Product category: Reference Designs
News Release from: picoChip Designs | Subject: WiMAX basestation reference design
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 30 May 2007
Basestation design supports
new wave in WiMAX
WiMAX basestation reference design features a software upgrade to support Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 and MIMO
The latest picoChip WiMAX basestation reference design features a software upgrade to support Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 and MIMO. The new PC8532 WiMAX platform has its first public display at WiMAX World Europe this week (Booth Number 204). It is the only basestation reference design to support WiMAX Wave 2 and IO-MIMO, and scales from access point (femtocell) to sophisticated multisector carrier macrocells.
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The PC8532 is used for WiMAX certification and has already demonstrated the widest range of interoperability with third-party terminals.
'The ability to upgrade our WiMAX basestations by software is fundamental to our strategic market advantage', says Paul Senior, VP Marketing of Airspan Networks and WiMAX Forum Board member.
'picoChip's programmable PHY has been demonstrated to support IOT between systems running WiMAX Forum CertifiedTM 16d, 16e SISO, and 16e Wave 2 MIMO, all from a common hardware platform'.
'This capability allows our customers to deploy WiMAX services today, confident in their ability to migrate to the latest features and performance enhancements as WiMAX evolves'.
The PC8532 supports Wave 2 and IO-MIMO in both uplink and downlink.
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Wave 2 is the latest version of the WiMAX standard, adding increased support for mobility, while MIMO (multiple-input/multiple-output) increases datarate and reliability by simultaneously sending and receiving data by multiple antennas.
The 2x2 MIMO system used in WiMAX significantly reduces capex and opex for carriers, by increasing coverage and data-rate compared with other wireless technologies or to nonMIMO WiMAX.
As a result, Wave 2 delivers maximum download and upload transmission speeds of 40Mbit/s and 12Mbit/s respectively.
'It is a testimony to the quality and maturity of our reference designs that so many customers and partners are already using them, including AT4 as the 'golden modem''.
'The addition of Wave 2 and MIMO as seamless upgrades will help our partners launch products faster and we are proud to be leading the way', says Guillaume d'Eyssautier, CEO and President at picoChip.
'Certification and interoperability are absolutely critical to the success of communications technology; picoChip is highly committed to this process and delighted with the success we have demonstrated'.
The WiMAX Forum has defined 2nd phase specifications of Mobile WiMAX (IEEE802.16e) to ensure compatibility among systems and terminals by different vendors.
picoChip is a leading participant at such events, which included the recent WiMAX Forum Third Public Mobile WiMAX PlugFest for Interoperability.
picoChip's proven WiMAX PHY is accepted as a de facto industry standard through the number of manufacturers using it and through partnership with AT4 (formerly known as Cetecom).
AT4 is the WiMAX Forum's approved testing authority for the certification of WiMAX products and uses the picoChip WiMAX reference design as the core in its protocol conformance tester.
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