All-Indoor, Carrier-Class, Tri-Band 5 GHz TDD Radio Systems for Low, Medium and High Capacity Ethernet and TDM Applications
The EX-5i series of all-indoor digital microwave radios is the first family of tri-band, carrier-class TDD radios available in the 5.2 – 5.8 GHz license-exempt bands. Today, the EX-5i series is the most widely used 5 GHz mobile backhaul radio in North American Tier 1 carrier networks.
The EX-5i series delivers up to 216 Mbps of aggregate user throughput and up to sixteen T1/E1s plus one DS3, with available Monitored Hot Standby (MHS).
Featuring native TDM and native Ethernet transport and full software configurability and upgradeability, the EX-5i series is designed to meet demanding backhaul requirements of enterprise organizations and service providers seeking the accessibility benefits of an all-indoor configuration.
| | EX-5i Lite | EX-5i | EX-5i-16 | EX-5i-DS3 |
| Maximum aggregate Ethernet throughput | 100 Mbps | 200 Mbps | 200 Mbps | 200 Mbps |
| Maximum TDM capacity | 4xT1/E1 | 4xT1/E1 | 16xT1/E1 | 16xT1/E1, 1xDS3 |
| Software upgradeable capacity | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| CarrierTDD | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Throughput symmetry control | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Native TDM | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Native Ethernet | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Built-in spectrum analyzer | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Selectable channel bandwidth | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 1 MHz tuning resolution | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| ExaltSync synchronization | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Selectable modulation | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| SNMP v1, v2c and v3 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 802.1Q (VLAN) | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 128- and 256-bit AES encryption | optional | optional | optional | optional |
| Monitored hot standby (MHS) | | | optional | |
The EX-5i and EX-5i Lite are designed for enterprise and Internet service provider applications, while the EX-5i-16 and EX-5i-DS3 are configured to meet the more demanding TDM traffic requirements of fixed and mobile operators.