Alcatel-Lucent MDR-8000 User manual

Alcatel-Lucent
MDR-8000 Packet Plus
D g tal M crowave Rad o
Flex ble W reless Transport
for Your Vo ce, V deo and Data Needs

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MDR-8000 Packet Plus Features and Benefits
– Proven Reliability – Ensures trouble-free operation
– Broadest range of frequencies
and capacities
- 2, 4, 5.8, L6, U6, 8, 10, 11 GHz
- 4, 8, 16, 32 DS1s; 1, 3 DS3s;
OC-3; 50, 150 Mb/s Ethernet
– Provides an idealmatch for
your system requirements
and available spectrum
– Common platform across
all configurations
– Minimizes spares andtraining
requirements
– Highest adjacent channel
interference rejection
– Allows operation in congested
frequency bands
– Robust operating
characteristics
- Highest system gain
- Forward Error Correction
- Multiple configurations
available (nonstandby,
hot-standby, space diversity,
frequency diversity, quad
diversity)
– Delivers high availability
on even the most
troublesome paths, and
allows longer paths to be
implemented using smaller
antennas
– In-service capacity expansion – Provides economical and
simple growth to meet your
needs, with no stranded
investment
– Smallest size, with both indoor
and outdoor installation
options
– Allows flexibility with system
installation and location
Introduction
With mor than 50 y ars of xp ri nc in wir l ss transmission, Alcat l-
Luc nt provid s a solid foundation for your mission-critical n twork, and
continually fost rs visions for th futur . As a pion r in point-to-point
microwav radios, Alcat l-Luc nt has continually d monstrat d its
l ad rship in wir l ss t chnology. Our history of d sign innovation b gan
wh n th form r Collins Radio Company d v lop d th first comm rcial
microwav radios in th 1950s. Alcat l-Luc nt maintains th Collins
tradition, s tting th industry standard for microwav communications
all ov r th world with scalabl , r liabl , conomical, and r adily d ployabl
wir l ss backbon communications syst ms.

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Overview
Th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus
is Alcat l-Luc nt’s pr mi r digital
microwav radio for long-haul,
point-to-point wir l ss
communications. Th fl xibl
platform off rs f atur s d sign d
to provid robust op ration, whil
also r ducing your total cost of
own rship. With a common
platform that supports virtually
all fr qu ncy bands from 2-11 GHz,
th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus can
m t your n ds for high-capacity
backbon rout s, as w ll as low-
capacity spurs. It off rs transmission
capacity from 4-32 DS1s, 1-3 DS3s,
OC-3, and 10/100/1000 Bas -T
Eth rn t, with th ability to upgrad
capacity in s rvic simply by
changing Capacity K ys™. Th
common platform that supports
all of th s options provid s us rs
ultimat fl xibility in configuring
and quipping an ntir n twork,
with simplifi d op ration and
maint nanc . With th wid st rang
of long-haul fr qu ncy bands, th
most compl t rang of int rfac s
and capaciti s, and th high st
syst m gain in th industry, th
MDR-8000 is th undisput d l ad r
in microwav transport.
This fl xibl and scalabl
archit ctur provid s r liabl
wir l ss backbon communications
for c llular op rators, public saf ty
ag nci s, railways, pip lin s, utiliti s,
local xchang carri rs, t l vision
stations, and privat nt rpris .
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Applications
Wireless Backhaul
As c llular and PCS n tworks continu to grow, th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus
is an id al choic for conn cting c ll sit s or backhauling traffic to th switch.
Th broad rang of capaciti s and fr qu ncy bands provid ultimat fl xibility
for both long- and short-haul applications. In addition, th high r liability
typically provid s vastly sup rior p rformanc as compar d to l as d DS1
circuits, usually with a v ry attractiv payback p riod. Th unlic ns d v rsions
of th radio also p rmit rapid d ploym nt of point-to-point links, allowing
n w c ll sit s to b turn d up quickly to m t s rvic d mands.
In addition, as backhaul n tworks transition from TDM to IP-bas d s rvic s,
th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus can manag th transition s aml ssly by carrying
both signal typ s simultan ously with unlimit d fl xibility.
BTS/Node B
BSC/RNC
BSC/RNC
Last mile Aggregation
Backhauling Backbone
Metro
Carriers’ Networks

