Huawei Offers WiMAX Distributed Base Station

Huawei Technologies introduced the first commercial WiMAX distributed base station (DBS) with 4T4R (four transmitters and four receivers).


The technology enables operators will to reduce the number of base station sites in certain areas while increasing operator efficiency by supporting multi-standard convergence. The design, which can also be configured into two 2T2R base stations, is based on Huawei' s fourth-generation base station platform, and also incorporates green technologies such as natural cooling and a high efficiency power amplifier. .


As of the first quarter of 2009, Huawei has been awarded 41 commercial WiMAX 802.16e contracts worldwide including Globe in the Philippines, STC in Saudi Arabia, Mobilink and Augere in Pakistan, and Méditel in Morocco.
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