SANTA CLARA, CA — (Marketwire) — 02/21/13 — , the leading supplier of 4G millimeter wave backhaul solutions, today announced the launch of Flex4G, its newest family of high-capacity, multi-gigabit wireless solutions for backhaul of next-generation networks. Flex4G builds on BridgeWave-s extensive experience with millimeter wave solutions by providing a highly integrated platform with advanced features that allow operators to minimize their total cost of ownership.
Earlier this month, Cisco released an update to its Mobile data traffic is forecasted to grow 13-fold between 2012 and 2017, a CAGR of 66 percent, and mobile traffic will reach 11.2 exabytes per month by 2017. As next generation LTE networks evolve, a backhaul solution is needed that provides carriers with the lowest TCO, while maintaining flexibility and scalability to meet these exploding data traffic demands.
Flex4G-s exclusive enables high power operation, while the extraordinary level of integration yields exceptional reliability. BridgeWave-s advanced digital signal processing technology used in Flex4G provide line-rate, full-duplex 1Gbps in an ETSI-standard, single 250 MHz channel using only 32QAM modulation, with improved link budgets compared to other solutions using 64QAM.
Through its built-in low-latency switch, Flex4G enables Carrier-Ethernet functionality with flexible Quality of Service, VLAN awareness, Provider Bridging, Congestion Management and Ring Protection. Carrier-Ethernet capabilities are further enhanced by comprehensive Ethernet OAM management and advanced timing through support of SyncE and 1588v2.
“Bargaining power of MNOs puts a lot of pressure on selling prices for any kind of network equipment,” said Esteban Monturus, Backhaul Market Analyst at Maravedis-Rethink. “This fact is especially important for the relatively young millimeter wave market, which addresses similar use cases to the more mature microwave backhaul industry. Millimeter vendors replacing discrete components by high-performance RF chipsets get valuable cost advantage which enables them to compete head-to-head with microwave technology in the last mile. Broader millimeter spectrum availability and lower spectrum license cost compared to microwave can thus be fully leveraged.”
“The holy grail in MMW backhaul has been the combination of high capacity in a lightly utilized and licensed frequency band with a cost structure comparable to that of traditional microwave products,” said Amir Makleff, president and CEO of BridgeWave Communications. “Flex4G achieves this mission based on BridgeWave-s highly integrated Silicon Germanium, mQFN packaging and digital signal processing technologies.”
For more information on BridgeWave-s Flex4G platform, and how Flex4G enables operators- lowest total cost of ownership, please visit
BridgeWave will be at Mobile World Congress, February. 25 – 28, 2013. To arrange a meeting with BridgeWave executives at this event, please contact BridgeWave at
BridgeWave Communications is the leading supplier of high-capacity 4G/LTE millimeter wave backhaul and gigabit wireless connectivity solutions. BridgeWave-s carrier-grade, Flex4G and FlexPort® point-to-point wireless links provide a future-proof mobile backhaul solution for carriers and mobile operators looking to support 4G/LTE adoption. PicoHaul links provide the same carrier-grade high-capacity, small-cell backhaul for dense cell deployments. Founded in 1999, BridgeWave is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. For more information, visit .
Joe Schraml
BridgeWave Communications
408.567.6927
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