ZENITH 18
The latest member of ZENITH family is brand new ZENITH 18. It comes as a powerful and easy to deploy microwave link to very popular 18 GHz band (licensed). Together with the 11 Ghz band is 18 GHz band suitable for all kind of application - from short links with high capacity to long haul links.
All the features known from the other frequency bands were preserved - you can enjoy the next-gen modem with patent pending Pilot signal technology, digital predistortion of transmitted signal and hitless ACM with dynamic range 100 dB/s allows to use maximum capacity 900 Mbps full duplex (112 MHz channel / 1024 QAM) for all types of Ethernet traffic including IPTV and VoIP.
Compact Full Outdoor design and direct antenna mount ensure fast installation, easy maintenance and great reliability. With built-in surge protectors and our unique Protected terminal box you can rely on uninterrupted service under all climatic conditions.
Main features
- Licensed band 18 GHz (17.700 - 19.700 GHz)
- Full Outdoor design
- User capacity up to 900 Mbps full duplex (660 Mbps in the USA due to the channel bandwidth limitation)
- Channel bandwidth up to 112 MHz (80 MHz in the USA), modulation scheme up to 1024 QAM
- Latency 0.09 ms for 900 Mbps
- High interference immunity and threshold sensitivity
- Two copper Gigabit Ethernet ports, one optical port (SFP)
- Hitless asymmetric ACM
- Optimized for Tripleplay services - IPTV, VoIP, Eth
- VLAN and QinQ support (802.1Q, 802.1ad)
- Two independent Ethernet lines through radio link
- Ethernet port shutdown when radio link is interrupted
- MTU 10240 B
- Optional AES 256bit encryption
- In band or out of band management
- Advanced network monitoring system ASD Client
- Own high performance antennas 1, 2, 3 and 4 ft
- Full surge protection in the ODU and in the protected terminal box
- System configurations 1+0, 1+1, 2+0
Typical applications:
- Backbones and long haul links
- Short links with high capacity and reliability
- Optical networks backup
- CCTV and telemetry data transmission
