Wireless BackHaul

Mobile operators have already begun the process of deploying 3G data services across a significant portion of their service areas. These new services offer considerable improvements in data rates over the initial 2G rollouts, but they also represent a major challenge in planning and engineering their networks. With downstream data rates of 14.4 Mbit/s or more, the demand for bandwidth in the access network is increasing by an order of magnitude from today’s speeds. Carriers are investing seriously in IP infrastructures, stimulated by the explosive growth anticipated for mobile video and data services, thus driving the need for complementary IP access. A key component in the IP access planning process is to identify an economical full-service alternative to leased TDM circuits, thus enabling IP circuit emulation and service emulation over a packet-based access network.

Rivulet solutions can offer mobile operators a full portfolio of Ethernet and T1 circuit emulation services that are efficiently transported across high-speed, low-cost Ethernet, while ensuring the best possible loss and latency performance.