Evolution Long Haul is a versatile and cost-effective microwave radio solution for long-distance, high-capacity telecommunication networks. It allows carriers to migrate smoothly from their legacy TDM networks to all-IP, satisfying the ever-increasing demand for capacity while maintaining revenue-generating 2G/3G services without interruption. Evolution Long Haul is available in all frequency bands from 4 to 13 GHz and provides more than 4 Gbps aggregated Ethernet traffic.

High-Power, High-Performance Radio • Best-in-Class Reliability Unmatched quality, field-proven, long-haul radio

• Adaptable to Meet Growing Capacity Demands Pluggable modules, upgradable capacity

• Simplified Logistics Full-band transceivers, fewer spare parts

• Significant OPEX Reduction Lowest power consumption in the industry

• Smooth Migration to IP Modular architecture, managed migration to IP with easy-to-install upgrades

Easy migration from TDM to all-IP

• Up to 10 carriers per rack in indoor configuration

• 8 carriers in split-mount configuration

• From 10 to 450 Mbps Ethernet traffic per carrier

• Up to 4 Gbps aggregated Ethernet traffic

• Frequency bands 4, 5, L6, U6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 GHz

• Channel bandwidth 10, 28, 29.65, 30, 40, 56 MHz

• Standards: FCC & ETSI compliant

• Network interfaces: 6 Gigabit ports (SFP or electrical), nxSTM-1/OC-3, nxSTM-4/OC-12, 75xE1s/80xDS1s

• Embedded Carrier Ethernet switch

• Embedded TDM cross-connect

• Optional SDH/SONET ADM

• Full support for Synchronous Ethernet including 2 MHz and TDM in/out

• Multiple levels of protection: radio carrier, network port, service awareness (QoS) and integral support for rings

• Increased availability with dynamic capacity(Multicarrier Adaptive Bandwidth Control)

• High transmit power up to 31dbm in all-indoor and split-mount

• Space Diversity with 3dB system gain increase

• Adjacent and co-channel operation with XPIC

• Hitless Adaptive Coding & Modulation (ACM) QPSK - 1024 QAM

• Multi-band branching

• Comprehensive Network Management System (NMS)

• Integrated Web-based Element Management System (EMS)

• Embedded IP router for management traffic

• Enhanced user access control for increased security

• Comprehensive service OA&M tools

• Fast root cause identification

• Transceivers tunable across full band, fewer spare parts and simplified logistics

• Best-in-class reliability, fewer site visits, minimal maintenance

• Simple system expansion and upgrade with modular design

• Lowest power consumption in the industry

Key Features

Highest possible capacity and efficiency at any channel bandwidth

Traffic redundancy

High power, high capacities

Smart network management

Information subject to change without notice. The Ceragon logo is a registered trademarks of Ceragon Networks Ltd.

Ceragon Comprehensive Network Offering

OPEX reduction

Network features

ref: Evolution Long Haul October 2012

www.ceragon.com

Evolution Long Haul

Migrating Mobile OperatorsIn yesterday’s world, mobile networks were built mainly to accommodate voice and text communications. Operators were concerned with initial network deployment, coverage and subscriber-base growth.

Today, use of mobile networks is evolving very rapidly. Subscribers want services far beyond voice, SMS and email. They are burdening networks with new, bandwidth-consuming demand for data, audio, video, and multitudes of new, real-time applications. This demand is driving down revenue-per-bit causing operators to switch to the more efficient packet technology. But the shift from legacy TDM to IP can be difficult, expensive and interruptive.

Ceragon’s Evolution Long Haul microwave solution provides an easy upgrade path from legacy TDM to all-IP. It offers full—and even enhanced— support for current TDM while giving operators an easy path to all-IP, supporting their subscriber services smoothly throughout the process. Ceragon’s long-term experience in bringing technological innovation to long-distance communication links provides operators with an unmatched solution for fast, cost-effective and manageable network evolution.

Broadband to Remote LocationsThere is a digital divide between heavily populated areas that enjoy the myriad services of modern communication networks and outlying regions that lack access. Network operators choose microwave as the only economical way to bring high-speed Internet to remote locations.

