TEXAS INSTRUMENTS NEWEST COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY PREPARES SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR WIMAX AND BEYOND

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS NEWEST COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY PREPARES SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR WIMAX AND BEYOND

Texas Instruments Incorporated announced its newest 1 GHz DSP-based 802.16e base station solution, enabling its customers to develop customized, high-performance WiMAX systems. This new product supports the mobile WiMAX standard and addresses the growing market need for this emerging technology. TI's newest WiMAX infrastructure solution incorporates the TMS320TCI6482 high-performance DSP, optimized baseband software and development tools.

DSP-based Solution Enables Manufacturers to Roll out Advanced WiMAX Infrastructure Technologies More Quickly

TI's flexible system solution supports both fixed and mobile applications across multiple frequency bands. This flexibility enables equipment manufacturers to create cost-effective system configurations that can be used for multiple WiMAX applications including cellular backhaul, rural deployments, portable mobility and last mile connectivity.

At the heart of TI's solution for WiMAX is the TMS320TCI6482 DSP, designed for wireless infrastructure applications. TI's 1 GHz DSP improves cost and power per channel by efficiently processing WiMAX physical layer, IFFT/FFT and MIMO/beamforming algorithms. The programmable DSP-based solution can be easily software upgraded in the field to support advanced features, thereby protecting manufacturers' and service providers' initial technology investment.