Optimized Design of Earthing Network for Radio Base Station

DOI

10.2991/eeic-13.2013.47How to use a DOI?

Keywords

RBS, earthing, optimized, design

Abstract

Generally the Radio Base Station(RBS) designs include three cases: (1) The equipment room is separated with the iron tower; (2) The equipment room is enclosed by the four feet of the iron tower; and (3) The iron tower is erected on the top of equipment room. With respect to the above cases, a rational design of earthing system for various types of RBSs is an important issue concerned in the earthing project. Generally the standard earthing resistance of the mobile site should be less than 5 both at home and abroad, but the diversity of geographical environments where the RBS is located hinders the realization of the objective specified in the clauses. At the same time, a large number of technical personnel report that it is difficult to design the earthing system based on the standard and to realize the earthing resistance required in the clause. Certainly, it is impractical to address all issues using only one mode due to the diversity of earthing networks of RBS. Therefore, a rational earthing system design is necessitated to meet the standard earthing resistance requirement due to the difference in environmental factors between outskirts/mountainous areas and cities, equipment rooms and leased buildings. Based on a large number of research and application in 10 years, this article present a new theory and technology for the design of RBS’s earthing network that using available area for the bleeding of lightening current instead of the requirement of earthing resistance, which has been written into the mandatory standards in china and changed the long-term innate perception of seeking lower earthing resistance. This new theory and technology makes the construction of RBS’s earthing network more simple and effective.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jike Liu
AU  - Yongshuang Lin
AU  - Qiang Chen
AU  - Zheng Qi
AU  - Zhigang Wang
PY  - 2013/12
DA  - 2013/12
TI  - Optimized Design of Earthing Network for Radio Base Station
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electric and Electronics
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 203
EP  - 206
SN  - 1951-6851
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DO  - 10.2991/eeic-13.2013.47
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