ADVISORY/Aperto Networks President and CEO to Speak on Wireless MANs, WiMAX at NGN 2003.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Thursday (Nov. 6) Next Generation Networks 2003 MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2003 Aperto Networks, a leading provider of new generation scalable broadband wireless See wireless broadband. access systems, will speak at an invited session at the annual Next Generation Networks conference, http://www.bcr.com/ngn/default.asp, held at the Marriott Copley Place Copley Place is an enclosed shopping mall located in the Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts. It is part of a complex that includes office buildings, two hotels, and a parking garage. in Boston from November 3 to 7, 2003.
When: Thursday, November 6, 2003; 1:30pm-2:45pm
Where: Marriott Copley Place in Boston
Who: Dr. Reza Ahy is president, CEO and chairman of Aperto Networks
What: Panel -- The First Mile: Alternative Broadband Technologies and
Deployments
Aperto Presentation: Wireless MANs (WiMAX) for Multiple Services in
Next Generation Networks
Moderated by industry expert Dave Passmore, Research Director, Burton Group and Co-chair of NGN (Next Generation Networks) An umbrella term for mixed voice and data networks running over the IP protocol. See IP Multimedia Subsystem. 2003, the panel will feature Dr. Ahy's presentation on the ability of IP-based, QoS-powered, Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks to enable multiple services over a single unified broadband infrastructure, and the implications of the WiMAX Forum-enabled wave of standardization standardization In industry, the development and application of standards that make it possible to manufacture a large volume of interchangeable parts. Standardization may focus on engineering standards, such as properties of materials, fits and tolerances, and drafting forecasted to occur in 2004. Today's wireless MANs are capable of delivering 20 Mbps over the air interface to each user, thus enabling multi-tier data connectivity with different classes of service, as well as voice and video. They are rapidly moving toward standardization through the recently ratified IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.16 global standard, and will thus ride an improving cost curve and the benefits of end-to-end network interoperability. With bandwidth and dynamic traffic flow requirements increasing, wireless MANs must support even greater demands for class-of-service and feature differentiation, as compared to more traditional infrastructure solutions such as DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary , cable and T1/E1. Rapidly-deployable Wireless MANs are also becoming the preferred solution for Wi-Fi Hotspot backhaul in terms of capacity, coverage and economics. Dr. Ahy will address the recently ratified IEEE 802.16 global standard, the wireless MAN complement to the highly-successful IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area networks. The interoperability and certification body known as the WiMAX Forum is now supported by nearly 50 of the top wireless MAN vendors and carriers, whose efforts will be an integral part of IP-based next generation wireless networks empowering multiple broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. . About Aperto Networks Aperto Networks is a leading provider of multiservice broadband wireless access systems for global markets. The company was founded to provide a breakthrough solution to one of today's critical network bottlenecks - last-mile broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. . The PacketWave(R) system provides a family of base stations, subscriber units A Subscriber Unit, or SU is a broadband radio that is installed at a business or residential location to connect to an Access Point to send/receive high speed data wired or wirelessly. Devices commonly referred to as a Subscriber Unit include cable modems, mobile phones, etc. , and associated radios and antennas in 2.5, 3.5 and 5 GHz frequency bands for global point-to-point and point-to-multipoint deployments. Its scalable systems and patent-pending technologies support new wireless builds and complement existing wireline broadband access technology. Aperto systems have been deployed by service providers in 25 countries, meeting their needs for ease of installation, IP-rich network functionality and cost effectiveness, while enabling rapid provisioning and interference resilient operation in dense urban to suburban locations. The company is a founder and leading contributor to IEEE 802.16 as well as to ETSI-BRAN standards, and a board member of the WiMAX Forum. For more information on Aperto Networks, go to www.apertonet.com. |
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