Technical Description
Basic Node The Basic Node holds the system platform providing
traffic and system control, such as traffic routing,
multiplexing, protection mechanisms and management
functions.
Specific plug-in units provide traffic interfaces, PDH, SDH
and Ethernet, for connection to network equipment such
as a radio base station, ADM or LAN. ATM aggregation
is also supported.
Finally, it includes indoor mechanical housing, power
distribution and cooling.
For more information, see Section 3 on page 9.
Radio Terminals
A Radio Terminal provides microwave transmission
from 2x2 to 155 Mbit/s, operating within the 6 to 38
GHz frequency bands, utilizing C-QPSK and 16, 64,
128 QAM modulation schemes. It can be configured as
unprotected (1+0) or protected (1+1).
For more information, see Section 4 on page 67.
Basic Node
External
Equipment
Radio Terminals
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Network Element
Figure 3 Basic Node and Radio Terminals
The management features and tools are described in Section 5 on page 105.
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