[November 17, 2009] Research and Markets Adds Report: Microwave Radio: From TDM to Packet Tweet Nov 18, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Microwave Radio: From TDM to Packet" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: This report audience includes a wide variety of technical, managerial and sales staff of IT departments working to support corporation communications networks. Equipment vendors can find in the report the survey of competing portfolios. For networks designers, this report explains microwave radio applications, benefits and issues. This report addresses technologies, applications and markets for microwave radio. The report classifies microwave radios as SONET/SDH, Microwave Packet Radio and mm-wave radio. Though used often in different applications and markets, these types of microwave radios allow sustaining high-speed reliable communications, and can be used as alternative to fiber optics transmission. Despite early predictions, SONET/SDH still prevails in fiber optics transmission as a major standard. Microwave radio that is able to carry SONET/SDH signals format is the logical extension of fiber optic communications in cases when: - Terrain and other factors preclude fiber placement - Economics of the project dictate use of microwave technologies instead of fiber optics systems. The SONET/SDH microwave radio market is active and became stable if compared with the telecom market after depression of 2000-2003. Stability of the utility industry and tighter requirements on network characteristics in the financial world contribute to the fact that this market not only survived, but also is growing. Microwave Packet Radio is establishing itself as an advanced technology in the packet-centric world. Existing developments allow using this radio in many applications; prevailing among them is mobile backhaul. The report analyzes details of such an application and shows that the microwave radio future depends in great degree on its ability to adopt to the IP technology. mm-Wave radios experience the "second life" due to their specifics and government regulations that opened relatively large windows of spectrum for commercial use; and the progress in the chips design that made it possible to produce high-frequency IC with relatively low cost. The report analyzes properties of 60 GHz and E-band radio technologies and researches their market segments, applications and the industry. Some companies mentioned include: - Asyrmatos - Bridgewave - Comotech - E-band Communications - G4 Networks - GigaBeam - Fujitsu - Proxim - IBM - SiBeam - Phiar-Motorola - Phiar (as of 2008, it was not in operation) - NEC - Allgon Microwave - BridgeWave - Comotech - Agilis - Airlinx - Alcatel-Lucent - Allgon Microwave - Axxcelera - Fujitsu - Harris Stratex - Microwave Data Systems - Microwave Networks - Nera - OnSite Systems (Acquired by Patton in 2008) - SAF - Nokia Siemens Networks - SIAE (SIAE Microelettronica) - WNI Global - ZTE Report information: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/874b82/microwave_radio_f ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]