Your Choice for Migration from TDM to All-IP

Ceragon’s Evolution Long Haul solution provides superior performance while simplifying deployment complexity allowing operators to make broadband more accessible. Enabling smooth deployment and efficient migration to all-IP networks, Evolution helps to bridge the digital divide quickly and cost-effectively.

Digital BroadcastBroadcast networks require upgrades in order to enjoy the new services and cost-efficiencies that digital technology is bringing to broadcasters.

Whether expanding the network or migrating to all-IP, Ceragon’s Evolution Long Haul has been the reliable backbone for a wide range of broadcast networks worldwide. Broadcasters enjoy the reliability and upgrade capability that Evolution provides them.

Border control, military, police and other government agencies require high-speed, secure and reliable communication networks to access and exchange information efficiently. Numerous applications, like video conferencing, are rapidly being adopted placing increasing demand on networks.

Evolution Long Haul is the complete solution to microwave network reliability and robustness while meeting the need for capacity and throughput. Many government and other agencies regularly enjoy applications based on Evolution’s ability to deliver the required capacity now and in the future. Evolution’s easy upgrade path from TDM to IP provides these customers with the cost-effective capability to evolve their networks as demand for capacity inevitably increases.

Evolution hardware is designed to work in TDM, hybrid and all-IP/Ethernet modes, where a simple change of interfaces is all that is required to achieve the most efficient configuration.

Migration with Evolution Long Haul solution means:

• Protection of investment for evolving requirements

• Uninterrupted delivery of services• Same radio and indoor units• Minimal downtime• Minimal effort• Plug and play

Cost-Effective Support for Your Current Network While Migrating to IP

Mobile and telecom infrastructure operators, government agencies and broadcasters require the proper technology to transport large quantities of data cost-effectively at every level of capacity demand. Ser-vices must be maintained effi ciently while evolving from legacy TDM networks to more cost-effective IP technology.

Multicarrier ABC Evolution Long Haul features Multicarrier Adaptive Bandwidth Control, Ceragon’s unique technology for dynamic traffic distribution over multiple RF carriers. Packet distribution is based on the physical layer and is independent of packet flows and sizes.

Evolution automatically scales with available channels and capacities. Adaptive modulation is used to adjust link capacity dynamically. Compared with systems designed for TDM, Evolution Long Haul provides substantially higher service availability. Advanced QoS mechanisms ensure that the most important traffic is always prioritized.

Radio ProtectionIn addition to traditional N+1 protection where one standby channel protects all other channels, Evolution Long Haul is able to adjust overall capacity dynamically depending on the number of available channels and their capacities. For example, if a channel has degraded due to fading or failure, it is excluded from the distribution and its bandwidth remains available for high-priority traffic.

All-Indoor and Split-Mount In addition to the industry-standard all-indoor configuration, Ceragon provides a technological breakthrough with its unique split-mount configurations. Evolution Long Haul is the only solution in its class to provide full transmit power in split-mount providing the highest system gain in the market to deliver robust and resilient links. Network operators are free to choose the configuration that best meets their cost, power-consumption and performance objectives.

Space DiversitySpace diversity protects against multi-path fading by use of two or more physically separated antennas. This technique is used to improve performance on troublesome paths. Evolution Long Haul employs space diversity with an IF combiner in all configurations including all-indoor and split-mount.

Spectrum EfficiencyEvolution Long Haul allows for flexible channel arrangements. Adjacent and co-channel operation with XPIC can be used in any combination. Different frequency bands can be combined in one multi-channel system ensuring efficient spectrum utilization.

System Design and Technology

Secure NetworksDigital BroadcastRural CommunicationMobile Communication

Native Ethernet Switch & Controller Unit

SDH/SONET Controller Unit

Competition has never been fiercer while operating margins remain under pressure. Challenged by the pressing demand for more bandwidth, operators turn to technology to minimize operating expenditures while they satisfy the market’s demand for services. Evolution Long Haul is the perfect technology and complete solution for today’s network evolution.

