Reference design excites WiMAX World

picoChip has been demonstrating its reference design for mobile WiMAX (IEEE802.16e-2005) at WiMAX World Europe.

picoChip has been demonstrating its reference design for mobile WiMAX (IEEE802.16e-2005) at WiMAX World Europe.

The picoChip software-upgradeable system is a comprehensive and cost-effective implementation of 16e for both WiMAX Wave 1 and Wave 2 profiles.

picoChip's PHY is the de facto industry standard, and has been selected by Cetecom - the WiMAX Forum's approved testing laboratory for the certification of WiMAX products - for use in its protocol conformance tester.

It supports all the standard WiMAX frequencies and profiles in use globally, and it also supports FDD as well as TDD.

In addition to providing complete and efficient 16e functionality, the development platform offers scalable support for multisector systems, advanced antenna systems (AAS) and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), with an optional software upgrade from ArrayComm.

This capability offers the flexibility to scale designs from small basestations up to large multi-sector AAS/MIMO systems.

The reference design also includes a third-party radio for AAS/MIMO, and can also support OBSAI RP3-1 and CPRI variants for remote radio units.

"This is far more than just a demonstration of our capability", commented Rupert Baines, VP Marketing at picoChip.

"It's a comprehensive reference design using parts that are already proven in their field and which have gained type approval in working systems".

"We look forward to beginning interoperability testing".

picoChip is partnering with Wintegra on a complete reference design, which integrates picoChip's multicore digital signal processor running its 16e PHY with the Wintegra WinMAX access packet processor programmed with 16e upper and lower MAC software for transport and flexible backhaul functionality.

The cost-effective design is readily upgradeable, making it easy for OEMs to customise to their own requirements.

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