User's Manual

System Description 17
1-5.1 Internet (ISP)
The appetite for higher Internet access speeds require faster ISP access and backhaul and ISP
connections to businesses. The Link CX radio is perfectly suitable for both backbone and direct
end-user connectivity.
1-5.2 Private Network Wireless Bridged LANs and WANs
Link CX radios are also used to provide communications links for private networks. For companies
requiring frequent communications into areas without extensive telecommunications infrastructure or in
areas where the cost of local access is high, installing and maintaining a Link CX radio network can be
very cost effective. Typical users of private networks include: government agencies such as land
management, municipal agencies, and universities; large utilities such as oil, gas, and electric concerns;
and companies with widely deployed assets such as railroads and timber resource managers.
1-5.3 PCS/PCN and Cellular Networks
Cellular operators mainly use Link CX radio links for Base Transceiver Station (BTS) interconnections,
BTS to Base Station Controller (BSC), and BSC to BSC interconnections.
1-5.4 Wireless Local Loop Networks and Local Exchange Bypass
Wireless systems in emerging markets were originally deployed to provide premium services to a
mobile subscriber base. However, middle and lower income countries have driven mobile network
providers into a new business - the substitution of wireless service for fixed service, so-called fixed
wireless networks, providing a cost-effective solution in situations where no wireless infrastructure
exists. Wireless local loop (last mile) networks are implemented mostly by Local Exchange Carriers
(LECs).
Alternative carriers, such as Competitive Access Providers (CAPs) and Competitive Local Exchange
Carriers (CLECs) use radio links to establish standard telecommunications links between their
customers’ sites and their own backbone networks. This way CAPs and CLECs provide their customers
with cost-effective local area telephone service and cheaper long distance services.
1-5.5 Business Bypass and Local Exchange Bypass
The Link CX radio is a perfect solution for Business Bypass and Local Exchange Bypass applications.