Broadband Wireless AccessAlcatel 7390 LMDS. Your Broadband Wireless Route to the Last Mile

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In today’s world, a network without fast, reliableInternet access is as unthinkable as an officewithout electricity. Online data networking, whichalready comprises one-fifth of the world’s telecom-munications traffic, will account for up to 60 percentof traffic within a few years. The question facing all network operators, then, is how to meet currentand future demand for Internet and intranet access in their backbone and access networks.

Nowhere is the challenge greater than in the local loop, the last mile link between your point of presence and your customers’ premises. Thecustomer access portion typically accounts formore than 50 percent of total network investments.But it’s not only the most costly part of your network,it’s also the least predictable. Potential customersare spread out just about everywhere.

That’s why you require Internet access solutionswhich are flexible, scalable and cost-efficient. To avoid tying up capital in unused capacity, you want to match your spending to real customerrequirements. Given the complexities that surroundintegrated voice, data, video and other serviceofferings for mission-critical commercial applications,it is important for service providers to choosevendors that can address these complexities andwork with them to deploy viable and future-proofnetworks. Service providers are looking for vendorswith solutions that lower operating costs and allowthem to rapidly increase service penetration andexpand market share.

Every operator wants speedy return on investment,but the issue is especially critical for new operators,eager to roll out revenue-generating services asquickly as possible. Especially in newly deregulatedmarket environments, time to market is a vitalcriterion when evaluating Internet access solutions.

No single approach can meet all of the challengesof providing Internet access, but wireless systemsoffer the most flexibility and freedom. Alcatel 7390LMDS Solutions are ideal for serving large numbersof small and medium-sized businesses, corporatebranch offices, small offices/home offices (SOHOs)and residential subscribers in dense urban andsuburban locations. You can provide last milebroadband access; voice and data services,including LAN interconnections, IP services andPBX applications; and virtual leased line services.Or whatever combination of these best serves yourparticular subscriber needs.

Alcatel also delivers the expertise and experienceneeded to provide: full market assessments; serviceselection; business case analysis; network, serviceand cell planning; financing; training; andinstallation and technical support.

Alcatel 7390 LMDS broadband wireless accesssystems can also provide an attractive solution for mobile network operators seeking to launchfixed services while optimizing the interconnectionof their mobile base stations and base stationcontrollers in busy downtown areas. What’s more,combined fixed and mobile operators can use a single LMDS network to interconnect bothcustomer sites and base stations.

Speed onto the InternetWith demand skyrocketing and competition intensifying, you need a fast, reliable way to deliver

a full range of high speed services right to customers’ premises. Alcatel 7390 LMDS Solutions provide

new opportunities for you to vastly increase your subscriber base.

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Local The Alcatel 7390 LMDS provides a wirelesslocal infrastructure, using line-of-sight radio linksover distances of up to 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) in the 10 GHz frequency band, and up to 5 kilometers (3 miles) with higher frequencies.

Multipoint A single radio hub handles full two-way communications for thousands of end users.

Distribution The 7390 LMDS will deliver true broadband capacity, at a bit rate of up to 40 Mb/s.

Service Multiple voice and data services can be mixed and matched to provide a wide variety of narrowband and broadbandcommunications services.

Alcatel 7390 LMDS Solutions are designed to meet your current and future access network requirements

Alcatel 7390 LMDS Solutions operate in frequencybands between 10 and 43 GHz. Services include:

• Wireless local loop for new operators

• Switched voice, data or mixed voice/data

• Distributed or centralized architecture

• Multiservice cross-polarized or monocarrierpolarized

• Virtual leased line (TI/E1 or x 64 kb/s)

• IP/Ethernet/ATM/frame relay

• Bandwidth on demand

Turn last mile problems into lasting solutions

Multiservice. Get the most from your accessnetwork by mixing and matching advancedtelecommunications (ISDN telephony) andbroadband services (leased lines, fast Internetaccess, high speed data transmission, etc.).

Take the broad point of viewAlcatel 7390 LMDS Solutions represent a major step forward in access networks. Thanks to digital wireless

technology, you can provide broadband last mile connections to thousands of subscribers from a single hub.

