Case Study: Ceragon accelerates Ethernet over Radio development with Xena Networks’ Chimera impairment emulator

Ceragon accelerates 25Gbps Ethernet over Radio testing with Xena Networks

Ceragon, a global provider of wireless connectivity solutions, faced a challenge while developing a new Radio Head. Their FPGA development was stalled because it was dependent on another system component, a Network Processor, which appended a unique 5-byte RF-header to packets. Off-the-shelf traffic generators could not simulate this header, preventing Ceragon from testing the FPGA code independently. They needed a solution to generate traffic with this custom header to accelerate development.

The vendor, Teledyne LeCroy Xena, provided a solution using their Xena traffic generators (Z10 Odin and Z100 Loki) and a software technique to incorporate the required 5-byte RF-header. This allowed Ceragon to develop and test the FPGA code in parallel with the rest of the system. The solution from Teledyne LeCroy Xena considerably reduced the project's development time and risk.

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