NEC Working on Updated WiMAX Product Range

NEC has announced that it is to start working on a range of new WiMAX products which will include ArrayComm's A-MAS multi-antenna signal processing software. The joint effort will deliver WiMAX base station products beginning mid-2009.

ArrayComm's Multi-Antenna Signal Processing software, A MAS, provides a combination of MIMO and adaptive interference cancellation that fundamentally enhances WiMAX economics with significant range, capacity, and throughput improvement. ArrayComm will contribute by jointly developing the PHY software with integrated A-MAS.

"The collaboration with ArrayComm, a global leading provider of MAS software solutions, is essential in enhancing NEC's WiMAX base station products, which offer improved radio network economics to mobile operators around the world," said K. Jay Miyahara, Chief Engineer, Mobile Network Operations Unit of NEC. "NEC is committed to continuously enhancing our base station performance by adopting ArrayComm's leading-edge MAS solutions in order to deliver differentiated wireless broadband experience through gains in coverage and data rates."

"NEC's clear leadership, experience and leading edge PasoWings product line create a significant opportunity for both companies," said Bruce Duysen, President of ArrayComm. "Furthermore, NEC's modularized software and hardware development approach has made the integration of our A-MAS software very straightforward."

MIMO:

MIMO (Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output) is a technology used to improve radio communication performance (extend cell coverage and increase throughput) by the use of multiple antennas at both the transmitter and receiver.

PHY:

PHY is a common abbreviation for the physical layer of the OSI model. A PHY layer includes functions such as modulation/demodulation, encryption/decryption, timing-extraction/synchronization and interference cancellation.

Posted to the site on 16th January 2009