Super Dual Band

Microwave Solution
Challenges on LTE Backhaul Networks
Existing microwave link bandwidths can no longer support
ever-escalating requirements for LTE backhaul capacity.
Spectrum resources of common frequency bands are proving
insufficient, making capacity expansion increasingly more difficult.
Limited transmission distance of E-band microwave cannot meet
medium-distance transmission requirements of macro base stations.

Faced with the challenges,

Huawei, the leader in microwave industry,

launches the Super Dual Band microwave solution.

Super Dual Band delivers the latest in cross-band aggregation technology. EPLA, AM, and
QoS enable integration of common-band microwave (6 to 42 GHz) and E-band microwave
(71 to 76 and 81 to 86 GHz) into one solution to support large bandwidth and
long-distance transmission.

Architecture
Main components of the Super Dual Band solution:
RTN XMC ODU, RTN 380/380H (E-band), and RTN 900 IDU

ODU

E-band

High-priority Low-priority
service service

RTN 900 IDU

Benefits
With E-band microwave, air interface throughput reaches 5
Gbps to 10 Gbps.
Common-band microwave ability to resist rain fade means
the availability requirements on E-band can be reduced to
99.9%, while the combination achieves a transmission
distance of up to 10 km.
EPLA, AM, and QoS technologies guarantee 99.999%
availability of core services.
 Large Bandwidth for LTE Backhaul
Limited spectrum resources,
Common Band complicate expansion E-band 10 GHz broad frequency spectrum
Cannot achieve doubled capacity even 4 Gbps to 10 Gbps air interface
in highest modulation mode
Air interface capacity at 64QAM
(Mbps) Air interface capacity at 2048QAM (Gbps）

600 10

300 5

Channel spacing Channel spacing

14 MHz 28 MHz 56 MHz 500 MHz 750 MHz 1 GHz 2 GHz

E-band Large bandwidth, easier site deployment Super Fully able to meet backhaul requirements
of a single eNodeB for 5 years
One set takes the place of many, simpler Dual Band Supporting service backhaul for typical
site building aggregation sites
Capacity
8 to 20 commom links (Mbps)
Estimated escalation in capacity
1x E-band link requirements for a single eNodeB
1400
1500
1000
Peak
1000 780 Average
520
500 420

Air interface capacity Year

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Long Distance, Applicable to 90% Backhaul

Relay sites required for long-distance
E-band High frequency, serious rain fade
E-band transmission
Transmission distance < 3 km
Rain attenuation (dB)
High network construction costs
40 Rainfall Area
P (145 mm/hr) 3 to 10 km between base stations
30 N (95 mm/hr)
M (63 mm/hr)
K (42 mm/hr)
20 E (22 mm/hr)

10 Relay site Relay site

0 Frequency (GHz)
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Super Common-band microwave + E-band

Super Achieving a transmission distance of 10 km
Dual Band Tripling transmission distance with Dual Band Satisfying service backhaul requirements for
adjustment in E-band link availability 90% of existing base stations
Backhaul distance of microwave links
Rainfall area E-band microwave transmission distance (750 MHz/QPSK)
99.995% < 3 km
P 0.7 10%
3.3 99.9%
1.1
3 km - 5 km
N 4.4
20%
1.5 46% 5 km - 10 km
M 5.7

2.2 > 10 km
K 7.2
24%
3.5 Statistics based on millions of
E 9.6 Transmission distance microwave links delivered by
(km) Huawei in the past 10 years
2 4 6 8 10
 High Availability, Service Classification for Optimal User Experience
Increasing link utilization with byte-level load
EPLA balancing AM&QoS AM to provide elastic capacity

Supporting bandwidth adjustment QoS to guarantee key services

E-band E-band QoS Adaptive modulation

E-band

IDU IDU

……

Common band
……
……

ODU Physical link aggregation ODU

High-priority services transmitted over

Levering advantages of common-band
LINK
common-band microwave to achieve carrier-class
availability Super and E-band microwave
Planning Low-priority services transmitted over E-band Dual Band
Balance among distance, capacity, and
microwave to achieve large capacity Capacity availability
4,500
(Mbps) K Rainfall area
Availability | Annual Down Time 4,000
Service Classification Bearer Link Availability
3,500
99.999%
Low-priority 99.9% 8.76hrs 3,000
99.995%
Services E-Band 2,500
99.99%
99.95%
2,000 99.9%
99.99% 52.6min
High-priority
1,500
Services Common band & E-Band
1,000
99.999% 5.3min
500
Voice
Common Transmission
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 distance(km)

Comparison of Super Dual Band, Common-band, E-band and Optical fiber

Super Dual Band Common-band E-band Microwave Optical Fiber

Microwave
Transmission Medium Long Short Long
Distance
（3-10 km） （<100 km） （<3 km） （>10 km）

Bandwidth Large Small Medium Large

Deployment Low Low High

Medium
Cost

Construction Short Short Short Long

Period
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