User Manual

2 System Description
2.1 About This Manual
This manual is written for those who are involved in the “hands-on” installation of the
MDS 5800 II Digital Transceiver, such as installation technicians, site evaluators, project
managers, and network engineers. It assumes the reader has a basic understanding of how to
install hardware, use Windows based software, and operate test equipment.
The MDS 5800 II includes a Software Defined Indoor Unit
TM
(SDIDU
TM
) and outdoor unit (ODU).
The SDIDU
TM
is a product and trademark of CarrierComm.
2.2 Introduction
The Microwave Data Systems family of digital radios provides high capacity transmission,
flexibility, features, and convenience for wireless digital communications networks. The
Microwave Data Systems digital point-to-point radios represent a new microwave architecture
that is designed to address universal applications for both PDH and SDH platforms. This
advanced technology platform is designed to provide the flexibility to customers for their current
and future network needs.
The Microwave Data Systems radio family is based upon a common platform to support a wide
range of network interfaces and configurations. It supports links for 16 x E1/T1, 100BaseTX
Ethernet, and DS-3/E-3/STS-1 (optional, consult factory for availability). The radio family is
spectrum and data rate scalable, enabling service providers or organizations to trade-off system
gain with spectral efficiency and channel availability for optimal network connectivity. The
Microwave Data Systems digital radio family enables network operators (mobile and private),
government and access service provides to offer a portfolio of secure, scalable wireless
applications for data, video, and Voice over IP (VoIP).
The MDS 5800 II digital radio family operates in the Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM)
band of 5.725 to 5.850 GHz, which is generically referred to as 5.8 GHz, and the Unlicensed
National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) band of 5.15 to 5.35 GHz, which is generically
referred to as 5.3 GHz. The
MDS 5800 II supports three types of user data payload
connectivity:
• 100Base-TX intelligent bridging between two locations without the delay and expense of
installing cable or traditional microwave.
• Scalable Ethernet capability of 25 and 50 Mbps is included. These scalable radios
provide LAN connectivity and offer performance trade-offs between operational
bandwidths, data rates, and distance.