NextWave Broadband Announces Release of NW1000
Series WiMAX Chipset
Other topics:
WiMAX Chipset Release,
Wireless Systems Integration,
WiMAX World USA
Business Wire
August 16, 2007
Samples of NextWave’s advanced WiMAX baseband System-on-a-Chip and
matched RFIC now shipping to consumer electronics and mobile device
manufacturers
San Diego, CA -- NextWave Broadband Inc., a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless
Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE), today announced it has begun shipping samples of
its NW1000 Series WiMAX chipset, comprised of the NW1100 baseband
system-on-a-chip (SOC), matched NW1200 multi-band RFIC, and associated
system software, to consumer electronics and mobile device
manufacturers. |
NextWave’s NW1000 Series
is designed to provide wireless device manufacturers with an advanced
platform to develop next-generation WiMAX mobile terminal products. The
chipset incorporates numerous NextWave innovations to improve
performance, reduce power consumption, lower manufacturing costs, enable
advanced mobile-multimedia applications, and allow seamless operation
and roaming across worldwide WiMAX frequencies and profiles.
“These chipsets, in conjunction with the full-form-factor reference
designs we have developed, will help subscriber terminal manufacturers
quickly and cost-effectively produce the innovative WiMAX terminal
products needed to meet increasing market demand for true mobile
broadband services,” said Mark Kelley, Chief Division Officer of
NextWave Broadband‘s Advanced Technology Group. “The chips we are now
shipping are part of an extensive family of advanced mobile WiMAX
chipsets being developed at NextWave – a chipset family being designed
to offer innovations such as dual TDD/FDD support, extreme low-power
consumption, and advanced mobile broadcast capabilities.”
Key features of the NW1000 Series chipset platform include:
- IEEE 802.16e standard-based;
- Supports PCI and SPI host interfaces;
- Optimized RF-baseband interface for reduced BOM cost, ease of design,
and optimized performance;
- Highly-integrated direct conversion RFIC architecture;
- Supports highly scalable channel bandwidths from 1.75 MHz to 20 MHz;
- Supports major worldwide WiMAX spectrum allocations of 2.3 GHz
(including the WCS band in the U.S.), 2.5 GHz (including the EBS/BRS
band in the U.S.), and 3.4 – 3.8 GHz;
- Integrated MIMO support; and
- Optimized for mobile broadband services
NextWave’s NW1000 Series chipset and innovative reference designs are a
key element in the company’s strategy to provide advanced, end-to-end
system solutions optimized for mobile-multimedia applications such as
mobile TV, streaming audio and video, and video surveillance, to mobile
terminal OEMs and ODMs, including the international device vendors the
company is currently working with.
About NextWave Broadband
Headquartered in San Diego, CA, NextWave Broadband Inc., a subsidiary of
NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE), develops next-generation wireless
broadband products and technologies for mobile device and network
equipment manufacturers and for wireless service operators. The
company’s products and technologies include WiMAX baseband ASICs,
multi-band RFICs, device reference designs, and end-to-end network
solutions. With over 370 employees, NextWave Broadband has additional
offices in Henderson, NV; Calgary, Canada; Săo Paulo, Brazil; and Seoul,
Korea. To find out more about NextWave Broadband visit www.nextwave.com.
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