An Evaluation of 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz ISM Radio Bands Utilization in Backhaul IP Microwave Wireless Networks

In preceding few decades there have been an exceptional development and progress in the area of backhaul IP Microwave Wireless communication technology. One of the causes of this rapid growth is the use of Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) radio bands often known as free bands for radio transmission and reception. IP Microwave radio links operates in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) radio bands. For minimizing operational and capital cost IP Microwave radio links operating in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) radio bands are the most viable communication technologies of recent times. As in ISM radio bands operators does not have to purchase a designated frequency channel for radio transmission and reception. This results in spectrum efficiency across the globe as the Microwave band is mostly populated in metropolitan cities around the world. In the first section of this research work authors have evaluate the pros and cons of the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) radio bands and in second section we have recommended the use of 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) radio bands depending upon the deployment scenarios and area of interest according to user define applications and minimum bandwidth required for the transmission and reception of delay and jitter free stream of Multimedia traffic.