Ceragon Networks (News - Alert), a provider of telecom platforms for wireless backhaul deployments, has expanded the family of its FibeAir IP-20 product series with the launch of two new products.

The FibeAir IP-20A and FibeAir IP-20C HP are the latest implementations of Ceragon’s Holistic HetNet Hauling (3H) vision that combines technologies, equipment and services to address the disruptive change in mobile network paradigms, and their evolution towards data-driven, 4G/LTE (News - Alert)-A HetNets.

The new wireless backhaul solutions boost net radio capacity by 35 percent. The amplified transmit power also improves microwave link availability and extends reach, while using smaller antennas.

FibeAir IP-20 products are especially designed to address the needs of North American carriers, alternative access vendors and private network operators. They reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and allow customers to build highly reliable, cost-efficient networks.

One of the products, the NEBS compliant FibeAir IP-20A, features an enhanced version of Ceragon’s powerful RFU-A - a small footprint, all-indoor radio. The solution provides 6dB of additional Tx power. The product is ideal for secure, long distance network deployments with demanding rack-space requirements.

On the other hand, FibeAir IP-20C HP is the higher power version of Ceragon’s multi-core solution for all-outdoor applications and is designed for the North American market. Featuring Ceragon’s in-house RF and modem chip design, FibeAir IP-20C HP delivers 1.3Gbps over 80MHz channels. It allows for high carrier-density installations in a small form factor within the six to 11 GHz spectrum bands and can double the capacity over any channel bandwidth at half the power consumption, while significantly reducing network operators’ TCO in long distance installations.

Ceragon Networks said the FibeAir IP-20C HP has already been deployed by a number of U.S.-based service providers to carry high-speed wireless broadband and 4G/LTE traffic.

“Our expanded FibeAir IP-20 product series, which features the most compact, high power radios in the industry, answers the unique requirements of North American network operators for high capacity wireless hauling that can facilitate the expansion of 4G/LTE,” said Ira Palti, president and CEO of Ceragon, in a statement.