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My initial intention was to praise Alvarion for their BreezeMAX Extreme line, how “D” like basestations and CPE with Mobile WiMAX (“E”) technology makes sense.<\/p>\n
But, as I was going through Alvarion website and datasheets, I got irritated by some mis-information and inaccuracies. So, I still think Alvarion are doing a great job with the Exterme line and their License exempt offering, but the following post will focus on the “fails” rather than successes.<\/p>\n
Sequans Press Release<\/a> clearly states:<\/p>\n Sequans provides a comprehensive Mobile WiMAX product line that includes the award-winning SQN2130 base station ASIC and the SQN1130 mobile station system-on-chip, both of which are WiMAX Forum Certified\u2122. Sequans\u2019 solutions feature superior receiver sensitivity along with Sequans\u2019 patent-pending technology, mimoMAX\u2122, which combines a maximum likelihood decoder on the downlink with two transmitters on the uplink. \u00a0The latter enables uplink MIMO for greatly improved link budget and cell coverage<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Key Points: CPE as well as Base Station, WiMAX Forum Certified, mimoMAX for uplink MiMO<\/p>\n Now, let’s try to find the information on Alvarion website.<\/p>\n CPE – Alvarion’s BreezeMAX Extreme page<\/a> does not mention a CPE. End User Devices Page<\/a> does not mention a license exempt CPE.<\/p>\n WiMAX Forum Certified – it is not. A simple search in WiMAX Forum Certified products page shows only BreezeMAX Macro base station. Where is the Extreme?<\/p>\n