Multi-Gbps Radio •Multi-coreradiotechnology Parallelradioprocessingenginethatboostscapacity, distanceandavailability

•Highcapacityandspectralefficiency 2048QAMmodulationandLoS4X4MIMO

•Virtualfiberinlicensedfrequencies 1Gbpsradiothroughputoverasingle30MHzchannel

•Simpleoperation Software-definedradio,rapiddeployment,minimal truckrolls

•Environment-friendly Compact,all-outdoorwithlowpowerconsumption

FibeAir IP-20C sets a new standard in microwave transmission combining multi-core radiotechnology,2048QAMmodulationandline-of-sight4x4MIMOinacompact,all-outdoordesign

Mobilenetworkoperatorsarefindingitincreasinglydifficulttocopewiththedemandformorecapacity.FibeAirIP-20Cbreakscapacitybarriers,offeringavirtualfibersolutioninlicensedfrequencies.Itsversatilitymakesitidealforawidevarietyofcost-effectivedeploymentscenariosincludingmacrocellbackhaul,small-cellaggregationandemergingfronthaulapplications.Asasoftware-definedradio,itcanberemotelyconfiguredtoquadruplecapacity,doublelinkdistanceandreducepowerconsumption.Itiseasilyandquicklydeployablecomparedwithfiber,allowingoperatorstoachievefastertimetonewrevenuestreams,lowertotalcostofownershipandlong-termpeaceofmind.

FibeAirIP-20Cdeliversmulti-Gbpscapacityonasinglefrequencychannelsettinganewstandardforefficientspectrumuse.Combiningbreakthroughmulti-coreradioarchitecturewith2048QAMmodulationandline-of-sight(LoS)4X4MIMO,itenablesoperatorstoreachcapacitiesthatquadruplethoseofexistingsolutions.

FibeAirIP-20C’suniquemulti-coreradioarchitectureisbasedonanadvancedparallelradioprocessingenginebuiltaroundCeragon’sin-housebasebandmodemandRFICchipsets.Theresultissuperiorradioperformancewithreducedpowerconsumptionandform-factor.

Multi-Core Radio Solution Delivering Multi-Gbps Anywhere FibeAir® IP-20C

PortfolioProduct

ANSI

Designed forNorth America

Ceragon FibeAir IP-20C: Software-Defined RadioFibeAirIP-20Cisthemostversatileradioavailableinthemarkettoday.Thankstoitsinnovativemulti-core technology, itcanbeconfigured foroptimizedperformance inanydeploymentscenario.Flexibilityisthekey.

Doubling capacityFibeAirIP-20C’smulti-coretechnologyallowsittostartwithasinglecoreandprovidestheoptiontoturnonthesecondcoreremotely,instantaneouslydoublinglinkcapacityeitherwithasingleordualpolarization.

Doubling link distanceAsecondcorecanbeutilizedtodoublethelinkdistance.FibeAirIP-20CsplitsthebitstreambetweenitscoresusingMulti-carrierAdaptiveBandwidthControl,thusloweringthemodulationschemeandsignificantlyincreasingsystemgain(bothTxpowerandRxsensitivity).Thisresultsintheabilitytoachievelongerlinkspans–uptodoublethedistance.

Halving antenna sizeFibeAirIP-20C’ssuperiorsystemgaincanbeleveragedtoreduceantennasizeloweringinstallationcostssignificantly.Antennasizereductionof50%canbeachieved.

Quadrupling capacityInthe4X4LoSMIMOconfiguration,quadruplingofcapacityisachievableusingthesamechannelbandwidth.Anewrecordinmicrowavespectralefficiency!

Macrocell BackhaulToday’stailsitesinthemacrocelllayerarequicklybecomingaggregationhubsforthesmallcellsthataredeployedtohandleadditionalcapacityandcoveragebelowthemacrocelllayer.FibeAirIP-20C’sversatilityandflexibilitymakeitsuitableforthedifferentdemandingscenariosofmacrocellbackhaulbyfuture-proofingbackhaulcapacityandsupportingservice-awarenesstoassureuserqualityofexperience.