Multiple radio solutions. Suitable to all typesof allocations: single block, duplex, large spectrumband and small spectrum band.

LMDS in regions with heavy rain. The 10 GHzfrequency band allows provisioning of LMDS evenin heavy rain regions where higher frequencies wouldbe very short range, thus limiting the service onlyto major cities.

LMDS in medium density areas. 10 GHzallows provisioning of LMDS with larger cells,making it applicable to lower density regionswhere ranges at higher frequencies would makethe infrastructure economically unfeasible. Thedeployment can be made only in the 10 GHzfrequency band or by combining 10 GHz with a higher frequency for dense areas.

Scalable. Increase network capacity quicklyand easily, where and when you need it.

High service quality. Broadband wirelessoffers incumbent service providers a complementarysolution to address the requirements for last mileconnectivity of data, Internet and voice services,advanced IP services and digital video services overthe air. For alternate or emerging carriers (CLECs),broadband wireless eliminates the need to installor lease fiber or copper networks, thereby allowingthese carriers to bypass the local market’s greatestbarrier to entry.

Fixed and mobile operators can interconnect both customer sites and cellular base stations using the same fixed broadband wireless system.

Local multipoint distribution service: a virtual fiber local access solution

LMDS networks provide the capacity, quality andreliability of optic fiber, with none of the easement,right-of-way or construction headaches of hard-wired systems. The three components — BaseStation, Customer Terminal Station and NetworkManagement — constitute a star-architecturenetwork which can be configured and reconfiguredto meet your current and future access networkrequirements.

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FRAD

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NT Concentrator

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ENTS Base Station: Each base station consists of an Alcatel 7390 LMDS Digital Base Station (DBS) and an Alcatel 7390 LMDS

Radio Base Station (RBS) and serves as a hub for thousands of Alcatel 7390 LMDS Network Terminations (NTs),transparently handling a virtually infinite variety of voice and high speed data services. The base station is connected to the switching and routing platforms via any standard high-capacity transmission link.

Terminal Station: Each customer terminal station consists of a small (26 centimeter/10 inch diameter) outdoor solid-stateantenna (Alcatel 7390 LMDS Radio Termination) and a simple interface unit (NT). The terminal station is connected to abase station by a line-of-sight digital radio link.

Network and Service Management: The network and service management system is a highly integrated open architecturesolution for managing multi-technology, multiservice networks on a single platform. It extends the management reach of the operator from the wireline network in an integrated fashion into the broadband wireless access network.

Never before has it been possible to provide last mile broadband connections so quickly, so reliably and so economically.

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Get the most out of your resourcesAll LMDS systems are not the same. Available in all frequencies, with advanced features,

the Alcatel 7390 LMDS system offers the most advanced point-to-multipoint broadband equipment.

Rich and flexible

• The Alcatel 7390 LMDS makes the most out of the spectrum purchased thanks to:- a single or multicarrier radio- a complete set of frequency bands and channeling

- 10 GHz solutions, allowing the provision of LMDS with larger cells for lower densityareas, even in heavy rain regions

• Multiple interfaces for the end user: T1, E1, fractional, ISDN Basic Rate Interface(BRI), X.21, OC-3, STM-1, POTS, 10Base-T and 100Base-T

• Advanced patented radio frame optimized for any combination of circuit-oriented and data applications

• Guaranteed round trip delay for high qualityreal time applications

• Powerful Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for packet applications

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Cost-effective

• TDMA access for optimum spectrum usage and reduced base station costs

• Most compact and integrated equipment at base station and customer premises

• Centralized or distributed switching

• Highly scalable base station

• Multiple possible network interfaces at the basestation (T1/E1, DS3/E3, up to several OC-3/STM-1)

• Multinetwork termination configuration for sharingthe customer premises rooftop radio among up to eight customers

• Multidwelling/multi-tenant unit solution for in-building distribution to up to 250 customers

• Plug-and-play customer premises installation

• Single indoor/outdoor cable

Reliable and future proof

• Carrier class, end-to-end network and service management

• SNMP open interface

• Fully managed quality of service

• Fiber-like reliability: 99.995 percent availability, BER 10-14

• Encryption over the air

• Service delivery platform to upgrade the system with new features by software download

From a global supplier

• Worldwide local presence

• End-to-end solution with a full portfolio ofproducts (for core, transport and access) and services: network design, installation,training, etc.

