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WIRELESS EXCELLENCE

Millimeter-Wave Radio (MMW)

MMW Radio 70/80GHz, 10Gbps Ethernet
Overview

About Wireless Excellence

About Millimeter Wave

Founded in 1996 and with headquarters

in Oxford UK, Wireless Excellence Limited
is a leading designer and supplier of
outdoor and indoor Broadband Wireless
communication products.

CableFree MMW links offer high

performance connections using
Millimeter Wave frequencies. MMW is a
high frequency microwave technology
offering bandwidths of up to 10Gbps
Full Duplex capacity or higher.
Millimeter Wave technology is
complimentary to FSO (Free Space
Optics) and ideal for dense urban areas
where radio spectrum is congested.
Planning for Millimeter Wave is based
on rainfall, giving useful transmission
distances of many kilometres.

With a complete range of solutions

including Radio, Microwave, Millimeter
Wave, Free Space Optics, WiFi and
4G/LTE solutions, customers in over 70
countries have chosen Wireless Excellence
as the one stop shop solution of choice
for dependable wireless networking.

Wireless Excellence 2016

System Features

Applications

Capacity up to 10Gbps Full Duplex

4G/LTE Backhaul Infrastructure

Operates in semi-licensed 70/80GHz bands

Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISP)

ACM: Adaptive Coding and Modulation optional

Point-to-Point Wireless networking

Range from 1.5 up to 20km*

Corporate backbone or Telecom service provider

Pencil beams of 0.5 - 0.8degrees

Resilience for FSO or Fibre links

10Gbps Ethernet Interfaces

Fast Roll-out & Temporary Deployment

Rugged outdoor grade waterproof enclosure

10Gbps Ethernet using 71-76/81-86 GHz Millimeter Waves

Wireless Excellence is offering a range of high performance radios using millimeter-wave frequencies. Using high frequency
microwave signals at 60GHz and above, large bandwidths of up to 10Gbps Full Duplex capacity can be provided.
Millimeter wave is a technology complimentary to Wireless Excellence established range of FSO (Free Space Optical)
communication systems. Planning for Millimeter wave is based on rainfall, compared to FSO which is based on visibility,
predominantly fog.
Wireless Excellence MMW-70-80-10GE are full-duplex 10-Gigabit point-to-point links especially designed according to FCC
and ETSI requirements. They provides interconnection between remote LAN segments at ultra high speed and utilizes
Gigabit Ethernet protocols, which is the evolving standard for switches and routers available from a variety of
telecommunication equipment manufacturers.
One full-duplex Gigabit Ethernet link provides 10 gigabit-per-second connectivity between fixed end locations. The MMW70-80-10GE product has a 10Gbps fibre optic interface connections at each end of the wireless link and operates as a
transparent link. The resulting connection can replace a fibre-optic cable or leased line service offering excellent end-to-end
connectivity and reliability. The Millimeter-wave Wireless Gigabit link provides fibre equivalent performance, reliability and
security but with no high deployment cost associated with outdoor fibre installations.
CableFree Millimeter Wave Point-to-Point radio links have been designed with compact parabolic Cassegrain antennas of 30
and 60 cm diameters, with narrow beam widths of 0.4 and 0.9 degrees which maximises signal margin across the link and
ensures lack of interference from other links or sources.
The MMW-70-80-10GE operating distances vary from 1.5 to 20 km for varying weather conditions depending of the link
frequency and rain intensity. Planning for millimeter wave spectrum use must take into account the propagation
characteristics of radio signals at this frequency range. While signals at lower frequency bands can propagate for many miles
and penetrate more easily through buildings, millimeter wave signals can travel only a few miles or less. However, these
characteristics of millimeter wave propagation are not necessarily disadvantageous. Millimeter waves can permit more
densely packed communications links, thus providing very efficient spectrum utilization, and they can increase security of
communication transmissions.

Operating distance limit for Millimeter-wave communication

The spectrum between 30 GHz and 300 GHz is referred to as the millimeter wave band because the wavelengths for these
frequencies are about one to ten millimeters. Millimeter wave propagation has its own peculiarities. This bulletin reviews the
characteristics of millimeter wave propagation, including free space propagation and the effects of various physical factors on
propagation. It was created to provide an easy to understand reference explaining the characteristics of radio signal
propagation at millimeter wave frequencies and their implications for spectrum management.
The millimeter wave spectrum at 30-300 GHz is of increasing interest to service providers and systems designers because of
the wide bandwidths available for carrying communications at this frequency range. Such wide bandwidths are valuable in
supporting applications such as high speed data transmission and video distribution. Planning for millimeter wave spectrum
use must take into account the propagation characteristics of radio signals at this frequency range. While signals at lower
frequency bands can propagate for many miles and penetrate more easily through buildings, millimeter wave signals can
travel only a few miles or less.
However, these characteristics of millimeter wave propagation are not necessarily disadvantageous. Millimeter waves can
permit more densely packed communications links, thus providing very efficient spectrum utilization, and they can increase
security of communication transmissions.
The following graph show the major distance advantage of the E-band over the 60GHz in terms of the Oxygen absorption
peak. E-band links offer longer distances and higher availability than 60GHz links for this reason. Conversely, 60GHz can be
used for shorter links sub-1km where dense re-use of the spectrum is intended

