Beceem Communications, a provider of chipsets for the mobile broadband market, said today at WCA it has released a terminal chipset with features based entirely on the new IEEE 802.16e Mobile WiMAX standard.
Beceem’s MS120 Mobile WiMAX terminal chipset contains:
*A digital baseband chip that includes the entire physical layer and media access control (MAC) functionality. An embedded RISC processor implements the MAC functionality, minimizing processing load on the host processor.
*An integrated radio chip for multiband operation containing multiple transmit/receive chains, minimizing cost, footprint and power consumption for Mobile WiMAX implementations.
*A reference design kit for the “WiMAX modem,” including host driver software and radio frequency calibration tools to enable terminal OEMs and ODMs to produce WiMAX-compliant devices.
The MS120 chipset is designed to operate in the low signal to noise environments prevalent in hand-offs and the edge of wireless networks.
Beceem Communications www.beceem.com
