All-Indoor Dual-Band 5.8 & 6 GHz Hybrid Systems:
The Ultimate in Flexibility
The dual-band EX-i Series GigE all-indoor microwave radio systems are the industry’s first high capacity, high power, low latency systems supporting both the 5.8 GHz license-exempt ISM band and the FCC Part 101 Lower 6 GHz band in a single, high performance integrated system. These systems provide an exceptional degree of deployment flexibility and are the first in the world to include native TDM and native Ethernet in a semi-protected, 1.5+0 protection configuration, and a host of advanced features designed to enhance capacity, range, availability, and reliability, including space diversity path protection.
Featuring advanced capabilities and full software configurability and upgradeability in both license-exempt and licensed bands, the EX-i Series GigE 5/6 GHz systems are ideal for quick commissioning of licensed links in advance of a license award. And, with exceptional system gain at full-throughput in 5.8 GHz and 6 GHz, performance in either band is simply unmatched!
The EX-i Series GigE 5/6 GHz radio systems are designed to meet the needs of organizations that:
- desire the flexibility of the 5.8 GHz ISM band for long range, high throughput connections with an option for licensed migration to the lower 6 GHz band
- plan to upgrade their backhaul networks to support TDM to IP or 3G to HSPA/4G/LTE migration;
- prefer the convenience of all-indoor equipment for access to interfaces and RF electronics;
- prefer not to deploy active electronics on a tower;
The EX-i Series GigE 5/6 GHz radio systems offer both guaranteed link and throughput availability, and come equipped with a rich feature set, including:
| | 5.8 GHz | 6 GHz Lower |
Maximum full-duplex Ethernet throughput
per radio | 187 Mbps | 187 Mbps |
| Maximum Output Power (dBm @256 QAM) | +30 | +33 |
| System Gain (dB @ 256 QAM) | 99.5 | 102.5 |
| Maximum TDM capacity | 1xDS3 +16xT1/E1 |
| Automatic transmit power control | ✓ |
| Software upgradeable capacity | ✓ |
| Native TDM | ✓ |
| Native Ethernet | ✓ |
| Selectable channel bandwidth | ✓ |
| Selectable modulation up to 256QAM | ✓ |
| Adaptive coded modulation (ACM) | ✓ |
| Interference cancellation (XPIC) | Optional |
| SNMP v1, v2c and v3 | ✓ |
| Secure management | ✓ |
| 802.1p (QoS) | ✓ |
| 802.1Q (VLAN) | ✓ |
| T1/E1 cross-connect | ✓ |
| Ethernet rate limiting | ✓ |
| 128- and 256-bit AES encryption | ✓ |
| Built-in spectrum analyzer | ✓ |
| Embedded manual | ✓ |
1.5+0, 1+1, 1.5+0SD, 1.5+1SD, 1.5+1.5SD, 1.5+1.5
XPIC | ✓ |