Product Features and Benefits

CableFree MMW products are highly robust and ruggedized for operation in harsh climates.
The highly integrated Full-Outdoor radio units are shipped with a choice of 30cm or 60cm antennas to meet customer
requirements for distance and capacity.
For 10Gbps capacity the radio is comprised single integrated 10Gbps radios which combine both radios onto a single
antenna. This increases resilience and flexibility in overall network design and implementation.
Inside the radio unit there are connectors for user network interface and power. The default network interface is optical
SFP+ 10Gbps Multimode or Singlemode fibre interface with LC fibre optic connectors of 10Gbps. Various choices of SFP+
area available to match customer network equipment and fibre installations.
The MMW radios include advanced microwave modem technology featuring ACM (Adaptive Coding and Modulation)
which allows the link to optimise uptime and capacity especially in high "fade" conditions such as rainfall. This enables service
providers to offer higher availability Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and longer link lengths and higher availability. ACM
acts by lowering the modulation rate during high "fade" conditions which results in lower throughput but retaining a live
link. When the fade event is over, the modulation is automatically returned to the full capacity. These features can be
programmed in the sophisticated Network Management console.
The links are supplied with mounting brackets to mount the units on poles which are typically installed on walls, towers or
roof top locations to ensure clear Line of Sight (LOS) between the end points of the wireless link.
.Alignment of the links is achieved using simple Digital Voltmeter connection to the radio unit as common with most
microwave links and takes a skilled installer team typically 5-20 minutes.
When installed the links provide fit and forget connectivity between the nodes on the network and can be remotely
managed and monitored using a choice of Web-based NMS and SNMP Management platforms.

Product Codes
Product Code

Description

CFMMW-70/8010GE-xx

70/80GHz E-band MMW 10Gbps Advanced Ethernet radio including IP65-rated outdoor
unit, management software, Power supplies with mains 115/230Vac input. Does not
include Ethernet cables.
Antenna sizes 30 or 60cm

Options: -30 or -60

Specifications
System Variant
System Parameters
Frequency Band
Bandwidth
Capacity
Channel Bandwidth
Modulation Type
Rx Sensitivity

Output Power
Forward Error
Correction (FEC)
Network
Management
Data and Aux
Interface
Ethernet Interface
Antenna
Antenna Type
Antenna Gain/
beamwidth 60 cm
Power /
Environment
Power Supply AC
Power
Consumption
DC Power
Power Connector
Ethernet
Operational
Temperature
Humidity
Physical Dimensions
Outdoor unit size
Weight

MMW-70/80-10GE
E band
71-76 GHz & 81-86GHz.
Up to 10000 Mbps (10Gbps) Full duplex
using 1+0 configuration
250 / 500 / 750 / 1000 / 1250 / 1500 /
2000 MHz
QPSK up to 256QAM is supported
-70 to 53 dBm (@ BER 1E-6) depends on
modulation (note: must allow for DPA
losses)
+17dBm
RS(255, 239) Included, and ACM
(Adaptive Coding and Modulation, nonASK versions only)
Web based NMS, SNMP Features

10Gbps SFP+ for 10GBase-LX/SX

(singlemode & multimode fiber) and
100-BaseTX Management port
Cassegrain type antenna with radome
30cm: 45dBi, 0.9 beamwidth
60cm: 51dBi, 0.5 beamwidth

Input 88-264 Volts, 50/60 Hz

35W typically
36 to 72 Volts DC, PoE,
External mains AC supply option available
Power-over-Ethernet RJ45
-45C to +70C
0 to 95%, non-condensing
246 x 246 x 110 mm without antenna,
620 x 620 x 490 with 60cm,
340 x 340 x 340 with 30cm
1x Radio only: 4kg
30cm antenna: 3.6 kg
60cm antenna: 6.7kg
Pole mount kit: 3.2kg

Note: Due to our policy of continuous product improvement Wireless Excellence reserves the right to amend product specifications at any time without notice

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Wireless Excellence Limited
The Oxford Science Park,
G6, Magdalen Centre
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford OX4 4GA