Migration with Evolution Hardware

Secure Networks for Government and Defense

Migrating Mobile OperatorsIn yesterday’s world, mobile networks were built mainly to accommodate voice and text communications. Operators were concerned with initial network deployment, coverage and subscriber-base growth.

Today, use of mobile networks is evolving very rapidly. Subscribers want services far beyond voice, SMS and email. They are burdening networks with new, bandwidth-consuming demand for data, audio, video, and multitudes of new, real-time applications. This demand is driving down revenue-per-bit causing operators to switch to the more efficient packet technology. But the shift from legacy TDM to IP can be difficult, expensive and interruptive.

Ceragon’s Evolution Long Haul microwave solution provides an easy upgrade path from legacy TDM to all-IP. It offers full—and even enhanced— support for current TDM while giving operators an easy path to all-IP, supporting their subscriber services smoothly throughout the process. Ceragon’s long-term experience in bringing technological innovation to long-distance communication links provides operators with an unmatched solution for fast, cost-effective and manageable network evolution.

Broadband to Remote LocationsThere is a digital divide between heavily populated areas that enjoy the myriad services of modern communication networks and outlying regions that lack access. Network operators choose microwave as the only economical way to bring high-speed Internet to remote locations.

Your Choice for Migration from TDM to All-IP

Ceragon’s Evolution Long Haul solution provides superior performance while simplifying deployment complexity allowing operators to make broadband more accessible. Enabling smooth deployment and efficient migration to all-IP networks, Evolution helps to bridge the digital divide quickly and cost-effectively.

Digital BroadcastBroadcast networks require upgrades in order to enjoy the new services and cost-efficiencies that digital technology is bringing to broadcasters.

Whether expanding the network or migrating to all-IP, Ceragon’s Evolution Long Haul has been the reliable backbone for a wide range of broadcast networks worldwide. Broadcasters enjoy the reliability and upgrade capability that Evolution provides them.

Border control, military, police and other government agencies require high-speed, secure and reliable communication networks to access and exchange information efficiently. Numerous applications, like video conferencing, are rapidly being adopted placing increasing demand on networks.

Evolution Long Haul is the complete solution to microwave network reliability and robustness while meeting the need for capacity and throughput. Many government and other agencies regularly enjoy applications based on Evolution’s ability to deliver the required capacity now and in the future. Evolution’s easy upgrade path from TDM to IP provides these customers with the cost-effective capability to evolve their networks as demand for capacity inevitably increases.

Evolution hardware is designed to work in TDM, hybrid and all-IP/Ethernet modes, where a simple change of interfaces is all that is required to achieve the most efficient configuration.

Migration with Evolution Long Haul solution means:

• Protection of investment for evolving requirements

• Uninterrupted delivery of services• Same radio and indoor units• Minimal downtime• Minimal effort• Plug and play

Cost-Effective Support for Your Current Network While Migrating to IP

Mobile and telecom infrastructure operators, government agencies and broadcasters require the proper technology to transport large quantities of data cost-effectively at every level of capacity demand. Ser-vices must be maintained effi ciently while evolving from legacy TDM networks to more cost-effective IP technology.

Multicarrier ABC Evolution Long Haul features Multicarrier Adaptive Bandwidth Control, Ceragon’s unique technology for dynamic traffic distribution over multiple RF carriers. Packet distribution is based on the physical layer and is independent of packet flows and sizes.

Evolution automatically scales with available channels and capacities. Adaptive modulation is used to adjust link capacity dynamically. Compared with systems designed for TDM, Evolution Long Haul provides substantially higher service availability. Advanced QoS mechanisms ensure that the most important traffic is always prioritized.

Radio ProtectionIn addition to traditional N+1 protection where one standby channel protects all other channels, Evolution Long Haul is able to adjust overall capacity dynamically depending on the number of available channels and their capacities. For example, if a channel has degraded due to fading or failure, it is excluded from the distribution and its bandwidth remains available for high-priority traffic.

All-Indoor and Split-Mount In addition to the industry-standard all-indoor configuration, Ceragon provides a technological breakthrough with its unique split-mount configurations. Evolution Long Haul is the only solution in its class to provide full transmit power in split-mount providing the highest system gain in the market to deliver robust and resilient links. Network operators are free to choose the configuration that best meets their cost, power-consumption and performance objectives.

