Broadband Wireless World

2001

Achieving Success as a Broadband Wireless Service Provider:

Demand & Business Focused Progressive Network

Implementation Strategies

Gordon Moller
Vice President
Ceragon Networks, Inc.

gmoller@ceragon-us.com

www.ceragon.com
 Presentation
Outline

Company Overview
Service Provider Challenges
Progressive Implementation Concept
Real World Network Examples
Employing Various Technologies
Wireless Gigabit Ethernet Advent
Conclusions
 Our Business

Metropolitan Broadband Wireless Infrastructure

Broadband Transport and Access Networks

for

Internet, Voice, Data and Video

for

Service Providers & Enterprises:

ILECs, CLECs, ISPs, Private Networks, Mobile Telephony/Data

 Company At-A-Glance

Established in 1996
Product Launch in 1998
IPO in August 2000, NASDAQ - CRNT
>300 Employees
Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel
New Jersey, USA
Birmingham, UK
Offices: 4 in USA, Mexico, Germany,
France, Spain
Customers: 54 in 23 Countries
OEMs: Nortel, Siemens, Lucent
 Next Generation
Infrastructure
Where We Fit

Residential/SOHO
IXC/Internet
Transport
Metropolitan
SONET, IP, or
ATM ring MDU

Mobile Medium/large
business
From Within the Core to the Curb:
High Capacity Infrastructure & Access
 Last/First Mile
Options
800,000 commercial buildings in the US:
only 3 4% of those have fiber

Approximate
Building Size
(Sq. Ft.)
25k 50k 50k 180k >180k

Mobile Wireless

Broadband Point-to-Point
(128k 10Mbps) PMP
Broadband Wireless
DSL/Cable

High Capacity High-Capacity Connectivity

(>100Mbps) Fiber

Source: CSFB Research

 Next Generation Networks

Broadband 128 Kbps 10 Mbps

xDSL Asymmetrical
Cable Low deployments in business areas
WLL Shared E1/ T1
PMP Shared sector capacity
High Capacity >100 Mbps+
Fiber Expensive, cumbersome to deploy
$150,000 per mile construction cost
Wireless Immediate same day service
Much lower installed cost per bit
Quick revenue generation
Easy to redeploy
 Challenge: Connect a Variety of Applications to a
Variety of Legacy & Emerging NextGen Networks

Applications Networks

Internet
IP
?
Data ?
SONET/SDH
SONET/SDH
? PSTN
Video
?
ATM
Protocol Converters
Voice
Add/Drop Muxes
Media Translators
Aggregation Devices, etc.
= ? Cost & Space
 Challenge: Multiple Global
Standards
Digital Formats & Frequency
Bands
North America International
T1
39 Format
GHz E1/ETSI Format
38 GHz

28-31 GHz LMDS?

LMDS/LMCS
26 GHz
24 GHz
23 GHz
23 GHz
22 GHz
18 GHz
18 GHz

15 GHz
 Critical Challenges

Network Topology Flexibility Service Application, not

Hardware Technology, Should Dictate

Time to Market Capture Most Desirable Customers Quickly

Rapid Revenue Generation without Huge Initial Expenditures

Bandwidth & QOS You Can Never Have Enough

Ability to Cost Effectively Evolve and Scale Services

Compatibility with Existing/Impending Networks

Minimize Sunken Costs of Fixed, Unmovable Infrastructure

Lowest Possible Network Installed & Life Cycle Cost

 Family

Global standard compliant

North America (FCC, Can.)
International (ETSI)
Japan (ARIB)
Frequency bands covered
18, 23, 24, 26
28, 29, & 31 LMDS/LMCS
38/39 GHz
High Capacity/Flexibility/Scalability
45, 155, 311, 622 Mbps
OC-3, OC-6, OC-12
N x 100baseT Fast Ethernet
N x DS3
Modular Architecture Gigabit Ethernet
SONET, SDH, IP, ATM
 Intelligent Network
Element

Fast OC-3
Ethernet
Data
IP

Voice

SONET/SDH
Video FibeAir

ATM
Internet

Modular Interface & Protocol Flexibility

 System
Architecture
Physical Interfaces
Main Channel
Frequencies
Optical MM

Optical SM
38 GHz
Electrical CMI
UTP/STP
28, 29, 31 GHz (LMDS)
3 X DS3/E3
Capacities
Fast Ethernet + DS3/E3 622 Mbps 26 GHz
311 Mbps
2 x Fast Ethernet
155 Mbps
Wayside/User Channel 45 Mbps
23/24 GHz
T1
Scalable
E1/G.703
Capacity & 18 GHz
V.24/RS.232 Modular
Interface
10 Base T
Options
X.21 Architecture
 Progressive
Implementation 1A

