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Azimuth Systems, Inc., a provider of wireless engineering test equipment, announced recently that Samsung (News - Alert) Electronics has selected their ACE 400WB for comprehensive performance testing of its Mobile WiMAX product line.

 

The ACE 400WB is a next-generation WiMAX (News - Alert) channel emulator that provides sophisticated channel modeling capabilities in a complete test automation platform--helping real-time testing of MIMO devices and helping to speed the development of WiMAX chipsets, clients and infrastructure.

 

Samsung's Mobile WiMAX products offer an end-to-end total solution-oriented technology that provides operators and consumers with the high-speed capabilities to connect them to the range of wireless multimedia. Samsung secures various lineups that cover from macro dense urban, to in-building cases, and provides products within all frequency bands (2.3/2.5/3.5GHz) included in the Mobile WiMAX profile.

 

The ACE 400WB accurately follows multipath characteristics with channel correlation to determine the effect of multi-channel RF interactions and to predict the performance of MIMO-based products in a real-world environment. The advanced signal processing technology is integrated in a platform that automates device control, traffic capture and offers results display to deliver accurate, repeatable and fast results.

 

The ACE 400WB can be used to test and debug MIMO algorithms, optimize the performance of WiMAX devices in MIMO and SISO environments, streamline QA processes and run competitive performance benchmark tests. The ACE 400WB also tests interoperability between MIMO and SISO implementations from multiple vendors and can be used to define industry-wide mobility performance test suites for future WiMAX products.

 

"MIMO technology is the foundation for the next generation of mobile WiMAX products," said Daryl Schoolar, senior analyst, networking at In-Stat (News - Alert). "Channel emulator-based testing of these products will be crucial as the market ramps up to support the new 802.16e products."

 

The new ACE 400WB also incorporates key elements of Azimuth's patented testing approach that provides unmatched repeatability, flexibility and automation for wireless IP device testing. The DIRECTORtest executive provides an easy-to-use console for test and device management and STUDIO test data management software automates report generation and helps correlate test results.

 

 

 

 

 

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