Beceem Introduces Industry's First
Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 Terminal Chipset
BCS200
pushes the WiMAX Performance Envelope into
4G Domain
Santa Clara, Calif., December 3,
2006 - In a move that continues
its leadership in Mobile WiMAX, Beceem
Communications (www.beceem.com) today announced
the immediate availability of the industry's
first baseband and RF chipset that supports
all features of the Mobile WiMAX Wave 2
Profile. The BCS200 chipset, which includes
advanced smart antenna technologies such
as MIMO and beamforming plus Beceem's CMOS
direct conversion radio, continues to set
the industry standard for performance.
The BCS200 solution provides significant
performance improvements that positions Beceem
as the leading company to meet the launch
requirements of WiMAX service providers focused
on Wave 2, such as Sprint Nextel. Key performance
benchmarks over MS120 solution include:
- Greater than 25 Mbps total throughput
- More than 25% reduction in active power
consumption
- Greater than 60% footprint reduction
enabling WiMAX integration into space constraint
applications such as mobile phones and
consumer electronics
"Beceem was first to release a Wave
1 chipset and we are continuing our leadership
in Mobile WiMAX with the introduction of
BCS200 chipset as the first Wave 2 solution" said
David Patterson, Vice President of Marketing
at Beceem. "By enabling our customers to
deliver commercial devices with MIMO capability
in the 2nd half of 2007, our BCS200 captures
the 'sweet spot' of the Mobile WiMAX market".
The BCS200 solution builds on Beceem's field-proven
MS120 Wave 1 chipset and software that has
been used successfully in early Mobile WiMAX
trials and commercial deployments around
the world. As a result, customers will benefit
from Beceem's unmatched WiMAX experience,
thereby significantly reducing their own
development risk, cost and time-to-market
when launching Mobile WiMAX products.
The BCS200 solution consists of:
- The BCSB200 baseband chip and associated
firmware implements Physical Layer (PHY)
and Media Access Control (MAC) functionality
with minimum processing load for the host
processor.
- The BCSR200 direct conversion CMOS radio
supporting 2 GHz and 3 GHz designs, as
well as dynamically programmable channel
bandwidths from 5 MHz to 10 MHz thereby
enabling seamless roaming among all WiMAX
networks.
- A complete reference design kit including
driver software and RF calibration tools,
facilitates rapid development of Mobile
WiMAX devices by OEMs and ODMs.
BCS200 chipset samples and reference
design kits are immediately available.
About Beceem Communications Inc.
Beceem
Communications Inc. was founded in October
2003 with the goal of building a wireless
technology company offering semiconductor
solutions for the wireless broadband market.
Beceem is the leading supplier of chipsets
for the recently ratified, IEEE 802.16e standard
on which Mobile WiMAX is based. The company's
solutions target both base station and subscriber
terminal applications. Beceem combines an
experienced management team with strong technology
leadership and seasoned Silicon Valley investors,
along with a world class team of engineers.
For more information, visit www.beceem.com.
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