The Microwave System for Multiple High-speed Networks

The SRA 4 System offers a technologies to transport ultra-high

compact, easy-to-deploy and cost- capacity payloads with fiber-like Applications
effective broadband wireless quality. Quick time-to-service and
solution supporting high speed ease of installation are clearly the SRA 4 line is primarily
data, video and voice killing feature making SRA 4 designed for urban networks
communication in Wide Area preferable to fiber particularly in but is also suitable in regional
Networks, Metropolitan Area metropolitan areas. or national networks meeting
Networks and Corporate/Campus SRA 4 Digital Signal Processing all the requirements of access
interconnections. has been designed to accomplish and trunk applications.
SRA 4 joins high capacity and high to ATM quality of service
bandwidth efficiency into a unique requirements, minimizing ATM cell •Mobile Networks
radio platform, it has been loss and cell mis-insertion. 3G Mobile ATM based
designed to be the natural Broadband Wireless Access collector network tipically
connection media for transmission Networks, for fixed and mobile conveying traffic among
network, always tailored on service operator, directly benefit of SRA 4 NodeB/ Hubs and RNC.
capacity needs, ready to features speeding up link/network 2G infrastructure network
accomplish with increasing traffic deployment, facilitating link already implement SDH
requirements completely saving relocation and network flexibility microwave rings to connect
the existing installed base. The and guaranteeing a quick return of access to core networks., In
system utilises state of the art investment. the next future, the overlay of
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the two networks will certainly kind of networks, and once
benefit from SRA 4 upgrading Spurs of fibre STM-N backbones again flexibility became a must
facilities rewarding operators or rings, even in this case
with flexible and versatile Back up to fibre optic links
infrastructures. SDH, are some of the possible .
applications of SRA 4 in this
• Fixed services Networks market segment.
Support of ATM/IP networks Service convergence is the word
LAN and WAN, MW SDH summarising the trend of this

SRA
SDH 4 Link
Urban SRA
SDH 4 Link
Urban
Flexibility Flexibility 1+1 spur capacity
Same HW doubling
Same HW doubling ring capacity

128 Level Modulation

128 Level Modulation 1 2
CC IF
155 Mbps
155 Mbps
EXT.ALM V11 G 703 EXP. Port
E2 IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT
PS
2MBit/s STM1
CC IF
Q

27,5/ 28 MHz
IF F 1 2
CC V11 G 703 IN OUT EXP. Port

27,5/ 28 MHz
EXT.ALM V11 G 703 IN OUT 1 2 IN OUT IN OUT
E2 EXP. Port PS
IN OUT IN OUT 2MBit/s
PS
2MBit/s STM1
CC IF
Q

1 xSTM-1
F 2

1 xSTM-1
V11 G 703 IN OUT 1 EXP. Port
IN OUT IN OUT
PS
2MBit/s

STM--1
STM
STM--1
STM

128 Level Modulation

CC IF

311 Mbps
EXT.ALM V11 G 703 1 2
E2 IN OUT IN OUT EXP. Port
IN OUT

128 Level Modulation 2MBit/s STM1

PS

311 Mbps Q F
V11 G 703 1 2
CC IF

55/56 MHz
IN OUT EXP. Port
IN OUT IN OUT
PS
CC IF 2MBit/s
EXT.ALM V11 G 703 IN OUT 1 2
EXP. Port

55/56 MHz
E2 IN OUT IN OUT
PS
2MBit/s STM1

2 xSTM-1
CC IF
Q F 2
V11 G 703 IN OUT 1

2 xSTM-1
STM--1

EXP. Port
STM--1

IN OUT IN OUT PS
2MBit/s
STM

STM
STM--1

STM--1
STM

STM

Compelling Features . area using small directive

N+1 configuration antennas.
High order modulation easy The system can be expanded to an
upgrading procedure Multi-channel N+1 configuration High compactness
128 TCM modulation scheme without any external additional SRA 4 system architecture
supporting STM-1/ STM-2 payload switching system. permits to strongly reduce the
transmission in 28/56 MHz. The number of rack dedicated to
payload upgrading from STM-1 to Tunability transmission regardless of
STM-2 per carrier doesn’t require The Operating Frequency channel capacity and terminal
any HW addition or change. can be adjusted completely via SW configuration. One 88 mm high
(LinkViewer LCT/ NetViewer NMS) indoor only is required to transmit
Frequency reuse inside the entire half band 1 or 2 STM-1 streams and to
Cross Polar Operation implement protected or
Getting advantage of Siemens 7 to 38 GHz RF band coverage unprotected terminals.
experience an effective XPIC Coverage of 7 to 13 GHz band 1or 2 x STM-1, 1+1 Terminal
device has been embodied to allows to use SRA 4 to implement 1 88mm high IDU, 2 ODUs
cover the same distances even re- links longer than 30 km while 15 to 1 or 2 xSTM-1 Add/Drop Terminal
using the second polarisation to 38 GHz RF bands allow to 1 88mm high IDU, 2 ODUs
transmit a second data stream implement shorter links in urban
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SRA MW
STM-4 4 Rings – Fiber Ring Closures SRA
SDH 4 Link
Urban
Flexibility 1+1
STM-4 or 4xSTM-1 Flexibility
Same 1+1 spur capacity
HW doubling

