AAS Enables WiMAX Network Efficiency

In today’s competitive environment, operators are focused on improving the value of their network as well as the user experience. By enhancing the main components of any SLA (Service Level Agreement) – coverage, capacity and QoS (Quality of Service) – Mobile WiMAX provides operators with a highly reliable and affordable technology for delivering next-generation wireless broadband services. AASs (Advanced Antenna Systems) – the use of multiple antennas on both subscriber terminals and base stations – typically utilize a range of diversity and MIMO (Multi-input, Multi-output) schemes for maximizing WiMAXTM network efficiency. Leveraging vast technological expertise and a deep understanding of mobile operators’ needs, Alvarion offers leading, state-of-the-art AASs that include not only diversity and MIMO schemes, but also beamforming. An advanced technology that utilizes multiple antenna elements like its diversity and MIMO counterparts, beamforming further increases network coverage, capacity, data rates and QoS to help operators meet their SLAs efficiently and effectively. By offering operators flexible AASs in which beamforming is complemented by a range of diversity and MIMO schemes, Alvarion enhances the value of operators’ networks while improving the overall user experience. AAS Enables WiMAX Network Efficiency Beyond serving as a leading-edge technology, WiMAX has emerged as a key business driver addressing operators’ ever-growing needs. One such need is the ability to deliver reliable and consistent wireless broadband services to mobile terminals such as cell phones, MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices), laptops, smartphones, and PDAs – while meeting consumers’ expectations for low price points. This need has become more pressing given that operators today are looking to maximize ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) while lowering CAPEX (Capital Expenditures), ongoing OPEX (Operating Expenditures), and TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) to remain competitive. One way operators can reliably deliver quality broadband services at a low cost is through AASs. Alvarion’s AASs generate multi-channel systems, thereby increasing the CINR (Carrier-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio) and significantly improving the radio signal, which leads to higher QoS. By greatly enhancing WiMAX network performance, Alvarion’s AASs reduce the number of required base stations and cell sites, translating to a lower TCO for operators. At the same time, this unique combination of technologies increases overall system reliability, improves data rates, and boosts capacity and coverage. Providing operators with the technological differentiation they need to succeed, Alvarion’s AASs are the only class of antenna technologies that enable Mobile WiMAX to meet and even exceed operator expectations.