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How to Overcome Capacity & Spectrum Constraints

Javier Irizarry – Sr. Director Business Development NA & Caribbean

[email protected]

February, 2017

Resolving your wireless backhaul challenges

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• The needed capacity with less resources

• Simple & quick network modernization

• Reduced energy related expenses

• Increased productivity

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•Reliable network

• Committed backhaul experts

• Future solutions built into your network TODAY

•Deploy services anywhere without backhaul constraints

• Serve more customers with more services


What are your challenges?

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• Content

• Devices

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Drivers for capacity growth

Source: Nokia Bell-Labs, 2015


• Historically – ISP networks were built with a Fiber optic core complemented by unlicensed frequency connections

(e.g. 5.3,5.4,5.8Ghz)

• Today – Many of the unlicensed bands are becoming congested and operationally challenging:

• Offering limited throughput with unpredictable performance, particularly in urban areas

• A technology evolution is required to deliver future proof connectivity that is:

• Cost effective

• Fast to deploy

• Capable of supporting Superfast gigabit speeds

• Offers Carrier Class availability

• Wireless technology should (and will) be a part of this evolution

• Todays tool box of wireless technologies:

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Today’s WISP Challenges

MW

6-42Ghz

mmW

80GHz

Unlicensed

5.3,5.4,5.8,60Ghz

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• Multicore Technologies

• Higher Modulations

• MIMO

• AFR (Advanced Frequency Reuse)

• Header-Deduplication

• 24Ghz band (unlicensed)

• E-Band (80Ghz/lightly licensed)

• V-Band (60Ghz/unlicensed)

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Our Toolbox to Cope with Capacity & Spectrum Challenges

E-Band


• Allows for implementation of multiple carriers in a single Outdoor Unit

• Allows for deployment of complex algorithms like MIMO, AFR, SD

• Reduce power consumption by 40-50%

• Capability to activate/deactivate carriers remotely via SW

• Offers more capacity with better system gain

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Multicore Technology


4x4 LoS MIMO1Gbps@30MHz

2Gbps@60MHz

• XPIC – cross polarization interference cancelation

• Higher Orders of Modulation (i.e. 1K, 2K, 4K QAM)

• 4x4 LoS MIMO – Line of Sight Multiple Input Multiple Output

• Header De-Duplication

Capacity boosting techniquesSolving the capacity challenge

AVAILABLE TODAY


• Header-deduplication works by reducing redundant packets in many protocol layers

• Helps increase capacity by 20-30%

• Does not impact radio signal quality or system gain

• Does not affect network latency

• May translate into smaller antenna size (CAPEX/OPEX savings)

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Header-Deduplication


Line-of-Sight (LoS) MIMO

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H MIMOV

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• Using antenna separation to achieve uncorrelated receiver streams

• Transmitting and receiving utilizing

the same frequency channel

Benefits

• Quadruple the capacity

• Compared to 1+0 SISO link

• System gain improvement

• Smaller Antennas

• Longer Links

• Spectrum decongestion


Put frequency coordination challenges to restDeploy services anywhere without backhaul constraints

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| F2

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• 50% spectrum savings, network wide

• Advanced Frequency Reuse – built into the IP-20 Platform

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Put frequency coordination challenges to restDeploy services anywhere without backhaul constraints

| F1

| F1

| F2

| F2


• 80MHz – North America (FCC)

Transition to use of wide channels – increasing capacity within the MW spectrumSolving the capacity challenge

Wide channels700+Mbps@80MHz


• Ultra-wide channels, high capacity, low footprint and low power consumption

• V-Band solutions – 57-71Ghz

• 14Ghz of spectrum available in the US license free

• Upper portion of band has no oxygen absorption meaning performance on par with E-band

• Allows very high levels of co - location

• E-Band solutions – 80Ghz

• 10+Ghz of spectrum available in the US “lightly licensed”

• Wide channels allow for massive capacity

• Provides low-cost multi-gigabit, ultra-low latency (suitable for short links)

• Minimum interference

• Secure (hard to detect and intercept)

• Allows very high levels of co - location

Adopting millimeter waves spectrum – Ultra-high capacitySolving the capacity challenge


• Higher capacity, lower footprint and lower power consumption

• Practically unlimited spectrum and capacity

Extending use of millimeter waves spectrum – unlimited capacitySolving the capacity challenge (future)

Millimeter wavesW-Band – 100GHz (75-110GHz)

D-Band – 140GHz (110-170GHz)

20Gbps


• Multiband / Carrier aggregation: Any combination of MW & mmW spectrum to achieve

ultra-high capacity with high availability

• Combine MW availability and mmW capacity

Add capacity despite congested microwave spectrumExtending use of millimeter waves spectrum

99% AVAILABILITY

3.65 days down/year

mmW2.5Gbps

99.999% AVAILABILITY

MW1Gbps

5.24 minutes down/year


So… what’s in your toolbox?

Our purpose Resolving wireless backhaul challenges for our customers

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• A SINGLE platform serving ALL your wireless backhaul needs

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FibeAir IP-20 platform

Backbone1st Aggregation 2nd Aggregation BackboneAccess 2nd Aggregation1st Aggregation

IP-20EAll-Outdoor

IP-20VAll-Outdoor

IP-20GXExtendable

IP-20CMulticore

IP-20NModular

IP-20LHLong Haul

IP-20GSplit Mount

FibeAir 2500SC JET

IP-20SAll-Outdoor

6 - 42GHzE-BandV-BandSub 6GHz 4 – 11GHz

Small Cells Access


Enabling the highest value through vertical integration

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Ceragon – The #1 wireless backhaul specialist

4th Generation

Modems and RFICs

FibeAir IP-20 Platform

4th

Gen

2013

Multicore

2nd

Gen

1998

First XPIC

3rd

Gen

2007

256QAM5th

Gen

2019


Thank You


Strategic investment set to deliver 5G wireless backhaul

1H’08

• 6 – 42GHz: Higher orders of LoS MIMO technology

• E-Band

• V-Band

• W-Band (100GHz)

• D-Band (140GHz)

• 6 – 42GHz: LoS 4x4 MIMO

• E-Band

• V-Band

Today

2018

• E-Band

• V-Band

• W-Band (100GHz)

• D-Band (140GHz)

1 - 2.5 Gbps

10Gbps

20 Gbps

2020


Competitor C

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Ceragon’s IP-20

Competitor A

Competitor B

Competitor D

Vulnerable Competitive Strong Very Strong Leader

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A SINGLE platform serving all your wireless backhaul needsFibeAir IP-20

“Ceragon’s microwave backhaul portfolio is the market leader. Ceragon’s product portfolio assures operators’ infrastructure

investments keep up with ever-rising traffic volumes and meets each operator’s unique needs better than rivals. Ceragon early

and significant combination of multi-core and 4x4 MIMO capabilities is significant and enables a more efficient use of

spectrum. The high spectral efficiency and the small form factor translate into less costly installation and site rental. “

Ed Gubbins, Senior Analyst, Wireless Infrastructure, Current Analysis: February, 2016

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