Siklu: The Advantages of E-Band Wireless Systems in Mobile Backhaul Applications

To meet growing subscriber demand, mobile operators are constantly seeking additional network capacity to enable the delivery of bandwidth-intensive data services.

Nowhere are these challenges felt more acutely than in the backhaul network. Understanding the advantages, operators are migrating to all-Ethernet/IP backhaul networks. However, “traditional” packet-based backhaul transport suffers from a number of inherent limitations. In places where there is fiber coverage, fiber can provide the required capacity and more. However, fiber reach is often limited, and deploying new fiber links is often prohibitively expensive. Copper has limited capacity and reach, and “traditional” microwave links suffer from spectrum congestion and limited channel size.

Today, as the demand for bandwidth increases daily, operators who rely on wireless backhaul are turning to new frequency spectrums to lower their wireless backhaul costs. Wireless systems operating in the newly-allocated E-Band spectrum (71-76 GHz, 81-86 GHz and 92-95 GHz) – also referred to as millimeter-wave wireless systems – have clear technological and economic advantages. As such, the E-Band spectrum is expected to become the “Next Generation Wireless Backhaul Spectrum” playing an important role in easing the backhaul pain of mobile operators.

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Winncom Technologies is a worldwide distributor and provider of complete networking solutions, wireless and wired. Our unmatched expertise in broadband wireless networking products and full range of network infrastructure and access products by the leading industry manufacturers allows us to sell the products and provide complete solutions for various markets and applications.

About Siklu

Siklu was founded with a goal to develop, build and deliver the best mmWave wireless connectivity radios on the planet, bringing high speed Gigabit connectivity to the world. Founded in 2008, Siklu was acquired by Ceragon Networks in 2023.