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Figure 3. Adaptive Packet Radio Feature
4 QAM
Guarantee 100%
16 QAM
256 QAM
Figure 4. Number of Active Users (Voice and Multimedia) with TDM and
Packet Radio Solutions
Number of Active Users
Pocket Radio vs TDM
Multimedia Voice
Packet RadioTDM
TheevolutionofmicrowaveradiofromTDMtopacket
technologiesenablesdata–awaretransport—whichcan
supportnewhigh–bandwidthserviceswhileleveraging
existingtechnologies.IPtransformationtypicallyseeks
toachievefourmajorgoals:
•Gradualtransformationofthenetwork—focusing
onareaswherecompellingeventsforceinvestment
inasolution
•Returnontheseinvestmentsinlessthantwoyears,
asaresultofOPEXsavings
•MinimizedOPEX,despitecapacityincreases—
whichrequiresoptimizingtheuseofscarce
resourcesandaggregatingallservicesovera
singlepipe,withnooverlays
•Useofamulti-vendormodel,withstandardprotocols
andnoproprietaryequipment
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
manykindsofincomingtraffic,
including2G,3GandWiMAX.High
performanceandlowlatencyforeach
serviceandsynchronizationofthese
servicesisachievedalongtheentire
backhaulingnetwork.
Service-Aware Transport
TheAlcatel-Lucent9500MPR
supportsadaptivepackettransport
forexceptionaluseofradiofrequency
spectrumandadramaticimprove-
mentinbroadbandtrafctransmis-
sion.Ourservice-awarefeature
directlymapsalltrafc,both
guaranteedandbroadband,overthe
radioframe.Itrecognizesthetrafc
typesintheincomingpacketsand
automaticallyadaptstovarying
microwavelinkconditions.For
instance,prioritytrafc,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.
Simplified Growth
BecausetheAlcatel-Lucent9500
MPRoffersservice-awaretransport,
youcanincreasethenumberof
activeuserswithoutthehassleof
transportconstraints.Thissystem
allowsadramaticincreaseinthe
numberofbroadbandusers—up
toonehundredtimesthatofE1-
orT1-basedTDMsolutions.Youalso
gainenhancedsupportforhigh-
bandwidthapplications,suchasmusic
downloadingandstreamingvideo.
An Innovative, Truly Packet Product
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