3Alcatel-Lucent | MDR-8000 Packet Plus
Overview
The MDR-8000 Packet Plus
is Alcatel-Lucent’spremier digital
microwave radio for long-haul,
point-to-point wireless
communications. The flexible
platform offers features designed
to provide robust operation, while
also reducing your total cost of
ownership. With a common
platform that supports virtually
all frequency bands from 2-11 GHz,
the MDR-8000 Packet Plus can
meet your needs for high-capacity
backbone routes, as well as low-
capacity spurs. It offers transmission
capacity from 4-32 DS1s, 1-3 DS3s,
OC-3, and 10/100/1000 Base-T
Ethernet, with the ability to upgrade
capacity in service simply by
changing Capacity Keys™. The
common platform that supports
all of these options provides users
ultimate flexibility in configuring
and equipping an entire network,
with simplified operation and
maintenance. With the widest range
of long-haul frequency bands, the
most complete range of interfaces
and capacities, and the highest
system gain in the industry,the
MDR-8000 is the undisputed leader
in microwave transport.
This flexible and scalable
architecture provides reliable
wireless backbone communications
for cellular operators, public safety
agencies,railways, pipelines, utilities,
local exchange carriers, television
stations, and private enterprise.
MDR-8000Packet Plus Standard Shelf Configuration