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A Complete Range of 

WiMAX Solutions 

WiMAX Solutions 

We Make WiMAX Easy

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Product Summary 

Macro Cell Base Station Products 

HiperMAX The most advanced base station designed to deliver the best link budget, with highest capacity 

and net throughput for fixed, nomadic, portable and mobile applications in both FDD and TDD. 

MacroMAX A highly upgradeable base station designed for both fixed and nomadic applications in FDD for 

urban and suburban deployments. 

Micro Cell Base Station Products 

MicroMAX Cost effective, highly modular base station designed for lower density deployments and microcell 

applications in both FDD and TDD. 

HiperMAX-micro A standalone all-outdoor base station designed to drive down the cost of dense urban 

deployments whilst driving up reliability and coverage for fixed, nomadic and mobile applications 

in both FDD and TDD. 

Customer Premises Equipment 

EasyST A revolutionary indoor, self-install WiMAX Subscriber Station with optional IEEE 802.11b/g 

Wi-Fi and Voice over IP (VoIP) add-ons. 

Easy WiFi An IEEE 802.11b/g Wi-Fi Access Point, which tightly integrates with the EasyST to create a 

combined WiMAX-WiFi unit for residential use. 

Easy Voice A residential gateway unit with 2 VoIP ports and 1 Ethernet port that integrates with the 

EasyST to create a combined WiMAX Subscriber Station with VoIP and Ethernet ports. 

ProST An outdoor Subscriber Station developed to provide superior link budget performance in 

difficult deployment conditions. Requires professional installation. 

ProST-WiFi A ProST with a Wi-Fi Access Point integrated into the same outdoor enclosure. Enables 

integrated WiMAX and Wi-Fi applications in outdoor public spaces. 

16eUSB A revolutionary Quad-band USB device that turns any laptop into a Mobile WiMAX device. 

Network Management Products 

Netspan A comprehensive element management solution that manages all of Airspan’s WiMAX network 

elements. 

Network Products 

ControlMAX Airspan’s Access Services Network (ASN) gateway product. An essential component of any 

Mobile WiMAX network. 

VoiceMAX Enables VoIP over WiMAX networks with integrated Admission Control for ensuring carrier-class 

voice quality. 

Glossary 

ASN Access Service Network OBSAI Open Base Station Standard Initiative 

ATCA Advanced Telecommunications OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing 

Computing Architecture OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division 

BWA Broadband Wireless Access Multiplexing (Multiple Access) 

CPE Customer Premises Equipment PHY PHYsical Layer 

CSN Connectivity Service Network SAS Smart Antenna System 

FDD Frequency Division Duplex SDMA Spatial Division Multiple Access 

IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem SDR Software Defined Radio 

LNA Low Noise Amplifier SIP Session Initiation Protocol 

MAC Media Access Control Layer SOFDMA Scalable OFDMA 

MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output STC Space-Time Coding 

MRC Maximal Ratio Combining TDD Time Division Duplex 

NLOS Non Line of Sight VoIP Voice over IP

Service 

Provider 

Equipment 

Vendor 

Introducing WiMAX 

■ WiMAX is a global standard for 

delivering mobile and fixed 

broadband to the end user 

■ WiMAX provides the lowest cost 

way to deliver wide area wireless 

broadband 

■ WiMAX Forum is a global 

organisation with more than 400 

members 

■ Fixed WiMAX Product certification 

began in August 2004 

■ IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard 

approved in December 2005 

■ Mobile WiMAX plugfest started in 

H2 2006 

■ WiMAX offers: 

End 

User 

■ End Users: greater choice, 

fixed, nomadic, portable and 

mobile broadband at low CPE 

prices 

■ Service Providers: better 

economics, reduced investment 

risk and new revenue 

generation opportunities 

■ Equipment Vendors: Mass 

produced chipsets, a platform 

for innovation and cooperation 

Mobile WiMAX – Redefining Wireless 

Broadband 

Since its arrival, WiMAX has redefined 

the wireless broadband landscape 

turning this technology into one of the 

leading technologies of the decade. 