Space DiversitySpace diversity protects against multi-path fading by use of two or more physically separated antennas. This technique is used to improve performance on troublesome paths. Evolution Long Haul employs space diversity with an IF combiner in all configurations including all-indoor and split-mount.

Spectrum EfficiencyEvolution Long Haul allows for flexible channel arrangements. Adjacent and co-channel operation with XPIC can be used in any combination. Different frequency bands can be combined in one multi-channel system ensuring efficient spectrum utilization.

System Design and Technology

Secure NetworksDigital BroadcastRural CommunicationMobile Communication

Native Ethernet Switch & Controller Unit

SDH/SONET Controller Unit

Competition has never been fiercer while operating margins remain under pressure. Challenged by the pressing demand for more bandwidth, operators turn to technology to minimize operating expenditures while they satisfy the market’s demand for services. Evolution Long Haul is the perfect technology and complete solution for today’s network evolution.

Migration with Evolution Hardware

Secure Networks for Government and Defense

Evolution Long Haul is a versatile and cost-effective microwave radio solution for long-distance, high-capacity telecommunication networks. It allows carriers to migrate smoothly from their legacy TDM networks to all-IP, satisfying the ever-increasing demand for capacity while maintaining revenue-generating 2G/3G services without interruption. Evolution Long Haul is available in all frequency bands from 4 to 13 GHz and provides more than 4 Gbps aggregated Ethernet traffic.

High-Power, High-Performance Radio • Best-in-Class Reliability Unmatched quality, field-proven, long-haul radio

• Adaptable to Meet Growing Capacity Demands Pluggable modules, upgradable capacity

• Simplified Logistics Full-band transceivers, fewer spare parts

• Significant OPEX Reduction Lowest power consumption in the industry

• Smooth Migration to IP Modular architecture, managed migration to IP with easy-to-install upgrades

Easy migration from TDM to all-IP

• Up to 10 carriers per rack in indoor configuration

• 8 carriers in split-mount configuration

• From 10 to 450 Mbps Ethernet traffic per carrier

• Up to 4 Gbps aggregated Ethernet traffic

• Frequency bands 4, 5, L6, U6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 GHz

• Channel bandwidth 10, 28, 29.65, 30, 40, 56 MHz

• Standards: FCC & ETSI compliant

• Network interfaces: 6 Gigabit ports (SFP or electrical), nxSTM-1/OC-3, nxSTM-4/OC-12, 75xE1s/80xDS1s

• Embedded Carrier Ethernet switch

• Embedded TDM cross-connect

• Optional SDH/SONET ADM

• Full support for Synchronous Ethernet including 2 MHz and TDM in/out

• Multiple levels of protection: radio carrier, network port, service awareness (QoS) and integral support for rings

• Increased availability with dynamic capacity(Multicarrier Adaptive Bandwidth Control)

• High transmit power up to 31dbm in all-indoor and split-mount

• Space Diversity with 3dB system gain increase

• Adjacent and co-channel operation with XPIC

• Hitless Adaptive Coding & Modulation (ACM) QPSK - 1024 QAM

• Multi-band branching

• Comprehensive Network Management System (NMS)

• Integrated Web-based Element Management System (EMS)

• Embedded IP router for management traffic

• Enhanced user access control for increased security

• Comprehensive service OA&M tools

• Fast root cause identification

• Transceivers tunable across full band, fewer spare parts and simplified logistics

• Best-in-class reliability, fewer site visits, minimal maintenance

• Simple system expansion and upgrade with modular design

• Lowest power consumption in the industry

Key Features

Highest possible capacity and efficiency at any channel bandwidth

Traffic redundancy

High power, high capacities

Smart network management

Information subject to change without notice. The Ceragon logo is a registered trademarks of Ceragon Networks Ltd.

Ceragon Comprehensive Network Offering

OPEX reduction

Network features

ref: Evolution Long Haul October 2012

www.ceragon.com

Evolution Long Haul