Upper Millimeter 2011: Success in Mobile, Private and Public Safety Wireless

Mobile Backhaul to Help Drive Upper Millimeter Market

This study is an assessment of the market for 60 GHz and E band point-to-point radios. These bands, known collectively as the upper millimeter region, are gaining substantial interest due to scarcity of lower frequencies for PTP in urban areas and as a result of demand for high capacity backhaul between many elements of the mobile wireless network due to next-generation deployments.

The study considers the prospects for these radios in the enterprise, public safety/government, last mile and mobile backhaul segments, providing drivers and dynamics in each segment. Shipments, revenues and the yearly average selling price of E band and 60 GHz radios are provided through 2016. The report also defines shipments and revenues for all E band and 60 GHz radio market segments as well as by each region of the world for the next six years.

E band radios, which are expected to be used in greatest fashion within the mobile backhaul market, are also segmented according to where the radios will be placed within the network for backhaul, such as in the core, middle and at the edge of the network, through 2016.

Supporting tables are also provided for the mobile segment including total 3.5G/4G subscribers and base station deployments and the past and future backhaul capacity requirements of mobile base stations. The study also gives consideration to previous false starts and the factors which point towards a successful market for upper millimeter PTP radios today and into the future.

Topics

- Causes of previous false starts for E band and 60 GHz radios
- Factors contributing to future success of E band and 60 GHz radios
- Radio features
- Mobile wireless backhaul bottlenecks
- Future mobile backhaul capacity requirements at aggregation points and base stations
- Migration to IP and support for converged TMD/Ethernet services/traffic
- Enterprise applications
- Public safety and government applications
- Last mile applications
- Leading 60 GHz and E band vendors and market shares

Quantifies Through 2016

- World E band PTP radio unit shipments/revenues
- World E band PTP radio ASP
- World E band PTP shipments/revenues for enterprise applications
- World E band PTP shipments/revenues for mobile wireless backhaul
- World E band PTP shipments/revenues for last mile access
- World E band PTP shipments/revenues for public safety/government applications
- World E band PTP shipments/revenues by world region
- Market share of E band radio vendors
- World 60 GHz PTP radio unit shipments/revenues
- World 60 GHz PTP radio ASP
- World 60 GHz shipments/revenues for enterprise applications
- World 60 GHz shipments/revenues for mobile wireless backhaul
- World 60 GHz shipments/revenues for last mile access
- World 60 GHz shipments/revenues for public safety/government applications
- World 60 GHz shipments/revenues by world region
- Market share of 60 GHz radio vendors
- World mobile infrastructure and 3.5G/4G deployments
- World 3.5G/4G subscribers SHOW LESS READ MORE >

1.0 Executive Summary
1.1 Millimeter Revisited
1.2 The Changes That Allowed Upper Millimeter Success
1.2.1 Suitable Applications
1.2.1.1 High Capacity Mobile Middle Network Needs
1.2.1.2 Lowered Distance Requirements
1.2.2 Lower Prices
1.2.3 Scarcity of Lower Frequency PTP Spectrum
1.2.4 Ring Topologies Are In with 3.5G and 4G
1.2.5 Regulatory Environment

2.1 Technology Overview
2.1.1 The Bands
2.1.1.2 The 60GHz Band (V-band) Defined Worldwide
2.1.1.3 The E-band Defined Worldwide
2.2 Range
2.2.1 E Band
2.2.2 V Band (60 GHz)
2.3 Reliability
2.4 Line of Sight

3.0 Regulatory Overview
3.1 E Band Licensing and use Worldwide
3.2 60 GHz Licensing and use Worldwide
3.2.1 Open Spectrum Movement Marches On

4.0 Applications
4.1 Mobile Backhaul
4.1.1 Mobile Backhaul Already Leading E Band Application
4.1.2 Factors Leading to Adoption of E Band for Mobile Backhaul
4.1.3 E band Deployment Trends in Mobile Backhaul Networks
4.1.4 Mobile Industry Overview
4.1.5 Mobile Backhaul Industry Trends
4.1.5.1 Existing Data Success Creating Bottlenecks
4.1.5.2 There is More Than One Bottleneck
4.1.5.3 Overall Mobile ARPU is Flat
4.1.5.4 3.5G/4G Rolling Out with Heightened Capacity Requirements
4.1.5.5 New Solutions Taming the Backhaul Beast
4.2 Last Mile Applications
4.2.1 Fiber Drop or Lateral Emulation
4.2.2 Fixed Wireless
4.2.3 Last Mile Expectations
4.3 Government Applications
4.3.1 Civilian Government Networks Including School Districts
4.3.2 Public Safety and Surveillance
4.3.3 Ad hoc Government Networks
4.4 Military Markets

5.0 Vendor Profiles
5.1 BridgeWave
5.2 E Band Communications Corporation (EBCC)
5.3 Elva-1
5.4 Endwave Corporation
5.5 Gigabeam
5.6 Huber and Suhner
5.7 HXI
5.8 Loea Corporation
5.9 Proxim
5.10 Rayawave

