Huawei E173, Product Description

Page 1: ...Product Description HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Issue 01 Date 2010 03 10 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD ...

Page 2: ...n any form or by any means without prior written consent of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd Trademarks and Permissions and other Huawei trademarks are trademarks of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd All other trademarks and trade names mentioned in this document are the property of their respective holders Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice Every effort has been made i...

Page 3: ...ists the contents of this document Chapter Describes 1 Overview The supported network modes basic services and functions and the appearance of the E173 2 Features The supported features and technical specifications of the E173 3 Services and Applications The services and applications of the E173 4 System Architecture The architecture of the E173 5 Technical Reference The technical references of th...

Page 4: ...A USB Stick V100R001 Product Description Issue 01 2010 03 10 Commercial in Confidence Page 4 of 21 History Issue Details Date Author Approved by 01 Initial draft completed 2010 03 10 Wang zhiyong 66144 He jinjun 42931 ...

Page 5: ...ce 12 3 2 SMS 12 4 System Architecture 13 4 1 System Architecture 13 4 2 Functional Modules 14 5 Technical Reference 16 5 1 Layer 1 Specifications Physical 16 5 2 Layer 2 Specifications MAC RLC 16 5 3 Layer 3 Specifications RRC 16 5 4 Layer 3 NAS Core Network MM CM 16 5 5 GSM Protocol Specifications 17 5 6 GPRS Protocol Specifications 17 5 7 General Specifications 17 5 8 Performance Test Specifica...

Page 6: ...ge number of users to use the E173 and increase the Average Revenue Per User ARPU of operators substantially pa et access HSPA universal serial bus USB inal The E173 supports the following standards z High Speed Uplink Packet Access HSUPA z High Speed Downlink Packet Access H z Universal Mobile Telecommunications System UM z Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evoluti General Packet Radio Service GPRS z G...

Page 7: ... USB Stick V100R001 Product Description Issue 01 2010 03 10 Commercial in Confidence Page 7 of 21 Figure 1 1 shows the profile of the E173 Figure 1 1 E173 profile This is a sketch for E173 The actual product may differ ...

Page 8: ...lists the hard ons e The E173 supports the z HSUPA HSDPA UMTS 2100 EDGE GPRS GSM 1900 1800 900 850 MHz z HSPA equalizer z Receive diversity optional z HSDPA data service of up to 7 2 Mbit s z UMTS PS domain data service of up to 384 kbit s z EDGE packet data se z GPRS packet data service of up to 85 6 kbit s z SMS based on CS Packet Switched PS domain of GSM and z Plug and Play PnP z Unstructured ...

Page 9: ... 849 MHz z Downlink 869 894 MHz EDGE GPRS GSM 1900 M z Uplink 1850 1910 MHz z Downlink 1930 1990 MHz EDGE GPRS GSM 1800 z Uplink 1710 1785 MHz z Downlink 1805 1880 MHz EDGE GPRS GSM 900 MHz z Uplink 880 915 MHz z Downlink 925 960 MHz EDGE GPRS GSM 850MHz Uplink 824 849 MHz z Downlink 869 894 MHz USB interface supporting USB 2 0 high speed External interfaces Standard micro SD card interface SIM US...

Page 10: ...5 mm Weight 40g Temperature z Operating 10 to 45 orage 20 to 70 z St Humidity 5 to 95 N 3GPP The 3rd Generation Partnership Project LED light emitting diode ntity module hnical specification otes SIM subscriber ide TS tec USIM UMTS subscriber identity module 2 2 2 Dashboard T 2 lists the dashbo Table 2 2 Dashboard spec able 2 ard specifications ifications Item Description Writing Sending Receiving...

Page 11: ...t APNs z Setting up network connection Software installation Automatic installation PNP Network connection settings rk selection and registration z Automatic network selection and registration z Manual netwo Network status display signal operator name and system mode Selection of network connection types for example z z 3G preferred GPRS preferred Other ck PIN by the PUK PIN management Activate De...

