "Fixed Radio Systems; Point-to-Point Antennas; Antennas for point-to-point
fixed radio systems in the 1 GHz to 3 GHz band".
[6] ETSI EN 300 833: "Fixed Radio Systems; Point-to-point antennas; Antennas for point-to-point
fixed radio systems operating in the frequency band 3 GHz to 60 GHz".
[7] ETSI EN 301 126-3-1: "Fixed Radio Systems; Conformance testing; Part 3-1: Point-to-Point
antennas; Definitions, general requirements and test procedures".
[8] ISO/IEC 17025: "General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories".
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[9] ISO/IEC Guide 28: "General rules for a model third-party certification system for products".
[10] Void.
[11] EN 45002: "General criteria for the assessment of testing laboratories".
[12] ISO 9001 (1994): "Quality systems - Model for quality assurance in design, development,
production, installation and servicing".
[13] IEC 60835-2-2 (1994): "Methods of measurement for equipment used in digital microwave
transmission systems - Part 2: Measurements on terrestrial radio-relay systems - Section 2:
Antenna".
[14] ISO/IEC 15485 (1997): "Information technology - Data interchange on 120 mm optical disk
cartridges using phase change PD format - Capacity: 650 Mbytes per cartridge".
[15] IEC 60169 (series): "Radio-frequency connectors".
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
accreditation: formal recognition that a testing laboratory is competent to carry out specific tests or specific types of
test
accreditation body: body that conducts and administers a laboratory accreditation system and grants accreditation
accreditation system: system that has its own rules of procedure and management for carrying out laboratory
accreditation
accredited laboratory: testing laboratory which accreditation has been granted in accordance with the
ISO/IEC 17025 [8], ISO Guide 28 [9] and EN 45002 [11]
antennas: that part of the transmitting or receiving system that is designed to radiate and/or receive electromagnetic
waves
approval testing: Approval testing is required for approval of the Implementation Under Test (IUT) by the appropriate
authority for regulatory purposes. In this context approval implies that the IUT has met the essential requirements of the
ETS/EN against which it has been tested.
axial ratio: the ratio of maximum to minimum power contained in the field components of the polarization ellipse
boresight: the axis of the main beam in a directional antenna
Central Station (CS): base station which communicates each way with many terminal stations and, in many cases,
repeater stations
complementary requirements: in an ETS/EN all those requirements not part of the essential requirements are
complementary requirements
conformance testing: the type testing process to verify to what extent the IUT conforms to the ETS/EN
co-polar pattern: diagram representing the radiation pattern of a test antenna when the reference antenna is similarly
polarized, scaled in dBi or dB relative to the measured antenna gain
cross-polar pattern: diagram representing the radiation pattern of a test antenna when the reference antenna is
orthogonally polarized, scaled in dBi, or dB relative to the measured antenna gain
essential requirements: basic set of parameters and functions which are necessary to meet any regulatory obligations
imposed for radio frequency co-ordination
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fixed beam: the radiation pattern in use is fixed relative to a defined mechanical reference plane
full conformance: the status of the IUT when it has successfully passed all the requirements of the conformance testing
process and therefore meets all the mandatory requirements of the ETS/EN
gain: ratio of the radiation intensity in a given direction to the radiation intensity that would be obtained if the power
accepted by the antenna were radiated isotropically
half power beamwidth: angle, relative to the main beam axis, between the two directions at which the measured
co-polar pattern is 3 dB below the value on the main beam axis
input port(s): flange(s) or connector(s) through which access to the antenna is provided
inter-port isolation: ratio in dB of the power level applied to one port of a multi-port antenna to the power level
received in any other port of the same antenna as a function of frequency
Implementation Under Test (IUT): representative sample of the equipment to be tested
isotropic radiator: hypothetical, lossless antenna having equal radiation intensity in all directions
Left hand (anticlockwise) polarised wave: an elliptically-or circularly-polarised wave, in which the electric field
vector, observed in any fixed plane, normal to the direction of propagation, rotates in time in a left-hand or
anticlockwise direction
main beam axis: direction for which the radiation intensity is a maximum
main beam: radiation lobe containing the direction of maximum radiation
mandatory requirements: a mandatory requirement is defined as one which the IUT (implementation under test) shall
meet. To achieve full conformance all ETS/EN requirements are mandatory
mechanical tilt: fixed angular shift in elevation of the antenna main beam axis by a change to the physical mounting
optional requirements: the term "optional" is used in ETS/EN with two different meanings:
- Optional in the sense that the parameter or function itself is mandatory but there is more than one possible
value or configuration which may be chosen (e.g. class of Antenna RPE, frequency band(s), etc.). Once an
option is selected it becomes mandatory;
- Optional in the sense that the feature is not mandatory (e.g. antenna input connector etc.). However, once such
an option has been implemented it becomes mandatory that it conforms to the requirements of the ETS/EN.
