February 29, 2012 Laird Technologies has released the CMD69273 LTE MIMO 2-port omnidirectional celling mount antenna for the In-Building Wireless (IBW) industry. Read more

February 27, 2012 Aeroflex Limited has announced that the TM500 LTE Test Mobile is the first test mobile to emulate LTE Category 5 (Cat5) user equipment (UE), allowing operators to verify the operation of their networks and equipment vendors to prove the performance of their eNodeB (LTE base stations) at the higher data rates that are enabled by Cat5 handsets and terminals. The TM500 Test Mobile platform is already being used by all the world's major infrastructure vendors and most femtocell vendors. Read more

February 24, 2012 Octasic Inc., has announced that it has partnered with Deltenna Limited to create cutting edge small cell basestation solutions. At Mobile World Congress 2012, they are introducing what is claimed to be the world’s smallest Microcell/Small cell platform, the WhiteStar, available to OEMs, integrators and operators. Read more

February 14, 2012 Broadcom is extending its push for 802.11ac (“5G WiFi”) into the enterprise and carrier space with the launch of its 3x3 BCM43460 system-on-chip (SoC), which it claims is three times faster and six times more power efficient than previous generation 802.11an devices. Read more

January 10, 2012 Microsemi Corporation claims to have developed a breakthrough technology platform for 4G RF front-end modules (FEMs) based on silicon germanium (SiGe) technology. The company is already developing next-generation IEEE 802.11ac wireless LAN FEM on this platform. IEEE 802.11ac is now being referred to as fifth-generation WiFi or 5G WiFi by the industry. Read more

December 15, 2011 Redpine Signals has completed the design of a low power Wi-Fi block based on the 802.11ac standard that supports up to a Gbit/second of throughput over 5 GHz spectrum. The Quali-Fi block uses approximately the same amount of power as its previous 802.11n design, the company claims. Read more

December 2, 2011 X-COM Systems, LLC, a subsidiary of Bird Technologies Group, has introduced the 4CH-VSG2000, which in the compact space of a 2U rack-mount enclosure combines four independently-programmable arbitrary waveform vector signal generators (VSGs) each with dedicated removable 1-Tbyte solid-state drives for waveform storage. Read more

November 30, 2011 Moxa has released the AWK-3131 and AWK-4131 series, two high-bandwidth 3-in-1 industrial wireless AP/bridge/clients that provide complete and secure wireless coverage both indoors and out. Read more

October 25, 2011 TE Connectivity (TE) has announced that its InterReach Spectrum distributed antenna system (DAS) now supports 2x2 multi-input, multi-output (MIMO) mode for Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) frequencies of 1700 and 2100 MHz. This development now means that the company's DAS products support multiple frequencies in MIMO mode, including not only AWS but also 700 MHz and 1900 MHz. Read more

October 4, 2011 Fabless communications chip company Quantenna Communications Inc., has announced a partnership with consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., to develop 4x4 MIMO Wi-Fi technology products for multiple markets. Read more

September 20, 2011 Agilent Technologies has introduced two solutions for analysis and generation of wide bandwidth signals. These include the industry's first 160-MHz analysis bandwidth option for the high-performance PXA signal analyzer and Signal Studio software for 802.11ac signal creation. Read more

September 19, 2011 The growth of the wireless communication market has a ripple effect on the wireless test equipment market, as increased mobility and internet access through mobile phones are expected to raise the demand for wireless test equipment solutions. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan on the world wireless test equipment market has found that the market earned revenues of $2.79 billion in 2010 and estimates this number to exceed $ 5.81 billion in 2017. Read more

August 22, 2011 Tensilica described a new integer DSP core for next-generation cellular applications that when made in a 28nm process can compute 100 GMACs/second at less than a Watt. The BBE64 core is a new instruction set architecture based on the companies' current Xtensa LX4 core. Read more

August 3, 2011 National Instruments has introduced a 14 GHz version of its PXIe-5665 high-performance RF vector signal analyser (VSA), which delivers best-in-class dynamic range and accuracy in a cost-effective PXI form factor. The VSA features industry-leading phase noise and dynamic range, regardless of form factor, including traditional rack-and-stack instruments. Read more

June 8, 2011 Embedded MEMS developer Cavendish Kinetics Ltd., has closed a financing round of $10 million and added Qualcomm Inc., to the current investor group. Also participating in the round were Tallwood Venture Capital, Wellington Partners Venture Capital and several other current investors. Read more

May 25, 2011 Redpine Signals, Inc., is taking a new approach to providing robust high definition video over 802.11n Wi-Fi. Its Maxi-Fi Beam450 family can be configured in software to deliver physical-layer data streams on a single band at 450 Mbits/s or over simultaneous 2.4 and 5 GHz links at 150 and 300 Mbits/s rates. Read more

May 3, 2011 Quantenna Communications has doubled throughput and shrunk to two chips its high-end 802.11n chip set amid increasing competition. The QHS710 supports 4x4 MIMO signaling at 5 GHz to deliver a 600 Mbits/second at the physical layer. Read more

