Smartrove has teamed up with Advantech (News - Alert) Wireless to deploy a large microwave network in the island of Bermuda, the company has announced. The Transcend microwave radio line is Advantech Wireless’ second generation microwave system offers the ability to transmit MPEG data directly from broadcast equipment through integrated DVB-ASI interfaces over the microwave link.
With capacity of 214 Mbps per ASI stream, The DVB-ASI interfaces support standard definition, high definition, and Digital 3D broadcast applications. The Transcend product line fully supports SFN networks and various ISDB standards. The newest Transcend 800 can simultaneously carry native IP and native TDM traffic, the company stated in a press release.
“This project is an example of combination two wireless technologies, in the licensed and unlicensed domain. Using the 5, 28Mhz channel width, in the 7Ghz licensed band and frequencies in the unlicensed 5Ghz band, a 99.999 availability video surveillance system has been deployed and successfully been operating for 2 years,” said Venkat Kalkunte, president and CEO of Smartrove. “Clearly, as mobile operators are moving to microcellular architectures, innovative wireless backhaul solutions are needed.”
By having a 24x7 video surveillance system operate over carrier grade equipment from Advantech Wireless and Smartrove, this alliance allows Bermuda police department to reach the farthest corners of the island wirelessly and improve law and order. The burgeoning need for high-capacity video camera traffic to meet growth within dense, complex urban areas has become a key motivator for microwave backhaul deployments driving innovation in network development initiatives.
Recently, the company selected Quantenna Communications’ 802.11n MIMO chipset for its carrier-grade 3G/4G offload applications to transport critical police video surveillance traffic in Hamilton City, Bermuda. Quantenna’s QHS710 chipset enables SMARTROVE's SR1410 wireless LAN solution to deliver multiple high-definition (HD) video streams over long haul mesh networks at very low packet error rates (PER). The Quantenna QHS710 is claimed to be the world’s first chipset with 4x4 MIMO, dynamic digital beamforming.
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