Cisco Systems Overview of the Cisco MWR 1900 Router, Primary Use of the MWR, C H A P T E R

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Overview of the Cisco MWR 1900 Router

The MWR 1900 Mobile Wireless Edge Router is a networking platform optimized for use in mobile wireless networks. It extends IP connectivity to the cell site and Base Transceiver Station (BTS), and through a Fast Ethernet interface to the BTS, provides bandwidth-efficient IP transport of voice and data bearer traffic, as well as maintenance, control, and signalling traffic, over the leased line backhaul network between the BTS and leased line termination and aggregation node via compression (cRTP/cUDP) and packet multiplexing (PPPmux and MLPPP). It supports a limited set of interfaces and protocols, but offers high performance at a low cost while meeting the critical requirements for deployment in cell sites, including small size, extended operating temperature range, high availability, and DC input power flexibility.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•Primary Use of the MWR 1900, page 1-1

•Hardware Features, page 1-2

•Fast Ethernet Interfaces, page 1-4

•Voice/WAN Interface Cards, page 1-4

•Compact Flash, page 1-5

•Compact Flash, page 1-5

•Environmental Monitoring Temperature Sensor, page 1-6

•System Specifications, page 1-6

•Regulatory Compliance, page 1-6

Primary Use of the MWR 1900

The MWR 1900 router is designed to be used at a cell site as part of an IP-RAN solution. Figure 1-1shows the placement of and connections for the MWR 1900 router for this application.

Cisco MWR 1900 Mobile Wireless Edge Router Hardware Installation Guide

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