WiMAX and Beyond

BreezeMAX is Alvarion's WiMAX-ready platform leveraging the company's BWA industry leadership, proven field experience, and advanced core wireless and networking technologies including many years of experience with OFDM technology.

Powered by Intel's PRO/Wireless 5116 broadband interface, BreezeMAX is able to meet the requirements of a myriad of service environments, from sparsely populated rural areas to high-density urban areas. BreezeMAX delivers broadband access services to awide range of customers, including residential, SOHO, SME, large enterprise and multi-tenant customers.

The system, with excellent sensitivity and market leading OFDM radio technology, is robust to operate in adverse channel conditions and non-line-of-sight links. With high power radios that support diversity and smart antenna techniques, BreezeMAX enables the use of indoor self-install CPEs in both dense urban and suburban environments.

BreezeMAX supports a wide range of network services, including Internet access, VPNs, Voice, E1/T1, video and multimedia applications. The advanced Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities enable operators to offer differentiated SLAs with committed QoS for each service.

Path to Mobility
The upcoming mobile WiMAX standard promises to bridge the gap among various services that were previously unavailable to mobile users. Among Alvarion's series of “firsts” in penetrating the market with WiMAX-ready products is the introduction of a BreezeMAX application capable of delivering mobile wireless services over cellular networks. This is new and uncharted territory where a standard cellular phone or PDA equipped with new technology becomes an all-in-one communications center for voice, broadband Internet, email, video streaming and beyond. BreezeMAX platform has a clear upgrade path to support the emerging WiMAX mobile industry.

Mobile WiMAX opens the door to true broadband mobility and greater mass-market opportunity with standard based chips integrated into laptops and PDAs. It further reduces the burden on operators and increases opportunities for operators to make good on the promise of broadband access that is available anytime, anywhere.

Complete Spectrum Solution
Alvarion's BreezeMAX platform supports a variety of frequencies in both licensed and license-exempt bands including 1.5GHz -6GHz bands, and leverages both FDD and TDD technologies.