Ceragon Networks has launched FibeAir IP-20C, a product it claimed is “the only microwave radio to offer a virtual fibre solution in licensed bands”.
FibeAir IP-20C features a multi-core technology that allows FibeAir IP-20C to deliver multi-Gbps capacity on a single frequency channel. By employing line-of-sight (LoS) 4X4 MIMO, operators can even reach capacities that quadruple those of existing solutions, at half the form-factor, Ceragon said.
Built around Ceragon’s own baseband modem and RFIC technologies, the product is in trials at selected customers and is scheduled to be released for general availability in Q1 2013.
“With wireless capacity requirements on the increase, traditional backhaul models are no longer sustainable,” says Ron Kline, Principal Analyst Network Infrastructure, Ovum. “Operators need to significantly increase capacity without sacrificing profitability. A microwave equipment vendor that can offer a true capacity leap, while breaking the linearity of cost and capacity, can gain meaningful market differentiation.”
“Ceragon again sets a new bar for the industry with our game-changing products,” said Ira Palti, Ceragon’s President and CEO. “We strive every day to challenge the capacity barriers, in order to help our customers deliver gigabits of data anywhere in their network. Using our in-house chip sets and innovative system designs, we are pushing the envelope of physics time and again, creating the best microwave products for any channel bandwidth, any capacity, any protocol and any network architecture.”
Ceragon said FibeAir IP-20C features include:
- Highly integrated, multi-core radio in a compact form factor
- Guaranteed 1Gbps in a single 28MHz/30MHz channel
- Guaranteed 2Gbps radio throughput in a single 56/60MHz channel
- Further capacity increase using 80MHz channels as recently approved by the FCC
- Parallel radio processing engine to double performance
- Unique 4X4 LoS MIMO
- 2048 QAM modulation