…plant to wireless base station locations. However, offering a competitive service requires reliable Ethernet services over the metro area with extremely fast protection-switching using a more cost-effective design than traditional service providers. Solution You can implement wireless backhaul today utilizing…

With LTE deployments expected to go from a trickle to a flood over the next few years, solving the mobile backhaul bandwidth crunch is on wireless operators’ minds more than ever before.   With LTE networks enabling data streams and capacities that have never been possible before to a growing…

…terrestrial wireless network began this month and, once complete, will dramatically improve Canadians’ access to more affordable broadband with faster download speeds.  However, for users to fully realize these benefits, the operator needs an affordable, automated and reliable backhaul infrastructure…

…mobile operators in catch-up mode with their wireless backhaul networks.  In a poll conducted at a Mobile Backhaul 101 session earlier this week, attendees overwhelmingly listed “scalable bandwidth” as the most important component of a backhaul solution (see poll results to the right).…

…pressures that are being piled upon the wireless backhaul portion of today’s mobile networks.   Wireless backhaul has been a topic in the industry ever since the early days of 3G when the promise of new data revenues made the move from 2G to 3G wireless an inviting proposition to mobile operators…

…sometimes heated debate over layer 2 switching versus layer 3 routing – in this case focused on wireless backhaul. The debate started several years ago:  should the backhaul portion of the wireless network use Carrier Ethernet at layer 2 (L2) or IP routing at layer 3 (L3)?  Although this question…

…wireless broadband service provider, has deployed Ciena’s Carrier Ethernet Service Delivery (CESD) platforms in an innovative transport network capable of supporting wireless backhaul for 3G and 4G wireless networks. iBurst has replaced its existing Layer 2 infrastructure with Ciena’s wireless…

…nationwide 4G wireless network, will deploy Ciena’s ActiveEdge 3920 Service Delivery Switch as part of the wireless backhaul portion of the national 4G network.   The ambitious 4G rollout is targeted at Canada’s rural population, with a 1,200 tower terrestrial wireless network already…

…that highlight the growth of the wireless backhaul market as wireless data traffic booms from the introduction of new wireless devises and smartphones.  For iBurst, South Africa?s leading wireless broadband service provider, the answer to the wireless backhaul portion of their growing network was…

…fewer markets, the decision to discontinue this particular product could say a lot for a market that would seem completely unrelated – wireless backhaul. It was the simplicity and affordability of the Flip camera that made it an instant hit.  Small in size with just a few buttons and a foolproof…