Based on its analysis of the Gigabit Ethernet radios market, Frost & Sullivan has awarded Siklu with the 2011 New Product Innovation of the Year award. In examining multiple criteria including innovation, leveraging cutting edge technology, value add features, increased customer ROI and and customer acquisition Frost and Sullivan recognizes Siklu's outstanding achievements.
Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Cost is a critical factor in the mobile backhaul industry and Siklu's products offer a low TCO by using the reduced fees E-band spectrum and through innovative product design. Siklu's EtherHaul system is uniquely based on an all-silicon design that results in fewer components and reduces prices down to 80% less than equivalent E-band radio systems. The cost savings associated with Siklu radios allow the operators to achieve a positive ROI in a few months while providing highly data intensive mobile broadband services to their subscribers. Additional operational cost savings that benefit operators are achieved through a small form factor, low power consumption, low components count and low weight.
Alleviates Spectrum Congestion
Data traffic is growing significantly and upgrading the backhaul infrastructure is a key issue especially in next generation high-speed wireless networks such as 4G. At the same time, 6-36 GHz microwave backhaul in the licensed bands are increasingly congested in urban areas, preventing operators from easily expanding their backhaul networks. Siklu's EtherHaul belongs to the next generation of millimeter-wave or E-band solutions that have the dual benefit of offering high gigabit-per-second backhaul network capacity while relieving frequency congestion by operating in the E-band spectrum.
Ultra-Small Form Factor
The EtherHaul offers further operational cost savings and benefits through its small form factor, low power consumption, low components count and light weight. A major impediment to backhaul network growth, particularly in urban areas, is site acquisition and site costs. With its small form factor, the EtherHaul enables deployment of multiple links on the same pole, or easy installation on wall mounts, and is barely visible, simplifying and speeding up site acquisition. Low power consumption results in reduction of electricity bills and the ability to connect a single cable for both the data and power with standard POE. The reduction in overall weight enables a single person installation, reducing the installation costs, complexity and time to deploy.
Advanced Networking and Carrier Ethernet Capabilities
Nowadays, access and transport wireless products are expected to interoperate with multiple backhaul and network elements including switches, routers and aggregation devices. Siklu has incorporated in its equipment a full-featured network processor encompassing the requirements of advanced networks. The incorporated capabilities include provider bridge, QoS and prioritization engine, Ethernet OAM and resiliency. Support for Sync-E and IEEE 1588 timing over packet standards ensures full and proper synchronization to the network elements. Siklu has a successful implementation of hitless adaptive bandwidth, coding and modulation. This provides a greater robustness and increases link availability, allowing operators to maintain, prioritize, and verify quality of service (QoS) in all weather conditions guaranteeing efficient transport of all service types. Highly-scalable, EtherHaul radios are software-upgradable to support future layer 3 networking and routing needs which may be required as the mobile networks evolve in the future.