C-RAN FronthaulCompressedCPRIisofferedasamethodofcompactingthe2.5GbpsCPRIinterfaceintoGbEdimensions.FibeAirIP-20CistheidealwirelesssolutionforcompressedCPRIfronthaul,boastinghighspectralefficiencywith1Gbpsradiothroughputoverasingle30MHzchannelandextremelylowlatencyrequiredforfronthaul.

Macro-Site AggregationMacrosites,futurenetworks’aggregationlayerandusuallybasedonadvancedpackettransportprotocolssuchasCarrierEthernet2.0,MPLS-TPandIP/MPLS,arebestservedbyFibeAirIP-20C’sinteroperabilitywithanypackettransporttechnology.Itcantransporthighercapacitiesoverlongerdistancesthanalternativewirelesssolutions.Itsscalablecapacitytomulti-Gbpsensuresoperators’long-termpeaceofmindespeciallyinareaswherefiberisnotaviablesolution.

Future-Proofing Mobile Networks with FibeAir IP-20C FibeAirIP-20CappliesCeragon’sHolisticHetNetHauling(3H)visiontotheemergingHetNetarchitectures.Ceragonisorganizingwirelessbackhaulandfronthaulrequirementsintoacomprehensivenetworksolutionthatiseasilydeployed,operatedandmaintained.Breakingthebarriersofnetworkplanningparadigmsrequiringfiberinfrastructuretoservemulti-Gbpssites,FibeAirIP-20C’ssuperiorradiothroughput,lowlatencyandflexibilitymakeitthesolutionofchoiceforawidevarietyofhaulingscenariospreviouslydeemedimpossibletoimplementwithmicrowave.

FibeAirIP-20C’sdifferentdeploymentscenariosinafuture4G/LTE-ANetwork2

MSC/RNC/S-GW

RU

FibeAir 70

for CPRI

RU SmallCells

Compressed CPRI

over Licensed Bands

FibeAir 70

FibeAir 2500

SmallCells

60GHz

DU

Carrier Ethernet MPLS-TP IP/MPLS

Fiber Aggregation Network

Compressed CPRI over Licensed Bands

RU DU

MacrocellBackhaul Versatile DeploymentScenarios

Macro+

Macro

Macro

Macro SiteAggregation High Capacity &Interoperability

DU

DU

AggregationNode

AggregationNode

AggregationNode

Super-SizeMacro Site

Super-SizeMacro Site

C-RANFronthaul High Capacity, Low Latency

Environment-Friendly

• In-housedevelopedchipset:basebandmodem

andRFIC

• Parallelradioprocessingengine

• Flexibleradioarchitectureenablesdoublingofcapacity/linkdistanceandreductioninpowerconsumption

• 2048QAMmodulation

• IntegratedXPICinasingleunit

• LoS4X4MIMOquadruplingcapacityusingonly2radiounits

• Upto30%morespectralefficiencyusingmulti-layerheadercompression

• Widechannelsupport:30,40,50,60,80MHz

• Operatesinthe6-38GHzfrequencyrange

• 1Gbpsradiothroughputoverasingle30MHzchannel

• Over2Gbpsmaximumcapacityusingwiderchannels

• Singlesoftware-definedproductformanydifferentdeploymentscenarios

• Remotelyconfigurable,scalableperformanceforminimaltruckrolls

• Quicklydeployed,all-outdoorinstallation

• Halftheform-factorofconventionalradioterminals

• 20%lesspowerconsumptionpercarrier

• Asmuchas50%lesspowerconsumptionusinginnovativedynamicpowermanagement

Key FeaturesMulti-Core Technology

High capacity and spectral efficiency

Virtual fiber in licensed frequencies

Simple operation

ManagementNetwork

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