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Wavesat’s
Chief Scientist To Chair WiMAX Forum’s 802.16e OFDM Evolutionary Task
Group
Other Topics: Canadian WiMAX
Network, WiMAX Standardization,
WiMAX Network Surveillance
December 10, 2005
Today’s operators require a solution which protects their investment and
provides a sound business case for future development. OFDM with
subchannelization may be just the cost-effective solution they are after
for their migration from fixed to portability as a new task group was
formed within the WiMAX forum to focus on 802.16e OFDM profiles.
Wavesat announced that its Chief Scientist, Dr. Jonathan Labs, has been
named Chair of the WiMAX Forum’s new Evolutionary Task Group (ETG),
which was created to develop technical specifications for the evolution
of the WiMAX Forum’s OFDM-based fixed and portable networks. In this
leadership role, Dr. Labs will oversee the task group activities and
provide guidance to the WiMAX Forum in developing 802.16e OFDM profiles
providing compatibility for operators’ 802.16-2004 deployments. |
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"An evolutionary path from fixed to portability will boost the WiMAX
momentum and be much more appealing to operators, providing continuity
and the ability to upgrade service by protecting their investment," said
Jonathan Labs, Wavesat’s Chief Scientist and Chair of the WiMAX Forum
ETG. "The key is to develop an 802.16e OFDM profile backward compatible
with the 802.16-2004 standard. In essence, we want to ensure that new
base stations will be able to talk to earlier versions of subscriber
stations while providing newly added capabilities to new subscribers.
The same way, new subscriber stations will be able to communicate with
earlier version base stations."
The ETG is part of the WiMAX Forum’s <11 GHz Technical Working Group,
which also includes the Mobility Task Group. The main objective of the
ETG is to develop technical specifications for the evolution of WiMAX
Forum's OFDM based networks, complementary to 802.16-2004 as corrected
by the IEEE Corrigendum and modified by the 802.16e amendment, primarily
for the purpose of interoperability and certification of conformant
subscriber stations and base stations. These profiles focus on
simplicity, evolution and backward compatibility.
"The Evolutionary Task Group complements the existing Mobility Task
Group and brings added value to the WiMAX Forum as we further chart the
course for WiMAX technology development," added Ron Resnick, president
of the WiMAX Forum. "The work of the ETG group addresses the needs of
operators who want to focus on fixed market now with the opportunity to
evolve to portability in the future."
Wavesat released a white paper entitled "How OFDM Enhancement Can Drive
WiMAX Mobility Forward". It can be downloaded directly from the
company’s web site at www.wavesat.com/technology/whitepaper.html. |
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