Indoor/Outdoor Outdoor

Radio Termination(RT)

Outdoor

Terminal Station End Users

Network Termination(NT)

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CoreVoice/DataNetworkIP

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Wireless/Wireline Network and Service Management

Centralized or DistributedArchitecture Depending on

Traffic

Integrated Wireless/Wireline NSM = Reduced Total Cost of Ownership

Base Station Site Customer Premises

Broadband Wireless Access Essential Elements

Single Carrier Co-Pol orMulticarrier X-Pol

Depending on License

Digital Base Station(DBS)

Radio Base Station(RBS)

Capture SME, SOHO, MBU &MDU Markets E1/T1, Quad E1/T1,

10/100bx Ethernet, OC-3/STM-1, POTS, ISDN BRI

Co-Pol: Co-PolarizedX-Pol: Cross-PolarizedNSM: Network and Service Management

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As part of a full portfolio of our products, Alcatel7390 LMDS Solutions are a perfect fit for a rangeof fully integrated network solutions, including:

• SDH/SONET transmission technologies (fiber or radio)

• Narrowband/broadband switches

• Broadband remote access nodes

• Cellular/wireless local loop products

• Alcatel 2IP products designed to provide next generation Internet service

Manageability features

Your Alcatel end-to-end solution comes completewith centralized Network Management features for easy surveillance of all elements. User-friendlyinterfaces at every level put you in control ofsystem configurations, alarms and performance,while facilitating easy software downloads. You have an accurate account of your entirenetwork, including all SDH/PDH elements.

Validation and testing services

To ensure the system is up and functioning at peak performance levels, system validation andacceptance testing are critical for all new hardwareand software. Count on Alcatel to test that all new products are seamlessly operable with yourexisting hardware and software applications.Alcatel also identifies the flexibility and scalabilityof your system, defining how your network can best evolve with new developments.

To manage the often enormous task of monitoringand fine-tuning the various elements of yournetwork, Alcatel helps design and set the optimaldimensions with these essential services:

• Business Case Analysis. The factors thatcombine to make a compelling business casefor a broadband wireless access network differwith each service provider. The output providesthe service provider with an income statement,balance sheet, cash flow, market share growthover planning period, total cost of ownership,scenario analysis and return on investmentsimulation.

• Network Design for architecture, tributarydimensioning, frequency planning andproduction of technical documents.

• Project Management, from planning todeployment, for all major communicationsprojects.

• Site Engineering, including assessment and a site survey before installation.

• Network Implementation coveringmechanical and electrical equipment installationand on-site acceptance testing.

• Network Audit for a complete audit ondelivery, with the possibility of developing an inventory of one or more sites.

• Network Enhancement, including networkextension design or optimization of existingtransmission elements.

Opt for end-to-end expertiseRadio network design and deployment requires a multitude of resources and expertise. Defining the right

network dimensions has an enormous impact on both the capital investment required and the operating

costs of your system. With Alcatel’s extensive design experience in network integration, you benefit from

customized solutions that ensure complete interoperability between Alcatel 7390 LMDS Solutions and

the surrounding infrastructure.

PSTN/ISDN

Backbone

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Alcatel 7390 LMDS network architecture

Network Planning

Internet

ATM/FR

Transport

Access

Alcatel LMDS Cell

Core ATM/SDH

ATMSwitch

Point-to-Point Radio LinkCorporate

Routers

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POP: Point of Presence

BB-RAN: Broadband Remote Access Node

ISP : Internet Service Provider

ADM: Add Drop Multiplexer

SDH: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode

FR: Frame Relay

ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network

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Satisfy the business case

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Tailored solution

Alcatel 7390 LMDS Solutions provide high-capacity packet transmission to offer value-addedservices to SOHOs and SMEs located in singlefamily units or business parks with IP, as well astraditional telephony.

Advantages

The operator’s rapid response to customer demandenables him to quickly gain market share and startgenerating revenue flows. Thanks to the bandwidth-on-demand capability of Alcatel 7390 LMDSSolutions, the operator can easily handle variationsin traffic volume with no extra investment in accessnetwork capacity. There’s no need to worry aboutfuture changes in customer service requirements.With Alcatel 7390 LMDS Solutions, the operatorcan easily evolve from single to bundled services.

