Revolutionising the 5G Backhaul – The world’s first multi-beam, E-band radio for Multiple-Point-to-Point (Multi-P2P) communication

GigaMesh provides multi-Gbps mesh connectivity to 5G sites at a fraction of the cost of fiber

It is a revolutionary new concept that the Hon’ble Prime Minister himself referred to in one of his Mann Ki Baat programs.

In the last decade, there has been an impetus to move to a higher frequency spectrum (millimeter wave or mmWave) so that higher data rates can be achieved in wireless communication to cater to the increasing data demand.

Among millimeter wave frequencies, the E-band frequencies (71-76GHz and 81-86GHz) have gained much traction due to their fiber-like data performance with very small unit sizes.

Some of the significant telecom OEMs have also come up with products in the E-band but they are too expensive to be considered for rural deployment in developing countries. The main reason for the high cost is the Point-to-Point nature of the current state-of-the-art technology. Point-to-Point communication means that one piece of equipment at one site can communicate with only one other piece of equipment at another site.

The objective was to make E-band a more viable alternative to fiber for the local needs of India. Astrome was founded in Bangalore India, in 2015, and incubated by the Indian Institute of Science. It is pioneering the future of millimeter wave wireless communication – be it on earth or in space.

Astrome developed GigaMesh - the world’s first E-band radio that features Multiple-Point-to-Point (Multi-P2P) communication which offers low CapEx and OpEx costs as compared to current solutions.

The major differences between GigaMesh and existing E-band radios are:

• GigaMesh device can simultaneously communicate to multiple surrounding GigaMesh radios while maintaining the full data throughput to each surrounding radio.

• GigaMesh automatically aligns antenna during initial deployment

• Realignment of link when a fault occurs is also automated

• The formation of links to new towers is made easy through just a Software command.

• GigaMesh also has inbuilt intelligence to support dynamic power allocation to maintain optimum SLAs

GigaMesh provides multi-Gbps mesh connectivity to 5G sites at a fraction of the cost of fiber.

It reduces the time-to-market for the deployment of 5G services and fits as fronthaul, mid-haul, and backhaul.

In its Fronthaul configuration, GigaMesh interfaces with a radio unit, RU, and transports the data from multiple RU sites to the DU location. As mid-haul, GigaMesh can interface with DU on one side and CU on the other side. GigaMesh is also compatible to work as a 4G and 5G backhaul.

In most developed countries, at least 80% of the 4G infrastructure and towers are connected with fiber compared to only 30% in developing countries.

With the rollout of 5G, the number of cell towers will increase at an exponential rate. It will become more and more difficult to connect every building with fiber.

There is a need for wireless technologies that can deliver fiber-like data speeds at a lower cost than fiber. Such a solution can also help distribute fiber capacity from cities to nearby towns and villages, especially in emerging markets where the population resides in towns and villages.

See the link to a video of Hon’ble

Prime Minister mentioning Astrome: shorturl.at/BFGMV

By Neha Satak, CEO, Astrome

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