Radio Communications - Airstar Enterprises & Backbone GSM

Multi-Service Broadband Access

Today’s telecommunications service providers require a cost-effective solution that effectively handles applications ranging from toll-quality voice and data transmission to mobile base station backhaul, on a single platform. The airstar™ system delivers these critical requirements and much more.

The airstar system is a high-capacity, carrier-class, broadband fixed wireless access (BFWA) solution that delivers a vast range of telecommunications services to businesses and multi tenant dwellings. Its point-to-multipoint (PMP) architecture significantly reduces installation and maintenance costs while maximizing the use of radio frequency spectrum.

Features

• Frequency bands—The airstar system supports the 3.5 GHz.
• Interface versatility—The airstar system supports asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) interfaces, providing a single broadband converged interface from a base station. It is capable of delivering voice and data services with a high level of quality of service (QoS). In addition, the system provides time division multiplex (TDM) over E1/T1 and Internet protocol (IP) over 100Base-T interfaces from the base station for customers with TDM and IP backbones.
• Wide coverage and high capacity—One airstar base station can cover up to 400 km2, enabling thousands of customers to be served from a single base station. It provides up to 28 Mbps of capacity per radio channel and supports sectorization schemes from 2 to 12 sectors.
• Modular and scalable—The modular design of the airstar platform enables service providers to scale their networks according to their needs. Its capacity is scalable from 4 Mbps to 155 Mbps. The airstar system is a highly flexible platform that supports multiple applications. Using a cell-based airlink protocol, the airstar platform provides an evolutionary path and a future-proof solution that enables service providers to protect their infrastructure investments.
• 2G/3G mobile backhaul—Its cell-based air interface provides a future-proof backhaul infrastructure solution for supporting 3G mobile services. Mobile operators upgrading to 3G technologies face significant increases in the capacity requirements of their transmission networks, as well as a need to migrate from TDM to ATM and IP. The airstar system provides the transmission link to backhaul 2G and 3G mobile base stations from a single customer premises equipment (CPE).
• Small and medium-sized enterprise access—The airstar system maximizes revenue opportunities for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by enabling the delivery of E1/T1-based voice, Internet access, virtual private network (VPN), and Frame Relay services from a single CPE. Given the large variety of equipment and applications within a typical SME, delivering multiple services is an essential part of any service provider’s business case.