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Aviat Networks Eclipse & Eclipse Packet Node
Modular Gigabit solution
The former Stratex Networks and Harris Stratex solution Eclipse is the most flexible and modular adaptable solution in the market. The Eclipse Packet Node can offer up to 1.6Gbps of net throughput at the moment. The backplane of the INU support up to 5Gbps of data offering a growth path to the future!
System components
Indoor Intelligent Node Unit
The Intelligent Node Unit (INU) enables the wireless node architecture. The modular concept allows a simple terminal to evolve to a complex node thanks to the use of hot-swappable plug-in cards. The INU is available in 1RU (rack unit - height dimension) and 2RU version that respectively support 3 or 6 outdoor units. Within this INU, all traffic will internally be routed in such a way that all of the external patch pannels and cabling become obsolete.
You can use a number of plug-in cards per INU.
NCC Node Controller Card
The NCC controls whether the node functions well and is hte hearth of the INU. It contains the configuration and license files.
FAN Fan card
aircooling of the INU
RAC Radio Access Card
Interface between INU and ODU, works on an intermediate frequency (IF)
DAC Data Access Card
Interface card for the user (Fast Ethernet, GigE, E1, DS3, STM1)
NPC Node Protection Card
Takes care of the redundancy of the NCC, power supply and the TDM bus. Takes over the functions of the NCC when it fails.
AUX Auxiliary Service Card
Auxiliary data and alarm inputs/outputs
Combine it all
It is of course possible to put several DAC cards in one and the same INU offering you a very flexible interface to your network. The same applies to the RAC cards to build up a complex node with connections to several locations. The Ethernet DAC has 4 Ethernet ports that internally are connected to a 4-port switch that supports QoS. When e.g. you would install an 8xE1 E1 DAC and you have a total capacity of 32xE1 (64Mbps), then you can preserve 16 Mbps to 8xE1 and the other 48 Mbps will be divided over the Ethernet interfaces. When you would use two of those, you can preserve 24 Mbps for both channels. This is configurable via the software.
Indoor Unit
The Eclipse Indoor Unit (IDU) is a 1RU device fitted for 4/8xE1, 4/8/16xE1, DAC ES or DAC GE 20X, non-protected (no fail-over), configurations. Only the DAC GE 20x version offers redundancy or the possibility to combine the throughput of two links.
Outdoor unit ODU300
The ODU300 supports all capacities from 4xE1 up to 2xSTM-1 and modulations from QPSK to 256 QAM without the need for hardware adaptations! This implies that the migration between different speeds should be perfectly possible without having someone climbing up the masts with new and expensive hardware.
The ODU300 is available in all licensed frequency bands from 5 up to 38 GHz
Protection
Protected configurations Eclipse supports 1+1 protected and diversity configurations with one single INU. This INU will then be equipped with two RAC (Radio Access Card) cards, each of which is connected to an ODU and a DAC (Data Access Card). For reasons of redundancy, the INU can be equipped with an NPC enabling redundancy on power supply and NCC (Network Controller Card) level. In order to have hot-stand-by and diversity, there are seamless interchanges between both ODU’s. This also happens when sending data.
Space diversity requires two ODU’s, both of which have an antenna. Hot-stand-by and frequency diversity are supported via a direct-mount combiner that combines both ODU’s on one single antenna. The combiner is available with an equal 3 - 3dB split or an unequal 6 - 1,5dB coupler. Space and frequency diversity can be combined in order to represent a hybrid diversity scheme.
