User's Manual

ARCXTEND 5.8 GHZ USER MANUAL – R1.0, ISSUE 1
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ARCXtend Wireless Drop
Figure 2-3: Wireless Drop
ARCXtend can be deployed as a wireless drop connecting customers located across a parking
lot, highway, or river or in areas with zoning restrictions to your plant. An AX1455-SM strand
mount hub mounts directly on the cable plant.
Wireless Overlay and Upstream
The ARCXtend Wireless overlay solution delivers additional DOCSIS capacity without costly
network upgrades or deployments. It is an ideal solution for providing DOCSIS-based services
to isolated communities or out-of-franchise markets. A typical ARCXtend cell site, mounted on
100 foot tower, can cover over 100 square miles and could provide commercial-grade high
speed data service for up to 1,600 customers.
The ARCXtend Wireless upstream solution provides a quick and cost effective means for
upgrading older one-way plants to deliver 2-way DOCSIS service. With the ARCXtend wireless
upstream solution, two-way service can be up and running in weeks rather than months at a
fraction of the cost of upgrading the entire plant.