AVIAT Networks has introduced the Aviat WTM 6000, the industry’s first all-packet trunking radio, designed to support up to 4 Gbits of aggregate data. The WTM 6000 is designed for long distance, high capacity wireless transmission applications, with a compact indoor architecture, superior performance and a highly redundant design to ensure exceptional system availability.
For the first time, the WTM 6000 incorporates the latest packet transport features that have until now only been available in lower capacity microwave systems, such as built-in ethernet switching, link aggregation and traffic prioritisation and quality of service controls.
The WTM 6000 is the highest density wireless trunking solution on the market, being the first system to accommodate up to 16 radio channels in a single sub-rack. With integrated switching and native ethernet/IP(Internet Protocol) support, the WTM 6000 also provides optional support for NxSTM-1 traffic, enabling operators to maintain legacy TDM services without having to use inefficient circuit emulation. The WTM 6000 is also the first trunking radio in its class to support 256QAM adaptive coding and modulation (ACM) to enable operators achieve higher link capacities with smaller antennas, which in turn reduces tower loading and infrastructure costs.
In addition to the traditional N+1 protection, where one standby radio channel is used to protect up to seven active transport channels, the IP architecture of the WTM 6000 now enables the option for bonding of multiple radio channels together, using ethernet link aggregation, to provide full wire-speed gigabit throughputs. And if one radio channel fails, the integrated switch can prioritise important traffic to be maintained over the remaining bandwidth and this enables costs savings by eliminating the standby protection channel.
According to Shaun McFall, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Aviat Networks, the WTM 6000 represents the next-generation microwave solution for high-capacity, long-haul all-IP and hybrid trunking applications, all with fiber-like speeds. “As a leading provider of trunking microwave solutions around the world, we are excited to introduce this major step forward to enable operators to introduce efficient high-speed IP transport into their backbone microwave networks,” he said.
He explained that the product all-indoor design is optimised to efficiently accommodate complex system configurations, and is not restricted by being adapted from a split-mount radio design. Its highly compact base band/transceiver module eliminates cable interconnections and optimises available rack space for additional networking equipment.