WiMAX Forum Certifies MIMO 2.5 GHz Mobile WiMAX Products
July 2, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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Ten Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) products received WiMAX Forum certification for the 2.5 GHz profile (titled MP05) at the WiMAX Forum Global Congress.
The WiMAX Forum also issued a roadmap for 3.5 and 2.3 GHz equipment certification, with plans for equipment in the 3.5 GHz band to achieve certification by the end of 2008.
Products certified included four base stations and six mobile station modules (also known as terminals) operating in the 2.5 GHz frequency band from eight WiMAX Forum member companies including Airspan Networks, Alvarion Ltd., Beceem Communications Inc., Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Sequans Communications and ZyXEL.
All of the newly certified 2.5 GHz mobile station modules passed the mandatory multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) testing protocols, said the WiMAX Forum.
Alvarion Ltd., Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sequans Communications each received WiMAX Forum certification for a 2.5 GHz base station.
Airspan Networks, Beceem Communications Inc., Intel Corp. Samsung Electronics Co., Sequans Communications and ZyXEL each received WiMAX Forum certification for a 2.5 GHz mobile station module.
The WiMAX Forum estimates that more than 100 Mobile WiMAX products will be certified by the end of 2008 and by 2011 more than 1,000 products will undergo Mobile WiMAX certification.
The WiMAX Forum said that it will begin to accept certification applications for 3.5 GHz equipment during 3Q 2008, with testing to begin in 4Q 2008 and certification completed for those products before the end of the year.
The 3.5 GHz band includes the validation and certification of three profiles based on channel bandwidths of 5, 7 and 10 MHz.
The WiMAX Forum also plans in 2008 to accelerate the building of certification infrastructure for 2.3 GHz products (5 MHz and 10 MHz channels) in order to drive certification of 2.3 GHz products as soon as possible.
Source: WiMax Forum.