Wintegra's WiMAX Silicon and Software Solutions
Summary
Wintegra has silicon and software for the emerging WiMAX market. With single chip solutions that can scale from a single sector to three sector support, Wintegra's WiMAX offering provides important scalability for a wide range of solutions. Combined access and transport functinality can be used on the same platform for picocells, or on separate devices for micro/macro base stations. WinPath processors are fully programmable and field upgradeable and incluse the 802.16e MAC. A services layer API is supplied as well as support for multiple PHY vendors. Software-defined backhaul connectivity includes support for Ethernet, POS, ATM as well as TDM. Source code is available via a one-time license fee, but no royalties.
Features
- Combines network interface and MAC on single device
- Complete 802.16e Upper and Lower MAC
- Multi-sector transport and access processors are pin-compatible and software-compatible MAC/PHY API supports multiple PHY vendors
- Integrated control plane and data plane (MIPS 24K host)
- Low power, low system cost
- Reference board is available and can be configred as a fully functional WiMAX base station
Block Diagram (WiMAX Base Station)