6.0 Figures and Forecasts
6.1 E Band Radio Shipments vs. All PTP Shipments
6.2 Shipments, Revenues and ASP of E Band Radio
6.3 E Band Radio Shipments by Application
6.4 Total PTP Market for Mobile Backhaul (All Frequencies)
6.5 Total PTP Units by Network Position
6.6 E Band Backhaul by Wireless Network Position (Edge, Aggregation, Core).
6.7 E Band Sales by Region
6.8 E Band Radio Vendor Market Share Today and Tomorrow
6.9 60 GHz Radio Shipments
6.10 60 GHz Shipments, Revenues and ASP
6.11 60 GHz Radio Shipments by Application
6.12 60 GHz Band Sales by Region
6.13 60 GHz Band Radio Vendor Market Share Today and Tomorrow
6.14 Total Upper Millimeter PTP Shipments
6.15 Total Upper Millimeter PTP Radio Revenues and ASP
6.16 Total Upper Millimeter Radio Shipments and Revenues by Application
6.17 Total Upper Millimeter Radio Shipments and Revenues by Region
6.18 Total Upper Millimeter Radio Vendor Market Share

TABLES AND FIGURES

Figure 1 - Historical and Expected Backhaul Link Capacity To Individual Base Stations

Table 1 - 3.5G and 4G Subscribers HSPA plus, WiMAX, LTE World Market 2009-2016

Table 2 - 3.5G/4G Base Stations Deployed HSPA plus, WiMAX, and LTE Base Stations World 2009-2016

Table 3 - E Band PTP Radio Shipments and Revenues World Market 2009-2016

Table 4 - E Band PTP Radio Annual Average Selling Price World Market 2009-2016

Table 5 - E Band PTP Radio Shipments by Application Mobile Backhaul, Private Enterprise, Last Mile, Public Safety/Government and Others World Market 2009-2016

Table 6 - E Band PTP Radio Revenues by Application Mobile Backhaul, Private Enterprise, Last Mile, Public Safety/Government and Others World Market 2009-2016

Table 7 - PTP Radios (All Frequencies) Deployment by Mobile Wireless Backhaul Application Edge of Network, Aggregation Points and Core Network World Market 2009-2016

Table 8 - E Band PTP Radio Deployment by Mobile Wireless Backhaul Application Edge of Network, Aggregation Points and Core Network World Market 2009-2016

Table 9 - E Band PTP Radio Shipments World by Region Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, North America and Middle East/Africa World Market 2009-2016

Table 10 - E Band PTP Radio Revenues World by Region Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, North America and Middle East/Africa World Market 2009-2016

Table 11 - E Band PTP Radio Vendor Revenues and Market Share Bridgewave, E Band Communications, Gigabeam, Rayawave, Elva-1, Loea and Others World Market 2009

Table 12 - 60 GHz PTP Radio Shipments and Revenues World Market 2009-2016

Table 13 - 60 GHz PTP Radio Annual Average Selling Price World Market 2009-2016

Table 14 - 60 GHz PTP Radio Shipments by Application Mobile Backhaul, Private Enterprise, Last Mile, Public Safety/Government and Others World Market 2009-2016

Table 15 - 60 GHz PTP Radio Revenues by Application Mobile Backhaul, Private Enterprise, Last Mile, Public Safety/Government and Others World Market 2009-2016

Table 16 - 60 GHz PTP Radio Shipments by Region Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, North America and Middle East/Africa World Market 2009-2016

Table 17 - 60 GHz PTP Radio Revenues by Region Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, North America and Middle East/Africa World Market 2009-2016

Table 18 - 60 GHz PTP Radio Vendor Revenues and Market Share Bridgewave, Proxim, Huhner &Suhner, Rayawave, Elva-1, HXI and Others World Market 2009

Table 19 - E Band and 60 GHz PTP Radio Shipments and Revenues World Market 2009-2016

Table 20 - E Band and 60 GHz PTP Radio Annual Average Selling Price World Market 2009-2016

Table 21 - E Band and 60 GHz PTP Radio Shipments by Application Mobile Backhaul, Private Enterprise, Last Mile, Public Safety/Government and Others World Market 2009-2016

Table 22 - E Band and 60 GHz PTP Radio Revenues by Application Mobile Backhaul, Private Enterprise, Last Mile, Public Safety/Government and Others World Market 2009-2016

Table 23 - E Band 60 GHz PTP Radio Shipments by Region Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, North America and Middle East/Africa World Market 2009-2016

Table 24 - E Band and 60 GHz PTP Radio Revenues by Region Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, North America and Middle East/Africa World Market 2009-2016

Table 25 - E Band and 60 GHz PTP Radio Vendor Revenues and Market Share Bridgewave, E Band Communications, Gigabeam, Rayawave, Proxim Elva-1, Huhner & Suhner, Loea, HXI and Others World Market 2009

- BridgeWave
- E Band Communications Corporation (EBCC)
- Elva-1
- Endwave Corporation
- Gigabeam
- Huber and Suhner
- HXI
- Loea Corporation
- Proxim
- Rayawave