Network Infrastructure Products

IPWireless infrastructure products enable operators to build flexible, low-cost and high performance broadband wireless networks. The scalable IPWireless Radio Access Network (RAN) architecture can be deployed for small rural community to high capacity city and nationwide networks. The built-in quality of service allows the operator to offer voice and data services and subscriber based Service Level Agreement. IPWireless RAN interfaces with standard IP based infrastructure, greatly reducing the deployment cost and affording the operators a wide selection of IP core network options.

IPWireless Node B Base Station

IPWireless V5 Node B offers a high capacity mobile broadband solution based on international 3GPP TD-CDMA standards. A modular 19-inch rack mount platform consists of a digital shelf and up to three radio shelves for flexible network deployment. The software upgradable digital shelf offers a future proof platform to protect operator's infrastructure investment. Advanced signal processing such as Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) and Intercell Interference Mitigation (IIM) adapt to the prevailing radio conditions to deliver optimum network capacity. Radio shelves support various frequency bands to match different spectrum allocations across the world. 

Key Features

• Modular architecture for 1 to 3 sectors deployment
• Coverage from dense high capacity network to extended range up to 29 km
• Multiple chip rate / bandwidth support via software configuration
• Advanced MIMO and interference mitigation
• Future proof software upgradable digital baseband
• Remote configuration management and performance reporting
• 'Always-on' Internet access

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Integrated Network Controller (INC)

IPWireless INC is a small, low-cost, rack mountable platform. It integrates the functions of UMTS TD-CDMA Radio Network Controller (RNC), the Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) and Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) functions. It performs session management, mobility management, radio resource scheduling, quality of service prioritization and traffic aggregation to the core network. The INC can be collocated with the Node B at the cell site or housed in a network operation center where the INC controls multiple Node Bs.

  

Protocols

On the gateway network side of the INC, standard Internet Protocols are used, allowing the connectivity of the INC to an IP router. The INC aggregates all user traffic to an IP router and supports traffic prioritization to and from the core network. The INC communicates with RADIUS servers for Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) via standard RADIUS protocol. On the Radio Access Network side of the INC, 3GPP Iub protocols are used to communicate with the Node B.

INC Platform

The INC is based on a standard NEBS compliant 19" compact PCI rack and built on a fault tolerant operating system. Interface standards supported include Ethernet and E1.

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IPWireless Element Management System (EMS)

The IPWireless Element Management System (EMS) is an integral part of the overall TD-CDMA mobile broadband network solution. The EMS allows the operator to configure, control and manage the INC and Node B in the IPWireless network.

  

Features

The IPWireless EMS supports configuration management, performance management and fault management of the network elements in the operator's TD-CDMA network. The EMS software uses SNMP to communicate with the INC and Node B.

The EMS servers are configured in pairs to provide redundancy load balancing. Each network element is assigned a primary and a secondary EMS server. Network performance logs can be stored on the local EMS server or send to a remote dedicated server for data analysis.

The IPWireless EMS client is Java based, allowing an operator to manage the network from practically any PC equipped with Microsoft Internet Explorer®.

EMS Platform

The EMS runs on Sun Microsystems® Server. The operator can choose the right platform according to the size of the network and data logging requirements.

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