Converged WiMax-Cellular Backhaul Networks Exploiting Wireless Ethernet Mesh Technology

With the migration to high bandwidth IP-based services in the cellular access market, operators are increasingly considering WiMax technology as an access technology which can support this new paradigm in mobile services. WiMax provides high bandwidth data services and the promise of a hig...

Total Cost of Ownership for WiMax Backhaul Networks

There has been a rapid deployment of fixed and mobile WiMax access networks globally. This rapid and wide scale set of deployments has introduced a new set of requirements on the backhaul network causing carriers to re-evaluate their backhaul architecture. The increased bandwidth requirem...

No Barriers. No Borders. Breaking the Backhaul Burden

As WiMAX networks begin to be deployed worldwide, there is a growing understanding that the backhaul portion of the network is a significant portion of total life cycle costs. The increased bandwidth generated from the WiMAX service set drives a need for much lower cost per bit from the ba...

DragonWave's WiMAX out of Band Backhaul Solution

Companies from all over the world have invested in spectrum and equipment to deliver portable and/or mobile high bandwidth services to consumers and business alike. Companies have made a clear decision to invest in licensed wireless access technologies for the delivery of these services in...

Expand your Footprint, Extend your Reach with Cost-Effective, Next Generation Mesh Networking

DragonWave’s best-in-class products enable service providers to easily and cost-effectively extend high capacity broadband networks with fixed wireless access solutions. Download our case study and learn more about how DragonWave’s Horizon Compact next generation, integrated, carrier grade...

Mesh Metro Ethernet Backhaul for WiFi/WiMax and Cellular Applications

Access networks are proliferating new deployments by service providers as well as through municipal build outs. Wi-Fi/Wi-Max attractiveness is rooted in its ability to deliver high-speed access connectivity rapidly and more cost effectively. With the availability of IEEE 802.11a/g tech...

Propagation Effects of Rain & Fog on the AirPair System

This short technical note provides a review of fog effects on the performance of millimeter wave communications links operating in the 20 – 30 GHz (with a focus on the DragonWave AirPair product operating at 23 GHz). The investigation is intended to illustrate that the predominant prop...

Frequently Asked Questions

This document will answer many of the frequently asked questions regarding the Horizon product line....

Service Levels of Microwave Systems

This document evaluates the service availability using a DragonWave AirPair wireless system. This is compared to the service availability of a fiber optic link. Additionally, protection options, and other attributes, such as latency and security will be discussed. To compare reliability...

Mesh Network Resilency - Failure Recovery Performance Results in a Typical Wireless Ethernet Mesh Network

This document describes an example of how a mesh network configuration can be used to increase the availability and resiliency of a metro wireless Metro Ethernet network (MEN). Conventional methods of achieving high resiliency often involve complex, expensive and difficult to manage redun...

Enhanced Wireless Link availability from Mesh-ring topology

This document outlines the wireless link availability enhancement available when deploying DragonWave AirPair wireless systems in meshed or ring configurations in which there are multiple ingress-egress paths attaching a given node to the network. For simplicity, the analysis presented ...

TDM Over Ethernet

DragonWave’s AirPair product line provides wireless means to interconnect two geographically separated Ethernet networks. The AirPair products are shipped with IEEE 802.3 standard compliant 100BASE-T network interface. The DragonWave APX-104 is a complimentary product which provides T1/E1 ...

Managing AirPair Systems

This white paper describes various scenarios with respect to managing an AirPair™ system. It does not discuss installation and setup of an AirPair system, which is outside the scope of this paper....

Redundancy Solutions For The AirPair System

The AirPair is a full duplex point-to-point wireless link capable of providing full duplex Ethernet data connectivity between two locations. The AirPair product portfolio includes the AirPair-100 which offers maximum data rate of 100Mbpsfull duplex over the air, the AirPair-50 which suppor...

AirPair Concealment Shroud Solutions

In many instances, multiple DragonWave AirPair radio links are deployed at a common location. This multi-link collocation can be a result of; -- The implementation of a “pseudo” Point-to-Multi-Point (PmP) hub site constructed though the deployment of multiple AirPair Point-to-Point (PtP...