WiMAX
White Papers / Technology Backgrounder
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.
Product Brief
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.
Application Notes
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.
Articles
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
