User's Manual

862-01545 µLink System Manual
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Chapter 1: Purpose and Planning
Introduction to
Chapter 1
Chapter 1 is aimed at management and planning staff
to enable them to assess the suitability and logistic
requirements of the µLink Digital Radio, hereafter
referred to as the µLink.
µµLink Product
Family
The µLink design philosophy was to produce a range
of products, with the data rate dependent purely on the
Indoor Unit (IU) and the frequency band dependent
purely on the Outdoor Unit (OU). Thus resulting in a
common IU that can operate with different frequency
OUs, or alternatively, an OU that remains unchanged
while the data rate is altered or upgraded.
Role and Purpose
The µLink operates in the 2.4 GHz ISM frequency
band. It provides a full duplex, point-to-point, digital
radio link supporting user data rates up to 2048 kbit/s.
It is used to transport digital data between two or more
sites. Whether the digital information is voice,
telephony, cellular, data or video as required by
various applications, the µLink can be deployed in
urban and rural networks as an interconnect solution.
Typical applications for the system include:
• Telecommunications companies, cellular operators
and private carriers using low cost spread spectrum
E1/T1 links to substitute for conventional copper or
licences band microwave links
• Providing last mile leg in urban areas where
frequency bands are congested
• Rural communications
• Corporate Networks