…benefit for cell site locations.   Additionally, Ciena today introduced the new ActivEdge 3916 as an advanced Carrier Ethernet demarcation device targeted at Ethernet business services applications.   Today’s news shines a spotlight on Ciena’s focus on the wireless backhaul equipment…

…offerings is a move up the value chain to target larger, multi-site business and a greater focus on metro Ethernet services.  Comcast is already making that move with their new Metro E service. The move by Cable MSOs into mobile backhaul is a relatively recent phenomenon.  The explosion of mobile…

…captured at the endpoints of the backhaul network, namely at the cell site base stations (LTE eNodeB) and the server gateways (MME/S-GW) the question that operators ask themselves is, “does it save time and complexity to extend my IP operating paradigm into the backhaul network in-between these endpoints?…

…Salman during the Mobile Backhaul 101 session.   This higher throughput to the user equates to today’s dramatic increase in backhaul bandwidth requirements. In fact, the amount of wireless backhaul bandwidth required per site may grow to as much as 200Mbps by 2013 for cell towers that function…

…True Carrier Ethernet® technology, deployed by dozens of network operators in tens of thousands of businesses, homes, and mobile base station cell sites. The switch combines the low cost and high capacity of Ethernet with the reliability, management, and service quality usually associated with SONET…

…incumbent providers and offer wholesale services with minimal infrastructure investments * Obtain a return on investment in as little as 10-13 month * Cell-site access device for Ethernet connectivity * Automated provisioning for rapid deployment * Capture new revenue streams by offering profitable services…

…America, Heavy Reading projects that the number of cell sites will jump somewhat more modestly from 289,000 today to 345,000 in 2015. The backhaul business will also continue to soar, as more and more wireless service providers connect to the same cell site towers to close the remaining gaps in their signal…

…® technology, deployed by dozens of network operators in tens of thousands of points of presence, central offices, businesses, office parks, cell sites, remote terminals, and residences. It combines the low cost and high capacity of Ethernet with the reliability, management, and service quality usually…

…-enabled cell sites specific to wireless backhaul. Industry Comments * “LTE will soon become the mobile industry technology standard for mobile devices and mobile broadband connectivity, adopted by most service providers worldwide over the next 5 to 10 years.  Mobile operators and backhaul transport…

…installed base of nearly 50,000 at Ethernet-enabled cell sites. Supporting Resources * White Paper: Maximizing LTE Benefits Using True Carrier Ethernet Backhaul * White Paper: Wireless Backhaul Network Solutions * White Paper: Navigating the Wireless Backhaul Bottleneck * Product Overviews: 5410 and 5150 Service…