BridgeWave Introduces XPIC Support to Double Link Capacity and Break Barrier of Spectral Efficiency in Spectrum-Limited or Congested Markets
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BridgeWave Communications, a market leader in 5G-ready wireless backhaul systems, today announced that company's flagship 80GHz system, the Flex4G-10000, supports cross-polarization interference cancellation (XPIC) technology, to double link capacity in spectrum-limited or congested markets. Using XPIC, a network operator can assign the same frequency to both the vertical and horizontal polarization of an RF channel, effectively doubling data throughput in the same channel. This optional capability is particularly important for network operators in global regions where telecommunications regulators are limiting spectrum efficiency by prohibiting the use of larger channel bandwidths in favor of smaller channels. XPIC is also advantageous in areas where spectrum is highly congested, enabling network operators to avoid interference while transmitting twice the data throughput.
Until now, ultra-high capacity radio systems like the Flex4G-10000 required 2000MHz bandwidth to provide 10Gbps capacity. Using XPIC frequency re-use technology, the Flex4G-10000 system can now provide up to 10.5Gbps in just 1000Mhz bandwidth, or up to 6.0Gbps in just 500MHz bandwidth, doubling link capacity. Operators in overly subscribed areas such as Europe and the Middle East, as well as those in spectrum-congested dense urban environments around the world no longer have to compromise the capacity demanded by bandwidth hungry customers.
"Our goal is to continue to deliver products and features that help our customers respond to the need for higher backhaul network capacity, and leveraging radio spectrum where it is limited or congested is a key factor to achieve this," said Hesham El-Adly, product marketing manager, REMEC Broadband Wireless Networks, BridgeWave Communications and SAGE Satcom. "By deploying Flex4G-10000 systems with XPIC, operators gain significant advantages to cost-effectively deliver service and support applications without spectrum limitations."
In addition to XPIC support, the BridgeWave Flex4G-10000 now supports 250MHz bandwidth for networks with lower capacity demands to use the same radio across the network, reducing sparing costs and minimizing operating expenses; and BridgeWave's proprietary AdaptRate(TM) technology to allow the radio system to automatically reduce bandwidth during extreme fade conditions to maintain availability and deliver critical traffic. BridgeWave has led the industry with this technology first introduced with BridgeWave millimeter wave radios more than a decade ago.
The BridgeWave Flex4G-10000 is a market leader in 80GHz systems with hundreds of links deployed worldwide. It offers fiber capacity and performance, dramatically lowers capital costs, provides 256-bit AES encryption for highest data security, and provides the highest system gain in the industry to ensure maximum throughput at the longest distances. The system delivers 9.7Gbps full-duplex data throughput in a single, zero-footprint all-outdoor solution and can quickly and easily scale from 9.7Gbps to 19.3Gbps (2+0 configuration) to meet future bandwidth requirements. It also easily and cost-effectively scalable to 10Gbps for BridgeWave customers who have installed Flex4G-UHA, Flex4G-3000, or Flex4G-5000 systems, because it is fully compatible with the antennas deployed with those systems.
BridgeWave systems provide a fast, easy, and inexpensive way to extend backhaul networks without the cost, time, and complexity of new or leased fiber. In addition to our 80GHz flagship system, the Flex4G-10000, BridgeWave offers the Flex4G-LITE, delivering up to 3Gbps full duplex, and the entry-level Flex4G-1000, delivering up to 1Gbps full duplex. BridgeWave also offers Navigator microwave systems supporting the 6-42GHz frequency bands, and which are built on the company's proprietary, custom RF and modem ASICs. Navigator systems deliver features previously unavailable in any microwave radio and dramatically change the economics of microwave point-to-point links.
About BridgeWave Communications
BridgeWave Communications provides high-capacity microwave and millimeter wave backhaul and wireless connectivity solutions to operators, carriers, service providers, governments, and private enterprises. With over 40,000 systems deployed in more than 60 countries, the company's innovative solutions have been entrusted by customers to enable highly reliable and secure, high-capacity, gigabit connectivity while reducing operating costs relative to fiber. Founded in 1999, BridgeWave is headquartered in San Diego, California, and is now a part of REMEC Broadband Wireless Networks LLC, which has designed, manufactured, and shipped over one million radios to customers worldwide. For more information about BridgeWave, visit https://bridgewave.com/.
SOURCE BridgeWave Communications
