Significant New Technology Enables Companies to Design and Verify WiMAX Products to IEEE 802.16e Mobile Standard
Mobile WiMAX is the wireless solution slated for the evolution of broadband cellular mobile networks and convergence with fixed broadband systems. It provides high data rates, quality of service (QoS) provisions, and scalable bandwidths, and is backed by hundreds of the world's leading communication companies. The VSS Mobile WiMAX technology enables radio-frequency (RF) and baseband system-on-chip (SoC) designers, component suppliers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), user equipment companies, and infrastructure and network equipment providers to design and verify WiMAX-certified products. The software contains all bit-level processing defined in the 802.16e specifications, as well as the receiver functionality and the ability to incorporate circuit and RF interactions.
"The VSS WiMAX solution enables engineers to capture the specifications and accurately simulate their designs to ensure they meet the conformance tests specified in the 802.16 standard," said Dr. George Chrisikos, engineering director of systems development at AWR. "Our close partnerships with key customers to develop mutually beneficial new technologies for wireless design have driven the delivery of this important new capability and enabled us to validate our results against real-world measured data."
The new solution was recently used by an emerging fabless semiconductor company that develops WiMAX chipsets using advanced wireless communication techniques. Using AWR's VSS software and the new WiMAX module, the engineers were able to make design decisions and to see the interaction of the architecture, circuit devices, parameters, and RF impairments early in their WiMAX chipset development cycle.
Pricing and Availability
A beta version of the VSS Mobile WiMAX software will be available Q3 2006 and full production release of the software is scheduled for Q1 2007. The product will be available directly from AWR through its direct sales offices and worldwide distribution channels at no charge to current VSS customers.
About Applied Wave Research, Inc.
Applied Wave Research is a leading supplier of high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) products for the design of wireless telecommunications equipment, semiconductors, high-speed computers, networking systems, automotive mobility systems, and a variety of other electronics-based products. AWR is a privately-held company and has global development offices, sales offices, training centers, and distribution channels. In September 2005, AWR acquired APLAC® Solutions, an emerging leader in simulation and analysis software for analog and radio-frequency (RF) design. APLAC's RF design technology has been used in designing over 30 percent of all mobile phone RF integrated circuits (ICs) worldwide. AWR today has over 700 companies deploying its software worldwide, including virtually every major high-frequency electronic component and system supplier. The company is headquartered at 1960 East Grand Avenue, Suite 430, El Segundo, California 90245. For more information about AWR and the company's products, please visit www.appwave.com or call 310-726-3000.
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