All-Indoor 5.8 GHz Hybrid Gigabit Ethernet/TDM Microwave Radio System for Long Range, High Capacity, and High Availability Backhaul Applications
The EX-5i Series GigE all-indoor microwave radio systems are the industry’s first high capacity, high power, low latency systems in the 5.8 GHz license-exempt band. The EX-5i Series GigE radios 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 in a single, integrated system.
Featuring exceptional system gain and full software configurability and upgradeability, the EX-5i Series GigE systems are carrier-class point-to-point systems designed to meet the demanding requirements of mobile operators, wireline carriers, utilities, railroads, and other organizations with long haul, high capacity and high availability transport requirements typically met by licensed systems but with the flexibility of a license-exempt band.
The EX-5i Series GigE radio systems are designed to meet the needs of organizations that:
- must upgrade their backhaul to support TDM to IP or 3G to HSPA/4G/LTE migration;
- prefer the flexibility of the 5.8 GHz ISM band, but require ultimate performance in noisy and interference environments;
- need to deploy radio systems in locations where weather dictates the use of all-indoor equipment;
- prefer not to deploy active electronics on a tower; and/or
- require ready access to the physical interfaces.
The EX-5i Series GigE radio systems offer both guaranteed link and throughput availability, and come equipped with a rich feature set, including:
| | 5.8 GHz |
Maximum full-duplex Ethernet throughput
per radio | 187 Mbps |
| Maximum Output Power (dBm @ 256 QAM) | +30 |
| System Gain (dB @ 256 QAM) | 99.5 |
| Maximum TDM capacity per radio | 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 | Optional |
| Built-in spectrum analyzer | ✓ |
| Embedded manual | ✓ |
1.5+0, 1+1, 1.5+0SD, 1.5+1SD, 1.5+1.5 SD,
1.5+1.5 XPIC | ✓ |