BeamReach Joins the WiMAX Forum; BeamReach to Deliver WiMAX-Certified Products Leveraging Current Adaptive Antenna Systems Capabilities.Business Editors & Technology Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2004 BeamReach Networks, a leading developer of broadband wireless See wireless broadband. access systems based on adaptive beamforming technology, announced today that it has joined the WiMAX Forum and will deliver WiMAX-Certified(TM) systems, leveraging its existing adaptive beamforming technology. BeamReach has contributed significantly to the current 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 standard since late 2000, and promoted the inclusion of Adaptive Antenna Systems (AAS) and sub-channelization in the standard. These critical elements increase link budget, extend cell coverage, and enable users to self-install customer premises equipment See CPE. (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ). "We are very pleased to see the momentum behind WiMAX as we believe that standards and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. are key to the wide scale deployment of broadband wireless access technologies," said Bernard Aboussouan VP of marketing and business development. "Our adaptive beamforming and null A character that is all 0 bits. Also written as "NUL," it is the first character in the ASCII and EBCDIC data codes. In hex, it displays and prints as 00; in decimal, it may appear as a single zero in a chart of codes, but displays and prints as a blank space. steering technologies will further enable deployment in indoor residential applications, providing the added benefits of mobility." "We are delighted BeamReach Networks is joining the WiMAX Forum and investing their confidence in the future of 802.16," said WiMAX Forum President Margaret LaBrecque. "The WiMAX Forum drives innovation and growth of broadband wireless access, and members like BeamReach with unique smart antenna Smart antenna (also known as adaptive array antennas, multiple antennas and recently MIMO) refers to a system of antenna arrays with smart signal processing algorithms that are used to identify spatial signal signature such as the direction of arrival (DOA) of the signal, and use expertise help boost momentum as we work toward our most significant milestone ever: certification testing for interoperability of WiMAX-Certified products in 2004." About WiMAX Forum The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, non-profit corporation formed to help promote and certify the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products using the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. HiperMAN wireless MAN specifications. The forum's goal is to accelerate the introduction of these devices into the marketplace. WiMAX-Certified(TM) products will be fully interoperable and support Metropolitan Broadband Fixed and Portable Applications. For more information about the WiMAX Forum and its activities, please visit www.WiMAXForum.org. "WiMAX-Certified" is a registered trademark of the WiMAX Forum. About BeamReach Networks BeamReach is a leading provider of broadband wireless access systems based on its patented Adaptive MultiBeam OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) A digital transmission technique that uses a large number of carriers spaced apart at slightly different frequencies. technology. BeamPlex(TM) is a revolutionary 4th generation system using adaptive beamforming and null steering that concurrently delivers high capacity, high data rates, and large coverage area in a minimal amount of spectrum. The non-line of sight operation, large capacity and coverage properties of the system combined with subscriber self-installation and provisioning capabilities makes it the ideal solution for service providers to deliver broadband wireless services on a wide scale. Please visit www.beamreachnetworks.com. |
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