User guide

Overview Chapter 1: Product description
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Overview
Cambium PTP 800 Licensed Ethernet Microwave products are designed for Ethernet
bridging at up to 368 Mbps over licensed point-to-point microwave links in selected
licensed bands from 6 GHz to 38 GHz. The products offer exceptional cost efficiency and
scalability.
Key features
The key features of the PTP 800 include:
• Support for licensed bands from 6 GHz to 38 GHz.
• Link capacity from 10 Mbps to 368 Mbps in each direction.
• Configurable channel bandwidths from 7 MHz to 80 MHz (FCC and ETSI).
• Upgradeable link capacity limits from 10 Mbps to full capacity via software license key,
purchased for each end to allow asymmetric link capacity.
• Fixed modulation modes QPSK to 256 QAM.
• Hitless adaptive modulation, the instantaneous capacity adapting to the varying radio
conditions.
• Optional 1+1 Hot Standby link protection.
• Optional Receive Spatial Diversity.
• Effective quality of service (QoS), with Layer 2 or Layer 3 classification and eight
queues.
• Ultra-low latency, <115 us @ 368 Mbps with 64 byte frames.
• Split mount architecture with a compact indoor unit and a separate RF unit, either
outdoor or indoor.
• All indoor solution with 19" rack mounted Indoor Radio Frequency Unit( IRFU).
• In-band or out-of-band network management.
• Link planning with the PTP LINKPlanner.
• Optional FIPS-197 128/256bit AES encryption.
• Optional HTTPS/TLS security on the web-based management interface.
• SNMPv3 with optional AES privacy and SHA1 authentication.
• Full capacity trial for the first 60 days.