Navini Demonstrates Smart Beamforming on Mobile WiMAX


RICHARDSON, Texas and SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 17 - In a global first, Navini Networks, the leader in commercially deployed personal broadband wireless networks, is today demonstrating Smart beamforming on the Ripwave® MX mobile WiMAX platform live at the Wireless Communications Association (WCA) exhibition and conference at the Fairmont hotel in San Jose.

While most vendors are working towards delivering their first mobile WiMAX products based on what is known as "Wave 1" mobile WiMAX technology, Navini Networks is already showing the critical "Wave 2" functionality of beamforming on its Ripwave® MX platform.

"Smart beamforming is the key technology in the WiMAX standard that changes the RF game, enabling performance superior to other wireless technologies (3G et al) and Navini has been a leader in beamforming for several years," explains Sai Subramanian, VP, Strategic Marketing and Product Management for Navini Networks. "Many of the largest 'personal broadband' networks in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas already use Navini's beamforming, which is enhancing commercial service delivery inside homes and offices."

With the inclusion of Smart beamforming, mobile WiMAX can deliver on its promise of broadband connectivity anywhere, anytime .... combined with carrier economics that deliver a viable business case. Furthermore, Navini is also applying the idea of beamforming to MIMO, delivering what is called Smart MIMO. Navini's combination of Smart beamforming and Smart MIMO is called "Smart WiMAX(TM)" and is an industry first.

"Beamforming and MIMO are complementary," continues Subramanian. "Beamforming enhances the performance of both MIMO A and B and provides crucial uplink performance that MIMO does not. Furthermore, beamforming makes MIMO practical. Without beamforming, MIMO B performance in many situations is suboptimal at best and non-existent at worst. Smart MIMO takes away that uncertainty allows MIMO B to work in all situations. From Navini's perspective having both (beamforming and MIMO) is always better."

The Smart beamforming demonstration also elegantly showcases the success of Navini's Mobile WiMAX software upgrade strategy. The Ripwave® MX8 platform is exactly the same (down to the last bolt) platform as the one that is currently deployed in hundreds of sites around the world with Navini's pre-mobile WiMAX software. "Our customers can rest assured that Navini is delivering on the promise of a seamless Mobile WiMAX upgrade as we had previously announced," added Subramanian.

About Navini Networks:

Navini Networks is the leader in providing portable, plug-n-play broadband wireless access solutions, with the largest commercial deployments in the world, over 70 commercial networks in 6 continents and strategic partnerships with industry leaders. Navini is the only company that has the patented Smart Beamforming technology, enabling personal broadband for the mass market today, with a seamless upgrade to the Mobile WiMAX standard to deliver Smart WiMAX(TM). (Smart WiMAX(TM) is the combination of mobile WiMAX with Smart Beamforming & beamformed MIMO). Navini's Ripwave® MX portable, zero-install(TM), non-line-of-sight (NLOS) solution consists of customer modems, base stations, and element management systems (EMS) that run in the full range of spectrums with software upgrades to the IEEE 802.16e standard.

Navini Networks is a principal member of the WiMAX Forum and the IEEE 802.16e committee. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas.

www.navini.com.

Source: Navini Networks

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