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Public Sa ety Networks
Public saf ty n tworks must provid mission critical
s rvic s, b quickly xpandabl , and b asily manag d
from nd to nd. Applications may b for int rfacility
and int r-ag ncy communications, or for backhaul in
land mobil radio (LMR) n tworks. Public saf ty
n tworks also fac a vari ty of critical issu s: int rfacility
communications ar b coming mor compl x and
r quir high r bandwidth; us of r al-tim vid o is
incr asing, as w ll as data – primarily IP traffic – to
support d partm ntal LANs and int r-d partm ntal
WANs; and th tr nd of sharing data across jurisdictions
is acc l rating th d mand for mor bandwidth. Th
MDR-8000 Pack t Plus radio addr ss s all of th s
issu s cost ff ctiv ly, whil providing th s curity
and r dundancy that public saf ty officials r quir .
State and Local Government Systems
Municipaliti s hav similar n ds as thos of public
saf ty op rators. Municipal planning districts n d
conv rg d s rvic s that support mission-critical voic ,
data, and vid o communications, along with LMR
int rop rability. Gov rnm nt ag nci s can r ly on
th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus to provid th r liabl ,
high-quality communications th y r quir . Unlic ns d
v rsions of th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus ar also id al
for m rg ncy r storation and backup of critical
communication links.
Public Safety
Utilities, Pipelines and Railroads
Headquarters
Transportation and Utility Systems
Transportation and utility compani s also r quir th
high st and most string nt l v l of availability, quality,
and r sili ncy. Growth, n w t chnologi s, and v r-
incr asing s curity d mands r quir a s cur cor
archit ctur with stat -of-th -art n twork manag m nt
in ord r to r ach wid ly disp rs d rural ar as, oft n
cov ring rough t rrain, wh r no oth r infrastructur
xists. Support for data n tworking applications and
s rvic s such as SCADA, vid o surv illanc for
monitoring r mot s ctions of pip lin s or highways,
and r liability to ov rcom hom land s curity thr ats
ar all r adily addr ss d by th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus.

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Local Exchange Carriers
Th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus is an id al solution for
xt nding a local xchang carri r’s n twork b yond
th ir traditional franchis boundari s, wh th r it is on
location outsid th franchis ar a or multipl locations
across a larg r g ographic r gion. Using th MDR-8000
Pack t Plus can liminat th LEC’s n d to l as
faciliti s from comp titors, thus maintaining control
of th ir ntir solution off ring r gardl ss of wh th r th
location is in or out of franchis . Th MDR-8000 Pack t
Plus is also an option anywh r wir lin s rvic s ar
not availabl du to fib r xhaustion or lack of faciliti s.
Broadcast Auxiliary Service
Digital microwav has prov n its lf as an xc ll nt
choic for broadcast rs to transport th ir vid o signals,
ith r as dir ct studio to transmitt r links (STLs), or
for distributing th vid o signals across larg g ographic
ar as to multipl transmitt r sit s. Broadcast rs r quir
th ir high-bandwidth signals to b transmitt d with
xtr m ly high quality to avoid any vid o signal
d gradation. Th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus supports FCC
Part 74 r quir m nts, and has prov n its lf quit ad pt
at m ting th string nt r quir m nts of broadcast rs
all ov r th country.
Urban coverage
Distributed/Rural coverage
Regional Studio
Digital TV Broadcasting
Contribution Distribution
Main Studio
Regional Studio

