| 2007-7-2 |
Choose the right architecture for mobile WiMAX
WiMAX systems for customer premises equipment and base transceiver stations each have advantages and disadvantages that the designer must weigh against the system's goal. |
| 2007-7-2 |
Class conflict hounds mobile WiMAX
Taiwan system vendors are descending on the market en masse. Most expect a spike in demand next year for 802.16e products as carriers in the United States, Europe and Asia throw the switch on broadband wireless networks and as Intel Corp. begins to ship its Wi-Fi/WiMAX module for PCs. |
| 2007-6-28 |
Build WiMAX base stations, subscriber stations
Designing for WiMAX requires an understanding of the newest MAC and PHY features for fixed WiMAX systems and applications. |
| 2007-6-21 |
Mobile WiMAX systems enhance network efficiency
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd releases the latest additions to its range of mobile WiMAX equipment. Universal Radio Access Station Hub System and Universal Radio Access Station Convergence System. |
| 2007-6-18 |
WiMAX RF transceiver cuts chip count, board space
Maxim Integrated Products introduced the MAX2837, a single-chip WiMAX RF transceiver in high-volume production. |
| 2007-6-15 |
Power amps step up linearity for WiMAX, Wi-Fi terminals
Sirenza Microdevices released two additions to its product line for Mobile WiMAX (802.16 e) and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) applications. |
| 2007-6-15 |
SkyCross, Beceem team on WiMAX solutions
SkyCross and Beceem Communications have partnered to provide complete, integrated WiMAX solutions for last-mile broadband connectivity. |
| 2007-6-7 |
ITU nod nudges WiMAX closer to 4G
The ITU looks ready to approve WiMAX as an official radio interface, hinting at the possibility that it could become an approved 4G technology and benefit from the upcoming IMT-2000 Extension Band spectrum allocations. |
| 2007-6-5 |
Mini-PCI design kit for WiMAX equipment debuts
Wavesat rolls its 5.8GHz Mini-PCI reference design optimized to allow equipment manufacturers to rapidly bring WiMAX equipment to market. |
| 2007-6-4 |
Demodulator suits WiMAX, WiBro apps
ADI's ADL5387 demodulator enables high capacity digital modems for microwave radio transmission and broadband access systems, such as 802.16 WiMAX and WiBro applications. |
| 2007-5-31 |
Research: Global WiMAX deployment on the rise
Increased global deployments of WiMAX technology has lead to an 85 percent increase in subscribers and a corresponding growth in service revenue, says research firm Maravedis. |
| 2007-5-28 |
Agilent, Sequans partner on mobile WiMAX test systems
Agilent Technologies Inc. and Sequans Communications announced a collaboration to support the rollout of Mobile WiMAX-compliant equipment in two ways. |
| 2007-5-25 |
Has Intel scored a WiMAX deal in central China?
Intel appears to have struck a WiMAX deal with a central China provincial government, but the company spokesman would not confirm the news. |
| 2007-5-24 |
ICs power wireless, WiMAX access points
Phihong USA has introduced a 60W midspan and a 52W PoE gigabit high-power splitter designed to support high-power wireless access points. |
| 2007-5-23 |
Fujitsu readies mobile WiMAX SoC
Fujitsu is set to sample MB86K21 802.16e, its first mobile baseband SoC that uses 90nm low-leakage process technology. |
| 2007-5-22 |
Toshiba, Nortel hatch mobile WiMAX collaboration
Toshiba has teamed with Nortel to jointly develop mobile WiMAX base stations using its HF amplifier and miniaturization technology and its Canadian partner's expertise in OFDM and MIMO technologies. |
| 2007-5-22 |
RF transistor suits WiMAX applications
Nitronex Corp. has developed a 28V, 100W GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) for WiMAX applications. |
| 2007-5-22 |
Taiwan vendors ride on mobile WiMAX boom in '08
Most are anticipating a sharp increase in demand next year for 802.16e products as carriers in the U.S., Europe and Asia throw the switch on broadband wireless nets and as Intel Corp. begins to ship its Wi-Fi/WiMAX module for PCs. |
| 2007-5-17 |
Taiwan inks MOU with NEC, Nortel, R&S for WiMAX
The Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs has signed an MOU with NEC, Nortel WiMAX & Wireless Mesh and Rohde & Schwarz for cooperation in WIMAX technology. |
| 2007-5-17 |
WiMAX rival to see action in Beijing Olympics
China Netcom said it will deploy McWiLL, a rival WiMAX technology for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. |
| 2007-5-16 |
WiMAX SoC first to support 5.8GHz band
Fujitsu Microelectronics Asia Pte Ltd announced that Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. is now shipping its 5.8GHz WiMAX baseband SoC to ODM partners and customers worldwide. |
| 2007-5-10 |
NEC launches mobile WiMAX trial in Taiwan
NEC Corp. recently commenced a full-scale mobile WiMAX trial with Tatung Company, a major Taiwanese conglomerate company which runs manufacturing and sales of consumer electronics. |
| 2007-5-7 |
Fixed, mobile WiMAX tester rolls for CPE
Agilent Technologies has introduced a manufacturing test system for WiMAX CPE and PC card manufacturers seeking a calibration and tuning product optimized for high-volume environments. |
| 2007-5-4 |
Synchronizing WiMAX synthesizer TRF1x21/TRF1x12 to arbitrary reference
Texas Instruments has a WiMAX RF chipset for basestation and CPE applications that include integrated synthesizers to realize the superheterodyne architecture. For optimum channel resolution, these devices must be tied to an 18MHz reference frequency. In some systems, the synthesizer reference frequency needs to be synchronized to a system reference frequency that may not be an integral multiple of 18MHz. This application report presents the circuitry required to synchronize the 18MHz reference to an arbitrary system reference clock and illustrates that negligible degradation occurs in the RF performance of the radio. |
