AirWalk melds wireless base station/controller

By Bernard Cole
iApplianceWeb
(03/25/03, 02:07:55 AM EDT)

Richardson, Texas --  AirWalk Communications, Inc., has just launchedits integrated base station and base station controller -- the AW-32 andAW-96 -- to answer the service providers' demands for hotspots, blindspots and in-building voice and data wireless coverage.

AW-96, AirWalk's flagship product, is a CDMA 2000 micro solution consists of a  digital controller and a modem solution supplied by Qualcomm. The unit can be configured to support licensed frequencies in all global CDMA markets. The Compact AW-32 unit is configured with 32 channel elements (CE) and can be mounted on a pole, wall or tower. The Flagship AW-96 is comprised of 96CE, 3Sectors, 1FA and can be installed on a standard 19”' telecom rack.

The AW-Series RAN interfaces with either next generation or legacy networks over IP, T1/E1, and ATM interfaces. This flexibility provides a direct interconnect with a softswitch, Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) and Media Gateway (MG) over IP for the 3G networks.

For more information on this product, go to www.airwalkcom.com.

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