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CTR 8500

THE INDUSTRYS MOST POWERFUL MICROWAVE PLATFORM

... IS ALSO A FULL FEATURED ROUTER
 YOU CAN CHOOSE
BACKHAUL PRODUCTS THAT MEET THE
CHALLENGES OF TODAY

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...AND ARE FLEXIBLE
FOR THE CHALLENGES
OF THE FUTURE.
The Aviat CTR8500 is a new generation of converged Microwave Routers,
a new category of products that are designed to simplify mobile operator
networks and lower total cost of ownership. Unlike current microwave
solutions, which require separate co-located router device, CTR 8500
is the first microwave product to incorporate a full-featured router
to reduce the number of devices, save money, and enable new
services revenue.

CTR 8540 is also delivers comprehensive microwave and Layer 2

Carrier Ethernet features, all with the highest radio and interface density
in the smallest form factor, to really set it apart from the pack. Best of
all,CTR 8500 has a flexible, open software based architecture, so it can
be deployed today as a Layer 2 microwave solution today, but is IP/MPLS
and SDN-ready via simple software upgrade when needed.

A flexible, software defined platform, CTR 8500 enables service providers

to save money, simplify their network, and safeguard their future.

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 A ROUTER, PURPOSE-BUILT FOR MICROWAVE, CTR 8500
YOUR MICROWAVE NETWORKING NEEDS SMALLER, SIM

A microwave router is a new concept that merges functionality of a microwave indoor unit and
cell site router. CTR 8500 is designed to offer the greatest degree of flexibility for operators who
need to deliver feature-rich services, via a cost efficient, compact, multi-service, and multi-
functional platform. CTR 8500 is the natural evolution of microwave and IP networking, in one.

INTEGRATED NETWORKING INTUITIVE MANAGEMENT

The CTR 8500 delivers a broad mix of capabilities to
support next generation network evolution. The CTR 8500
combines the latest in Carrier Ethernet switching,
IP routing, Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS),
Pseudowires, Ethernet OAM and packet-based
synchronization, to deliver a single versatile platform
for multiple applications. And unlike traditional microwave
switches, CTR is completely uplink agnostic providing
the options to transport services to IF or Ethernet
connected microwave, copper, or fiber transport media
for maximum deployment versatility.
The CTR 8500 offers a full suite of advanced L2 and L3
services, all tightly integrated with microwave transport to
deliver better performing networks.
If integrated networking wasnt enough, CTR 8500 com-
bined with Aviat ProVision network management platform
delivers a tightly integrated, intuitively managed network-
ing solution. ProVision provides all the tools for point/
click provisioning and management of all layer 1, 2 and 3
configuration from same interface virtually eliminating
mis-configuration and interoperability concerns while
aligning security / QoS / synchronization policy across
microwave, routing and management domains.
ProVisions role-based management structure, combined
with CTR 8500 modular design, enables different opera-
tions teams able to manage single microwave router -
transport teams getting responsible for radio and Layer
2 configuration, while RAN/IP teams control access to
WAN/LAN ports, and routing configurations.

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0 PROVIDES A SINGLE INTEGRATED SOLUTION FOR ALL
MPLER, SMARTER
THE INDUSTRYS MOST POWERFUL MICROWAVE PLATFORM
COMBINING FIVE INTO ONE
Combining functionalities of a microwave indoor unit,
layer 2 carrier ethernet switch, IP/MPLS router, PoE
injector and TDM pseudo wire device, CTR 8540 is the
most integrated device on the market. Fewer boxes means
fewer devices to buy and maintain, saving money and
simplifying life. Fewer boxes also means less latency and
lower power consumption, better reliability, and finally no
more interoperability issues.
MOST COMPACT SOLUTION ON THE MARKET
COMPACT MATTERS
With growth in capacity and imminent introduction of
small cells, the mobile network topology is changing.
Sites are becoming denser and with tower sites being
leased, cabinet space, power consumption, and tower
space are all becoming increasingly important. Compact
solutions are more important than ever.
LTE-A READY
CTR has all the advanced capacity capabilities to provide
up to 4Gbps per aggregate link with extremely high
channel capacity. In addition, CTR offers ultra low latency
to ensure all your LTE-A services can be deployed with
optimum flexibility and efficiency.
HIGHEST INTERFACE DENSITY
As a pure microwave device, CTR is the most compact,
integrated solution on the market. It has 2 times more GE
ports per RU and 50% more radio ports per RU than any
other microwave solution on the market. Even without the
router, CTR is the most highly capable microwave solution
around.
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 THE SMALLEST MULTI-SERVICE,
MULTI-LAYER HUB
ANY SERVICE ANY TRANSPORT
Mobile cell sites are transitioning from simple base To facilitate simple, low cost network migration, and
stations for voice and low-speed mobile data access reduce cell site complexity, tomorrows networks will
to multi-functional hubs for delivery of new services, require devices that converge any transport connections
multimedia-rich content and broadband data access. onto a single platform. LAN/WAN interfaces including
With the demand for small and to enable fixed-mobile fiber, Ethernet and T1/E1, as well as transport interfaces
network convergence, its becoming more important including fiber transport and typical microwave
these services can all be delivered over a common interfaces (IF/coax and Ethernet/PoE) need to be
infrastructure. Converging multiple services onto a considered. Supporting all the transport options offers
common platform, CTR supports radio connectivity mobile operators the simplicity and flexibility they require
like small cell, Wi-Fi, cloud-based RAN architectures, to expand networks and support legacy services at the
and 2G/3G/LTE macrocells, along with range of same time. CTR converges all these connections onto a
IP/MPLS based enterprise services. single, compact multi-layer platform.

