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News Release from: picoChip Designs | Subject: PicoArray
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 March 2005
WiMAX basestations are easy to upgrade
The first commercially available WiMAX basestations have been launched using picoArray technology.
The first commercially available WiMAX basestations have been launched using picoArray technology picoArray will be deployed in basestations in Airspan Networks' AS.MAX family of WiMAX products that was introduced to the market this week by Airspan at CeBIT in Germany
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Dec 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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picoChip is developing a WiMax PHY library, to run on its picoArray processor.
As previously announced last October by the companies, Airspan is using picoChip in its HiperMAX and MacroMAX point-to-multipoint basestations.
The picoChip technology will allow operators using these basestations to upgrade them, using software only, from the fixed to the mobile WiMAX standard, thereby enabling the basestations to connect to laptops, PDAs and other mobile devices that will be supported by the emerging 802.16e mobile WiMAX standard.
The basestations will be commercially available in the third quarter of 2005.
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Paul Senior, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management at Airspan, said: "We have built on our 12 years of wireless voice and broadband experience to deliver class-leading WiMAX equipment, and we expect these products to be WiMAX certified as soon as the WiMAX Forum opens its labs in July 2005".
"A key part of Airspan's value proposition in making 'personal broadband' a reality is the software upgrade path for nomadic and mobile support".
"We can offer this proposition to our customers only with the power and flexibility of picoChip technology in our infrastructure equipment".
Peter Claydon, CEO and cofounder at picoChip added: "We have been working with Airspan for some time and are delighted that 'real world' deployments of WiMAX products are now a reality".
"We believe that WiMAX will be the catalyst for higher growth of the broadband wireless business and we expect to be the major player in giving WiMAX infrastructure the potential to migrate seamlessly to new standards as the devices and networks evolve".
"Our technology enables unprecedented flexibility for operators to implement upgrades and adapt to fast-evolving changing standards, such as the expected development of 802.16e in addition to the 802.16-2004 standard".
picoChip is the leader in reference designs for wireless infrastructure equipment, with a number of major OEMs developing WiMAX systems using picoArray technology.
The company provides the most complete basestation solution to the broadband wireless industry, with an 802.16d PHY offering that is designated to be WiMAX conformant together with associated MAC from system partners, ensuring that systems will pass through certification early in the first phase of testing.
The picoChip WiMAX solution is available for 802.16-2004, and will be seamlessly upgradeable to WiBRO and 16e, with no hardware change, in the near future.
The company has solved the key challenges of cost, development time and flexibility for next generation wireless systems.
The PC102 processor delivers world-beating price/performance and has achieved design wins with numerous major companies.
Uniquely, the company delivers complete, standard-compliant reference designs for UMTS as well as WiMAX (16-2004 upgradeable to 16e for mobility).
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