First came Fixed WiMAX based on the 

IEEE 802.16-2004, which for the first 

time defined a worldwide open 

standard for broadband wireless. This 

was followed by the IEEE 802.16e- 

2005 standard upon which Mobile 

WiMAX is based. The latest standard is 

a superset of the Fixed WiMAX 

standard and adds mobility and other 

advances for delivering improvements 

in capacity, throughput and spectral 

efficiency. 

Mobile WiMAX enables broadband 

wireless anytime, anywhere using any 

WiMAX enabled devices, whether it is 

a laptop, desktop modem, digital 

phone or even a games device. Mobile 

WiMAX creates a seamless broadband 

environment at home, in the office 

and on the move. 

WiMAX is good news for end users, 

network operators, service providers 

and suppliers alike. WiMAX makes 

possible new economics as well as new 

performance levels, transforming the 

business case for deployment of 

broadband wireless access. It creates 

the necessary environment for high 

quality, multi-megabit services to be 

delivered to end users more cost 

effectively by creating a global 

marketplace and a framework for 

inspiring innovation. 

The world’s leading silicon suppliers 

are committed to supporting WiMAX. 

They are already into their third or 

fourth generation of WiMAX silicon, 

constantly improving functionality, 

and levels of integration. 

High volume and new levels of 

integration are driving the WiMAX 

customer premises equipment costs 

ever lower, dramatically improving 

service provider economics. 

With the imminent arrival of Mobile 

WiMAX end user equipment in the 

shape of USB devices or PCMCIA 

cards, a new era of broadband wireless 

mobility will be unleashed, instantly 

WiMAX enabling many millions of 

portable devices. 

Today’s WiMAX Forum, which was 

established by Airspan and other 

visionary industry leaders, champions 

the widespread adoption of this 

standard, establishes a brand for the 

technology and lays the groundwork 

for interoperability between products 

from different suppliers. 

Airspan’s WiMAX products are 

branded under the name of AS.MAX 

and comprise a range of base stations 

and indoor and outdoor CPE products. 

We invite you to find out more about 

our range of WiMAX products. 

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Introducing Airspan 

■ Installed base of over 1 million 

units in over 100 countries 

■ Airspan is a Founding and Charter 

member of the WiMAX Forum 

■ Airspan is a WiMAX Forum board 

member 

■ Delivering WiMAX products since 

mid-2005 

■ Airspan was the first vendor to 

achieve certification for full 

802.16-2004 FDD Base Station 

and CPEs 

■ Airspan is a leading participant in 

Mobile WiMAX plugfest 

■ Leading OEM channels: Ericsson, 

Fujitsu, Nortel 

■ More than $110M revenues in 

2005 

Airspan Networks – The Recognised 

Leader in WiMAX 

Airspan is a worldwide leader in 

broadband wireless with over 300 

customers in more than 100 countries. 

As a founding member of the WiMAX 

Forum, Airspan has led the way in 

WiMAX, being among the first wave of 

companies to achieve certification for 

its base station and customer 

premises equipment. 

Airspan is also leading the race to 

mobile WiMAX. Through a careful 

choice of advance technologies, the 

flagship base station HiperMAX is 

software upgradeable to mobile 

WiMAX. 

The IEEE 802.16e-2005 compliant, 

quad-band USB device, announced in 

2006, will be the first Wave2 

compatible mobile WiMAX device for 

laptops. 

Airspan has always taken the lead to 

bring real-world solutions to WiMAX 

networks. Two examples of particular 

note are the seamless integration of 

WiMAX and Wi-Fi technologies and 

the introduction of VoiceMAX. 

Regardless of type, all of Airspan’s 

Intel-based CPEs have versions with 

embedded Wi-Fi Access Point. This 

capability enables them to 

simultaneously offer both WiMAX 

and Wi-Fi, thus enabling the service 

provider to address a variety of 

markets including fixed, nomadic, 

portable and mobile WiMAX together 

with any Wi-Fi enabled device. 

The challenges associated with 

delivering time critical services such as 

voice and video over a shared medium 

such as wireless access are well known. 