Page 12: ...RS preferred 3 2 SMS s message writing sending receiving and group sending up to 20 ontacts at a time You can manage messages through the dashboard such as sorting the messages by telephone number or time You can also import export messages between the SIM USIM card and a laptop The E173 supports the PS domain data service based on HSUPA HSDPA UMTS EDGE GPRS After you connect the E173 to a PC with...

Page 13: ...ows the system architecture Figure 4 1 System architecture E173 Hardware module Application system Protocol stack processing Bottom layer drivers including USB driver Platform service subsystem PC User interface USB Hub Power Radio frequency module Baseband signal processing USB interface Background module PC driver Application management Dashboard USB driver USB interface ...

Page 14: ...he peripherals such as the SIM card USB device NDIS device The USB device driver is the bottom layer software at the PC side It is used to implement functions such as the interaction between the background software and the SIM card auto setup and NDIS driving Platform Service Subsystem It initializes programs diagnoses downloads data and serves as a watchdog Protocol Stack System It processes the ...

Page 15: ...ng dashboard z Assembling manufacturing dashboard Dashboard It enables the PC side to display initiating or answering a call and send receive messages It provides the interface for CS PS domain network accessing and periodically refreshes the interface of the current USB stick status The interface is provided to the end users ...

Page 16: ...es in Idle Mode TS 25 304 5 4 Layer 3 N ode TS 23 122 z Mobile Radio Interface Signaling Layer 3 General Aspects TS 24 007 pecifications Physical Examples of Chan z Physical Layer General Description TS 25 201 z Physical Channels and Mapping of Transport FDD TS 25 211 z Multiplexing and Channel Coding FDD TS 25 212 z Spreading and Modulation FDD TS 25 21 z Physical Layer Procedures FDD TS 25 21 z ...

Page 17: ...ry TR 25 990 r tocol Specifications z Mobile Radio Interface Layer 3 Specification Radio Resource Control Prot TS 04 18 z Mobile Station Base Station System MS BSS interface Data Lin Specification TS 04 06 Digital Cellular Telecomm Multiple Access on the Radio Path TS 05 02 Technical Specification Gro z Digital Cellular Telecommunications System Synchronization TS 05 10 P otocol Specifications z O...

Page 18: ...nal Conformance Specification TS 34 121 formance Specification Part 1 Protocol Conformance z 2 Protocol Conformance 5 9 SIM Specifications SIM and IC Card Requirements TS 21 111 z 3rd Gen Partnership Proj Tech Spec Group Terminals SIM App Toolkit USAT TS 31 111 z Synchronization in UTRAN Stage 2 TS 25 402 m nce Test Specifications UE Radio Tra z Common Test Environments for User Equipment UE TS 34...

Page 19: ...ce Page 19 of 21 6 Packing List T 1 lists the items contained in the packa 17 T able 6 ge of the E 3 able 6 1 Packing list of the E173 Item Quantity Remarks HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick 1 Standard HUAWEI E173 Start HSPA USB Stick Quick 1 Standard USB Extension Cable 1 Optional MicroSD card 1 Optional ...

Page 20: ...main GE nhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution RS eneral Packet Radio Service ions A Packet Access C card n Number 3G T 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project A AM A ARP Average Revenue Per Us C CS Circuit Switc D DL Down Link E ED E EGPRS Enhanced GPRS G GP G GSM Global System for Mobile Communicat H HSDP High Speed Downlink L LED Light emitting Diode P PC S Personal computer Smart PIN Personal Id...

Page 21: ...3 10 Commercial in Confidence Page 21 of 21 PS acket Switched Domain e l Serial Bus ntity Module p Link W WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access P PUK PIN Unblocking Key S SMS Short Message Servic U USB Universa USIM UMTS Subscriber Ide UL U USB Universal Serial Bus ...