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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The Airlink Mercury Software Definable Radio (SDR) is an ultra-compact, low-cost, Endpoint
Radio for mission-critical data applications including industrial field area devices. The Airlink
Mercury Radio, with its superior receiver sensitivity and support for narrower transmit channels,
ensures maximum range from an Airlink Base Station and support for challenging RF
environments.
Airlink Mercury’s low power consumption allows for deployment in Mission Critical IoT (MC-IoT)
applications with battery and solar power supplies.
When connected to an Airlink Base Station, the Airlink Mercury radio serves as a remote
Ethernet bridge with QoS support from Airlink Base Stations. The Airlink Mercury Radio enables
the deployment of low data rate, multi-protocol intelligent devices including support for SCADA
RTUs, IEDs, Fault Circuit Indicators, Capacitor Bank controls, and backhaul of low range sensor
networks based on Wi-Fi, BLE, LoRa, Sigfox, etc. Airlink Mercury Radios can be deployed on a
massive scale in an Airlink network with hundreds of radios operating on a single Base Station.
The Airlink Mercury radio operates in a wide range of licensed frequencies (100 MHz to 1 GHz)
with configurable channel bandwidths between 1 kHz and 50 kHz. Airlink Mercury employs a
single band AMC 1x6 sub-channel to communicate with Airlink Base Stations in standard
narrow channel sizes.
The Airlink Mercury radio is a building block within the Airlink MC-IoT Point to Multipoint (PtMP)
multicell, multisector system. It is designed to serve MC-IoT low throughput endpoints along
with the Airlink Remote Radio serving high throughput endpoints. Both types of remote radios
operate simultaneously with an Airlink MC-IoT sector Base Station.
Figure 1-1 A53687 Airlink Mercury Radio
