AR80 links add BridgeWave's breakthrough AdaptRate capability. The AR80 is the only E-Band link on the market that quickly shifts between 1000Mbps and 100Mbps data rates in order to overcome the effects of short-lived cloud-burst downpours. This allows AR80 links to be deployed at distances that traditionally required the use of bulky and harder to install two-foot antennas.
Enterprise customers use BridgeWave E-Band links to extend their LAN backbones between nearby buildings, or to connect their buildings over longer distances via metro fiber backbones. By extending LAN backbones between buildings, users can centralize servers to save IT costs and simplify administration, or distribute servers between buildings to provide for rapid disaster recovery.
Network operators use BridgeWave E-Band links to provide private network services to enterprise customers or to implement "virtual fiber" distribution networks to deliver broadband services to residential or business users. GE80 links naturally combine with fiber optic cabling to create highly cost-effective hybrid fiber-wireless networks, where each technology is best suited.
Specifications:
Data Rate |
1000/100 Mbps full duplex |
Latency |
< 50 microseconds @ 1000 Mbps < 150 microseconds @ 100 Mbps |
RF Interface |
73.5/82.5GHz (FDD), digitally modulated (BFSK) with Forward Error Correction (RS 204,188)
1.4GHz bandwidth @ 1000 Mbps |
AdaptRate Switching Time |
< 50 milliseconds |
Ethernet Interfaces |
1000Base-SX with LC connectors – up to 270 meters 62.5/125µm MMF, or 500 meters 50/125µm MMF |
10/100Base-TX with RJ-45 connector – up to 100 meters Cat 5 cable (surge protectors required) | |
Up to 1518-byte standard Ethernet frames (1522 bytes with 802.1q VLAN tags) | |
Configurable MAC address learning and RF link state propagation | |
Management |
Web-based (HTML) embedded management agent: setup, security, status, statistics, software update |
Mount |
Fine-adjust pole mount: 6-11 cm (2.5-4.5 in.) OD |
Size |
Radio + antenna: 33w * 33h * 22d (cm); with mount: 50w * 36h * 25d (cm) |
Weight |
Radio + antenna + mount: 10 kg (22 lbs) |
Environmental |
Operating temperature: -30 to +50 °C (-22 to 122 °F) |
Operating altitude: 4,500 meters (max.) | |
Wind Loading |
60 lbs force @ 100MPH |
Regulatory |
Safety: UL Listed; meets FCC 1.1310 general population RF MPE limits |
RF Certification: US FCC Part 101 | |
Install Kit |
Voltmeter test cable, power connectors |