Beamforming

Our extensive experience in the WiMAX market has generated an understanding that for networks to operate most efficiently, they need to optimally utilize the various antenna technologies at their disposal. Using Beamforming together with diversity and MIMO schemes enables we enable operators to maximize coverage, capacity and QoS, and, in turn, lower TCO, increase revenues and enhance profitability.

Beamforming is an advanced technology that utilizes multiple antenna elements like its diversity and MIMO counterparts, to further increases network coverage, capacity, data rates and QoS and enable operators to meet their SLAs efficiently and effectively. By focusing radio signals from the source toward one specific point, beamforming intelligently overcomes interference and fading effects. This, in turn, improves signal quality compared to diversity and MIMO schemes, thereby further enhancing network value and the user experience.

This approach offers a series of important technical advantages, including:

• Reduction in fading and interference while adaptively managing air interfaces
• Enhancement of coverage and capacity by intelligently selecting the right operator-specific, multi-antenna technology
• Improved QoS through optimal SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio) performance
• Increase in UL link budget while enhancing coverage
• Increase in aggregate sector capacity, especially in small cells
• Improved network coverage while decreasing outages close to the cell edge
• Use of STC (Space Time Code), which robustly delivers extensive diversity gain

The teaming up of beamforming with MIMO comes from the fact that Alvarion’s extensive experience as a world leader in the WiMAX market has generated an understanding that for networks to operate most efficiently, they need to optimally utilize the various antenna technologies at their disposal. Alvarion’s innovative SentieM technologies intelligently determine the optimal use of beamforming, together with diversity and MIMO schemes, under various wireless conditions. In this way, Alvarion enables operators to maximize coverage, capacity and QoS, and, in turn, lower TCO, increase revenues and enhance profitability.