LINE-OF-SIGHT MICROWAVE (RADIOLINK) SYSTEMS

Line-of-sight microwave is also referred to as radiolink in Europe.

analog FDM Digital PCM/CVSD baseband

APPLICATIONS
Point-to-point links as a backbone or tails of large networks for common carriers, and private and government entities. Point-to-multipoint systems for TV, telephony, data, or various mixes thereof. Transport of TV or other video signals such as community antenna television (CATV) headend extension, broadcast transport, and studio-to-transmitter links.

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Specialized digital and digital data networks Power and pipeline companies for the transport of telemetry, command, and control information. Air traffic control center interconnectivity

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Short-haul applications such as linking offices and buildings in suggested urban areas; final connectivities for common carrier/specialized common carries; tail of fiber optic trunks. Military applications: fixed point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and transportable pointto-point.

NOTE!!!
Many of the applications for microwave are being tempered by fiber optic links.
Fiber optic links are more cost-effective and provides considerable greater information bandwidth. Fiber however is hampered by right-of-way requirements and by cables being severed by constructions activities.

Definition
Radiolink fulfills the following requirements:
Signal follows a straight line or LOS path. Signal propagation is affected by free-space attenuation and precipitation Use of frequencies greater that 150MHz, thereby permitting transmission of more information per RF carrier by use of a wider information baseband. Use of angle modulation (ie, FM or PM), digital modulation or spread-spectrum and time-sharing techniques.