Alcatel Lucent 9500 MPR Release 3 ANSI Microwave Packet Radio Equipment

Alcatel Lucent 9500 MPR Release 3 ANSI Microwave Packet Radio Equipment

9500 MPR (Microwave Packet Radio) is a unified hardware platform microwave transmission product from Alcatel Lucent. It has native packet processing and is fully compatible with TDM circuit services, enabling smooth migration from traditional TDM networks to all IP networks. It is aimed at operators and private network users, reducing CAPEX and OPEX. The document includes product capabilities, hardware form, application scenarios, interfaces, synchronization, network management, electrical environment, as well as a large number of RF parameter tables (fixed modulation, adaptive modulation, XPIC cross polarization interference cancellation).

Product positioning and application scenarios

Main applications

Mobile operator base station feedback and backbone transmission;

Public safety, industrial private network wireless cluster interconnection;

Enterprises ISP、 Wireless connection to the operator's wide area network.

Equipment deployment form

Wireless terminal

Wireless repeater

Multi directional radio node

RF free aggregation shelf

hardware components

IDU indoor units: MSS-8 (2RU), MSS-4 (1RU), MSS-1c (1RU, half rack width). The intelligent node IDU can access up to 12 RF transceivers and supports mixed mode/pure packet mode.

ODU outdoor unit: Multipurpose Outdoor Unit, outdoor RF unit.

MPT-HL indoor microwave processing unit.

RF connection: IDU can connect up to 12 NSBs or 6 MHSBs; It is possible to mix ODU and MPT-HL.

Core Main Features

Hitless switching service driven adaptive modulation dynamically adjusts the modulation method based on wireless channel quality.

Built in MEF 8 standard CES circuit simulation, carrying TDM services on carrier Ethernet.

Support millimeter wave frequency band; Multi service switching capacity base>16Gbps, with a maximum of 48Gbps achieved with the installation of EAS cards.

XPIC can be upgraded to increase single frequency throughput capacity; Wireless link throughput can exceed 4Gbps; Terminate up to 192 DS1s and support DS3 interface.

Link layer OAM: IEEE 802.1ag; Synchronization scheme: SyncE+SSM, IEEE1588v2 PTP; Support NNI and UNI interface LACP link aggregation.

ITU-T G.8032 multi service packet ring, realizing ring network protection switching.

Product benefits

Reduce operating costs OPEX: Multiple access technologies are unified at the Ethernet aggregation layer to reduce external supporting equipment.

Protecting investments and smoothly migrating TDM to IP: the same hardware can run in hybrid (Ethernet+PDH) or pure packet mode; Compatible with old version hybrid mode ODU. TDM services maintain deterministic performance on packet transmission networks, and high priority services are not degraded in congested environments.

Unified hardware covers almost all microwave application scenarios.

Simplified deployment: supports pre configuration, quick start and network planning; The device has a small size, low rack power consumption, and high node density.

High scalability and availability: end-to-end business aware network management; Built in self-test function; Complete clock synchronization distribution; Single group switching matrix; Full equipment redundancy, no single point of failure.

Business interface

All interfaces are connected to the front panel:

DS1 access board: 32 x DS1 per piece;

DS3 access board: 2 x DS3 per board;

Control switch module: 4 x 10/100/1000BASE-T, 2 SFP slots;

Ethernet access board: 4 x 10/100/1000BASE-T, 4 x SFP, 2 x DS1 SFP.

Clock and synchronization scheme

Both mixed mode and grouped mode support multiple synchronization sources:

DS1 line clock;

External reference input/output (2MHz, 5MHz, 10MHz);

SyncE synchronous Ethernet+SSM G.8264;

Built in Stratum-3 level clock;

IEEE 1588v2；

ACR and DCR line clock recovery.

Physical and power parameters

IDU indoor unit:

MSS‑8：2RU； MSS‑4：1RU； MSS-1c: 1RU half width; Full weight<6kg, basic configuration 2.5kg.

MPT-HL indoor unit: 2.5RU;

ODU outdoor unit: average weight 5kg.

Power supply:

MSS indoor unit: standard -48V~-60V DC; Optional -24V DC,+24V DC;

MPT-HL: ± 24V DC~± 60V DC.

Operating Temperature

IDU：‑40℃ ~ +65℃；

ODU：‑33℃ ~ +55℃；

MPT-HL: -5 ℃~+55 ℃.

Management ability

Local web management of devices; PC software configuration; SNMP agent;

Can interface with Alcatel Lucent 5620 SAM and 1340 INC controllers, and communicate with the entire Lucent optical transmission equipment;

QoS: Supports labeling based on Layer 2 802.1p and Layer 3 DS DiffServ.

RF frequency band and data sheet description

The supported RF frequency bands include: 5.8GHz unlicensed frequency band, 6GHz, 7/8GHz, 11GHz, 15GHz, 18GHz, 23GHz, and 38GHz. The manual contains a large number of RF tables:

MPT-HL static modulation; MPT-HL adaptive modulation;

MPT-HC static modulation, MPT-HC adaptive modulation, MPT-HC XPIC cross polarization mode;

ODU300 static modulation and ODU300 adaptive modulation.

The table shows the second layer wireless throughput, transmission power (dBm), BER=1e-6 reception threshold, and system gain for different channel bandwidths (5/10/30/40/50 MHz) and QAM modulation orders.

Annotation points:

The table shows typical values; Ensure that the indicators require a transmission power of -2dB and a reception threshold of+2dB;

Not all modulation/frequency band combinations are available in the current Release 3 software version;

The 5.8GHz MPT-HC version had not yet completed FCC Part 15 certification and could not be sold for deployment.

Standards, Certification, and Services

Compliance: NEBS Level 3, GR-63-CORE, GR-1089; EN60950-1 safety; EN55022 Class B EMC; MEF related standards; A large number of IEEE/ITU-T transmission and Ethernet standards.

Supporting services: network planning and design, hotline support, repair and replacement, spare parts management, on-site visits; Training (Alcatel Lucent University training, on-site customer training); Warranty and extended warranty services.