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Intel is poised to deliver the key components needed for successful WiMAX networks. It
delivered the fixed WiMAX solution, Intel® PRO/Wireless 5116 wireless modem, and is now
shipping a fixed/mobile dual-mode solution, Intel® WiMAX Connection 2250. This highly cost-
effective solution was designed to support both standards with an easy upgrade path from fixed
to mobile and is expected to further accelerate the deployment of WiMAX networks.
Mobile WiMAX: Intel® WiMAX Connection 2250 Intel® WiMAX Connection 2250 is a low-
cost system-on-chip that supports IEEE 802.16-2004 and IEEE 802.16e-2005, enabling WiMAX
modems for use with fixed or mobile networks. Intel® WiMAX Connection 2250 is optimized
for cost effective WiMAX modems and benefits from the economics of combined IEEE 802.16d
and 802.16e volumes in equipment. The cost effectiveness of Intel® WiMAX Connection 2250
is further enhanced by its modem designs featuring Ofer-R, Intel's single RF System on Chip,
Wi-Fi/WiMAX multi-band solution.
Because it is pin compatible with the Intel PRO/Wireless 5116 wireless modem, Intel® WiMAX
Connection 2250 offers an easy upgrade path for equipment manufacturers. It enables them to
design modems with the capability to evolve from 802.16-2004 to 802.16e-2005 with a software
update and supports 802.16-2004 and 802.16e-2005 software stacks for flexibility in equipment
design, deployment and applications.
Using Intel® WiMAX Connection 2250-based devices, service providers can choose to
immediately deploy a mobile WiMAX network, or in some cases, deploy a fixed WiMAX
network now that can be easily and cost-effectively upgraded to a mobile WiMAX network.
Intel® WiMAX Connection 2250 also gives service providers a path to a Centrino® Mobile
Technologies-ready network by utilizing the profiles that are expected to eventually be integrated
into Centrino® Mobile Technology based notebooks.
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