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Federal Government Agencies
Th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus also provid s its rugg d charact ristics in s rvic
to th U.S. F d ral Gov rnm nt. Op rating in th NTIA-r gulat d fr qu ncy
bands, th highly compact radio can mount in th tight st spac s whil
providing wir l ss m ans for ov rcoming g ographic obstacl s, right-of-way
costs, and construction d lays associat d with wir d faciliti s. This scalabl
and r adily-d ployabl archit ctur provid s r liabl backbon communications
for ag nci s such as th D partm nt of D f ns , D partm nt of Justic , and
D partm nt of Int rior, among oth rs.
Government buildings
Government buildings
Police, Fire & Rescue
Borders
2-way
Mobile
Radio
Military bases
Port Security
Military airports
Defense & Security
Private Enterprise
Ent rpris mark ts, such as ducation, h althcar ,
banking, and privat corporations, can also b n fit
from th fl xibility of th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus.
For campus or m tropolitan nvironm nts, using th
short-haul capabiliti s of th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus
can provid s cur and r liabl high-bandwidth s rvic s
at low cost for on custom r or an ntir building. A
larg corporation or consortium can us th MDR-8000
Pack t Plus to conn ct data and voic s rvic s b tw n
nationwid branch locations across a backbon n twork
cov ring a larg g ographic ar a. As nt rpris firms
continu to fac v r-d cr asing budg ts, th cost-
ff ctiv solutions and r liability provid d by th
MDR-8000 Pack t Plus b com v n mor attractiv
and b n ficial.

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Cost-Saving Features
Industry-High System Gain
Th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus has th
high st syst m gain availabl today.
Syst m gain is th most common
b nchmark of p rformanc that
diff r ntiat s on radio from anoth r.
Us d to d t rmin th link budg t
of a microwav hop, it is simply
d fin d as th math matical
diff r nc b tw n th radio’s
transmitt r output pow r and th
r c iv r input thr shold. High r
syst m gain provid s n twork
op rators thr distinct advantag s.
First, th high r gain can oft n
allow us rs to install small r ant nna
syst ms. This not only sav s mon y
on th cost of th ant nnas, but also
r duc s tow r loading. N twork
op rators can build light r w ight
tow rs, or r duc th ir monthly
r nt paym nts if l asing tow r spac .
S cond, high r syst m gain allows
us rs to str tch th ir paths furth r
than a comparabl radio with low r
syst m gain. This can b sp cially
important wh n crossing t rrain
obstacl s, or simply to liminat
th significant cost of adding an
additional r p at r sit . Finally,
high r syst m gain improv s th
path availability. For mission-critical
n tworks, xtr m ly high path
availability is on of th ultimat
goals, a goal to which th MDR-
8000 Pack t Plus is id ally suit d.
Common Plat orm
Th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus is
bas d on a common platform for
all fr qu ncy bands and capaciti s.
This approach gr atly simplifi s
training and maint nanc , sinc all
MDR-8000 Pack t Plus radios look
th sam and op rat in th sam
mann r. Oft ntim s, larg n tworks
consist of radios in two or mor
fr qu ncy bands, such as 6 GHz for
a long-haul backbon , and 11 GHz
for short r paths or spurs. Thanks
to th commonality built into th
MDR-8000 Pack t Plus, t chnicians
n d only b train d on on
configuration and th y will b
capabl of maintaining all v rsions
d ploy d in th ir n twork. Th
sam advantag also appli s to th
capaciti s availabl in th radio.
Th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus
platform supports a mix of DS1,
DS3, OC-3, and 10/100/1000
Bas -T Eth rn t int rfac s to m t
any n twork r quir m nts.
In addition, th commonality of
th syst m m ans that th numb r
of spar modul s r quir d is
minimiz d, v n as radios of
diff r nt capaciti s and fr qu ncy
bands ar d ploy d in th sam
n twork. For xampl , th
transmitt r, r c iv r, and pow r
amplifi r units in any sp cific
fr qu ncy band may b us d
for NxDS1, NxDS3, OC-3, or
Eth rn t transport. Pow r suppli s,
controll rs, and oth r common
units ar th sam across all radios,
r gardl ss of fr qu ncy band or
capacity. This commonality r duc s
th numb r of spar s that n d to
b stock d, r ducing th capital
budg t r quir d for d ploym nt.
In-Service Capacity
Upgrades
Th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus off rs
th wid st rang of int rfac s and
capaciti s availabl today, with th
ability to provid 4-32 DS1s,
1-3 DS3s, OC-3, or 10/100/1000
Bas -T Eth rn t in bandwidths up
to 300 Mb/s. B sid s having a
capacity to fit virtually any
r quir m nt, us rs can incr as th
capacity of th sp cific circuit typ
(i. . DS1 or DS3) b ing us d by
m r ly changing Capacity K ys™
on th transmitt r and r c iv r
modul s. This simpl chang can
b accomplish d with th radios
in s rvic on hot-standby syst ms,
with no outag or downtim
r quir d.
Th highly fl xibl MDR-8000
Pack t Plus can grow from 4 DS1s
all th way to 3xDS3 or OC-3 using
th sam s t of pow r amplifi r,
transmitt r, and r c iv r modul s.
Capacity K ys™ and wid band RF
modul s allow us rs to grac fully
migrat to high r capaciti s, and
liminat any strand d inv stm nt.

