14 DAY TRIAL // Today, leading provider of 4G networks in the Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) market Alvarion Ltd. announced support for the upcoming TD-LTE standard, which has been included in its industry leading 4Motion solution. According to the company, the move is part of its strategy to offer one of the most flexible platforms for 4G networks that use the TDD (Time Division Duplexing) spectrum. In addition, the company announced that it plans on actively work on the advancement of WiMAX, not to mention that it plans on expanding its device ecosystem based on the LTE standard, and that it expects to start TD-LTE field trials as soon as 2011 arrives.
“Insatiable demand for capabilities requiring broadband connectivity everywhere will continue to be addressed by a host of technologies. The trend in wireless spectrum availability around the globe supports the fact that unpaired TDD spectrum will have an even greater role to play for broadband wireless deployments in the future. TDD spectrum uses unpaired channels that combine the uplink and downlink, and split resources on the basis of real-time demand. TDD spectrum is relatively plentiful, cost effective and creates attractive opportunities for broadband applications over this spectrum,” the company announced.
Alvarion has been an active developer of commercial broadband wireless solutions for various markets around the world for the past 15 years. The company is known for the role it played on the creation of the WiMAX standard, which is built on an open, flexible architecture model. Moreover, during the past decade, the company was involved in the commercializing and optimizing of various solutions. Back in 2006, Alvarion was the first company to deliver a 4G platform using TDD spectrum, and the 4Motion solution has been developed for optimizing networks on this spectrum.
“Our primary aim is to offer tailored broadband wireless solutions which can also evolve along with customers’ needs. Our development effort over the past two years has been designed to accommodate the support for TD-LTE as a natural extension of our existing solution,” said Eran Gorev, president and CEO of Alvarion. “We are moving full speed ahead both with our ongoing WiMAX development to bring the latest 802.16e enhancements, as well as incorporating TD-LTE into our platform. This approach allows our customers to offer the latest 4G features currently available and will also enable them to leverage the LTE device ecosystem as it evolves.”
According to the company, its “open network” approach revolutionized the wireless equipment market through creating an open all-IP flat architecture that brought a large amount of innovation to the industry. The network strategy is based on the lowering of costs involved with the building of the infrastructure, while enabling enhanced flexibility for carriers interested in the deployment of customized networks. The company plans on bringing a similar approach to its TD-LTE end-to-end solution as well.