A millimeter wave modem assembly, comprising: an input/output interface module configured to receive and transmit a plurality of standardized data streams (310.1), (310.2) in accordance with common public radio interface, CPRI, specifications, open base station architecture initiative, OBSAI, specifications, or a European Telecommunications Standards Institute, ETSI, standard; wherein: - the plurality of standardized data streams (310.1), (310.2) include a combination of digital bits, management data and a high-level clock signal; and - the plurality of standardized data streams (310.1), (310.2) are channels of data that have been framed according to common public radio interface, CPRI, specifications, or open base station architecture initiative, OBSAI, specifications; an encoder module configured to encode the plurality of standardized data streams (310.2) to form a plurality of coded digital bits; a physical layer module configured to: convert the plurality of coded digital bits into digital symbols and into digital samples, and convert the digital samples into the digital symbols and into the plurality of coded digital bits; and a data conversion module configured to perform a high rate conversion at up to approximately 9 gigabits per second, at baud rates of approximately 125 MSym/Sec to approximately 1.7 Gsym/Sec, and at a high modulation order of the digital samples to form an analog signal suitable for wireless transmission over a link in accordance with the common public radio interface, CPRI, specifications, the open base station architecture initiative, OBSAI, specifications, or the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, ETSI, standard, wherein the millimeter wave modem assembly is adapted to configure a transmission power according to an Adaptive Code Modulation and Baud specification. an input/output interface module configured to receive and transmit a plurality of standardized data streams (310.1), (310.2) in accordance with common public radio interface, CPRI, specifications, open base station architecture initiative, OBSAI, specifications, or a European Telecommunications Standards Institute, ETSI, standard; wherein: - the plurality of standardized data streams (310.1), (310.2) include a combination of digital bits, management data and a high-level clock signal; and - the plurality of standardized data streams (310.1), (310.2) are channels of data that have been framed according to common public radio interface, CPRI, specifications, or open base station architecture initiative, OBSAI, specifications; wherein: - the plurality of standardized data streams (310.1), (310.2) include a combination of digital bits, management data and a high-level clock signal; and - the plurality of standardized data streams (310.1), (310.2) are channels of data that have been framed according to common public radio interface, CPRI, specifications, or open base station architecture initiative, OBSAI, specifications; - the plurality of standardized data streams (310.1), (310.2) include a combination of digital bits, management data and a high-level clock signal; and - the plurality of standardized data streams (310.1), (310.2) are channels of data that have been framed according to common public radio interface, CPRI, specifications, or open base station architecture initiative, OBSAI, specifications; an encoder module configured to encode the plurality of standardized data streams (310.2) to form a plurality of coded digital bits; a physical layer module configured to: convert the plurality of coded digital bits into digital symbols and into digital samples, and convert the digital samples into the digital symbols and into the plurality of coded digital bits; and a data conversion module configured to perform a high rate conversion at up to approximately 9 gigabits per second, at baud rates of approximately 125 MSym/Sec to approximately 1.7 Gsym/Sec, and at a high modulation order of the digital samples to form an analog signal suitable for wireless transmission over a link in accordance with the common public radio interface, CPRI, specifications, the open base station architecture initiative, OBSAI, specifications, or the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, ETSI, standard, convert the plurality of coded digital bits into digital symbols and into digital samples, and convert the digital samples into the digital symbols and into the plurality of coded digital bits; and a data conversion module configured to perform a high rate conversion at up to approximately 9 gigabits per second, at baud rates of approximately 125 MSym/Sec to approximately 1.7 Gsym/Sec, and at a high modulation order of the digital samples to form an analog signal suitable for wireless transmission over a link in accordance with the common public radio interface, CPRI, specifications, the open base station architecture initiative, OBSAI, specifications, or the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, ETSI, standard, wherein the millimeter wave modem assembly is adapted to configure a transmission power according to an Adaptive Code Modulation and Baud specification.