Wifi Revolution

LitePoint Corporation, a provider of wireless test system solutions, has introduced its new IQmax MIMO system for WiMAX (News - Alert) devices with Wave 2 functionality.

 

The current WiMAX mobile radio interface uses scalable orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (SOFDMA) and supports multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications technology. Thus, it offers greater coverage, lower power consumption, and more efficient spectrum and bandwidth utilization.

 

"As ODMs and OEMs race to provide wireless device companies with the latest WiMAX capabilities, they need test solutions that give them a development edge, and solutions that provide product-quality advantages," said Onno Harms, LitePoint's WiMAX product manager. "With the new IQmax MIMO system, they have both."

 

LitePoint's new system leverages a common-platform approach that covers product development through product QA. The IQmax MIMO solution integrates multiple IQmax-500 hardware units with the latest version of IQsignal software. Both have been updated to include the new MIMO requirements.

 

A basic system features a pair of IQmax-500s plus a new synchronizing unit together with IQsignal, creating a 2x2 configuration. It can be extended with up to two more IQmax-500s to implement a 4x4 set up.

 

In addition, LitePoint will be launching IQwave for WiMAX software. IQwave can create arbitrary WiMAX waveforms, which in turn generate actual baseband or RF signals after being loaded into the IQmax's vector signal generator (VSG). IQwave can generate fixed or mobile WiMAX waveforms for both single input/single output (SISO) and MIMO testing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to WiFi Revolution home