User's Manual

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7 EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION

7.1 GENERAL

SIAE ALFOplus (Access Link Full Outdoor) is a microwave radio system for Ethernet full-outdoor digital link.

The Outdoor Unit can be easily installed and configured:

•reduced size

• easily orientable antenna

• wide operating temperature range

• high flexibility of line interfaces selection

• low consumption.

The first description given in the following first concerns the circuitry common to all the versions, then that

of the line interfaces will follow.

7.1.1 Block diagram

The ALFOplus consists of two PCB housed in a small size aluminium cabinet:

• BBP-GE (Baseband processor Gigabit electrical)

• TRx (IF and RF transceiver)

• BBP-GO (Baseband processor Gigabit optical)

• TRx (IF and RF transceiver)

The description that follows (see Fig.6

and Fig.7) details the block diagrams of electrical and optical ver-

sion.