Airspan’s VoiceMAX gives operators 

the ability to deliver carrier-grade VoIP 

through a software suite that provides 

admission control and manages 

network congestion to deliver the best 

user experience for VoIP calls across a 

HiperMAX network operating fixed, 

nomadic and mobile profiles 

simultaneously. 

We in Airspan believe that now is the 

right time to build your WiMAX 

network. The advanced technologies 

we have embedded into our products 

ensure that whether you plan to start 

with Fixed WiMAX and migrate to 

Mobile WiMAX in the future or go for 

Mobile WiMAX from the outset, your 

investment in safe and your network is 

ready for tomorrow’s opportunities. 

Airspan has captured a large 

proportion of the WiMAX sales to date 

thanks to its global sales force and 

world-class OEM partners including 

Ericsson, Fujitsu and Nortel. 

It’s industry leading technologies and 

solutions coupled with years of 

experience of building and supporting 

large BWA networks make Airspan the 

ideal partner for Mobile and Fixed 

WiMAX deployments.

Putting WiMAX to Work for our Customers 

We in Airspan are proud to have DBD of Germany, Pipex of the UK and Yozan of Japan, three groundbreaking and visionary 

service providers, as our WiMAX customers. 

”The advanced design of Airspan’s MacroMAX base station 

and VoiceMAX server, combined with the economics created 

by the ease of deployment of Airspan’s revolutionary selfinstallable 

EasyST CPE devices, created a compelling 

business case for us to proceed with Airspan. Therefore, we 

are thrilled to be the first company in Germany that offers 

WiMAX services in cooperation with Airspan.” 

Fabio Zoffi, Founder and CEO 

Deutsche Breitband Dienste (DBD) 

“The market is maturing and Yozan is poised to cater to a 

growing demand for new wireless broadband experiences, 

like nomadic VoIP and other location-based services, which 

only WiMAX and Wi-Fi are capable of delivering. We are 

confident and excited about this burgeoning opportunity 

that Airspan has helped us to build”. 

Sunao Takatori, Yozan’s Chairman 

Pipex Wireless will initially deploy its network using Fixed 

WiMAX, but the transition to 802.16e-2005 is very 

important to us for both radio performance and service 

offering. 

Because the time of the transition is hard to predict, we are 

deploying Airspan’s HiperMAX Base Station Platform and 

their range of CPEs, enabling us to migrate in the future 

with a software upgrade. 

We believe this is the best way to ensure our network is 

future-proof.’ 

Graham Courier, Business Development Director, 

Pipex Wireless 

Airspan’s WiMAX Deployments Around the World 

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The Ultimate WiMAX 

Product Family 

Product Summary 

■ Macro cell Base Stations 

■ HiperMAX 

■ MacroMAX 

■ Micro cell Base Stations 

■ MicroMAX 

■ HiperMAX-micro 

■ Customer Premises Equipment 

■ EasyST 

■ Easy WiFi 

■ Easy Voice 

■ ProST 

■ ProST-WiFi 

■ Mobile WiMAX Device 

■ 16eUSB 

■ Network Management 

■ Netspan 

■ Network Products 

■ ControlMAX 

■ VoiceMAX 

Airspan’s WiMAX Product Portfolio 

Airspan is proud to introduce AS.MAX, 

the industry’s most complete range of 

WiMAX products consisting of four 

different base station solutions, a 

range of indoor, outdoor and mobile 

CPEs, network products and a 

comprehensive network management 

solution. 

Airspan’s WiMAX products benefit 

from a unique combination of features 

delivering the best economics and 

most attractive service propositions for 

mobile and fixed/nomadic/portable 

broadband: 

• 512 /1024 FFT SOFDMA and 256 

FFT OFDM radios for true Non-Lineof-Sight 

(NLOS) nomadic and 

portable operation 

• Burst-by-burst adaptive modulation 

and error correction 

• Class leading spectral efficiency 

• High Performance radios that 

deliver extended link budgets 

• Low latency radio interface for time 

critical services 

• Licensed and Unlicensed band 

operation (3.3-3.8GHz, 4.9GHz and 

5.8GHz, followed by 2.3, 2.5GHz, 

5.1-5.4GHz and 5.4-5.7 GHz) 

• Point to Multipoint Access and 

Point-to-Point backhaul. 

