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Microwave Radio: From TDM to Packet

Practel, Inc.
November 1, 2009
SKU: PT2496549

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Considerable research was done using the Internet. Information from various Web sites was studied and analyzed. Evaluation of publicly available marketing and technical publications was conducted. Telephone conversations and interviews were held with industry analysts, technical experts and executives. In addition to these interviews and primary research, secondary sources were used to develop a more complete mosaic of the market landscape, including industry and trade publications, conferences and seminars.

The overriding objective throughout the work has been to provide valid and relevant information. This has led to a continual review and update of the information content.

Target Audience

This report audience includes a wide variety of technical, managerial and sales staff of IT departments working to support corporation communications networks. Equipment vendors can find in the report the survey of competing portfolios. For networks designers, this report explains microwave radio applications, benefits and issues.

This report addresses technologies, applications and markets for microwave radio. The report classifies microwave radios as SONET/SDH, Microwave Packet Radio and mm-wave radio. Though used often in different applications and markets, these types of microwave radios allow sustaining high-speed reliable communications, and can be used as alternative to fiber optics transmission.

Despite early predictions, SONET/SDH still prevails in fiber optics transmission as a major standard. Microwave radio that is able to carry SONET/SDH signals format is the logical extension of fiber optic communications in cases when:

Terrain and other factors preclude fiber placement
Economics of the project dictate use of microwave technologies instead of fiber optics systems.

The SONET/SDH microwave radio market is active and became stable if compared with the telecom market after depression of 2000-2003. Stability of the utility industry and tighter requirements on network characteristics in the financial world contribute to the fact that this market not only survived, but also is growing.

Microwave Packet Radio is establishing itself as an advanced technology in the packet-centric world. Existing developments allow using this radio in many applications; prevailing among them is mobile backhaul. The report analyzes details of such an application and shows that the microwave radio future depends in great degree on its ability to adopt to the IP technology.

mm-Wave radios experience the “second life” due to their specifics and government regulations that opened relatively large windows of spectrum for commercial use; and the progress in the chips design that made it possible to produce high-frequency IC with relatively low cost.

The report analyzes properties of 60 GHz and E-band radio technologies and researches their market segments, applications and the industry.

1.0 Introduction: 1.1 Brief History; 1.2 Why Microwave?; 1.3 SONET/SDH; 1.4 mm-Wave Radio; 1.5 Microwave Packet Radio; 1.6 Scope and Goals; 1.7 Research Methodology; 1.8 Target Audience 3
2.0 SONET/SDH Microwave Radio: 2.1 General; 2.2 Spectrum; 2.3 SONET/SDH; 2.4 Structure; 2.5 Standards; 2.6 Microwave Radio vs. Leased Line; 2.7 SONET/SDH Radio Market; 2.8 Market Projections; 2.9 Security
3.0 Microwave Packet Radio: 3.1 Requirements and Application; 3.2 Hybrid; 3.3 Benefits of Microwave Packet Radio; 3.4 Market; 3.5 Industry; Alcatel-Lucent; Cambridge Broadband; Ceragon; Comba; DragonWave; Ericsson; Exalt; Harris Stratex; Huawei; Nera; NEC; Nokia Siemens Networks; Positron; Trango Systems
4.0 mm-Wave Radio: 4.1 General; 4.2 Factors: 60 GHz Radio; 4.3 E-band; 4.4 Goals; 4.5 60 GHz Radio Technology and Market; 4.6 Specifics; 4.7 Progress; 4.8 60 GHz Fixed Wireless-Last Mile; 4.9 60 GHz Radio-IEEE 802.15.3c and Competition; 4.10 Comparison; 4.11 60 GHz WPAN: Example; 4.12 Advantages and Challenges; 4.13 E-band Radio: Technology and Market
5.0 Conclusions
References: Figure 1: Spectrum Assignment; Figure 2: SONET Frame (OC-1); Figure 3: SSMR Structure; Figure 4: Worldwide Microwave Radio Sale Forecast ($B); Figure 5: Worldwide Microwave Radio Sale Forecast (Unit 000); Figure 6: Estimate: SONET/SDH Microwave Radio Market ($B); Figure 7: Rate of Transmission: Sale Distribution; Figure 8: Frequency Bands: Sale Distribution; Figure 9: Geographical Segmentation of SONET/SDH Radio Market; Figure 10: Segmentation by Method of Protection: SONET/SDH Radio Market; Figure 11: Passive Attack; Figure 12: Backhaul - Microwave; Figure 13: Microwave Packet Radio Market Estimate ($B); Figure 14: Microwave Packet Radio Market Geography (2009); Figure 15: Unlicensed Bands; Figure 16: 60 GHz Connections; Figure 17: 60 GHz: Allocations; Figure 18: 60 GHz: Spectrum Details; Figure 19: Attenuation in 60 GHz Band; Figure 20: 60 GHz: Absorption Details; Figure 21: Bands Features Comparison; Figure 22: Addressable Market Estimate: 60 GHz Radio -Fixed Wireless ($M); Figure 23: Addressable Market Estimate: 60 GHz Radio-Fixed Wireless (Units); Figure 24: 60 GHz “Open” Spectrum; Figure 25: IEEE Group Structure: 802.15; Figure 26: Market Estimate- WPAN 60 GHz Radio ($M; US); Figure 27: 60 GHz WPAN Example; Figure 28: Frequency Allocation; Figure 29: Addressable Market-US-E-band Radio-Last Mile Access ($M); Figure 30: Addressable Market-US-E-band Radio-Last Mile Access (Units 000); Table 1: Microwave Frequencies Bands; Table 2: SONET/SDH Rates; Table 3: Licensed and Unlicensed SONET/SDH Radio Proportion; Table 4: Differentiation by Path Length: SONET/SDH Radio; Table 5: Antenna Directivity; Table 6: 60 GHz Links Characteristics; Table 7: Characteristics Details; Table 8: Attenuation; Table 9: Properties; Table 10: Required Speed; Table 11: Competition; Table 12: WPAN Technologies Characteristics; Table 13: FCC Regulations

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