User's Manual

MDS 05-6302A01, Rev. B MDS Mercury 16E Technical Manual 1

1.0 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

The GE MDS Mercury Series

transceiver is an easy-to-install

WiMAX solution offering extended range, secure operation, and

multi-megabit performance in a compact and rugged package. Mercury

is ideally suited for wireless data applications in Smart Grid Electric, Oil

and Gas, Water/Wastewater, and other industrial uses in fixed locations

where range, reliability, throughput, and security are paramount.

Figure 1. Mercury MIMO Series Transceiver

(Top: Base Station, Bottom: Subscriber Unit)

The transceivers are commonly used to convey SCADA traffic,

automated metering, distribution automation, command and control

traffic, text documents, graphics, e-mail, video, Voice over IP (VoIP),

and a variety of other application data between field devices and

WAN/LAN-based entities.

Based on multi-carrier Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

(OFDM), the transceiver features high speed/low latency, Quality of

Service (QoS), Ethernet and serial encapsulation, and MIMO

(multiple-input and multiple output)-enhanced performance. It also

provides enhanced security including 128-bit AES encryption and

EAP-TLS IEEE 802.1x Device Authentication. These features make the

Mercury system the best combination of security, range, and speed of

any industrial wireless solution on the market today.