WiMAX

2009/02/16
Mobile WiMAX Solutions Leading the Momentum Forward – Well-positioned to satisfy consumers’ insatiable appetite for broadband access, Mobile WiMAX offers a number of options for taking advantage of the technology’s growing momentum.

2008/10/01
Deployment Considerations for Mobile WiMAX – Along with traditional factors such as link budgets and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), deployment considerations for Mobile WiMAX systems should include the cost-saving opportunities offered by the 802.16e standard. For example, the standard allows for the use of low-cost chipsets and enables flexible bandwidth scalability. This white paper provides an overview of these and other considerations involved in deploying Mobile WiMAX technology.

2008/10/01
Achieving Cost-Effective Broadband Coverage with WiMAX Micro, Pico and Femto Base Stations – Even with the high-performance capabilities of large-scale (macro) WiMAX base stations, providing good coverage in some locations may be easier with the aid of smaller (micro, pico and femto) base stations. By using the smaller stations to provide as-needed coverage in hard-to-reach areas, service providers can ensure high data rates to end users without over-building the main WiMAX base station network.

2008/07/11
Beamforming Boosts the Range and Capacity of WiMAX Networks – Having gained tremendous momentum over a number of years, WiMAX is now widely viewed as a leading candidate for fourth-generation (4G) wireless data communication. Because WiMAX is based on Internet Protocol (IP), the technology builds on principles that have proven versatile and cost-effective in the Internet. Compared to traditional 3G cellular networks, WiMAX offers a more affordable technology for transferring large amounts of data with high throughput.

A technology known as adaptive beamforming can magnify this WiMAX advantage considerably. At a relatively low implementation cost, beamforming improves both the range and capacity of a WiMAX network. In fact, beamforming reduces capital and operating expenses for WiMAX implementations by minimizing the number of base stations needed in a network.

2008/05/27
Mobile WiMAX in the Evolving Wireless Broadband Landscape – Even with the surprising variety of wireless broadband technologies available today, Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) has established clear advantages in several application areas. In many cases, Mobile WiMAX works alongside other wireless technologies to complete key parts of the data communications infrastructure. Understanding the role of Mobile WiMAX relative to other wireless technologies is critical in making the best choices for delivering the broadband products and services that customers want.

2007/01/01
Fixed WiMAX Applications Focus: IP Video Surveillance Networks – The maturing of fixed WiMAX technology is making possible a number of exciting new applications that previously were limited by cost, distance and throughput requirements. With the latest wireless innovations, fixed wireless applications can now go beyond mere short-range data communications, and do so in a secure manner.

2007/01/01
Design of Subscriber Station Software Stack Using the Fujitsu 802.16-2004 SOC Reference Kit – The software stack for Fujitsu’s WiMAX based Subscriber station reference kit can be partitioned into several components -- including the boot strap image, device drivers, the board support package (BSP) with a real time operating system, configuration modules and the operating system wrapper, lower MAC, intermediate MAC and upper MAC.

2006/04/01
WiMAX Subscriber Station Design Using the Fujitsu 802.16-2004 SoC Reference Kit – The Fujitsu WiMAX reference kit offers a quick way to develop Time Division Duplex (TDD) or Half Duplex Frequency Division Duplex (HDX-FDD) subscriber stations for use in WiMAX networks. The kit consists of a development board and complete MAC-layer software. The board includes Fujitsu’s MB87M3400 802.16-2004 WiMAX SoC and all the other hardware resources required for a typical subscriber station.

2005/10/01
Design of a Multi-Sector Base Station Using the Fujitsu WiMAX SoC – The Fujitsu WiMAX 802.16-2004 baseband SoC is designed for the development of cost-effective subscriber stations and base stations in the licensed or license-exempt bands from 2 to 11GHz. Base stations use TDD or FDD techniques to communicate with subscriber stations. The different types of base stations include pico, micro and multi-sector base stations. This note briefly discusses the TDD and FDD mode reference designs for base stations by Fujitsu. Information is provided for designing a multi-sector base station using the Fujitsu WiMAX SoC reference board design.

04/01/2005
MB87M3400, The Fujitsu WiMAX 802.16-2004 SoC – With a MAC-to-PHY implementation of the IEEE 802.16-2004 broadband wireless access (BWA) standard, the Fujitsu WiMAX SoC, MB87M3400, offers a cost-effective solution for both subscriber station and base station applications. This highly integrated SoC implements MAC, PHY, radio control and all the necessary analog circuits for the appropriate 2 to 11GHz licensed or license-exempt bands.

2005/10/01
Design of a Multi-Sector Base Station Using the Fujitsu WiMAX SoC – The Fujitsu WiMAX 802.16-2004 baseband SoC is designed for the development of cost-effective subscriber stations and base stations in the licensed or license-exempt bands from 2 to 11GHz. Base stations use TDD or FDD techniques to communicate with subscriber stations. The different types of base stations include pico, micro and multi-sector base stations. This note briefly discusses the TDD and FDD mode reference designs for base stations by Fujitsu. Information is provided for designing a multi-sector base station using the Fujitsu WiMAX SoC reference board design.

2008/01/01
Fixed WiMAX targets IP video surveillance networking – Author: Haoming Huang
Publication: Hearst Semiconductor Applications

2007/05/23
How-to Guide for creating Base Stations and self-configurable indoor or outdoor Subscriber Stations in 2 to 11 GHz bands – Author: Ali Zeeshan
Publication: RF Designline

2007/05/21
The Transformation of Video Surveillance Systems – Author: Haoming Huang
Publication: Wireless Design and Development

2007/02/16
Hopling Technologies Enhances Metro Mesh – Author: Manfred Mettendorf
Publication: WiMAXXED.com

2007/02/06
Subscriber Station Software Stack Design Using the Fujitsu 802.16-2004 System on Chip (SoC) Reference Kit – Author: Ali Zeeshan
Publication: Wireless Net DesignLine

2006/11/01
Communications-on-the-Go – Author: Keith Horn
Publication: EE Times Asia

2006/09/06
Communications-on-the-Go – Author: Keith Horn, Mac Awaga
Publication: Converge Network Digest

2006/05/24
How to speed up application development of WiMAX-ready subscriber stations – Author: Ali Zeeshan
Publication: Wireless Net DesignLine

2006/04/17
Developing multisector base stations for WiMAX – Author: Ali Zeeshan
Publication: EE Times Asia

2006/04/01
WiMAX Subscriber Station Design Using the Fujitsu
802.16-2004 SoC Reference Kit – Author: Ali Zeeshan