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Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 April 2005
Big future for intelligent antennas
A new study predicts that the intelligent antenna industry is ready to take off.
The impending use of intelligent antennas for WiFi, cellular and broadband wireless platforms suggest the strong but small intelligent antenna industry is ready to take off, according to a new Visant Strategies study Over the next year the use of intelligent antenna technology in high-end cellular handsets and in WiFi product will provide two new launching pads for the industry, according to the study: "Intelligent antennas: from MIMO to beamforming and other innovations"
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 Dec 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Phone vendors will ship CDMA EV-DO handsets that utilise IA technology in the next 12 months", said report author Andy Fuertes.
"CDMA2000 carriers in South Korea, the US and other high-end markets will use these handsets, making it the first widespread use of the technology in the mobile market since PHS".
Over 3 million IA handsets are expected to ship through 2006, according to the study.
GSM operators in the developing world, the study finds, will apply IA technology selectively within basestations and even broader support for IA is expected from TD-SCDMA operators.
Approximately 40,000 mobile basestations are expected to ship with IA capabilities in 2010 due to cellular wireless data demands, which, the study finds, will also drive demand for IA-enabled PTP microwave backhaul.
WiFi providers are shipping pre-802.11n product that features multiple-in/multiple-out capabilities and the study finds other IA technologies are expected to appear within WiFi gear during 2005.
Standardised MIMO devices will follow within 18 months, according to the study, with the value of shipments of IA equipped WiFi devices exceeding $3 billion in 2010.
IA developments within the WiMAX segment continue briskly behind the scenes with IA-enabled basestations becoming a fixture within some WiMAX infrastructure for capacity and coverage reasons.
The report provides global forecasts for annual intelligent antenna deployments, unit shipments, and revenues within the mobile wireless, 802.20, 802,16, WiFi, and point-to-point radio segments through the end of the decade.
It analyses previous missteps and successes of the technology and the impact of the technology in the future.
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