The complete line of PacketMAX base stations and subscriber units supporting the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard has been announced today by builder of the world's most versatile carrier-grade and cost-effective WiMAX Forum® Certified base stations and subscriber units, Aperto Networks. This line includes the company's 1-4 sector modular Mobile WiMAX base station, the new Wave-2 compliant PacketMAX 4000.
PacketMAX 4000, by minimizing capital commitment per site, enables service providers to offer fixed, portable, and mobile broadband services and achieve profitability in a short period of time. The system, at the same time, is highly scalable and can grow according to network coverage and capacity needs. Supporting multiple channel widths in compliance with the WiMAX Forum Wave-2 defined profiles, it operates in wide array of 2.x GHz and 3.x GHz bands.
The carrier-grade features synonymous with the PacketMAX brand are included in PacketMAX 4000. Including backhaul, power, wireless controllers, and radios, it supports redundancy of all major subsystems. To ensure superior service delivery for any application and subscriber segment, PacketMAX 4000 also utilizes leading technology such as MRC, STC, and 2X2 or 4X4 MIMO.
PacketMAX 4000 plays a central role in enabling end-to-end Mobile WiMAX solutions that include best-of-breed subscriber units, ASN gateways, base stations, and CSN platforms—all pre-validated and pre-integrated to exploit the industry-leading features of PacketMAX.The PacketMAX 4000 is complemented by a complete line of Wave-2 compliant subscriber units suitable for any operating environment.
Aperto's line of PacketMAX Mobile WiMAX equipment will be on display at this week’s WiMAX Forum Global Congress in Amsterdam, along with other members of the award-winning PacketMAX family. This includes the first product in the industry to be WiMAX Forum Certified and the only carrier-grade base station that can simultaneously support the IEEE802.16-2004 and IEEE802.16-2005 standards in a single chassis, the PacketMAX 5000, Aperto's 12-sector base station.