Company Continues to Drive the Advancement of the IEEE 802.16e-2005
Standard Through the Achievement of Key Technical Milestones Such as Beam
Forming and MIMO in Customer Deployments
BERLIN, Broadband World Forum, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Broadband
World Forum Europe 2007 trade show and exhibition, taking place in Berlin,
Germany, between October 8 and 11, Alcatel-Lucent highlighted its
commercial leadership and momentum in the global WiMAX market; the company
has now secured 15 commercial contracts and more than 70 pilots and field
trials in the most advanced WiMAX standard, IEEE 802.16e-2005 - more than
any other vendor. It has been converting trials into commercial contracts
at a rate of two per month for the last six months, a rapid pace of
adoption for Alcatel- Lucent's Rev-e solution, which supports fixed,
nomadic and mobile broadband services.
"We are now working on WiMAX deployments with a range of fixed, mobile
and convergence-minded greenfield operators, in both established and
high-growth markets worldwide," said Karim El Naggar, head of
Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX activities. "This demonstrates the breadth and
maturity of Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX portfolio position as a leading player
in this arena. Customers are adopting our WiMAX solution because it offers
them exceptional performance as well as some of the most advanced
technology on the market, including beam forming and MIMO."
Beam forming, a key feature of the 802.16e standard, is designed to
steer and focus radio signals toward end-user terminals instead of
spreading it in all directions, thereby increasing signal strength and
quality. The results, measured on customer networks, show that beam forming
has improved coverage by up to 50 percent and throughput by up to 30
percent. Moreover, all of these performance increases are independent of
the type of terminal being used.
Alcatel-Lucent also has successfully demonstrated - on its commercial
equipment - simultaneous use, in a single sector, of two MIMO downlink
technologies, space-time block coding (STBC) and spatial multiplexing (SM).
MIMO STBC enables the establishment of a more robust WiMAX signal by
leveraging spatial diversity, in turn improving the data rate in adverse
radio conditions up to 30 percent. MIMO SM increases data rates by sending
different signals on each of the two WiMAX base station antennas, doubling
throughput.
"The Alcatel-Lucent WiMAX solution has been designed to smartly address
the two biggest issues of any wireless system deployment -- coverage and
capacity. Initial network rollouts are focusing on coverage, and beam
forming is an efficient means to reduce the number of required sites
compared to traditional network builds. As subscriber traffic grows, the
activation of the MIMO feature also can significantly increase network
capacity. The net result is sizable and operational expense savings for the
operator," El Naggar added.
Customer premises equipment for these deployments and field tests has
been provided by participants in Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX Open CPE Program, a
comprehensive, multi-faceted technology incubation program designed support
the creation, maturation and evolution of a vibrant WiMAX ecosystem. As
Alcatel-Lucent's commercial momentum grows and its position as a market
leader is solidified, the growth of the Open CPE Program - in terms of the
participation of CPE vendors - has accelerated as well. Open CPE Program
participants include chip suppliers such as Beceem, Intel, Runcom and
Sequans as well as end-user terminal developers such as C-DOT Alcatel
Research Center, Kyocera, Samsung and ZyXEL.
About Alcatel-Lucent WiMAX
Alcatel-Lucent leads the market in WiMAX (802.16e-2005 or Rev-e), with
15 commercial contract and more than 70 trials around the world. Next
generation wireless technology will be based on fundamental techniques of
OFDMA, MIMO and IP - three building blocks already available today
Alcatel-Lucent's commercial WiMAX systems. Alcatel-Lucent's position as a
global leader in WiMAX gives the company a unique ability to address the
broadest set of customer requirements. For more information about
Alcatel-Lucent WiMAX solutions, please click here.
About WiMAX
WiMAX stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. It
enables Voice and Broadband connectivity for fixed, nomadic or mobile use
in urban, suburban and rural areas.
* "Beam-forming" is an Advanced Antenna Technology (AAT) that ensures
that radio power is concentrated where the WiMAX terminals are, adjusting
the beam automatically as the terminals move around the coverage area.
** "MIMO" (Multiple Input - Multiple Output) is an Advanced Antenna
Technology (AAT) that combines the radio signals transmitted and received
on separate antennas. The technique takes advantage of the multiple paths
and reflections of a radio signal, in effect using interference to
strengthen radio communications, particularly in densely populated areas
where signals can be degraded by buildings and other physical obstacles.
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that
enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver
voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in
fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies,
applications, and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions
that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work
and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent
is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced
global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research,
technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry.
Alcatel-Lucent achieved adjusted proforma revenues of Euro 18.3 billion in
2006 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in
Paris. [All figures exclude impact of activities transferred to Thales].
For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
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