WiMAX Product Portfolio
The increase in demand for ubiquitous voice and broadband data connectivity
in the last few years has fueled the rapid uptake of wireless broadband
services. WiMAX is the most mature and widely deployed 3.9G technology that
provides a strong platform to support these high-speed mobile data services.
With its flexible architecture, WiMAX is suitable for multiple deployment
scenarios, from in-building and low-density rural networks, to high and
very-high density networks.
Using Aricent’s comprehensive suite of WiMAX products and frameworks,
equipment manufacturers can develop custom solutions for a variety of deployment
scenarios. With industry-proven interoperability and a very high price to
performance ratio, Aricent’s WiMAX products and frameworks are tailored to help
equipment manufacturers develop and deploy flexible and cost-effective WiMAX
solutions.
Aricent’s WiMAX product portfolio includes:
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WiMAX Integrated Gateway (WING™) – A “Network-in-a-Box”
collapsed Access Service Network (ASN) and Connectivity Service Network
(CSN) solution comprising of an integrated Profile-C ASN Gateway,
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) server and Home Agent.
This solution serves the needs of rural, Tier 3, and enterprise deployments,
and can run on any Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) platform
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eASN™ – A complete ASN gateway product supporting control
plane, data plane and management plane functionalities. The product can
scale to support up to 60,000 subscribers, and is ideal for medium to high
density networks
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sigASN™ – A control plane framework for Profile-C
Macro/Micro/Enterprise ASN Gateway deployments. This framework can be used
to develop ASN solutions for very high density networks
- Base Station (BS) Framework – A Release-6 compliant
control plane BS Framework for all types of Macro/Pico/Femto Profile-C Base
Station deployments
Key Features
- Scalability – Aricent’s WiMAX product portfolio can scale
to meet the requirements of a variety of end deployment scenarios – low,
high, very high, and all terrain densities
- Standards Compliance – Aricent’s products are industry and
standards compliant, with support for Network Working Group (NWG) R1.2
specifications. Our products are currently being migrated to R1.3 and R1.5
compliance
- Platform Independence – Aricent’s WiMAX products also
provide built-in support for any COTS-based platform, including Linux
platforms
- Proven Interoperability – Aricent’s products are
interoperable with multiple leading third party peer node vendors, besides
supporting open standards based R6/R3/R4 interfaces
- Reduced Complexity – Aricent’s WING solution presents a
‘Network-in-a-Box’ solution which reduces the complexity of the network
layout and offers an easy to manage device for equipment manufacturers
Aricent’s Comprehensive Lifecycle Services
Aricent’s products are complemented with a comprehensive set of Lifecycle
Services, which include Global Innovation and Design, Product Development,
Testing and Certification, Network Engineering, Maintenance and Support, and
Business Operations and Systems Integration. Aricent’s engineers and consultants
have successfully completed hundreds of services engagements globally using
flexible delivery models tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients.
Aricent’s services offer deep communications domain expertise, cost and time
efficiencies, quick ramp up and contemporary commercial engagement models
including end-to-end commitments.
Key Benefits
Optimize Investments – Aricent’s products, with their proven
interoperability and platform independent design, help manufacturers reduce
upfront capital investment till the subscriber base is built up. Aricent also
offers the amongst the highest performance-to-price ratio in the industry.
Accelerate Product Development – With Aricent’s
comprehensive, standards compliant, and interoperable products and frameworks,
equipment manufacturers can accelerate the development of WiMAX solutions for a
wide range of deployment scenarios.
Post-Development Support – Aricent not only provides
post-development support, but can also support custom feature development to
help accelerate operator deployments.
Flexible Engagement Models – Aricent provides a wide variety
of engagement models including a ”Pay-As-You-Use” model which allows customers
to scale and support a larger number of subscribers on the same hardware.
Superior Partnership Eco-system – Aricent’s close
partnerships with multiple Base Station (BS) and Connectivity Service Network
(CSN) vendors can help equipment manufacturers using Aricent WiMAX solutions
leverage interoperability efficiencies.