Alcatel-Lucent End-to-End IP Wireless-Broadband Solution 7
WiMAX Devices
– Alcatel-Lucent is a leading player in
the emergence of an open WiMAX ecosystem. We are
driving the early availability of key features by investing
in an aggressive interoperability testing (IOT) program,
run in WiMAX IOT centers worldwide, as well as by
working with over 16 partners — including all major chipset
vendors and a growing list of CPE suppliers. We are also
reinforcing commercial CPE offerings through multiple
go-to-market partnerships and promotional agreements
with device partners. The goal is to stimulate competition,
making the widest possible array of affordable device choices
available to operators. To this end, Alcatel-Lucent is actively
involved in the WiMAX Forum standardization and certifica-
tion process and was a founding member of the Open Patent
Alliance, formed to bring transparency to WiMAX-related
intellectual property rights.
Packet-optimized
backhaul and transport
As broadband wireless technologies like WiMAX
bring unprecedented capacity burdens, backhaul and
transport networks are becoming more critical than
ever. The industry is late in realizing this area repre-
sents one of the highest costs in deploying a WiMAX
network. With a wide range of packet-optimized
technology options, Alcatel-Lucent offers valuable
ways to optimize both the cost of initial deployment
and scaling up capacity over time.
Chief among these packet-optimized technologies
is microwave backhauling, where Alcatel-Lucent has
options for WiMAX — the 9500 Microwave Packet
Radio, for example, is full IP with high capacity (2Gb/s),
and scalability. The entire microwave portfolio inte-
grates directly into the WiMAX base station cabinet
for total cost of ownership (TCO) reductions of up to
18 percent. Alcatel-Lucent’s leadership in fixed broad-
band also brings cutting-edge technology IP/MPLS
aggregation and leverages any existing packet optical
infrastructure for transport.
Alcatel-Lucent 9500 Microwave Packet Radio (MPR)