32 Level Modulation

Co-Channel Frequency reuse EXT.ALM

E2
V11 G 703 1
IN OUT IN OUT
2
EXP. Port
CC IF
155 Mbps
IN OUT
PS
STM1

128 Level Modulation

2MBit/s
CC IF
Q

55/ 56 MHz
F V11 G 703 1 2
IN OUT EXP. Port
IN OUT IN OUT
PS
2MBit/s

H
IF

1 xSTM-1
CC

311 Mbps
EXT.ALM V11 G 703 1 2
E2 IN OUT IN OUT EXP. Port
IN OUT

STM--1
PS
2MBit/s STM1

STM
CC IF
Q F 2
V11 G 703 1
IN OUT EXP. Port

2MBit/s
IN OUT IN OUT
PS
311 Mbps V
STM--4

55/ 56 MHz
STM

32 Level Modulation
4 xSTM-1 EXT.ALM
E2
V11 G 703 1
IN OUT IN OUT
2
IN OUT
EXP. Port
CC IF

155 Mbps H
PS
2MBit/s STM1
CC IF
Q
F V11 G 703 1 2

155 Mbps
IN OUT EXP. Port
IN OUT IN OUT

V
PS
2MBit/s

55/56 MHz

STM--1

STM--1
STM

STM
2 xSTM-1

Management

For SRA 4 product line, system Siemens microwave product lines, can Management Solutions: NetViewer
concept and the embedded software be managed not only by a wide , TNMS Core or Radio
architecture have been designed to range Siemens Management Systems Commander are the system can
permit a user-friendly and effective but also by third party Management be used to manage Siemens MW
local and remote terminals’ Systems. catalogue respectively when
management. Communication Open interfaces are available to considered as stand alone, when
protocols, physical interfaces, integrate SRA 4 and the complete managed together with Siemens
networking peculiarities has been Siemens Microwave catalogue in ADM/Crossconnect/LineTerminals
thought to simplify and speed up as multivendor transmission networks. or supervised by Siemens Mobile
,much as possible, DCNs Scalability and modularity are the Element Manager.
implementation. SRA 4, as all the words better describing our
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INDOOR UNIT
PAYLOAD 155.52 MB/S, 311 MB/S
STM-1
TRAFFIC PER TRANSCEIVER
2X STM-1
32 TCM + REED SOLOMON
MODULATION 128 TCM + REED SOLOMON
ELECTRICAL, G.703
PHYSICAL INTERFACES
OPTICAL G.957 S-11
AUXILARY INTERFACE 2.048 MB/S WAYSIDE TRAFFIC (2X2 MB/S PER EACH INDOOR UNIT)
DIMENSIONS HXWXD 88 X 447 X 240 MM
WEIGHT 5 KG
IDU-ODU CABLE LENGTH UP TO 300 M - 1/4"

OUTDOOR UNIT 7/8 11 13

FREQUENCY BAND 7.1-7.7/ 7.7-8.5 10.7-11.7 12.75-13.75
MODULATION 128 TCM 128 TCM 128 TCM
CHANNEL SPACING 30 40 30
TX OUTPUT POWER (dBm)
STM-1 23 21 20
RECEIVER THRESHOLD @ 10-6 BER (dBm)
STM-1 HD -69 -68 -67.5
SYSTEM GAING @ 10-6 BER (dB)
STM-1 HD 92 89 87.5
DIMENSION (WXDXH) 280X 180 X 365 MM
WEIGH 9KG

OUTDOOR UNIT 15 18 23 26 28 32 38
FREQUENCY BAND 14.5-15.35 17.7-19.7 21.2-23.6 24.5-26.5 27.5-29.5 31.8-33.4 37.0-40.0
MODULATION FORMAT 128 TCM 128 TCM 128 TCM 128 TCM 128 TCM 128 TCM 128 TCM
32 TCM 32 TCM 32 TCM 32 TCM 32 TCM 32 TCM 32 TCM
CHANNEL SPACING 28/56 27.5/55 28/56 28/56 28/56 28/56 28/56
TX OUTPUT POWER (dBm)
19 18 16.5 15 15 14 13.5
RECEIVER THRESHOLD @ 10-6 BER (dBm)
STM-1 per carrier ND (HD) -78 (-67) -78 (-67) -78 (-67) -74 (-63) -74 (-63) -74 (-63) -74 (-63)
2x STM-1 per carrier HD -64 -64 -64 -60 -60 -60 -60
SYSTEM GAING @ 10-6 BER (dB)
STM-1 per carrier ND (HD) 97 (86) 96 (85) 94.5 (83.5) 89 (78) 89 (78) 88 (77) 87.5 (76.5)
2x STM-1 per carrier HD 83 82 80.5 75 75 74 73.5
DIMENSION (WxDxH) 260 x 120 x 260 mm
WEIGHT 6 Kg
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