User's Manual Part 1

What’s new in Release 2.5.40 Chapter 1
RADWIN 2000 User Manual Release 2.5.40 1-2
The RADWIN 2000 radio series supports the 4.8 - 6 GHz, 2.4 GHz and 3.4 - 3.7 GHz spectrum
bands, and complies with international standards and regulations (FCC, IC Canada, ETSI and
WPC India). DFS is supported where required by regulation.
What’s new in Release 2.5.40
The main changes in release 2.5.40 from release 2.5.30 are:
» The new RADWIN 2000 X series addressing corporate Access needs
» Further support for frequencies in the 3.x bands forRADWIN 2000 C and RADWIN
2000 X
» RADWIN 2000 C support for the 2.5 GHz band according the BRS (FCC/IC) regulation.
Details are set out in Table 1-1 below.
Terminology
• 3.X Universal bands refer to RADWIN Universal bands as described above.
• 3.X or 3.X GHz refers to the frequency range 3.3 – 3.8GHz
• BRS refers to the 2.5 GHZ band subject to the FCC BRS regulations
•A 3.X ODU is an ODU pre configured to operate in the 3.X GHz licensed bands
•A 3.X Link in a RADWIN 2000 link using a pair of 3.X ODUs
• High Resolution Bands - Channel minimum step is 250 KHz. Applies to 3.475 -
3.650 GHz IC RSS-192, 3.4 -3.7 GHz ETSI and the 3.3 - 3.8 GHz Universal band.
• Low Resolution Bands - Channel minimum step is 1 MHz. Applies to FCC regula-
tions in the 3.650-3.675 GHz band.
More About New and Extended RADWIN 2000 Products
RADWIN 2000 C-series 3.X Products
The new RADWIN 2000 C-series 3.X products are intended for IP and TDM backhaul applica-
tions. Integrated and connectorized products are available. The products are multiple band
with default bands as shown in Table 1-1 below.
These products are broadly compatible with all features set of RADWIN 2000 with the follow-
ing differences:
• The 3.X products support 5, 10 and 20 MHz channel bandwidths.
• Channel minimum step under the band 3.650-3.675 GHz is 1 MHz. ACS and Spectrum
View are supported (Low Resolution Bands).
• Channel minimum step under 3.4-3.7 GHz Universal ,3.475-3.650 IC RSS-192 and 3.4
-3.7 GHz ETSI is 250KHz. ACS and Spectrum View are not supported (High Resolution
Bands).
• All products in this series support both Ethernet and TDM services
Note
• The 5 Mhz channel bandwidth is supported under Licensed bands
only
• 40MHz channel bandwidth is not supported under 3.X GHz products.