BASE STATION ANTENNA ARCHITECTURE (BASTA)
Supporting the delivery of mobile communications
“BASTA is designed to ensure that mobile networks evolve in a secure, resilient and future-proof way as new technologies and architectures are introduced. By bringing together operators and the wider ecosystem, the programme provides clear guidance on how to manage complexity, risk and interoperability while accelerating innovation across the industry.”
Amr Saeed
Senior Programme Manager, NGMN
amr.saeed@ngmn.org
Programme Leads
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Objectives
Utilizing this common approach for describing “base station antennas” enables more efficient and cost-effective planning, engineering, and operation of mobile networks. This approach helps ensure the high-quality mobile service that users, businesses, and industries require.
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Publications
Previous to the above described unified BASTA project, the BASTA project consisted of two work streams: Active and Passive Antennas, that have published the following deliverables:
Recommendations on Base Station Active Antenna System Standarts V3.0
Consumers, businesses and industry more than ever require mobile connectivity that is secure, reliable and of high-quality. The radio link between the device and the network is a critical factor in realising these performance needs.
Our latest “Recommendation on Base Station Active Antenna System Standards” provides the industry with an updated set of parameter definitions, measurement methodologies and reporting processes. This enables a uniform way to describe the electrical and mechanical characteristics of the network side of the radio link (the “base station antenna”).
By using such a common approach describing active base station antennas, mobile networks can be better and more cost-effectively planned, engineered, and operated to ensure the high-quality mobile service that users, businesses and industry demand.
Recommendation on Standards for Passive Base Station Antennas V12.0
Consumers, businesses and industry more than ever require mobile connectivity that is secure, reliable and of high-quality. The radio link between the device and the network is a critical factor in realising these performance needs.
Our latest publication “Recommendation on Standards for Passive Base Station Antenna Systems” provides the industry with an updated set of parameter definitions, measurement methodologies and reporting processes. This enables a uniform way to describe the electrical and mechanical characteristics of the network side of the radio link (the “base station antenna”).
Key updates include the addition of electrical parameters of passive antennas with beamforming capabilities (e.g. 8T8R antennas) as well as wind load polar charts measured in a wind tunnel to provide important data which engineers can use to confidently construct lighter radio masts with clear benefits to reducing materials usage in network build outs.
By using such a common approach describing passive base station antennas, mobile networks can be better and more cost-effectively planned, engineered, and operated to ensure the high-quality mobile service that users, businesses and industry demand.
Recommendations on Base Station Active Antenna System Standarts V2.0
The main scope of this publication is to describe and capture the electrical and mechanical key performance parameters of Active Antenna Systems and how to exchange this data electronically.
In addition, for the aim of RF-Electromagnetic Field exposure, a description of mechanisms to monitor and limit the power radiated by Active Antenna Systems is provided.
This is version 2.0 of the White Paper, which supersedes the version 1.0 published in January 2020.
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