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Solectek Prepares WiMAX Solution for US 3.65 GHz Band
Base station and subscriber terminals submitted to FCC for approval of new WISP solution.
Solectek Corporation announced the addition of
3.65 GHz WiMAX base stations and subscriber terminals tailored for Wireless
Internet Service Providers (WISPs) and municipalities. The recently allocated
frequency band in the United States enables non-exclusive licenses for
enterprises and network operators to rapidly deploy fixed wireless services.
Solectek's WiMAX Base Station and Indoor Controller feature support for 3.5 and
7 MHz channel bandwidths, a 4U rack-height chassis designed to support one to
eight Base Station sectors, and mix-and-match cards or pre-built, pre-tested
common chassis configurations. Other features include:
- Uplink card used to aggregate data and power from the base station ASN gateway site for delivery to Solectek's outdoor base station units.
- GPS kits to time synchronize multiple base stations.
Optional failover switching for optimum
reliability and subscriber uptime.
The 3650-3700 MHz allocation offers an alternative highway for fixed wireless
access. Compared to the 5.4 and 5.8 GHz bands, signals are more likely to
propagate through outer building walls and through foliage. In contrast to the
2.5 GHz band sought after for Mobile WiMAX services based on the 802.16e-2005
standard, the 3.65 GHz band was not auctioned to the highest bidders. Instead,
any entity may license its use on a non-exclusive basis across most of the
continental US and Alaska. Several exclusion zones - areas where 3.65 GHz
operation is not permitted - exist around Fixed Service Satellite (FSS) stations
primarily on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
The Solectek solution is expected to compete in an increasingly crowded vendor
market.
Airspan, Alvarion and Redline Communications have already received FCC approval
to offer products for sale using the 3.65 GHz band.
By Jeff Orr
ORR Technology, LLC
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