Optimizing Network Performance!

The emergence of mobile broadband and multimedia services, as well as the new air interface technology enhancements (HSPA+, LTE, mobile WiMAX, CDMA EV-DO, etc.), impose for high-speed and reliable wireless connections.

The cost of mobile backhaul is a paramount factor for the launching of new services, while conventional E1 TDM backhaul becomes inefficient, as cost scales linearly with capacity. Meanwhile, corporations and organizations increasingly demand dedicated capacity and high network availability for their daily operations, whilst the smart IP devices and associated applications, which are about to form the metropolitan scenery of the future, require more and more capacity, as well as a rapid deployment.

The WiBAS™ innovative family of carrier-grade Point-to-MultiPoint (PtMP) MW products provides operators a powerful and cost-effective broadband wireless solution that perfectly fits all their current and upcoming high-capacity backhaul and access needs in heterogeneous environments.

WiBAS™ optimally addresses today's requirements for Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) and smooth Next Generation Network (NGN) migration. With unique product options, sharing state-of-the-art technology, powerful core engine and "green" performance, WiBAS™ becomes a clear differentiator for the demanding operator, as it enables a broad range of profitable solutions for a growing number of different business models.

WiBAS™ offers high performance and powerful characteristics that open up unlimited capabilities for the operator:

• Industry-leading throughputs up to 160 Mbit/s per sector (net).
• Proven multi-service platform for legacy and packet-based services and for optimum handling of IP, TDM and ATM traffic transmission.
• Terminal Station flexibility: All-outdoor & split-mount options.
• High Terminal Station port capacity: up to 8xE1, four Ethernet 100 Mbit/s, 1 x Gigabit Ethernet (optical & electrical).
• Exceptional system performance, full QoS support and carrier-grade protection mechanisms that ensure continuous, robust services to end users.
• Powerful core - hitless adaptive modulation, Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (DBA), statistical multiplexing, FEC, etc. - for reliable high-speed wireless connections.
• Slew of network interfaces to ensure seamless integration into the existing infrastructure.
• Full range of compact, energy-efficient and lightweight outdoor units with integrated high-gain antennas (developed in house) to facilitate and accelerate the installation at the Base Station and the Terminal Stations.
• Flexible deployment and extended coverage scenarios with 2-way / 4-way splitters at the Base Station.
• Extremely compact (1RU) space-saving indoor units, accommodating up to four sectors in either 4+0 (unprotected) or 2+2 (protected) configurations.
• Advanced Ethernet QoS mechanisms, ensuring provisioning of promised SLAs to end-users.

The typical applications for WiBAS™ range from demanding backhaul to cost-effective broadband access:

Mobile Backhauling (2G to LTE)

WiBAS™ ideally fits the backhauling needs of mobile operators for the following reasons:

• Less equipment needed - a single Base Station can serve multiple Terminals.
• CapEx / OpEx efficient - less equipment for less acquisition and running costs.
• Environmentally & society friendly - discrete equipment of low power consumption.
• Expandable & scalable solution - expansion of the network requires only the addition of Terminals.
• Multi-purpose - same equipment can serve both backhaul applications and corporate customers.
• Robust - reduced points of failure with carrier-grade protection capabilities.

Broadband Access Networking

WiBAS™ is the perfect wireless broadband access solution for ISPs and mobile / fixed operators, also enabling the delivery of modern IP connectivity services to corporate customers, inclusive of:

• Enterprise customers with widely-spread premises.
• Corporate customers in industrial estates.
• Educational institutions, campuses and communities in dense areas.
• Private networks (primary or backup).
• Banks (ATMs, branches and offices).
• Governmental / organizational bodies in urban areas.
• Utilities / public companies with data communication needs.
• Several IP applications (cameras, telemetry, etc.).
• Areas lacking infrastructure and other alternatives.

For all the aforementioned applications, WiBAS™ offers a series of significant benefits:

• Rapid deployment - just adding Terminals at the customer premises.
• Easy installation - compact and plug n' play equipment.
• Secure - private networking using encryption.
• Optimum spectrum utilization taking advantage of statistical gains and hitless adaptive modulation mechanisms.

WiBAS™ offers a wide variety of Base Station and Terminal Station options to fit practically any deployment scenario, also providing multiple network and user interfaces for complete end-to-end solutions.

System Specifications

• Single-carrier, FDD - TDMA, PtMP system (IEEE 802.16).
• Operation at 10.5 / 26 / 28 GHz frequency bands.
• Channel size from 7 MHz to 28 MHz.
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• High performance: leading sector capacity (160 Mbit/s, net) and system gains, and long ranges.
• Adaptive modulation from 4-QAM2/3 to 256-QAM.
• Full QoS with Connection Admission Control (CAC).
• Cost-efficient traffic aggregation (with statistical multiplexing).
• Multi-service capabilities through Ethernet, TDM and ATM interfaces.
• Dynamic Terminal Station reassignment (1:1 protection scheme).

WiBAS™-C Base Station

• Split-mount (indoor - outdoor) architecture with coaxial feeds.
• ETSI 19" indoor unit chassis of small form factor (1RU).
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• Up to four sector modems in unprotected or protected configuration.
• Protection at power supply and at indoor - outdoor path level.
• 2 x GbE interfaces.
• Up to 32 x E1 interfaces.

OmniWAY™-2G Interworking Unit

• Add-on indoor unit (1RU) complementing the WiBAS™-C with STM-1 interfaces.
• 2+2 x STM-1 (VC-12) and 1+1 x STM-1 (VC-4) interfaces.
• 1 x GbE interface (for connecting with WiBAS™-C).

MSADe Terminal Station

• Split-mount (indoor - outdoor) architecture with coaxial feed.
• 1+1 protection at outdoor unit level.
• ETSI 19" / 1RU indoor unit chassis, rack or wall-mounted.
• 8 x E1 (TDM - ATM / IMA) interfaces.
• 4 x Fast Ethernet (10/100BaseT) interfaces.
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• Adaptive modulation from 4-QAM2/3 to 256-QAM.
• Up to 138 Mbit/s net throughputs.
• Passively-cooled indoor unit - eliminating fans for maintenance-free reliable operation.
• Available in AC and DC versions.

All-Outdoor Terminal Station

• Models for operation at 10.5 GHz, 26 GHz or 28 GHz.
• 1 x GbE (electrical) interface.
• 1 x GbE (optical) interface.
• 1 x Fast Ethernet (outband NMS).
• Adaptive modulation from 4-QAM2/3 to 256-QAM.
• Up to 160 Mbit/s net throughputs.
• Power over Ethernet (PoE).
• Passive cooling (no fans).
• Low power consumption (43 W).
• Compact & ultra-light (4.1 kg) solution.