Wazco MetroHaul LTE Metrocell with Athena A060-Mini Digital Radio solves mobile internet backhaul issues

 

Wazco, a provider of multi-sector metro LTE small cell
basestations, and Athena Wireless Communications, a provider of data transfer
solutions, announced they have collaborated on Wazco’s new MetroHaul, that
combines Wazco’s MetroStorm multi-sector LTE metrocell for mobile broadband
coverage and capacity with Athena’s A060-Mini Radio for fiber-comparable
wireless backhaul and data transfer.

 

When it comes to 4G LTE infrastructure adaptation, small
is rapidly becoming the next big thing,” said Mike Nasco, CEO of Wazco.

 

A major issue with small cell networks, however, is
matching the size, cost and performance of the backhaul to the small cell with
the large-scale demands that metro-level infill LTE networks will require. The
MetroHaul is designed specifically to provide economical backhaul for our
family of high bandwidth, multi-sector metrocell solutions,” Nasco added.

 

Wazco’s
recently introduced MetroStorm is a multi-sector, high-performance, small base
station for the LTE mobile-infrastructure market that addresses small-cell size
and scalable performance issues with a truly innovative, self-contained,
self-organizing, self-optimizing, street-level network element.

 

It consists of a single self-contained, fully integrated
enclosure, hosting up to four coordinated sectors, powered via standard
interfaces available on streetlights, power poles and similar devices.

 

With the addition of the Athena Wireless A060-Mini
millimeter-wave,
point-to-point wireless backhaul radio, the Wazco MetroHaul addresses the need
for short-range deployments of 50 to 1,000 meters and solves the challenge of
transmitting large amounts of data through the air thus delivering significant
use benefits and cost savings because it offers higher capacity data
transmission, faster deployment and longer range.

 

It operates in the 60GHz unlicensed band and is capable
of transporting 1000Mbps of full duplex traffic up to a distance of a few
kilometers, making it uniquely compatible with Ethernet transmissions.

 

Athena’s A060-Mini multi-gigabit capacity and
performance is comparable to fiber when handling cellular backhaul,” said
Eduardo Tinoco, CEO of Athena.

 

The Wazco MetroHaul equipped with the A060-Mini delivers
significant use benefits and cost savings because it offers higher capacity
data transmission, faster deployment and longer range. Together our companies
have solved one of the major issues that LTE small-cell offerings must face,” Tinoco added.

 

By TelecomLead.com Team
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