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Flexible Ethernet Options
Having stablish d its r liability,
scalability, and v rsatility in
d liv ring TDM traffic, th MDR-
8000 Pack t Plus is also pois d for
th n xt wav of n twork migration.
With th industry-wid migration
to IP data n tworks, carri rs ar
r quiring innovativ ways to bridg
th gaps b tw n th ir l gacy
n tworks and th pack t-bas d
n tworks of th futur . Th MDR-
8000 Pack t Plus Eth rn t int rfac
utiliz s th sam RF and common
modul s as th TDM v rsions of th
radio, op rating in all th sam
fr qu ncy bands and virtually
id ntical bandwidths.
Th Eth rn t int rfac supports
10/100/1000 Bas -T transport, with
a possibl combin d data throughput
of 300 Mb/s in a singl sh lf. Th
Eth rn t I/O card off rs RJ45
l ctrical and SFP optical inputs,
both of which ar auto-s nsing. In
addition, th Eth rn t int rfac
supports a vari ty of bandwidth
choic s which nabl s us rs to tailor
th radio to m t facility and data
transport r quir m nts of today and
tomorrow.
Th Eth rn t int rfac of th
MDR-8000 Pack t Plus also allows
us rs to grac fully migrat th ir
n twork s rvic s from TDM to
Eth rn t with no quipm nt
chang out. Up to 32 DS1s (48
Mb/s) can b individually and
dynamically provision d to carry
TDM traffic alongsid th Eth rn t
bandwidth. As TDM s rvic s g t
conv rt d to IP ov r tim , ach
of th TDM-bas d DS1s can b
d provision d individually, allowing
that bandwidth to b r captur d as
part of th Eth rn t bandwidth.
Provisioning (or d provisioning)
can b don in-s rvic , with no
disruption to oth r DS1 or Eth rn t
traffic on th radio.
Unlik standard TDM radios, th
Eth rn t v rsion of th MDR-8000
Pack t Plus off rs input/output
(I/O) provisioning options and
op rating mod s uniqu ly d v lop d
to support pack t data transport:
■A Only – Nonstandby
Whil th most cost- ff ctiv
m thod of transporting Eth rn t,
this op rating mod provid s no
Eth rn t port or radio link
prot ction.
■A Only – Hot Standby
This op rating mod provid s
radio link prot ction, but do s not
provid Eth rn t port prot ction.
This mod would b us d wh n
th op rator d sir s link
prot ction, but cannot support
r dundant int rfac s in th
Eth rn t d vic conn ct d to th
MDR-8000 Pack t Plus.
■A & B Sw tched – Hot
Standby
By making us of th Eth rn t
Port Switching capabiliti s of th
MDR-8000 Pack t Plus, this
mod provid s both Eth rn t port
and radio link prot ction.
■A & B Summed – Hot
Standby
This op rating mod utiliz s
th Eth rn t Port Aggr gation
capabiliti s of th radio and
combin s two data sourc s ov r
a singl RF link.
■A & B Separate – Dual
Channel
Th dual chann l configuration
us s th sam hardwar as a
fr qu ncy div rsity configuration
in a TDM v rsion of th radio.
It provid s two s parat RF
chann ls from a singl sh lf. Th
A & B S parat op rating mod
can support a combin d data
throughput of 300 Mb/s in a
singl sh lf. How v r, if on of
th RF chann ls fail d, half of th
data would b lost, although th
DS1s would still b prot ct d.
■A & B Summed – Dual
Channel
This mod also mak s us of
th Eth rn t Port Aggr gation
capabiliti s of th radio. Wh n
th radio is op rating in normal
mod without failur s, it op rat s
in a similar mann r as th A & B
S parat – Dual Chann l. Th A
& B Summ d mod also supports
a combin d data throughput of
300 Mb/s in a singl sh lf. In this
configuration, th full 300 Mb/s
radio bandwidth is availabl to
ith r Eth rn t input to handl
traffic bursts. In addition, if on
of th RF chann ls fails, th data
is summ d onto th r maining
working chann l and th
throughput of th sh lf falls back
to a combin d total of 150 Mb/s.
Th DS1s ar always prot ct d.

