Alvarion Ltd has announced the successful trial of its end-to-end 4Motion solution and 802.16e BreezeMAX RAN (radio access network) platform by the Industrial Technology Research Institute Campus (ITRI) in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Following extensive indoor lab tests, ITRI and Alvarion achieved sector handover at up to 80kph while performing mobile usage test scenarios with VoIP, video streaming, IPTV and document exchange applications at data rates exceeding 12Mbps.
Taiwan's government selected the WiMAX technology for executing its M-Taiwan national program. ITRI and the WiMAX Forum established the M-Taiwan WiMAX Application Lab (MTWAL)¡Xa proof-of-concept (PoC) lab at the ITRI campus in Hsinchu¡Xfor the purpose of testing and developing innovative Mobile WiMAX applications. Alvarion was selected as the sole supplier of WiMAX equipment for the lab because it was the only vendor able to meet ITRI's timeline and stringent requirements for Mobile WiMAX equipment.
Testing also included the expansion of network coverage throughout the Hsinchu Science Park, National Chiao Tung University, and National Tsing Hua University. A very high performance was maintained over 18 sectors along 6km of road with seamless sector and base station handover at up to 80kph and enhanced user experience.