80 Ghz (E-Band) Gigabit Wireless

WIRELESS 'VIRTUAL FIBRE' SOLUTIONS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS, HEALTHCARE, GOVERNMENT AND ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS

 

LAN EXTENSION

Extends LAN backbones between buildings

FIRST/LAST MILE

Supports high-speed access services

METRO AREA NETWORK (MAN)

Complements / extends metro fibre

SERVER CONSOLIDATION

Enables centralisation of IT facilities

SPATIAL DIVERSITY

Creates redundant paths for mission-critical applications.

FAST AND FLEXIBLE

Provides temporary and disaster-recovery connectivity

FIBRE ALTERNATIVE

Offers fibre-equivalent performance, security and reliability

CONFIGURATIONS

  • Point to point
  • Hot standby
  • Multi-hop / repeater
  • Hub-and-spoke
  • Ring
  • Mesh

About BridgeWave

BridgeWave Communications, Inc. is the leading supplier of wireless gigabit solutions. Founded in 1999 by veteran technology executives from the high-performance wireless industry, BridgeWave delivers highly-reliable, cost-effective gigabit wireless solutions for enterprise, service provider, and government networks, including municipal and military applications.

BridgeWave gigabit radio links are the most widely deployed in the world – combined with BridgeWave's state-of-the-art HALT/HASS test methodology, "no waiting" customer service, and over five years of continuous ISO9001 certification, you can be confident selecting BridgeWave as your high-capacity wireless solution partner.

60-90Ghz spectrum

BridgeWave's products utilise the upper millimeter-wave radio spectrum in the recently-allocated 60-90 GHz range, enabling multi-gigabit per second wireless connectivity at affordable price points.

Setting the standard for product quality, BridgeWave employs Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) during design and Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS) during production to ensure the highest levels of product reliability and customer satisfaction. BridgeWave has achieved ISO9001 registration for over six years running.

Over 2,000 Gigabit Ethernet bridges deployed

BridgeWave Communications, Inc. has deployed over two thousand hundred GigE wireless bridges serving customers in the enterprise, service provider, and government spaces. These millimeter wave links are providing our customers with up to five nines availability, while significantly reducing their network operating cost.

 

Gigabit Wireless Solutions from Case Communications

Key Features Of 80 GHz Links

Performance:

  • Full rate, full duplex Gigabit Ethernet (GE80 & AR80)
  • Highly secure, narrow antenna beamwidth
  • Interference-free operation enabling high-density deployments
  • Simple, fast path licensing
  • AdaptRate™ and AdaptPath™ switching overcomes peak rain downpours
  • Low latency for fiber-equivalent performance
  • Forward Error Correction provides maximum link range
  • Add/Drop Port

Reliability:

  • Rigorous HALT/HASS testing
  • Up to 99.999% availability; 28-Year MTBF

Ease-of-Use:

  • Connects directly to standard network equipment
  • All-outdoor, compact design
  • Low voltage power cabling
  • Rapid & flexible deployment
  • Embedded web and SNMP based network management agent

Regulatory Compliance:

  • Safety: UL Listed, CE Mark, FCC 1.1310 general population RF MPE limits
  • RF Certifications: U.S. FCC Part 15.255, Industry Canada RSS-210
  • Other: RoHS, WEEE, ETS 300 489, FIPS certified, JF-12

Advanced Security Options

BridgeWave's Advanced Security Options add another layer of data protection to BridgeWave's inherently secure wireless links, providing the most secure gigabit wireless solutions available.
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES):
Available on AR80 and AR80X models
  • 256-bit key length AES - the strongest data encryption available
  • Full-rate Gigabit or Fast Ethernet performance under all traffic loads
  • Ultra-low latency - adds only 2 microseconds packet delay
  • Cipher Block Chaining (128-bit blocks) conceals patterns in plain-text
  • Meets 'Top Secret' security standards
  • Avoids costly, complex, lower-performing external-box solutions
  • Includes Secure Management Option to protect symmetric key configuration
  • Factory hardware option for all AdaptRate products
Secure Management:
  • Secure (256-bit AES) HTTPS access to network management agent
  • RADIUS user authentication client
  • Meets US Army IMOD program security requirements
  • Software field upgrade for all current product models

The chart below shows the 4 Bridgewave products together with their ranges.

 

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Last updated: 10 November 2008