Customer terminals are installed only at customersites, so the operator’s investment matches actualbusiness needs. Customer site equipment representsa sure, long-term investment. Equipment can beeasily relocated if customers move or fail to justify costs.

Alcatel experts carefully analyze the topographyand wave propagation characteristics of thecoverage area so that each new subscriber can be quickly connected. By taking advantage of their unique know-how and radio network planningtools, Alcatel engineers design an LMDS solutionoffering reliability and quality of service equivalentto a hard-wired system.

Capture small and medium-sized business (SME) clients

An emerging telecom operator seeks to take advantage of strong demand forhigh speed data and voice access amongSOHOs and SMEs in busy downtownareas and suburban office parks.

Tailored solution

Alcatel 7390 LMDS Solutions provide wirelesslocal loop access to fixed subscribers, as well as high-capacity cellular back-haul connectionsbetween mobile base stations and base stationcontrollers.

Advantages

The scalability of Alcatel 7390 LMDS Solutionsenables the operator to add capacity where andwhen he really needs it, as his networks and fixedsubscriber base grow. Thanks to the combined ATM/TDM patented radio frame, the operator is free tomix voice and data services according to customerneeds and ongoing trends. The flexibility of AlcatelLMDS Solutions ensures that the network handlingboth fixed and cellular traffic is future proof.

With dynamic allocation of resources, full networkcapacity is always available, with actual resourcesdedicated to those fixed or cellular services whichrequire them at any particular moment in time.

Once the basic wireless access network is upand running, the operator can accommodate newfixed customers or additional base stations in a matterof weeks, at low additional cost. A single, smalloutdoor unit can serve multiple customers withinany one building or complex, with different andmixed voice and data services for each customer.

Simple, open network management makes it easy to integrate the Alcatel LMDS system into theoperator’s overall network management system.

Covering fixed and cellular needs

A cellular telecom operator in an urbanarea wants to expand his business bylaunching fixed telecommunicationsservices while at the same time optimizinghis cellular network by eliminating costlyleased lines.

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Tailored solution

Alcatel 7390 LMDS Solutions bridge the gapbetween the backbone and the end customer in the local loop. Strategically placed, Alcatel 7390LMDS base stations provide the right mix of dataand voice traffic over the air.

Advantages

Alcatel 7390 LMDS Solutions provide truebroadband capacity in the local loop with carrierclass reliability and quality. The use of radiotechnology allows the operator to bypass existingnetworks and thereby avoid costly “interconnect”or line-rental fees.

The Alcatel solution’s inherent ability to carrybroadband services provides additional traffic for ISPs and long distance voice/data operators.

Operators leverage the investment made in thebackbone network by gaining direct access to new customers and providing a broader range of services.

Generating revenues everywhere in the network

A full-service telecom operator wantsto increase revenues from both national and international traffic by gaining directaccess to SOHO, SME and corporatecustomers, and by better addressing their bandwidth needs.

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A PROVEN TRACK RECORD FORQUALITY AND RELIABILITY

No one can match Alcatel’s track record for reliability and quality of service. Over more than half a century, Alcatel has establisheditself as the world leader in wireless systems and networking solutions.

A proven track record for quality and reliability in radio systems

More than 100 LMDS worldwide. More than 6,000 base station sectors shipped.

#1 worldwide in microwave systems and solutions

#1 worldwide in wireless local loop

An unmatched portfolio of communications skills and solutions

Alcatel is a world-leading supplier of innovative wired and wirelessnetworking solutions for public and private communications networksof all sorts and all dimensions. We design, develop, implement,service and support advanced telecommunications solutions in suchareas as asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), asynchronoustransfer mode (ATM), remote access for the IP market, managed LAN services, traffic aggregation, high-end routers, Gigabit EthernetLAN switches, digital switching, synchronous fiber optic transmissionand network management.

A first-class provider of IP solutions

Thanks to our global scope and mastery of virtually alltelecommunications issues, you can rely on Alcatel for complete,integrated network solutions, including all network elements andservices for the expanding IP market.