Airspan’s WiMAX technology has been 

carefully chosen to deliver IEEE 

802.16e-2005 mobile WiMAX. It also 

provides operators with a cost 

effective and future-proof evolution 

path from Fixed to Mobile WiMAX 

profiles. 

AS.MAX is the ideal WiMAX platform 

on which to deploy an industry 

standard broadband solution. It offers 

all the benefits of multi-vendor 

interoperability, decreasing CPE costs, 

WiMAX enabled handheld device 

portability with roaming and indoor, 

self install CPE economics, thus 

heralding a new era of inexpensive, 

ubiquitous broadband wireless access 

anytime, everywhere. 

Airspan’s WiMAX Strategy 

Airspan’s WiMAX strategy is to offer a 

comprehensive range of Mobile and 

Fixed WiMAX solutions, enable coexistence 

with current products, 

provide seamless upgradeability to 

Mobile WiMAX through the use of 

Software Defined Radio (SDR) and to 

offer unrivalled spectral efficiency 

through the use of advanced antenna 

techniques such as MIMO and Smart 

Antenna Systems.

Technology Showcase 

• Software Defined Radio (SDR) - essential technology for 

simultaneous support of both Fixed and Mobile 802.16e 

SOFDMA PHY/MAC 

• Intel WiMAX Connection 2250 technology in the CPEs - 

essential technology for low cost and future-proof 

functionality 

• Transmit and Receive Diversity to improve link budget 

• MIMO - Multiple antenna elements are employed to 

improve range and throughput 

• Smart Antenna Systems - Intelligent, beamforming 

antenna technology to improve link budget and platform 

for SDMA for enhanced capacity per RF channel 

• Advanced TCA (ATCA) - Industry standard Indoor 

equipment practice 

• Fibre Optic OBSAI interface - between indoor and outdoor 

units (HiperMAX and HiperMAX-micro) supports distances 

between 300m and 3km using different fibre optic 

modules. 

• Sophisticated Admission control and dynamic service flow 

provisioning technology to enable carrier-class VoIP 

services 

• ASN gateway based on an IP networking platform 

PSTN 

AAA 

DHCP/ 

DNS 

CSN 

HA 

CRM Billing IMS 

BRAS 

Internet 

IP 

Core 

ASN Gateway 

(ControlMAX) 

Network Architecture 

MicroMAX 

7 Reasons why WiMAX from Airspan is the 

best solution for your broadband application 

1. Airspan’s WiMAX products support IEEE 802.16e-2005 

standard including support for 256/512/1024 FFT 

OFDM/SOFDMA 

2. AS.MAX systems are optimized for the delivery of scalable 

services at Multi-Megabit speeds (up to 30 Mbit/s net) 

■ Comparable to fastest wireline DSL speeds, and much 

faster than 3G (UMTS with HSDPA and EV-DO). 

3. Optimum CPE strategy: 

■ For Fixed WiMAX, cost effective indoor, self-install CPE 

and a range of outdoor CPEs with optional support for 

Voice and Wi-Fi. 

■ For Mobile WiMAX 16e USB device to WiMAX enable 

laptops. 

4. Support for Macro and Micro deployment models 

■ Ready to support WiMAX integration into laptops. 

5. AS.MAX takes full advantage of WiMAX’s QoS 

■ Carrier class support for VoIP and Video 

■ Triple play services. 

6. Airspan’s WiMAX systems are optimized for low latency 

■ Essential for time critical services such as VoIP, leased 

lines, video conferencing and gaming. 

7. Fully optimized approach to migrate from FDD to TDD 

deployment. 

HiperMAX 

Micro 

HiperMAX 

ASN 

16eUSB 

ProST 

EasyST 

802.11e WMM 

Soft VoIP 

Client 

Wi-Fi Clients 

VoIP IAD 

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A World of Mobile, 

Fixed and Nomadic 

Applications 

Application Summary 

■ Wireless Broadband Anytime, 

Anywhere 

■ Broadband @ Home 

■ Broadband @ the Office 

■ Broadband on the Move 

■ Mobile, Fixed, nomadic and 

portable operation 

■ Indoor and outdoor coverage 

■ Mobile WiMAX enabled through 

USB, PC card and handsets 

■ Hot Zones not just Hot Spots 

■ Backhaul and bridging 

applications 

WiMAX Applications 

WiMAX has already revolutionised the 

broadband wireless market by 

standardising the hitherto fragmented 

Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) 

market, by opening up new service 

opportunities and by creating the 

environment for ubiquitous broadband 

services everywhere. 