THE SMALLEST MULTI-SERVICE MICROWAVE HUB

WTM 3xxx
ODU 600 OUTDOOR RADIO
IF / COAXIAL ETHERNET (PoE)

RACx2 ON ON RACx2 ON ON POEx2 POEx2

Port 1 Port 2 Port 1 Port 2

1000 1000 1000 1000
CTR 8540

ON OK ON OK ON Base-T Base-T OK ON Base-T Base-T OK

OK OK OK OK
ODU1 ODU2 ODU1 ODU2

ON SFP Port 9-12 Protection Diversity

Trib 1-8 Trib 9-16

FAN OK
Main V.24 - 48VDC 25A ! Port 1-8 10/100/1000 Base-T

GIGABIT / ETHERNET FIBER T1 / COPPER

SMALL CELL SMALL CELL 2G / 3G

ENTERPRISES ENTERPRISES
IP / MPLS VPN IP / MPLS VPN
LTE LTE

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IMPLEMENT NEW LAYER 3
SERVICES RIGHT FROM
YOUR BACKHAUL
NETWORK

SAVE AND
MAKE MONEY

CTR 8540 enables you to implement new Layer 3 Enterprise services right from
your backhaul network to allow operators to expand their customer base and
grow revenue.

THE EXPANDING ROLE OF THE NEW IP-ENABLED NETWORK VISION

THE MOBILE NETWORK
Operators need to enrich their offerings to attract and
retain high value customers to offset the flat to declining
ARPU for traditional consumer-level mobile users.
To support new business initiatives, fast and flexible
delivery of new services, such as Enterprise VPN services,
is necessary. This fact, combined with the pending
network densification, means the cell site must evolve
from simply housinga base station to supporting a
network architecture that accelerates the delivery of
new services to achieve business goals. Mobile cell sites
are transitioning from simple base stations for voice and
low-speed mobile data access to multi- functional hubs
for delivery of new services, multimedia-rich content and
broadband data access.
IP is the only proven, scalable, future proof technology
that can enable this vision of a next generation
communications hub site. Existing mobile backhaul
solutions can make this transition difficult, as more
capacity and smarter devices complicate cell site
configurations, increase costs and add management
overhead. CTR 8500 enables a new integrated cell site
architecture, transforming the cell site and restructuring
the mobile backhaul cost equationmaking the new
service-delivery cell-site vision possible with fewer boxes
and lower costs.Build upon existing investments for an
evolved approach to deploying and migrating to all-IP.

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FLEXIBLE SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
ENABLING FUTURE CELL SITE VISION

INDUSTRYS MOST POWERFUL IP/MPLS VIA SIMPLE SOFTWARE LICENSE

MICROWAVE PLATFORM Designed from the ground up to support IP/MPLS,
The CTR 8540 is the most compact, integrated, and CTR 8500s extensible network processor based platform
capable Layer 2 microwave solution on the market, allow simple software upgrade to full featured routing
equipped with the full range of Carrier Ethernet features functionality without any new hardware or equipment
that operators now expect. Interoperability with the Aviats swap outs. Customers will have comfort in knowing
existing portfolio of split-mount, all-outdoor and all- theyre building the network on a plug-and-play
indoor radios is a given, to ensure customers can protect software-based architecture with a simple licensed
and leverage their existing microwave investments when software structure for no-hassle upgrades to networking
migrating to the future. CTR 8540s interface density sets functionality, without having to add extra devices.
it apart from the pack including:
Because IP/MPLS functionality is integrated into the
2x More GE Ports: With 12 GE ports per rack unit, CTR microwave platform, your router will also finally play
8540 has twice the port density when compared to any nice with your transport, since theyre all now in one box.
other microwave platform on the market Microwave networks exhibit unique characteristics
(ACM, fading, hot-standby, etc), and with CTR 8540 your
50% More Radio Ports: With 8 IF or PoE ports, CTR 8540
network will perform at its highest level across all types
has 50% more radio ports per rack unit compared to any
of interface bandwidths, protection and diversity
other microwave platform on the market
configurations, and dynamic microwave path conditions.

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