SAF CFM-13-LM, Technical Description

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I N T R O D U C T I O N
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CFM Radio in the Modern Market
The widespread and growing use of microwave radio equipment in modern voice and data
networks well deserves to be called a phenomenon of the last decade of the 20
th
century and
beginning of the 21 st century. The reasons behind that are numerous, like:
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increased demand for high data rate channels,
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growing pressure on operators to shorten the deployment and commissioning times,
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ever shortening time of the return on investments,
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changing demands for the services from the customers.
All those issues are well solved by use of wireless systems.
SAF Tehnika believes that by cleverly integrating the latest achievements in radio technology and
in components, we are delivering the solutions for operators enabling them to deploy new services
and solve communication problems to customers, thus developing the market.
Typical Uses of the CFM Radio System
SAF Tehnika is delivering CFM radio system as a number of units, which enables great flexibility
in configurations one could achieve.
By combining unified LM Radio Unit model with the choice from available LM Indoor Units it is
possible to make the right configuration for wide range of data and voice transmission needs.
CFM radio systems are widely used in data networks of ISPs and other network operators:
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To connect customers with high bandwidth requirements (office buildings, bigger
corporate customers) demanding higher than 2 Mbps connection speeds;
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To build medium capacity backbone connections between Points of Presence (POPs) of
the operator.
CFM equipment is often used to create private networks:
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For the governmental institutions;
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For utility companies (electricity, heat, water, gas);
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Community networks within bigger cities and in countryside;
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For large companies with multiple manufacturing, office and other sites to connect in one
network.
New uses for CFM equipment are emerging every day.
Abbreviations
AIS Alarm Indicator Status
BU Balancing Unit
BER Bit Error Ratio
CLI Command Line Interpreter
CPE Customer Premises Equipment
ETS European Telecommunications Standard (ETSI standard)
IDU Indoor Unit
IF Intermediate frequency
LAN Local Area Network
MM Management
MUX Multiplexer
ODU Outdoor Unit
REB Remote Ethernet Bridge
RF Radio frequency
WAN Wide Area Network