Business Park

Initial Off & On

Network Campus
Deployments

IXC/LEC/CAP Fiber
 Progressive Implementation
1B

SONET/SDH,
ATM or IP
Wireless Metro
Business Park
Ring

Ring Network
Connectivity

IXC, LEC, CAP,

ISP Backbone Fiber
 Progressive
Implementation - 2

SONET/SDH,
ATM or IP
Wireless Metro
Business Park
Ring
Access
ISP
Gateway

Network
Connectivity

VPN Connectivity

IXC, LEC, CAP,

ISP Backbone Fiber
Remote Company Site
 Progressive
Implementation - 3
PMP Wireless
PMP
Backhaul Access

SONET/SDH,
ATM or IP
Wireless Metro Campus
Business Park
Ring DSL
Access
ISP
Network Connectivity Gateway
VLAN/VPN Connectivity
Multipoint Interconnection
Building or Campus DSL, Wireless In Building
Cable or Wireless Distribution PMP DSL Access
Access
IXC, LEC, CAP,
ISP Backbone Fiber Remote Company Site
Convergence of SONET & IP:
Fast Ethernet, Ethernet, & PSTN
Circuits
 Wireless ISP Networks

26 GHz Data Center

STM-1 Ring Hong Kong Data Center

Data Center Data Center

GSR12000 GSR12000

Router Router
Router

Router
Relay Router
PTMP

OC-3
PTMP
 Wireless ISP Networks

26 GHz Hong Kong

Internet Cable Modem

Telephone

TV
 Wireless and Wireline SDH Rings

Fiber
26 GHz Lisbon
38 GHz E3
Access
PTMP
PTMP

STM-1
Access
PTMP
PTMP Fiber Fiber

PTMP
Switching Center
+ NMC
 IP and SDH Network

18 GHz Amsterdam
PTMP IP
38 GHz
PTMP 2x100 BaseT PTMP

IP
IP IP Router

Router STM-1 Ring Router

PTMP
155 Mpbs

IP
Router
PTMP
 STM-1 Ring Paris
Single Channel & Single
Polarization

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0K
0.7
0.73 Km

m
0.80 Km

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7K
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m

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0.71 Km

m
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0.6

7K

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8K

0.6

0.75 Km m
m
 Ultra High Capacity
Systems

OC-6/STM-2

OC-12/STM-4

Gigabit Ethernet
 OC-12
Ring
Site A

ADM-4

Site G
Tributaries

STM-4/OC-12 Ring Site F

622 Mbps
Site B
Site E

Site C Site D
STM-1
Dual Channel
Dual Polarization
 FibeAir 10000
Gigabit Ethernet
Radio

Wireless Extension of Gigabit Ethernet

Scalable, grow with demand system
Full Ethernet switch compatibility
Eliminates the need for external switches
when provisioning Fast Ethernet ports
Modular interface design
Access and Backbone solutions
Quick to deploy and cost effective
 Gigabit Ethernet
Point-to-Point 1

FibeAir Gigabit Ethernet

10000

s
bp
M
600

0
ISP 15 N x FE Port
Provisioning
Switch
Gigabit Ethernet FibeAir
10000

Router
POP
 Gigabit Ethernet
Implementation

SONET &
IP Ring

ISP Access
Gateway

Private Network Data Center

ASP
Server Farm
IXC/LEC/CAP
Fiber
 Ceragon Customer Base Feb.
2001
Over 50 Customers In Over 20 Countries

Argentina Colombia
Australia Czech Rep. Holland Latvia
Austria Denmark Hong Kong Mexico Spain
Belgium Finland Iceland Norway Sweden
Brazil France Israel Portugal US
Canada Germany Japan Slovakia UK
 Unique Service Provider
Benefits:
Available Today, Globally
Proven
Scalable High Capacity 45Mbps to 622 Mbps, DS-3/E-3 to OC-
12/STM-4, & N x 100BaseT Fast Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet
Flexibility of Interfaces & Bands Global Applicability: SONET/SDH,
DS-X/E-X, ATM, IP; 15 38 GHz north American & international bands
Topology Flexibility Rings, stars, cascade (daisy chain), 1+1, mesh
Seamless Network Connectivity Compatible with SONET/SDH,
ATM, & Next Generation IP global networks; PMP, DSL, cable, & optical
access technologies.
Progressive Implementation Immediate incremental revenue with
each link deployment, business grows with the network, not after
Easiest Install or Relocation Industry standard form factor &
minimal site requirements, small size & weights, generic installers =
quick & inexpensive installation
Future proof No sunken costs; easily scaled up/down or redeployed
 Making Broadband Accessible Today!

Thank You

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