Agilent Technologies and Runcom Technologies to Collaborate on Wave 2 Mobile WiMAX Protocol Testing

(Business News & Technology News, 13 Feb 2008)

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Runcom Technologies Ltd will extend their WiMAX collaboration to include Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 Protocol Test.

All WiMAX devices must undergo protocol conformance test (PCT) to become certified for use. To realize the promise of interoperability, the WiMAX industry relies on traceable and effective protocol test solutions. The assurance of interoperability between WiMAX reference designs and protocol test equipment creates customer confidence and enables industry growth.

Agilent and Runcom will ensure that their customers can confidently use Runcom Mobile WiMAX reference designs with Agilent protocol test systems. Both companies will verify that their designs are faithful implementations of the relevant standards, bringing robust solutions to the market.

The Agilent N6430A WiMAX Protocol Conformance Test and Development Solution, based on Agilent's E6651A Mobile WiMAX Test Set, is undergoing pre-validation testing at a WiMAX Forum testing laboratory using mobile terminals and base stations that use Runcom Mobile WiMAX chips.

Runcom Technologies, one of the leading suppliers of chipsets for the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard on which WiMAX Forum mobile profiles are based, is a world pioneer in the development of state-of-the-art OFDMA silicon solutions for fixed and mobile WiMAX user-terminals and base-stations. Its RNA200 ASIC was the first Mobile WiMAX compliant ASIC on the market.

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