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Licensed and Unlicensed
Operation
Th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus tak s
advantag of virtually all of th
lic ns d fr qu ncy bands us d for
long-haul syst ms in North Am rica.
Op rating from 2 to 11 GHz in all
of th FCC Part 101 and Part 74
bands, as w ll as bands us d by th
F d ral Gov rnm nt (NTIA), th
MDR-8000 Pack t Plus allows
op rators th fr dom to s l ct th
band most appropriat to th ir
int nd d us and nvironm ntal
conditions. A list of th fr qu ncy
bands of op ration is shown b low:
• 1700 MHz (NTIA)
• 1900 MHz (PCS in-band)
• 2 GHz (FCC broadcast,
NTIA & ITU)
• 2.3 GHz (WCS band)
• 2.4 GHz (Unlic ns d band)
• 2.47 GHz (FCC lic ns d)
• Upp r 4 GHz (NTIA, ITU)
• 5.8 GHz (Unlic ns d ISM band)
• Low r & Upp r 6 GHz
(FCC, ITU)
• 7 GHz (FCC broadcast auxiliary)
• 7 & 8 GHz (NTIA, ITU)
• 10.5 & 11 GHz (FCC, ITU)
In addition, th MDR-8000 Pack t
Plus also off rs th sam robust
op ration in th unlic ns d bands
of 2.47 and 5.8 GHz. Off ring mor
configurations, mor fr qu ncy
s l ctions, and mor capacity than
any oth r unlic ns d radio, th
highly-r liabl MDR-8000 Pack t
Plus provid s sup rior signal quality
and availability. By op rating in
ith r th unlic ns d (Part 15) or
lic ns d (Part 101) portion of th
2.4 GHz fr qu ncy band (2.400 -
2.4835 GHz), th MDR-8000
Pack t Plus off rs a uniqu
n tworking option. In lic ns d
op ration, th high r pow r
transmitt rs and dir ct modulation
ov rcom most int rf r nc and
improv ov rall syst m quality.
Unlic ns d op ration off rs th
sam sp ctral ffici ncy and provid s
an option for transporting up to 16
DS1s or 24 Mb/s Eth rn t. In th
5.8 GHz band, up to 150 Mb/s can
b carri d on a singl chann l.
Op ration in th 2.4 GHz sp ctrum
also allows us rs of 2.1 GHz lic ns d
syst ms who n d to r locat th
ability to l v rag th ir xisting
infrastructur without touching
th tow r, ant nna, or transmission
lin . R us of xisting ant nna
syst ms and tow r structur s
provid s a d finit cost savings
and r duction in cutov r tim
as compar d to oth r r location
alt rnativ s. Furth rmor , op rators
can tak advantag of lightw ight
grid ant nnas and coaxial
transmission lin to limit tow r
loading conc rns and minimiz
nvironm ntal impact issu s. Also,
th 2.4 GHz band can b us d to
plac n w links in s rvic , th r by
taking advantag of th xc ll nt
propagation and low-impact
ant nna configurations allow d
by this fr qu ncy rang .
As with all of th lic ns d v rsions
of th MDR-8000 Pack t Plus,
th unlic ns d radios mploy a
narrowband singl -carri r
modulation t chniqu with high-
r c iv r s l ctivity. This t chniqu
provid s dramatically sup rior
prop rti s as compar d to most oth r
unlic ns d radios which ar of th
dir ct s qu nc spr ad sp ctrum
typ . Du to th poor p ak to
av rag pow r charact ristics of
spr ad sp ctrum modulation,
transmitt r pow r is significantly
low r than that of th MDR-8000
Pack t Plus. That m ans th MDR-
8000 Pack t Plus can d liv r mor
pow r to th r c iv r, which