Mobilenetworkoperatorsarefindingitincreasinglydifficulttocopewiththedemandformorecapacity.EvolutionMicrowaveIP-20Cbreakscapacitybarriers,offeringavirtualfibersolutioninlicensedfrequencies.Itsversatilitymakesitidealforawidevarietyofcost-effectivedeploymentscenariosincludingmacrocellbackhaul,small-cellaggregationandemergingfronthaulapplications.Asasoftware-definedradio,itcanberemotelyconfiguredtoquadruplecapacity,doublelinkdistanceandreducepowerconsumption.Itiseasilyandquicklydeployablecomparedwithfiber,allowingoperatorstoachievefastertimetonewrevenuestreams,lowertotalcostofownershipandlong-termpeaceofmind.

EvolutionMicrowaveIP-20Cdeliversmulti-Gbpscapacityonasinglefrequencychannelsettinganewstandardforefficientspectrumuse.Combiningbreakthroughmulti-coreradioarchitecturewith2048QAMmodulationandline-of-sight(LoS)4X4MIMO,itenablesoperatorstoreachcapacitiesthatquadruplethoseofexistingsolutions.

EvolutionMicrowaveIP-20C’suniquemulti-coreradioarchitectureisbasedonanadvancedparallelradioprocessingengine,builtaroundourin-housebasebandmodemandRFICchipsets.Theresultissuperiorradioperformancewithreducedpowerconsumptionandform-factor.

Evolution Microwave IP-20C

Multi-GbpsRadio • Multi-core radio technology Parallelradioprocessingenginethatboostscapacity, distanceandavailability

• High capacity and spectral efficiency 2048QAMmodulationandLoS4X4MIMO

• Virtual fiber in licensed frequencies 1Gbpsradiothroughputoverasingle28MHzchannel

• Simple Operation Software-definedradio,rapiddeployment,minimal truckrolls

• Environment-Friendly Compact,all-outdoorwithlowpowerconsumption

Multi-CoreRadioSolutionDeliveringMulti-GbpsAnywhere

EvolutionMicrowaveIP-20Csetsanewstandardinmicrowavetransmissioncombiningmulti-coreradiotechnology,2048QAMmodulationandline-of-sight4x4MIMOinacompact,all-outdoordesign

DoublingcapacityEvolutionMicrowaveIP-20C’smulti-coretechnologyallowsittostartwithasinglecoreandprovidestheoptiontoturnonthesecondcoreremotely,instantaneouslydoublinglinkcapacityeitherwithasingleordualpolarization.

DoublinglinkdistanceAsecondcorecanbeutilizedtodoublethelinkdistance.EvolutionMicrowaveIP-20CsplitsthebitstreambetweenitscoresusingMulti-carrierAdaptiveBandwidthControl,thusloweringthemodulationschemeandsignificantlyincreasingsystemgain(bothTxpowerandRxsensitivity).Thisresultsintheabilitytoachievelongerlinkspans–uptodoublethedistance.

HalvingantennasizeEvolutionMicrowaveIP-20C’ssuperiorsystemgaincanbeleveragedtoreduceantennasizeloweringinstallationcostssignificantly.Antennasizereductionof50%canbeachieved.

QuadruplingcapacityInthe4X4LoSMIMOconfiguration,quadruplingofcapacityisachievableusingthesamechannelbandwidth.Anewrecordinmicrowavespectralefficiency!

EvolutionMicrowaveIP-20C:Software-DefinedRadioEvolutionMicrowaveIP-20Cisthemostversatileradioavailableinthemarkettoday.Thankstoitsinnovativemulti-coretechnology,itcanbeconfiguredforoptimizedperformanceinanydeploymentscenario.Flexibilityisthekey.

