The Alcatel-Lucent 9500 Microwave Packet Radio (MPR) allows smoothly transforming backhaul networks from TDM to IP, and provides efficient transport of multimedia traffic while still supporting legacy TDM. It improves packet aggregation, increases bandwidth, enhances Ethernet connectivity and delivers the Quality of Service (QoS) end users require. With the Alcatel-Lucent 9500 MPR, networks can efficiently manage rapid growth in multimedia traffic, because packets are handled natively and transmission is adapted to the propagation conditions and quality required by different types of services.