Exalt Communications has introduced microwave backhaul platform, ExploreAirâ„¢, with highest throughput and longest range in the microwave and millimeter wave spectrum. 

According to Exalt, with this fiber-like performance, these systems are ideal for next generation 4G/LTE mobile and WiMAX backhaul supporting bandwidth-hungry devices such as air cards, smartphones, and Apple iPad. 

“To support 3G and 4G services, cell sites will need up to 300 megabits per-second of backhaul capacity to support subscriber demand. The only way to deliver the promised 10+ megabits per-second of bandwidth to each user is to split the RAN infrastructure into much smaller cells, and each of these will need a new high capacity backhaul connection. We’ve been impressed with the many dimensions of flexibility in Exalt products and expect that operators will want to evaluate ExploreAir systems, which are designed to solve small cell and other backhaul bottlenecks,” stated Michael Howard, principal analyst and co-founder of Infonetics. 

With speeds exceeding 500 megabits per-second full duplex for all Ethernet packet types and sizes, systems built on the ExploreAir platform includes a built-in compression option enabling speeds up to 1000 Mbps with a single carrier and in a single channel. 

The first ExploreAir systems, available now, support world frequency bands from 2 to 40 GHz in a compact, lightweight all-outdoor configuration.