Altobridgelitesitedatasheet

Satellitebackhauled,solarpowered,2G/3GSolutionforremotecommunities
Altobridgeisaleadingproviderof2G/3Gsolutionsforremotecommunities.CentraltothisisthesolarpoweredAltobridgelitesitewhich
enablesmobilenetworkoperatorstobringmobileconnectivitytoremotecommunitiesatlowcost.
Meetingtheneedsofupto1200subscriberswithtrafficcapacityof18ErlangperaltoPod(nolimitwithclustering),theAltobridgelitesitehas
beenspecificallydesignedtooptimisesatellitebandwidthandminimisepowerconsumption.
Datacongestioninwirelessnetworksisagrowingchallengeforoperatorsglobally.AltobridgeDataattheedgedeliversaffordablemobile
broadbandconnectivityforremotecommunitiesbyreducingmobilenetworkoperatorsbackhaulrequirementsbyatleast50%.
Combining2G/3GandVSATtechnologies,theAltobridgelitesite:

Lowestbackhaulbandwidthutilisation:50kbpsfor2TRX
Lowestpowerconsumption:90Wtypicalfor2TRX(10WRFoutputpowerperTRX),enablingsolarpoweronlysites(100%
renewableenergy)orloweringthecostofdieselgeneration(lowergensetCAPEX,lowerfuelconsumption)
Lowestsitecost:theallin1compactaltoPodenablesasimpler,quickertodeployandlowercostsitethanwithtraditionalBTS

Altobridgelitesitearchitecture
Features&benefits

4kbpsbandwidthperactivecall
ZerobandwidthrequiredwhenaltoPodisinidlemodeduringoffpeaktrafficperiods
LocalConnectivityswitcheslocalcallsatthealtoPodorwithinthecluster,therebyremovingbackhaulrequirementforalllocal
calls(alsomeetsETSILawfulInterceptrequirements).IntraClusterLocalswitchingswitchescallsbetweensitesinaclusterlocally,
furtherreducingbackhaulrequirement
ChannelQuenching/RingtoneSuppressionreducessatellitebackhaulrequirementsbyallocatingthecallingpartysaudiopath,
onlywhenthecalledpartyanswers
ConfigurableAMRcodecsonthebackhaulminimisebandwidthrequirementandconfigurableAMRcodecsontheairinterface
maximisequalityandcapacity
altoPodremoteRadioResourceManagementeliminateslatency,significantlyimprovescallsetupsuccessratesandincreases
meanholdingtimes
90WattaveragepowerconsumptionandintelligentdormancyofnontrafficbearingTRXduringoffpeakperiodsmakesthe
altoPodthemostefficient,solarpoweredsolutionofitskindforremotecommunities
Altobridgelitesitearchitectureistransparenttothecorenetwork.Billing,ratingandsubscribermanagementarecontrolledby
theoperatorsexistingcorenetworkatalltimes
TheallIPoutdooraltoPodisa2TRXpassivelycooledBTSwithbuiltin10Wattcarriers,providingupto10kmcoverageradius

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altoPodtrafficmanagementfeaturesinclude:

Handoverbetween3Gand2Gandviceversa
Abilitytoforcevoicecallsto2G
Abilitytoforcedatacallsto3G
Using3Gfor2Gvoicetrafficoverflow

AltobridgeDataattheedgeenablesmobilenetworkoperatorstomaximizetheefficiencyoftheirexistingmobiledatanetworkinfrastructure
byreducingmobiledatabackhaulrequirementsbyover50%through:

HTTPaccelerationforimprovedperformanceoverhighlatencybackhaul
Inlinedatacompression
Userdatacachingattheremotesite
Headercompression
Datatrafficmanagement(QoS,congestioncontrol)
LeastcostroutingincludingoffloadtoInternet
3Guserexperience

altoPodspecifications
Features

2G

3G

Frequencyband

GSM850/900/1800/1900MHz

UMTS2100MHz(900MHzfuture)

Capacity

2TRX(EFR/AMRHR)

16sessions(voiceordata)

RFoutputpower

+40dBm(10W)

+40dBm(10W)

Receiversensitivity

108dBmat2%BER

121dBmatBERof0.001for12kbps

Datathroughput

GPRS/EDGE

HSPA(14Mbpsdownlink,5.8Mbpsuplink)

Transmissioninterface
Antennaconnectortype

100/1000BaseTEthernet
Antenna1andAntenna250Ohm
NominalNType(F)

100/1000BaseTEthernet
Antenna1andAntenna250Ohm
NominalNType(F)

Size&weight

77x26x15cm&23kg

77x26x15cm&23kg

Powersupplyinputvoltage

48VDC

48VDC

Averagepowerconsumption

90Watt

90Watt

Operatingtemperaturerange

30to+55degC

30to+55degC

Cooling&enclosure

PassivecoolingIP56enclosure

PassivecoolingIP56enclosure

MobilebroadbandtoWiFirouter

rd

3 partyoption

3rdpartyoption
Commercialdeploymentstodateinclude:

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Orange,Niger

Maxis,Malaysia

Indosat,Indonesia(Qtel)

Asiacell,Iraq(Qtel)

Safaricom,Kenya(Vodafone)

Etisalat(UAE)

OmanMobile,Oman

OurTelekom,SolomonIslands

TCC,Tonga

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