An innovative, truly packet product
The Alcatel-Lucent 9500 MPR helps ensure optimal performance for all types of backhauling technologies and enables smooth evolution of existing TDM-based networks to an all-IP network. It aggregates any kind of incoming traffic, including Second Generation (2G), Third Generation (3G) and WiMAX. Performance and low latency are improved for each service, and synchronization can be achieved along the entire backhauling network.
Service-aware transport
The Alcatel-Lucent 9500 MPR supports adaptive packet transport for excep- tional use of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum and a dramatic improvement in broadband traffic transmission. This service-aware feature directly maps all traffic, both guaranteed and broadband, over the radio frame. It recognizes the traffic types in each incoming packet and automatically adapts to varying microwave link conditions. For instance, priority
traffic, such as video and voice, are assigned to the most available packets across the radio link, while less time- dependent applications, such as Internet browsing and e-mail, are given access based on availability; this is shown in Figure 3.
Simplified growth
Because the Alcatel-Lucent 9500 MPR offers service-aware transport, operators can increase the number of active users without the inefficiencies of transport constraints. This system enables a dramatic increase in broad- band users on the network; up to one hundred times that of T1-based TDM solutions. Operators also gain enhanced support for high-bandwidth applica- tions, such as music downloading and streaming video.
As shown in Figure 4, packet solutions support more active voice and multi- media users than TDM solutions.
Figure 3. Adaptive packet radio
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Figure 4. A comparison of TDM and packet radio solution capacity
Pocket Radio vs TDM | |
Multimedia | Voice |
Number of Active Users
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