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Air Broadband Communications to
Use the Fujitsu WiMAX SoC for Its New WiMAX Access Control Routers and
Base Stations
Other Topics: WiMAX Market India,
WiMAX System
Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.
January 12, 2006
Sunnyvale, CA -- Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) and
Air Broadband Communications, Inc., an innovative supplier of wireless
switches and management systems for Wi-Fi and WiMAX networks, today
announced that Air Broadband has selected the Fujitsu WiMAX
System-on-Chip (SoC) for its new wireless IP switch-router
implementations for WiMAX Access Control Routers (ACR) and base
stations.
The Fujitsu WiMAX SoC, the MB87M3400, was introduced in April 2005 by
Fujitsu Microelectronics America, a leading provider of robust wireline
and wireless solutions that boost next-generation communications
networks. The Fujitsu WiMAX SoC has been designed into a wide range of
WiMAX base-station and subscriber-station products in markets around the
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Air Broadband introduced its PiMAX(TM) Access Control Router for the
WiMAX market at Interop Las Vegas in May 2005. The wireless IP
switch-routers, which are based on IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN and IEEE
802.16 WiMAX, provide fast layer 2 and layer 3 roaming and scalability
in multi-cell networks, enabling real-time applications and management
capabilities. The implementations for PiMAX(TM) ACR and base station
provide the IP mobility, multi-vendor base-stations compatibility, wide
scalability and per-flow QoS (MCSQ(TM)) improvements needed for WiMAX
deployment.
"The decision by Air Broadband extends the variety of different WiMAX
system design wins for the Fujitsu WiMAX SoC, which has become the
industry pacesetter for this exciting new broadband wireless technology
worldwide," said Keith Horn, FMA's senior vice president for sales and
marketing. "The device has been implemented in base stations, subscriber
stations, and wireless mesh networking systems. We are very pleased that
Air Broadband has now selected the Fujitsu WiMAX SoC for its innovative
WiMAX Access Control Routers."
"The Fujitsu WiMAX SoC is an excellent design choice for our PiMAX(TM)
ACR and base station," said Kenneth Kang, president of Air Broadband
Communications. "This versatile, flexible device provides all the
performance and capabilities required for our PiMAX(TM) Series products,
which are positioned as IP networks equipment rather than CDMA-like
equipment in areas of both price and interoperability."
Air Broadband is promoting interoperability among different base
stations as well as ACRs. The company's antenna profiling technique
allows operators to mix and match different base stations in the same
region for any particular preference in performance and price.
About Air Broadband Communications
Air Broadband Communications, Inc. is an innovative company in the
wireless networking sector offering a comprehensive line of wireless
switches and management system for enterprise and public WLAN (IEEE
802.11) and WiMAX (IEEE 802.16) networks. Air Broadband offers
cutting-edge wireless switches and routers that enable MCSQ(TM). Visit
the Air Broadband web site at http://www.airBB.com.
About Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.
Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) leads the industry in
innovation. FMA provides high-quality, reliable semiconductor products
and services for the networking, communications, automotive, security
and other markets throughout North and South America. As a founding and
board member of the WiMAX Forum(TM), Fujitsu supports the standards
development and compliance programs that are essential to successful
Broadband Wireless deployment. Fujitsu provides performance-driven WiMAX
solutions by leveraging the company's experience and expertise in the
networking and communications markets. Fujitsu offers flexible WiMAX SoC
and reference designs for WiMAX-certifiable systems to equipment
vendors. For more product information, please visit the company's web
site at http://us.fujitsu.com/micro/WiMAX or send e-mail to inquiry.bwa@fma.fujitsu.com. |
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