Overview
The HSN-8500 is the largest member of the cost-effective and highly scalable flexiHaul product line.
Major Functions
The HSN-8500 is the largest member of the cost-effective and highly scalable flexiHaul product line. This unit is usually deployed in central offices or BBU hotels. Like the other units in the flexiHaul product line, the HSN-8500 has a flexible, pay-as-you-grow architecture with plug-in service cards, thereby allowing the customer the ability to choose any combination of supported services as well as facilitate easy operation and maintenance. This 5U unit includes twenty service slots used to transport different fronthaul services via CWDM / DWDM over dark fiber.
The HSN-8500 serves as an aggregator for the full flexiHaul line-up where the following units serve as remote terminals: HSN-8300, HSN-8100 and HSN-8110.
The HSN-8500 supports point to point, ring and linear chain are supported with ring protection. In addition, the HSN-8500 is efficiently managed by EMS, which provides the necessary tools for both traffic provisioning and overall system monitoring.
Key Features
- CPRI / OBSAI fronthaul interface in C-RAN architecture between BBU and RRHs
- Ethernet backhaul interface for distributed RAN architecture
- TDM backhaul interface for 2G BTS
- G-PON backhaul for small cells such as Femto and Wi-Fi
- Wavelength switching, grooming and aggregation
