All-Outdoor, Carrier-Class, Tri-Band 5 GHz TDD Radio Systems for Low, Medium and High Capacity Ethernet and TDM Applications
The EX-5r Series of all-outdoor digital microwave radios is the first family of tri-band, carrier-class TDD radios available in the 5.2 - 5.8 GHz license-exempt bands. Radios in the EX-5r Series support capacities ranging from 27 Mbps to an industry-leading 440 Mbps aggregate user throughput and up to four T1/E1s. Systems are available with both 10/100BaseT and GbE interfaces.
Featuring native TDM and native Ethernet transport and full software configurability and upgradeability, the EX-5r series was designed to meet demanding backhaul requirements of enterprise organizations and service providers seeking the performance benefits of an all-outdoor configuration.
EX-5r Series radios are available in both integrated antenna and external antenna (connectorized) versions.
| | EX-5r Lite | EX-5r-c Lite | EX-5r | EX-5r-c | EX-5r GigE | EX-5r-c GigE |
| Maximum aggregate Ethernet throughput | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 200 Mbps | 200 Mbps | 440 Mbps | 440 Mbps |
| Maximum TDM capacity | 4xT1/E1 | 4xT1/E1 | 4xT1/E1 | 4xT1/E1 | 4xT1/E1 | 4xT1/E1 |
| Software upgradeable capacity | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Integrated antenna | ✓ |
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| CarrierTDD | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Throughput symmetry control | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native TDM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native Ethernet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Capacity aggregation
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| Built-in spectrum analyzer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Selectable channel bandwidth | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1 MHz tuning resolution | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ExaltSync synchronization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Selectable modulation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SNMP v1, v2c and v3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 802.1Q (VLAN) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 802.1p (QoS) | | | | | ✓ | ✓ |
| 128- and 256-bit AES encryption | optional | optional | optional | optional | optional | optional |