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Samsung Telecommunications America (STA) and the U.S. Army's Communications Electronics Research & Development Engineering Center (CERDEC) Evaluate Commercial WiBRO Technologies in a Mobile Military EnvironmentDALLAS, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the next few months, Samsung and the U.S. Army's CERDEC will evaluate WiBRO (WiBRO is the South Korean version of Mobile WiMAX, also known as 802.16e) technologies at the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) On-The-Move (OTM) experimentation facility located at Ft. Dix, New Jersey. Experimentation and analysis will focus on leveraging commercially available WiBRO technologies in a mobile military environment in lieu of the customary commercially fixed infrastructure. WiBRO was designed to allow users to move between base stations while placement of these base stations remains at strategic locations (i.e. best coverage for customers). Engineers will characterize the performance of the WiBRO products in an environment consisting of both mobile users and mobile base stations. Technologies, such as WiBRO, are attractive to the Army in order to provide an affordable wireless technology to the warfighter in a relatively short period of time. About CERDEC CERDEC is the Army's information technologies and integrated systems center. Its Command and Control Directorate; Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate; Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate; and Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate work together to develop and integrate Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) technologies that enable information dominance and decisive lethality for the networked Warfighter. About Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2006 parent company sales of US$63.4 billion and net income of US$8.5 billion. Employing approximately 138,000 people in over 124 offices in 56 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, Telecommunication Network Business and Digital Appliance Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit http://www.samsung.com/. About Samsung Telecommunications America Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., researches, develops and markets wireless handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America. For more information, please visit http://www.samsungwireless.com/. Samsung CONTACT: Brett White of MWW Group for Samsung, +1-972-301-5404,[email protected] Web site: http://www.samsung.com/http://www.samsungwireless.com/ |