The existing 10GbE radios (Battelle, etc) aren't really complete products, they're "dumb pipe" things that translate laserto RF, don't do any FEC framing/deframing and are unaware of the BER of the data they're carrying. They don't "speak" layer 2 ethernet protocols like a typical 1 Gbps E-band radio. Such things are intended to be integrated into somebody else's 3rd party radio platform.
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Mike Hammett via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > *nods* a few months ago we discussed a few 70 - 110 GHz radios doing > 10GigE. They were developed for military use and have been used as such, > but lately have been converted into civilian use. One of then was like > $147k per link. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Eric Kuhnke via Af" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Monday, November 24, 2014 10:51:41 AM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] radios with frickin' laser beams on their heads > > > > http://pages.aoptix.com/rs/aoptixtechnologies/images/AOptix_Intellimax_MB2000_Datasheet.pdf > > > http://thestack.com/aoptix-lasercomm-system-military-laser-radio-rollout-171114 > > > > 80 GHz QPSK link + parallel FSO OOK laser? Claiming 10km five nines, I > bet that's in ITU rain zone A (saudi arabian desert, etc). > > I wonder how it will stack up on real world performance in the Seattle > area vs. a Bridgewave E-band link, 60cm dishes, +19 Tx power, QPSK > modulation. > > > > >
