Alliance smoothes route to Mobile WiMAX compliance

Sequans and AT4 wireless will co-operate on Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 radio testing to accelerate delivery of their respective solutions

AT4 wireless is working with leading WiMAX chip supplier Sequans to deliver industry-leading WiMAX testing services and best-in-class WiMAX technology. The partnership calls for Sequans and AT4 wireless (through its Systems Division) to co-operate on Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 radio testing to accelerate delivery of their respective solutions.
Sequans will provide AT4 wireless with early access to its newest WiMAX semiconductor solutions and reference designs, which AT4 wireless will use for the ongoing verification of its MINT T2110 WiMAX radio test platform, a tester specifically designed to meet the requirements of the WiMAX MRCT test specification.

Radio conformance testing is mandatory when certifying Mobile WiMAX mobile stations and basestations and the MINT T2110 is the system designated by the WiMAX Forum for such testing.

The Sequans/AT4 wireless collaboration ensures that the AT4 wireless platform is one of the leading WiMAX test platforms and ensures that Sequans' products perform as required by the WiMAX specifications.

The MINT T2110 platform covers the official test cases for radio certification according to the WiMAX Mobile Radio Test Specification and supports the profiles defined by the WiMAX Forum at 2.3, 2.5 and 3.5GHz.

The MINT T2110 meets all the requirements of manufacturers, test houses and operators for conformance, precompliance and R and D radio testing.

'WiMAX product developers, when delivering products to market, are generally under a number of constraints, one of which is time to market', says Adrian Garcia, WiMAX Product Manager at AT4 wireless.

'We want to mitigate this constraint by partnering with our customers to give them early access to radio conformance testing services for better time to market'.

'We are happy to co-operate with Sequans, a demonstrated leader in WiMAX semiconductor solutions'.