Issue No. 013 | July 16th, 2008

  WiMAX Forum expects 3.5 GHz certified products by end of 2008
The WiMAX Forum revealed its roadmap for 3.5 GHz equipment certification during the inaugural WiMAX Forum Global Congress in Amsterdam, with plans for equipment in the 3.5 GHz band to achieve the WiMAX Forum Certified- seal of approval by the end of 2008. The 3.5 GHz band includes the validation and certification of three profiles based on channel bandwidths of 5, 7, and 10 MHz.
Naming Conventions on Mobile WiMAX Certification Profiles
The new ID of "MP" simply means "Mobile Profile". CWG was consistently use the new nomenclature exclusively in the first batch of 2.3GHz (MP01) and 2.5GHz (MP05) certificate from April 2008.
Old ID Certification Profile New ID
1A 2.3-2.4GHz, 8.75MHz, TDD MP01
1B 2.3-2.4GHz, 5, 10MHz, TDD MP02
2B 2.305-2.320, 2.345-2.360GHz, 5MHz, TDD MP03
2C 2.305-2.320, 2.345-2.360GHz, 10MHz, TDD MP04
3A 2.496-2.69GHz, 5+10MHz, TDD MP05
4A 3.3-3.4GHz, 5MHz, TDD MP06
4B 3.3-3.4GHz, 7MHz, TDD MP07
5A 3.4-3.8GHz, 5MHz, TDD MP08
5AL 3.4-3.6GHz, 5MHz, TDD MP09
5BL 3.4-3.6GHz, 7MHz, TDD MP10
5C 3.4-3.8GHz, 10MHz, TDD MP11
5CL 3.4-3.6GHz, 10MHz, TDD MP12
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Official testing of WiMAX Radiated Performance Tests (RPT) will be available since August at Bureau Veritas ADT
Bureau Veritas ADT has already provided the pre-RPT testing service from begining of July and expects to initiate official WiMAX RPT testing from August 2008 at its new fully anechoic chamber.

RPT includes the transmit and receive performance aspects of WiMAX Subscriber and Mobile Stations in a radiated test configuration.These tests are used to evaluate the radiated performance of devices that utilize WiMAX air interface profile. top
Wi-Fi Alliance now certifying devices for Voice Over Wi-Fi applications
Wi-Fi Alliance announced the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Voice-Personal program as well as some of the first products that have achieved this certification on June 30. This new certification program extends beyond interoperability testing to test the performance of products and help ensure that they deliver good voice quality over the Wi-Fi link.

Wi Fi CERTIFIED Voice-Personal is an optional program open to client devices and access points that have already been Wi Fi CERTIFIED for 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n draft 2.0; Wi Fi Protected Access-Personal (WPA/WPA2); Wi Fi Multimedia (WMM); and WMM Power Save (required for access points, optional for client devices). It will test the key performance metrics of packet loss, latency and jitter. In order to achieve the certification, devices must experience less than 1% loss, 50ms jitter, and 50ms delay for voice, even when the devices are in Power Save mode.

Bureau Veritas ADT is now establishing the capabilities for this new program. The Service will be available sooner. top
EU published a new regulation for 2.6GHz frequency band
EU completed and published an important regulation relating to 2.6GHz (2500-2690MHz) frequency band on June 24th, 2008. The 2.6GHz decision 2008/477/EC is titled "Commission Decision of 13th June 2008 on the harmonization of the 2500-2690MHz frequency band for terrestrial systems capable of providing electronic communications services in the Community". This decision was made in addition to the recently published European Commission Decision 2008/411/EC harmonizing the 3.5 GHz band for electronic communications services and represents a key milestone in the drive to advance new liberalized approaches to spectrum management within the European Commission WAPECS ("Wireless Access Policy for Electronic Communications Services") initiative. top
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