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MSC/RNC/S-GW

RU

E-Band

for CPRI

RU SmallCells

Compressed CPRI

over Licensed Bands

E-Band

PtMPSub 6GHz

SmallCells

60GHz

DU

Carrier Ethernet MPLS-TP IP/MPLS

Fiber Aggregation Network

Compressed CPRI over Licensed Bands

RU

C-RANFronthaul High Capacity, Low Latency

DU

MacrocellBackhaul Versatile DeploymentScenarios

Macro+

Macro

Macro

Macro SiteAggregation High Capacity &Interoperability

DU

DU

AggregationNode

AggregationNode

AggregationNode

Super-SizeMacro Site

Super-SizeMacro Site

MacrocellBackhaulToday’stailsitesinthemacrocelllayerarequicklybecomingaggregationhubsforthesmallcellsthataredeployedtohandleadditionalcapacityandcoveragebelowthemacrocelllayer.EvolutionMicrowaveIP-20C’sversatilityandflexibilitymakeitsuitableforthedifferentdemandingscenariosofmacrocellbackhaulbyfuture-proofingbackhaulcapacityandsupportingservice-awarenesstoassureuserqualityofexperience.

C-RANFronthaulCompressedCPRIisofferedasamethodofcompactingthe2.5GbpsCPRIinterfaceintoGbEdimensions.EvolutionMicrowaveIP-20CistheidealwirelesssolutionforcompressedCPRIfronthaul,boastinghighspectralefficiencywith1Gbpsradiothroughputoverasingle28MHzchannelandextremelylowlatencyrequiredforfronthaul.

Macro-SiteAggregationMacrosites,futurenetworks’aggregationlayerandusuallybasedonadvancedpackettransportprotocolssuchasCarrierEthernet2.0,MPLS-TPandIP/MPLS,arebestservedbyEvolutionMicrowaveIP-20C’sinteroperabilitywithanypackettransporttechnology.Itcantransporthighercapacitiesoverlongerdistancesthanalternativewirelesssolutions.Itsscalablecapacitytomulti-Gbpsensuresoperators’long-termpeaceofmindespeciallyinareaswherefiberisnotaviablesolution.

Future-ProofingMobileNetworkswithEvolutionMicrowaveIP-20CEvolutionMicrowaveIP-20CappliesourHolisticHetNetHauling(3H)visiontotheemergingHetNetarchitectures.Weareorganizingwirelessbackhaulandfronthaulrequirementsintoacomprehensivenetworksolutionthatiseasilydeployed,operatedandmaintained.Breakingthebarriersofnetworkplanningparadigmsrequiringfiberinfrastructuretoservemulti-Gbpssites,EvolutionMicrowaveIP-20C’ssuperiorradiothroughput,lowlatencyandflexibilitymakeitthesolutionofchoiceforawidevarietyofhaulingscenariospreviouslydeemedimpossibletoimplementwithmicrowave.

EvolutionMicrowaveIP-20C’sdifferentdeploymentscenariosinafuture4G/LTE-ANetwork

Environment Friendly

• In-housedevelopedchipset:basebandmodem

andRFIC

• Parallelradioprocessingengine

• Flexibleradioarchitectureenablesdoublingofcapacity/linkdistanceandreductioninpowerconsumption

• 2048QAMmodulation

• IntegratedXPICinasingleunit

• LoS4X4MIMOquadruplingcapacityusingonly2radiounits

• Upto30%morespectralefficiencyusingmulti-layerheadercompression

• Widechannelsupport:28,40,56,112MHz

• Operatesinthe6-42GHzfrequencyrange

• 1Gbpsradiothroughputoverasingle28MHzchannel

• Over2Gbpsmaximumcapacityusingwiderchannels

• Singlesoftware-definedproductformanydifferentdeploymentscenarios

• Remotelyconfigurable,scalableperformanceforminimaltruckrolls

• Quicklydeployed,all-outdoorinstallation

• Halftheform-factorofconventionalradioterminals

• 20%lesspowerconsumptionpercarrier

• Asmuchas50%lesspowerconsumptionusinginnovativedynamicpowermanagement

KeyFeatures

Multi-CoreTechnology

Highcapacityandspectralefficiency

Virtualfiberinlicensedfrequencies

SimpleOperation

ref:EvolutionMicrowaveIP-20C,Dec.2012