| 2007-5-2 |
Agilent WiMAX signal analysis (Part 1): Making frequency and time measurements
This application note is the first part in a three note series that provide the framework for the preferred measurement approach that includes frequency and time measurements, digital demodulation and analysis of the advanced functionality within the WiMAX PHY definition. |
| 2007-4-30 |
Mobile WiMAX fueling growth of chipset market
The global WiMAX chipset market is set to reach 21 million units in 2011, growing from 300,000 chipset units in 2006, with growth being driven by the emergence of mobile WiMAX apps. |
| 2007-4-25 |
Fujitsu ships 5.8GHz WiMAX baseband chip
Fujitsu Microelectronics is shipping its 5.8GHz WiMAX baseband SoC to ODM partners and customers worldwide, including Texas Instruments, ORZA Networks and Sun Create Electronics. |
| 2007-4-25 |
Wintegra intros single-chip mobile WiMAX processor
Wintegra has released WinMax, a single chip processor for mobile WiMAX basestations and accompanying software for flexible MAC and transport layers that can be used for both access card applications and network interface. |
| 2007-4-25 |
WiMAX front-end module targets 4G applications
JMD has launched the M30001 WiMAX front-end module intended for 4G multimode, multiband applications. |
| 2007-4-24 |
WiMAX transceiver minimizes component count
All of Atmel's MAX-Link WiMAX transceivers promise excellent RF performance with low current consumption, low cost and only a minimum of external components for the RF design. |
| 2007-4-17 |
A WiMAX double downconversion IF sampling receiver design
The design approach and implementation procedures are presented to allow designers to easily modify the receiver chain to address other bands such as Wireless Broadband (WiBro) and other cellular standards such as TD-SCDMA. |
| 2007-4-12 |
Malaysia urges WiMAX operators to join forces
Malaysian minister Lim Keng Yaik said that four new WiMAX operators will be asked to share infrastructure to reduce costs and enhance service, the reported. |
| 2007-4-11 |
Agilent, Innowireless unroll WiMAX protocol tester
Agilent, in conjunction with Innowireless, created its IEEE 802.16e 2005 protocol conformance test (PCT) solution based on the new E6651A Mobile WiMAX test set. |
| 2007-4-4 |
Huawei completes WiMAX trials in Japan
Huawei Technologies announced it has successfully completed two trials of its end-to-end mobile WiMAX solution for Reinan Cable Network Co. Ltd and Beam Planning Corp. in Japan. |
| 2007-3-29 |
Tiny dual-band RF transceiver supports WiMAX, Wi-Fi
Infineon Technologies released the what it touts as industry's smallest, single-chip multi-mode dual-band CMOS RF transceiver for WiMAX and Wi-Fi applications in a 5-by-5mm2footprint. |
| 2007-3-27 |
GaN HEMTs boost WiMAX power amplification
Cree is shipping sample quantities of three GaN HEMTs that are capable of boosting WiMAX power amplification efficiency by up to 50 percent. |
| 2007-3-26 |
PA cuts battery drain in mobile WiMAX terminals
The ADL5570 from Analog Devices Inc. combines superior linearity, efficiency and output power to drive portable devices supporting WiMAX frequency bands up to 2.7GHz. |
| 2007-3-19 |
NXP transceivers deliver mobile WiMAX promise
In support of the mass deployment of mobile WiMAX, NXP's new transceivers employ 2x2 MIMO technology, allowing for twice the data throughput and double the maximum speed of the company?s existing WiMAX transceiver solutions. |
| 2007-3-19 |
Multilayer chip baluns target WiMAX apps
FDK has developed four multilayer chip baluns for WiMAX and mobile WiMAX applications. |
| 2007-3-13 |
One-box tester meets WiMAX volume manufacturing needs
LitePoint has announced the market release of its IQmax-100 one-box manufacturing test solution designed to address the needs of WiMAX volume manufacturing. |
| 2007-3-5 |
Integrating uplink desubchannelization and ranging modules for WiMAX
Altera provides building blocks to accelerate the development of a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) compliant base stations. All of Altera's WiMAX modules have I/O interfaces that ease integration into WiMAX systems with both Altera and non-Altera modules. This application note describes a reference design that demonstrates the integration of the Altera desubchannelization and ranging modules. The integration requires no glue logic, as the modules have been designed to seamlessly connect to one another. |
| 2007-3-5 |
Uplink desubchannelization for WiMAX
Altera provides building blocks to accelerate the development of a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) compliant base stations. This application note describes a reference design that demonstrates the suitability of the Altera tools and devices for implementing the uplink desubchannelization function. |
| 2007-3-5 |
Downlink subchannelization for WiMAX
Altera provides building blocks to accelerate the development of a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) compliant base stations. This application note describes a reference design that demonstrates the suitability of the Altera tools and devices for implementing the downlink subchannelization function. |
| 2007-3-2 |
I/Q demodulator cuts 3G, WiMAX receiver costs
Linear Tech has announced a high-linearity, direct-conversion I/Q demodulator that promises to reduce the cost of 3G and WiMAX base station receivers. |
| 2007-3-2 |
3G to remain more expensive than WiMAX
WiMAX spectrum is set to get more expensive as regulators in different countries start releasing lower frequencies to be used for the mobile version of the broadband access technology. |
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