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About WiMAX The WiMAX Forum is a non-profit corporation formed to help promote and certify the compatibility and interoperability of BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) equipment. The single global interoperable standard for broadband wireless access is based on Wi-LAN's W-OFDM technology and the IEEE 802.16 / ETSI HiperMAN standards. The Forum's efforts are intended to help accelerate the introduction of standards-based broadband wireless equipment into the marketplace, speeding up last-mile broadband deployment worldwide. WiMAX Forum Certified equipment is expected to provide up to 50-kilometers of range and allow users to receive broadband connectivity without requiring a direct line of sight with the base station. The equipment is also expected to provide shared data rates up to 70 Mbps, which is enough bandwidth to simultaneously support more than 60 businesses with T1-type connectivity and hundreds of homes with DSL-type connectivity with a single base station. WiMAX Benefits:
Wi-LAN and WiMAX As a founding member of the Forum, Wi-LAN has played a critical role in the development of the standard by leading the technical working group of WiMAX Forum and IEEE 802.16 Task Group d. Wi-LAN is also a board member of WiMAX Forum. Wi-LAN has announced its plan to produce a WiMAX Forum Certified system in conjunction with Fujitsu Microelectronics America. Availability of engineering samples of the Wi-LAN/Fujitsu System-on-Chip (SoC) are planned for the fall of 2004, and the complete system is expected to be available for WiMAX Forum conformance and interoperability testing by the end of 2005. Fujitsu and Wi-LAN WiMAX System-on-Chip (SoC) Fujitsu and Wi-LAN have been working closely on WiMAX technology since late 2002. Wi-LAN has combined its system expertise and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology with FMA’s chip design capabilities in a development program that created a new SoC from Fujitsu. The highly integrated, high-performance solution incorporates embedded processors and mixed signal technology in a device that will enable systems developers like Wi-LAN to provide cost-effective WiMAX Forum Certified™ equipment. Libra MX™ Wi-LAN’s Libra MX, the world’s first fourth-generation OFDM broadband wireless product, gives WiMAX performance today, and guaranteed migration to WiMAX-certified systems when they become available. It allows carriers to build a foundation for WiMAX now, and achieve rapid ROI by delivering advanced services like VoIP, data and video over expanded wireless networks immediately. Continuity Program: Benefit from WiMAX Performance Today The core of the Continuity Program is Wi-LAN’s commitment that any current LIBRA Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) will operate side by side, in the same network, the same cell and even the same sector with future WiMAX compliant CPE’s. The Continuity Program will minimize network and revenue disruption and protect customers’ investment in current technology when networks are transitioned to WiMAX compliant equipment. You can confidently invest in LIBRA for your network today and migrate to WiMAX in the future. WiMAX Forum / 802.16 History In 2001 IEEE released the IEEE 802.16 standard, which was to be the first of several broadband WirelessMAN standards. Since then the IEEE has continued to add to that base standard through a set of amendments, each with a different focus. In early 2002, Wi-LAN joined Nokia, Ensemble, Harris and CrossSpan, and became a founding member of the 2-11GHz group within WiMAX Forum. As a result, WiMAX Forum's charter was modified to promote a single global interoperable standard for broadband wireless access based on Wi-LAN's W-OFDM technology and the IEEE 802.16 / ETSI HiperMAN standards in the 2-11Ghz bands. In September 2003 during the 27th session of the IEEE 802.16 Working Group, a new project, 802.16-REVd, was approved that would result in some changes for IEEE & WiMAX followers and insiders alike. Prior to this, the complete IEEE 802.16 standard was comprised of three documents within the IEEE 802.16 group of standards; "IEEE Std 802.16-2001", "IEEE Std 802.16c-2002", and "IEEE Std 802.16a-2003". The standard commonly known as "16a" is in fact an amendment to the "IEEE 802.16-2001" and is not a stand alone document. IEEE 802.16-REVd (a combination of the previous three documents) was ratified and was published in September 2004. IEEE 802.16e is an amendment to IEEE 802.16-2004, which will address adding mobility to the 802.16 standard. The WiMAX Forum has over 200 member companies and is poised to begin certification of WiMAX products in 2005. For more information contact: sales@w-lan.com
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