Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is increasingly gaining popularity as a broadband wireless access technology with significant market potential. Flexibility, scalability, and risk-free cost-reduction paths are key to being competitive. To address these requirements, WiMAX OEMs have the option to either make a customized product in-house or buy a complete off-the-shelf solution. The Altera® wireless ecosystem offers solutions that support both make or buy decisions and enables first-time success for WiMAX OEMs.
Make or Buy: Tap into Altera's Wireless Ecosystem
Altera is the leading semiconductor company that offers OEMs a wide array of WiMAX solutions to support make or buy decisions through the Altera wireless ecosystem. Altera’s wireless ecosystem offers a comprehensive portfolio of devices, intellectual property (IP), reference designs, development boards, and WiMAX-compliant, off-the-shelf RF card solutions (see Table 1). By leveraging these offerings, WiMAX OEMs can accelerate their own internal make solution or buy a complete off-the-shelf solution and get to market faster with a successful product.
| Table 1. Altera's Make or Buy Solutions for WiMAX Basestations | ||
| WiMAX Base Station Solution | Make Solution | Buy Solution |
|---|---|---|
| RF Card | Altera & Radiocomp | Radiocomp & TelASIC |
| Channel Card | Altera & TurboConcept | - |
