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The WiMAX Forum is updating its mobile standard in an effort to advance the speed of data and the efficiency of broadband wireless networks. Alvarion, Beceem, Clearwire, Fujitsu, GCT Semiconductor, Hitachi, Huawei, Intel, Motorola, NEC, Samsung, Sequans, UQ and ZTE have created a proposal on enhancements to the IEEE 802.16e mobile WiMAX standard for submission into the next WiMAX Forum certification release.
The specific enhancements to the standard include:
- Up to 70% improved spectral efficiency and an associated potential doubling of peak data rates.
- Increased data uplink and downlink budgets that improve the performance of WiMAX devices operating at the outer edges of a WiMAX cell.
- New technologies for reducing signal interference both within cells and among cell sites.
- Improved frequency Reuse 1 deployment schemes.
The next step for WiMAX Forum is to validate the equipment that incorporates these new enhancements before the end of this year, which would lead to certified products from multiple vendors starting in 2011.
Even with this new improvements I’m not a big believer in WiMAX. Major carriers have already committed to LTE and there’s no turning back…
[Via: EEtimes.com]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