April 26, 2011 Linear Technology has unveiled the LTC559x family of four high dynamic range dual downconverting mixers covering the 600 MHz to 4.5 GHz wireless infrastructure frequency range. The LTC559x dual mixers offer outstanding IIP3 (Input Third-Order Intercept) of more than 26 dBm, low noise figures of less than 10 dB and high conversion gain of 8.5 dB, enabling excellent dynamic range performance for both MIMO (Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) and diversity wideband receivers. Read more

April 6, 2011 As LTE technology evolves, network vendors need the most efficient methods to develop and test LTE products to meet their time to market objectives. EB, Elektrobit Corporation is constantly evolving their testing solutions to ensure LTE as an effective technology for higher data rates. Read more

April 6, 2011 Anritsu introduces a software option for its MD8480C W-CDMA/GSM Signaling Tester that enables testing for the latest W-CDMA/GSM devices supporting simultaneous 64QAM and MIMO. Read more

March 28, 2011 Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has partnered Helion Technology to provide a portfolio of Compression and Encryption IP cores for the LatticeECP3 FPGA family. The portfolio features a Payload Compression System core that enables improved utilization of constrained channel bandwidth, making it ideal for use in Microwave Backhaul applications, Broadband Wireless Access for 802.16e (WiMAX), and, potentially, other Multi-Link Multi-In Multi-Out (MIMO) applications. Read more

March 16, 2011 Spirent Communications has introduced its next-generation channel emulator for testing MIMO-based wireless base stations and mobile devices. Read more

February 1, 2011 DesignArt Networks takes the wrapper of its ground-breaking 40-nm 4G SoC platform family with the launch of five distinct SoC solutions. Read more

November 17, 2010 Freescale Semiconductor appeared to one-up Texas Instruments Wednesday (November 17) by rolling out a digital signal processor (DSP) core that achieved a higher rating from benchmarking consulting firm BDTI Inc. Last week, TI reported that its C66x DSP core achieved a BDTImark2000 score of 16,690. Freescale countered Wednesday that its new redesigned SC3850 core achieves a BDTImark2000 score of 18,500. Read more

November 10, 2010 The cellular base station market is heating up – worldwide. As this happens, the competition between Texas Instruments and Freescale Semiconductor over base station SoCs is accelerating. The companies are intensifying efforts to promote novel designs for DSP cores, accelerators and microprocessors – to enable flexible and powerful 3G and LTE/4G base stations Read more

October 12, 2010 Marvell has introduced the Avastar™ 88W8764, which claims to be the world's first 802.11n, 4x4 single-die solution for enterprise access points, service provider gateways, high performance home routers, media and mobile servers, Digital TVs (DTVs), and Set-Top-Boxes (STBs). It delivers high throughput, wide wireless coverage and robust link quality for media streaming and other high bandwidth data applications. Read more

September 14, 2010 The PC333 from picoChip claims to be the first chip specifically designed to extend the femtocell into the realm of public access infrastructure such as metro femto, rural femto and strand-mounted systems. The SoC also claims to be the first femtocell chip to support 32 channels (scalable to 64) for simultaneous voice and HSPA+ data, the first to support MIMO, the first to support soft-handover and the first to conform to the Local Area Basestation (LABS) standard. Read more

August 23, 2010 Lantiq has introduced its latest 802.11n WLAN solutions – the XWAY™ WAVE300 family. Read more

July 12, 2010 IPWireless and Altair Semiconductor have announced a partnership to develop a suite of multi-band LTE modem products that will support key frequency bands ideally suited to global LTE deployments. Read more

June 29, 2010 Lattice Semiconductor has partnered with Affarii Technologies to successfully demonstrate what it claims to be the industry's lowest cost, low power Remote Radio Head (RRH) solution at 1300 mW per antenna. Read more

May 26, 2010 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2010 — Skyworks Solutions has introduced mid- and high-power (2.4 - 2.5 GHz), highly efficient power amplifiers (PAs) for 802.11n multiple in/multiple out (MIMO) access points, routers and gateways. Read more

April 26, 2010 HUBER+SUHNER announces its SENCITY SPOT-S antenna family which will be of interest to systems integrators, OEMs and public operators looking to install the latest antenna technology across their W-LAN, WiFi, ZigBee and MIMO-based systems in industrial and commercial applications. Read more

March 24, 2010 Beceem Communications has announced its BCSx350 chip, the company's sixth-generation WiMAX chip. The BCSx350 includes a patented "Twin-Turbo" dual transmit uplink technology that provides up to 6 dB of performance gain compared to traditional Wave 2 uplink technology, and represents the most advanced 4G-WiMAX platform ever designed. Read more

March 17, 2010 Agilent Technologies has announced that its new release of SystemVue software generates C++ code and supports X-parameter models for connecting communications system-level design to baseband DSP and RF design flows. SystemVue 2010.01 also includes 4G applications for digital pre-distortion and MIMO channel modeling, as well as updates to its LTE, DVB-2, OFDM, and ZigBee reference libraries. Read more