WiMAX

Feature (2)
  • WiMAX: your next WAN?
    It's all the rage for empowering mobile workers, but David Braue wonders whether WiMAX could also displace ADSL as the corporate WAN technology of choice
  • Mobile WiMAX gains traction
    Ovum reports that Sprint-Nextel has announced that it will spend $1 billion next year and $1.5-2b in 2008 to build a mobile WiMAX network, based on the IEEE 802.16e standard, in collaboration with Intel, Motorola and Samsung
Product (8)
  • Drive test WiMAX scanning mode option
    Agilent Technologies has announced a software feature for handheld wireless measurements on its E6474A network optimisation platform that turns a standard WiMAX PC Card (CPE) into WiMAX scanning solution for drive test. 
  • Mobile WiMAX protocol test solution
    Agilent Technologies and Beceem Communications will extend their WiMAX collaboration to include Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 Protocol Test. The companies will ensure that users can use Agilent protocol test systems with Beceem's Mobile WiMAX reference designs.
  • Multi-band mobile WiMAX receiver to accelerate network deployments
    Agilent Technologies has introduced a measurement receiver for Mobile WiMAX, extending the technology support of its existing drive test receiver platform.
  • Agilent adds MIMO, Wave 2 test support to mobile WiMAX measurement solutions
    Agilent Technologies has announced that its Vector Signal Analyser (VSA), Signal Studio and Mobile WiMAX Test Set measurement solutions have been enhanced to facilitate testing of the WiMAX Forum's Wave 2 system profiles.
  • Wireless network appliances
    The Wireless-G Broadband Router with RangeBooster (WRT54GR), Wireless-G PC Card with RangeBooster (WPC54GR) and Wireless-G PCI Network Adapter with RangeBooster (WMP54GR) are the initial offerings in the RangeBooster family.
  • WiMAX software for signalling analyser products
    Agilent Technologies has announced the addition of powerful and easy-to-use WiMAX analysis software to its signalling analyser platform.
  • Mobile WiMAX testing
    The N8300A wireless networking test set includes OFDMA measure application software, forming a transmitter and receiver test solution for mobile WiMAX devices.
  • WiMAX test tool kit
    Agilent's free WiMAX test tool kit CD-ROM provides the information needed to efficiently and effectively simulate, troubleshoot and verify designs for 802.16-2004 and 802.16 OFDMA applications. It includes application notes, presentations, product information, instrument set-up files and more.
News (8)
  • Forum calls for increased collaboration on WiMAX globally
    WiMAX forum calls for increased collaboration and across-the-board interoperability to enable flexible deployments of WiMAX.
  • NICTA and I2R collaborate on maritime wireless mesh
    Users aboard seafaring vessels will soon have access to more reliable wireless connectivity, thanks to collaboration between Australian and Singaporean researchers.
  • Yorke Peninsula gets region-wide WiMAX
    South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula has been blanketed in WiMAX connectivity, making it the nation’s first community to achieve region-wide wireless connectivity.
  • Conformance test systems chosen for forum
    Aeroflex and AT4 wireless yesterday announced that the WiMAX Forum has selected the wireless MINT223X protocol conformance test (PCT) system, developed by both companies, to be the official test equipment for certification. The AT4 wireless MINT T2110 radio conformance test (RCT) system has also been chosen.
  • WiMAX trial in Taiwan
    The Graduate Institute of Business Administration and Electrical Engineering departments of National Taiwan University (NTU) are collaborating with Nortel in a WiMAX broadband service trial that includes interoperability testing using a variety of wireless devices and multimedia applications.
  • BigAir to deploy 'Australia's first' metropolitan WiMAX
    BigAir has announced the deployment of fixed WiMAX networks in Sydney and Melbourne, which the company claims are the first commercial WiMAX networks in Australia.
  • Company acquisition
    Cisco has announced plans to acquire mobile WiMAX developer Navini Networks. Navini has been behind a number of technologies that improve the range and performance of WiMAX networks.
  • WiMAX to wedge its way into 3G market: report
    WiMAX services will generate $53 billion in mobile revenue in 2011 and will generate $65 billion in mobile capital expenditures between now and then.