“Microwave radio is an outdated technology, with limited capacity, and is a poor alternative to fibre. Its performance is affected by weather variations, especially rain, and despite the advances in high performance antennas, which improves system margins, five 9’s carrier-grade reliability cannot be guaranteed. Microwave energy travels as a pencil thin beam over the air but with an elliptically shaped power density. It has health risks from radiation and is not a suitable technology to meet the needs of customers that need high capacity, highly reliable performance for critical applications.”
The above statement is completely false! This workshop will dispel common industry myths that have crept into, even reputable, literature and help explain the benefits and true limitations of microwave radio as a viable alternative and enhancement to fibre solutions.
What the workshop will cover:
- A thorough understanding of the basics of microwave radio transmission, including an understanding of what’s new in terms of technological advances in equipment and system design practices
- An accurate summary of how digital microwave signals are formed and transmitted over the air, to aid understanding in proper planning and design requirements
- How the weather really affects performance, if systems are designed properly
- What five nines reliability really means and how to achieve it in the real-world
- The introduction of very high capacity radio systems using new frequency spectrum, and what changes, if any, are needed to planning rules
- Dispelling common industry myths and an understanding of why some wireless systems experience such poor performance in practise
Who will benefit?
- Anyone wanting an accurate, up-to-date and non-supplier-based viewpoint of microwave as a transmission technology option
- Technology managers and engineers
- Planning and design radio engineers
- Operational field technicians and network operations (NOC) staff