LightPointe Announces Addition of New Millimeter-Wave Radio Solution

By Anshu Shrivastava

TMCnet Contributor

 

LightPointe has announced the addition of a new next generation high-performance millimeter-wave radio solution to its product portfolio.

 

Called AireBeam G60, the new solution provides low-latency, full-duplex, wireless point-to- point Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) connectivity. In addition, it combines low cost-per-bit transport and high transmission security, all within a fully outdoor-rated unit, said company officials.

 

The AireBeam G60 features a hot swappable, GbE SFP optical fiber port, and also a GigE RJ-45 port for connecting to the network. Company officials said that the AireBeam G60’s true flexibility can be found in the use of the two data ports -- the secondary of which can be used as an integrated backup solution or as an add/drop port.

 

Moreover, at a total power consumption of less than 20 W, the system can be powered by either a Cat5/6 Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) connection or by using a low voltage 48 Vdc power feed.

 

Plus, the system supports an Ethernet based management system for SNMP v1/2c support. It comes with an integrated Web browser agent. Company officials said that the system offers advanced features, including a signal strength bar graph LED and flexible mounting options.

 

AireBeam G60 comes with bandwidth and latency similar to fiber optic cable, enabling it to target an increasing number of short to medium distance outdoor wireless networking applications that require Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth.

 

Company officials said that the AireBeam G60 design allows for alternative data flow when used with the LightPointe FSO, AireBeam G70 MMW system or leased fiber for load sharing or back-up for ultimate uptime network performance.

 

“The addition of the licensed-free 60 GHz Airebeam G60 product complements the LightPointe comprehensive product portfolio of high capacity wireless bridges,” said Heinz Willebrand, CEO and president at LightPointe.

 

Willebrand said that by offering both, outdoor wireless bridges based on Free Space Optics (FSO) and millimeter-wave technology, “we can fulfill any customer's high capacity transport requirements as far as bandwidth, distance and pricing is concerned.”