High Speed Carrier Class Microwave Connectivity Solutions for IP and TDM
- Native ETH-based Point-to-Point radio
- High full-duplex throughput over a single channel: up to 400 Mbit/s, up to 800 Mbit/s with XPIC
- Hitless Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM), 4QAM to 256QAM
- Radio Link Aggregation (RLA)
- Nodal configurations with four radios and 1.6 Gbit/s in 1RU
- XPIC 1+1 in 1RU (NetAxis™-IDU4)
- Pseudo-Wires (PW) over ETH for multiservice transmission
- Advanced QoS features to fully support various classes of traffic
- ETH ring protection (ITU-T G.8032)
NetAxis is a native Ethernet wireless backhaul platform employing state-of-the-art MW packet technology, providing superior deployment flexibility for the most demanding backhaul network applications. It achieves traffic throughputs of up to 400 Mbps over a single link (or up to 800 Mbps with XPIC) with channelization up to 56 MHz. Higher capacities can be achieved by the use of extra outdoor units on the same IDU.
NetAxis incorporates statistical multiplexing for best optimization of the available link capacity, advanced Radio Link Aggregation (RLA) and hitless adaptive modulation – 4QAM up to 256QAM – for increased service availability in all weather conditions.
Network configurations are flexible, ranging from single links to nodal implementations for traffic aggregation sites. Backhaul of legacy services is carried out seamlessly through Pseudo-Wire Emulation functionality, with low end-to-end latency, and through the utilization of E1, STM-1 (VC-12/4), and Gigabit Ethernet network interfaces.
With regards to protection capabilities, NetAxis provides various redundancy options (ODU, modem, Gigabit Ethernet), also allowing the implementation of Ethernet protected rings, as per ITU-T G.8032, of assured low recovery switching time (less than 50 ms).
The NetAxis efficient timing capabilities include traditional G.703-based synchronization, Adaptive Clock Recovery (ACR) and Ethernet synchronization based on Synchronous Ethernet and IEEE 1588v2 (transparent) standards.
KEY BENEFITS
- Removes backhaul bottleneck
- Facilitates the delivery of new compelling services
- Increases customer base and ARPU
- Keeps control of your network with end-to-end OAM
- Builds future-proof backhaul networks
- Optimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) with add-on features
- Inject flexibility in last-mile access applications
- Implement nodal configurations for aggregating traffic from multiple sites
- Implement ring topologies for transmission network resiliency
Configuration
The NetAxis platform is offered in split indoor/outdoor configuration and comprises:
The Outdoor Unit
Complete family of outdoor radios (ODUs) covering a wide range of operating
frequencies: 6 / 7 / 8 / 11 / 13/ 15 / 18 / 23 / 26 / 38 GHz Antennas, integrated with the ODUs, or standalone.
The Indoor Units
NetAxis IDU2 is the cost-optimized IDU for tail links requiring up to two radios, whereas NetAxis IDU4 is more appropriate for nodal sites of up to four radios.
IDU2
NetAxis IDU2 is a compact variant accommodating up to two modems instead of four. This device is flexible enough to be used at the edge of the network, as a repeater node and even as a ring node.
IDU4
NetAxis DU4 combines
industry-leading modem density, up to four modems,
for system configuration agility (1+0 / 1+1 / 2+0 / 2+2 / 3+0 / 4+0, FD / SD / HSB) and flexible network deployments.
NetAxis IDU4 also constitutes the ideal solution for excessive throughput requirements, as it supports
NetAxis IDU4 protected (1+1) XPIC nodes in 1RU.
Managing NetAxis Networks
The NetAxis NMS Unified Management Suite is a state-of-the-art solution for deploying, supervising and
managing contemporary telecommunication networks.
It is a carrier-class Element, Network and Service management platform for all Netronics wireless products (access, transmission and aggregation). Upon request, third-party products can also be managed through easy integration.
The mediation with the managed elements of the network is implemented through add-on drivers, for applying management functions, such as configuration changes, performance counters collection, alarms (traps) collection, service provisioning, inventory collection, and others.
NetAxis NMS provides convergent service provisioning capabilities addressing the need for automated service provisioning across multi-vendor networks and diverse IT environments
End-to-End Network Management
NetAxis NMS enables end-to-end management – network deployment, provisioning, real-time monitoring,
testing – all through powerful embedded tools:
“Just define the two end-points to connect” – simple end-to-end connection setup through user-friendly wizards that automatically create all necessary intermediate cross connections.
Reliable performance & fault management – NetAxis NMS automatically monitors availability, reduces alarms, correlates events and collects real-time and historical performance counters to be presented in powerful graphs.
Key Management Characteristics
- Common management platform for all technology domains and associated services (WiMAX, Wireless transmission, xDSL, etc.)
- Simplified end-to-end provisioning – service agnostic workflow (BPEL) and a design environment, for realizing rapid service provisioning
- Sub-network Connections Management – circuits creation with powerful wizards, alarm correlation and impact analysis
- High system availability (24x7) and fault-tolerant operation through Server redundancy
- Advanced security features – hardened operating system ensures compliance to strict NOC security guidelines with fine-grained users, roles & privileges
- Standardized northbound interfaces for easy integration with third-party systems