radiation pattern: envelope within which the radiation pattern shall fit
Radiation Pattern Envelope (RPE): envelope below which the RADIATION PATTERN shall fit
radiation pattern: diagram relating power flux density at a constant distance from the antenna to the direction relative
to the notional antenna main beam axis. Specifically referenced in the present document to the zero degree reference
direction.
radome: cover, of dielectric material, intended for protecting an antenna from the effects of its physical environment
repeater station: radio station providing the connection via the air to both the central station and the terminal station(s).
The remote station may also provide the interfaces to the subscriber equipment, if applicable.
right hand (clockwise) polarised wave: an elliptically-or circularly-polarised wave, in which the electric field vector,
observed in any fixed plane, normal to the direction of propagation, rotates in time in a right-hand or clockwise
direction
sector angle: declared angle of coverage in azimuth of a sectored antenna
NOTE: Defined as 2α in the present document.
supplier: organization requesting the approval
Supplier's Declaration (SD): procedure by which a supplier gives written assurance that a parameter or function
conforms to the ETS/EN
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type approval authority: National Regulatory/Licensing Authority
type approval testing: type approval testing is the process of type testing for approval
NOTE: A type test is to be carried out successfully in order to achieve approval.
type testing: type testing is where a representative sample of the equipment is tested
NOTE: The test result is considered to be applicable and representative for all subsequent units of the same type.
Any changes that could potentially affect the three essential requirements shall be notified to the Type
Approval Authority.
Terminal Station (TS): remote (out) station which communicates with a central station
tilt: fixed, angular shift of the antenna main beam axis (boresight) in the elevation plane by either electrical, electronic
or mechanical means
zero degree: declared direction as referenced to the antenna
reference direction: mechanical characteristics, used as reference for the RPE
integrated antenna: the antenna is considered to be integral to the product if either the antenna forms a component of
the enclosure or the antenna is contained within the overall enclosure of the product
3.2 Symbols
For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply:
dBi decibels relative to an isotropic radiator
dBiC decibels relative to an isotropic circularly polarised source
dBm decibels relative to milli-Watt
dB deciBel
2α sector angle, (twice alpha)
GHz GigaHertz
MHz MegaHertz
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
CR Complementary Requirement
CS Central Station
ER Essential Requirement
Ext Extreme conditions
IUT Implementation Under Test
OR Optional Requirement
P-MP Point-to-MultiPoint
P-P Point-to-Point
Ref Reference conditions
RL Return Loss
RPE Radiation Pattern Envelope
RS Repeater Station
SD Supplier's Declaration
TR Test Required
TS Terminal Station
VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
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4 Requirements related to antennas conformance test
P-MP antennas may be designed for Central Station (CS), Repeater Station (RS) or Terminal Station (TS) use, and may
be categorized in the corresponding standard by means of type, class and range, as required [1], [2] and [3].
Some P-MP antennas require definition of the antenna zero degree reference, which is defined as the declared direction
as referenced to the antenna mechanical characteristics, and this is used as reference for the RPE.
Although the RPE limits for TS and some RS antennas are generally identical for azimuth and elevation, the actual
patterns should not be assumed to be symmetric.
4.1 General requirements
In table 1 the generic clauses and parameters are classified, for conformance test purposes, in terms of the various
categories. The table also provides for defining the climatic conditions applicable during testing of the parameters.
Table 1: "Generic requirements" classification
Function or Status for Requirement for Power Climatic Limiting Test methods
Parameter conformance conformance test supply conditions values
Description conditions for test
ER CR OR SD TR SD + Ref Ref + Ref Ref + Clause IEC 60835-2-2 [13]
(see TR Ext (see Ext Ref. or other references.
note 1) note 2) (see note 3)
Frequency range X X X
Frequency band(s) X X X
Cl
...