EM7511 CBRS Requires Selecting eutran-48 and eutran-43

We are using the EM7511 with the Generic profile in order to connect to a private CBRS Network.

The CBRS network is running on center frequency 3690MHz with a 20MHz channel size. The issue is that eutran-43 (deprecated) and eutran-48 to be selected in order to connect. Although the old B43 does overlap in frequency with B48, it would be expected that in order to connect to a network that is fully within the B48 rules (3550-3700 MHz) it would only be required to selected eutran-48 in the band mask.

Additional information can be provided upon request.

Cheers,
Jack

Dear @jbroderick1 ,

Thanks for raising the ticket
I went through your description but I cannot find any questions, can you please description clearly concerns/problems you have on EM7511 CBRS network and what is your expectation then we can start analyzing

Thanks

Hi Lemon Green,

The issue is that we would expect to be able to connect to CBRS when eutran-48 only is selected. That is not the case, it requires selecting eutran-43 and eutran-48.

Cheers,
Jack

Hi @LemonGreen,

Do you have an update on this? Have you been able to reproduce?

Thanks,
Jack

Hi @jbroderick1 ,
According to your previous comment, I understand that your EM7511 module cannot register band 48 when you set only band 48, but can register band 48 when you set band 43 and band 48 , Please confirm.

If yes, please share with me output of commands in below two cases:

  1. After successfully register band 48 when you set band 43 and band 48
  ati9
  at!impref?
  at!gstatus?
  at+cereg?
  at+cops?
  at!entercnd="A710"
  at!band=?
  at!band?
  1. After unsuccessfully register band 48 when you set only band 48
  ati9
  at!gstatus?
  at+cereg?
  at+cops?
  at!band?

If not, Please describe clearly your issue so I can help you further.

Thanks,

Hi @jerdung,

You are correct, that is exactly what is happening.

  1. Successfully Registering with Band 48 and Band 43
ati9
Manufacturer: Sierra Wireless, Incorporated
Model: EM7511
Revision: SWI9X50C_01.07.02.00 6c91bc jenkins 2018/06/13 23:08:16
IMEI: 353587100145068
IMEI SV:  7
FSN: YT909271280415
+GCAP: +CGSM


OK
at!gstatus?
!GSTATUS: 
Current Time:  594753           Temperature: 53
Reset Counter: 1                Mode:        ONLINE         
System mode:   LTE              PS state:    Attached     
LTE band:      B48              LTE bw:      20 MHz  
LTE Rx chan:   55990            LTE Tx chan: 55990
LTE SSC1 state:NOT ASSIGNED
LTE SSC2 state:NOT ASSIGNED
LTE SSC3 state:NOT ASSIGNED
LTE SSC4 state:NOT ASSIGNED
EMM state:     Registered       Normal Service 
RRC state:     RRC Idle       
IMS reg state: No Srv  

PCC RxM RSSI:  -51              PCC RxM RSRP:  -77
PCC RxD RSSI:  -53              PCC RxD RSRP:  -80
Tx Power:      --               TAC:         0001 (1)
RSRQ (dB):     -6.2             Cell ID:     00000105 (261)
SINR (dB):     30.0


OK
at+cereg?
+CEREG: 0,1

OK
at+cops?
+cops: 0,0,"Council Rock Test Networ CRock",7

at!band=?
Index, Name,                        GW Band Mask     L Band Mask 1    L Band Mask 2    TDS Band Mask    L Band Mask 3    L Band Mask 4
00, All bands                     100600000EC00000 0000A700B20E39DF 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
01, Europe 3G                     0002000000400000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
02, North America 3G              0000000004800000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
03, CBRS                          0000000000000000 0000800000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
06, Europe                        0002000000400000 00000000000801C5 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
07, North America                 0000000004800000 000001000200385A 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
08, WCDMA ALL                     100600000EC00000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
09, LTE ALL                       0000000000000000 0000A700B20E39DF 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000

                                                                    0000000000000002 - B66    
                                                   0000800000000000 - B48    
                                                   0000200000000000 - B46    
                                                   0000040000000000 - B43    
                                                   0000020000000000 - B42    
                                                   0000010000000000 - B41    
                                                   0000000080000000 - B32    
                                                   0000000020000000 - B30    
                                                   0000000010000000 - B29    
                                                   0000000002000000 - B26    
                                                   0000000000080000 - B20    
                                                   0000000000040000 - B19    
                                                   0000000000020000 - B18    
                                                   0000000000002000 - B14    
                                                   0000000000001000 - B13    
                                                   0000000000000800 - B12    
                                                   0000000000000100 - B9     
                                                   0000000000000080 - B8     
                                                   0000000000000040 - B7     
                                                   0000000000000010 - B5     
                                                   0000000000000008 - B4     
                                                   0000000000000004 - B3     
                                                   0000000000000002 - B2     
                                                   0000000000000001 - B1     
                                  1000000000000000 - B19 (850)
                                  0004000000000000 - B9 (1700)
                                  0002000000000000 - B8  (900)
                                  0000000008000000 - B6  (800)
                                  0000000004000000 - B5  (850)
                                  0000000002000000 - B4 (1700)
                                  0000000000800000 - B2 (1900)
                                  0000000000400000 - B1 (2100)

OK
at!band?
Unknown band mask. Use AT!BAND to set band. 
0000000000000000 0000840000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000

  1. Unsuccessfully register with only band 48
ati9                                                                         
Manufacturer: Sierra Wireless, Incorporated                                  
Model: EM7511                           
Revision: SWI9X50C_01.07.02.00 6c91bc jenkins 2018/06/13 23:08:16
IMEI: 353587100145068                   
IMEI SV:  7                             
FSN: YT909271280415                     
+GCAP: +CGSM


OK
a!gstats
!GSTATUS: 
Current Time:  595305           Temperature: 53
Reset Counter: 1                Mode:        ONLINE         
System mode:   Unknown          PS state:    Not attached 


OK
at+ee?
+CEREG: 2,0

OK
at+cops?
+COPS: 0

OK
tbn?
Index, Name,                        GW Band Mask     L Band Mask 1    TDS Band Mask    L Band Mask 2    L Band Mask 3    L Band Mask 4
03, CBRS                          0000000000000000 0000800000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000

OK

As a side note, we are running this network on a private network so I have access to the mme logs and I do not see any attach requests after changing the band to eutran-48 only. And the device will immediately register after adding eutran-43 back.

Cheers,
Jack

Hi @jbroderick ,

  1. Please upgrade to the latest firmware on your EM7511 module following the link below:

https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airprime/minicard/75xx/em_mc75xx-approved-fw-packages/#sthash.0sM28U5D.dpbs

  1. What operating system are you using? (Windows or Linux)
  2. Have you installed latest driver on your host? If not, please install latest driver following the link below:

For Windows:
https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airprime/software/airprime-em_mc-series-windows-drivers-qmi-build-latest-release/#sthash.GGEODu0x.dpbs
For Linux:
https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airprime/software/mbpl/mbpl-software-latest/#sthash.XbgQ1vOF.dpbs

  1. Then recheck whether the problem is addressed?

Thanks,