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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 multifunctional 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.

If integrated networking wasnt enough, CTR 8500 combined with Aviat ProVision network management platform
delivers a tightly integrated, intuitively managed networking 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.

The CTR 8500 offers a full suite of advanced L2 and L3

services, all tightly integrated with microwave transport to
deliver better performing networks.

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ProVisions role-based management structure, combined

with CTR 8500 modular design, enables different operations 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.

0 PROVIDES A SINGLE INTEGRATED SOLUTION FOR ALL

MPLER, SMARTER
THE INDUSTRYS MOST POWERFUL MICROWAVE PLATFORM
COMBINING FIVE INTO ONE

LTE-A READY

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.

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.

MOST COMPACT SOLUTION ON THE MARKET

COMPACT MATTERS

HIGHEST INTERFACE DENSITY

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.

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

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.
With the demand for small and to enable fixed-mobile
network convergence, its becoming more important
these services can all be delivered over a common
infrastructure. Converging multiple services onto a
common platform, CTR supports radio connectivity
like small cell, Wi-Fi, cloud-based RAN architectures,
and 2G/3G/LTE macrocells, along with range of
IP/MPLS based enterprise services.

To facilitate simple, low cost network migration, and

reduce cell site complexity, tomorrows networks will
require devices that converge any transport connections
onto a single platform. LAN/WAN interfaces including
fiber, Ethernet and T1/E1, as well as transport interfaces
including fiber transport and typical microwave
interfaces (IF/coax and Ethernet/PoE) need to be
considered. Supporting all the transport options offers
mobile operators the simplicity and flexibility they require
to expand networks and support legacy services at the
same time. CTR converges all these connections onto a
single, compact multi-layer platform.

THE SMALLEST MULTI-SERVICE MICROWAVE HUB

WTM 3xxx
OUTDOOR RADIO

ODU 600
IF / COAXIAL

ON

RACx2

ON

OK

OK

OK

ODU1

ODU2

ON

ON

OK

ODU1

POEx2

POEx2

ON

OK

OK

ON

Port 1
1000
Base-T

ON

Port 1
1000
Base-T

Port 2
1000
Base-T OK

ODU2
SFP Port 9-12

ON

Port 2
1000
Base-T OK

Protection

Diversity
Trib 1-8

FAN

OK

Main V.24

- 48VDC

25A

GIGABIT / ETHERNET

SMALL CELL
ENTERPRISES
IP / MPLS VPN
LTE

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Trib 9-16

CTR 8540

RACx2

ON

ETHERNET (PoE)

Port 1-8 10/100/1000 Base-T

FIBER

T1 / COPPER

SMALL CELL
ENTERPRISES
IP / MPLS VPN
LTE

2G / 3G

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 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.

THE NEW IP-ENABLED NETWORK VISION

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
MICROWAVE PLATFORM
The CTR 8540 is the most compact, integrated, and
capable Layer 2 microwave solution on the market,
equipped with the full range of Carrier Ethernet features
that operators now expect. Interoperability with the Aviats
existing portfolio of split-mount, all-outdoor and allindoor radios is a given, to ensure customers can protect
and leverage their existing microwave investments when
migrating to the future. CTR 8540s interface density sets
it apart from the pack including:
2x More GE Ports: With 12 GE ports per rack unit, CTR
8540 has twice the port density when compared to any
other microwave platform on the market
50% More Radio Ports: With 8 IF or PoE ports, CTR 8540
has 50% more radio ports per rack unit compared to any
other microwave platform on the market

IP/MPLS VIA SIMPLE SOFTWARE LICENSE

Designed from the ground up to support IP/MPLS,
CTR 8500s extensible network processor based platform
allow simple software upgrade to full featured routing
functionality without any new hardware or equipment
swap outs. Customers will have comfort in knowing
theyre building the network on a plug-and-play
software-based architecture with a simple licensed
software structure for no-hassle upgrades to networking
functionality, without having to add extra devices.
Because IP/MPLS functionality is integrated into the
microwave platform, your router will also finally play
nice with your transport, since theyre all now in one box.
Microwave networks exhibit unique characteristics
(ACM, fading, hot-standby, etc), and with CTR 8540 your
network will perform at its highest level across all types
of interface bandwidths, protection and diversity
configurations, and dynamic microwave path conditions.

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