The IRU 600 UHP enables multi-gigabit capacity links, including support for wide channels up to 80 MHz, 4096QAM modulation, XPIC, ACAP and ACCP operation, and advanced Layer 1 Link Aggregation for multi-channel bonding. It also supports Multi-Band options such as 6+11 GHz, which result in link capacities that are up to 3x higher, or more, than earlier product technologies.

Tower-related costs are a significant part of network TCO. With the IRU 600 UHP, network operators can decrease antenna sizes on existing links, augment capacity without increasing antenna sizes, cut the need for space diversity, or replace larger 6 GHz antennas with smaller ones in the 11 GHz band.

In a US state-wide government network the IRU 600 UHP enabled the agency to reduce antenna sizes on 97 links, remove space diversity on 12 links, and decrease the number of six, eight, and 10-ft diameter antennas by more than 36%, compared to the next alternative, resulting in huge cost savings, including avoiding expensive tower refits and strengthening that would have been needed to support more and larger antennas.

Designed for high reliability, when coupled with Aviat’s Eclipse modular indoor unit (INU) IRU 600 is FIPS 197 and FIPS 140-2 Level 2 compliant — the only all-indoor carrier grade microwave radio platform offering both these security sets.

Tower costs related to antennas can be the biggest driver of OPEX and CAPEX (TCO). With Extra (EHP) and Ultra High Power (UHP) options, IRU 600 incorporates the very latest in RF technology, to be ready for the future data demands of mission-critical networks. With 5x more transmitter power than competing alternatives, IRU 600 can enable 50% smaller antennas while supporting the same link distance, capacity and availability targets, reducing weight and wind loading on the tower by as much as 75%, reducing CAPEX, lowering shipping costs and accelerating installation. If you are leasing your towers this can also result in very large OPEX savings, year after year.