And adds compact microwave range
Canadian microwave vendor Dragonwave has integrated PseudoWire technology it accessed through the acquisition of Axerra with its Horizon microwave platforms to form Horizon Harmony – a converged packet microwave solution aimed at supporting operators as they move to all-IP backhaul
The product is the first split mount product to combine pseudowire technology derived from Dagonwave’s acquisition of Axerra with DragonWave’s packet microwave technology. It is built upon its Horizon microwaves in combination with its Fusion product line of access gateways, multi-service packet nodes and aggregation hubs, based on the former Axerra portfolio. Like other such products, Harmony converts TDM and other traffic (ATM, Frame Relay) onto a packet layer and single management platform.
“Horizon Harmony is a converged packet microwave solution that combines Ethernet and TDM in a single traffic management plane. It will enable an operator to cover low capacity 2G and 3G sites in a cost efficient manner and at the same time provide the scaleability to grow the network as they add more 3G, and 4G, services,” Greg Friesen, VP of Product Management, told Mobile Europe.
Separately, the company has also announced the launch of Horizon Compact+, its first all-outdoor product that incorporates a technology that improves available capacity, called XPIC (Cross Polarization Interference Cancellation). Compact+ is aimed at applications where operators need to support IP and TDM traffic, and can operate in bands from 6 to 60 GHz.
“The benefit of Compact+ is that operators can avoid indoor space and leasing costs. In the past that has not mattered as all base stations had some indoor elements. Now with LTE and WiMax more operators are moving to an all outdoor play,” Friesen said.
“Leasing costs are a major capital expense for system operators, carriers and enterprises that support their own microwave capability,” said Richard Webb, Directing Analyst, Microwave, for Infonetics Research. “By integrating the modem and radio in the same robust outdoor system, Horizon Compac+ makes interior rack space available for other components and reduces rental expenditures.”