Fixed Wireless/Microwave
Microwave technologies have come a long way, and today wireless bridging can make networking tasks previously viewed as insurmountable become a reality. The delivery of high performance, short and long range, and cost effective connections are now possible using one of many different wireless Point-to-Point or Multi-Point technologies. Through either the use of Radio Frequency (RF) or Free Space Optics (FSO) the customer is able to extend the conventional limits of their network. Designed to connect two or more networks (in differing physical locations), wireless bridging delivers high data rates and superior throughput and effectively eliminates the recurring cost of T1, DS3 or OCn services. Wireless bridges connect discrete sites into a single LAN environment, even when obstacles such as freeways, airport runways, railroads, and bodies of water separate them.
A summary of advantages is:
- Elimination of expensive leased lines, construction costs for demolition and repair, and right of way issues.
- Ability to connect facilities that are located many miles away.
- Data rate delivery of up to 2.5Gbps (OC48 equivalent).
- Links buildings into a single LAN
- Use of Licensed and Un licensed spectrums
- Secure and reliable connection
Potential connections that can make immediate impacts to the bottom line are:
- Hard to wire sites
- Noncontiguous floors
- Satellite offices
- Temporary Networks
- Warehouses
- Campus Environments
- Cable Plant Extensions
- Carrier (wireline and wireless) Network Extensions
- Redundant (back-up) services