WiMAX creates a bridge between the 

fixed wireline and mobile cellular 

networks. By deploying WiMAX 

technology in their networks, 

operators are able to offer not just 

fixed broadband wireless services to 

homes and businesses but are also be 

able to offer anytime, anywhere 

mobile access to IP services at much 

higher speeds than is possible with 

voice-centric 3G networks. 

The aim is to provide the service that 

best fits the individual’s needs, 

whether relaxing at home, working in 

the office or on the move. WiMAX has 

the versatility to provide a transparent 

umbrella of service provision across a 

range of wireless and wireline access 

technologies. 

Let’s consider the IEEE 802.16e-2005 

applications under three headings: 

Mobile broadband, Fixed broadband 

and backhaul and bridging 

applications. 

Mobile Broadband 

Broadband anytime-anywhere is the 

great promise of WiMAX, which has 

arrived with Mobile WiMAX products. 

IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard takes 

broadband wireless to a new plane. 

Suddenly it is possible to have a DSLlike 

broadband experience anywhere 

you happen to be, not just at home or 

in a Wi-Fi hot spot environment. With 

WiMAX we start to get Hot Zones that 

are a few kilometres wide and the 

broadband experience moves 

outdoors. 

Mobile broadband opens up a whole 

new high-speed data experience, 

which cannot be matched by the other 

mobile technologies available today. 

Imagine you are walking in the park, 

when you spot an unusual butterfly 

and want to find out more about it. 

You take a high definition picture of 

the butterfly and send it to a 

centralized database, which within 

seconds comes up with a match and a 

detailed description of that species. 

The possibilities are truly endless. 

Airspan has grasped this vision and 

has set out to design and develop a 

range of products to fully exploit the 

potential of Mobile WiMAX. To this 

end we have developed the HiperMAX 

and HiperMAX-micro base stations 

using SDR technology to ensure soft 

upgrade of the base station to support 

the latest version of the mobile 

WiMAX services without requiring 

hardware changes. 

Airspan has also recognized that 

Mobile WiMAX requires diverse and 

plentiful WiMAX enabled end-user 

devices and is developing the first 

quad-band 16eUSB devices for laptop 

computer. Find out more in this 

document.

Fixed Broadband Wireless Access 

The pre-WiMAX broadband wireless access space is a 

confusing and fragmented place where many proprietary 

solutions compete for market share. It has been crying out 

for standardisation and interoperability. Fixed WiMAX 

answers this call and sets out to resolve the key problem 

areas that have hampered the explosive growth of 

wireless broadband technology. 

Airspan’s Fixed WiMAX solution delivers outdoor, as well 

as end-user installed indoor CPEs which eliminates the 

notorious truck roll this cuts the price of CPEs and makes 

the whole proposition much more attractive. 

In developed countries the last 10 years have seen 

extensive deployment of DSL and cable in urban and suburban 

areas. However, DSL penetration in rural or less 

densely populated areas continues to lag behind due to 

problems with the copper plant. 

Therefore Fixed WiMAX technology is a good solution for 

bringing broadband services to customers in these poorly 

served areas. 

Airspan’s MicroMAX product provides a cost effective 

solution in low density deployment scenarios. 

Wi-Fi with WiMAX Backhaul 

In emerging economies, the priority is to serve the urban 

and suburban communities with essential 

telecommunications services followed by the expansion of 

services to other regions. When the underlying 

infrastructure may not be of sufficiently high quality to 

enable widespread DSL deployment, WiMAX solutions 

such as AS.MAX offer an effective answer by providing a 

range of base stations to meet the varying requirements 

of urban and rural deployments as well as a range of easy 

to deploy and cost effective CPEs. 

Backhaul and Bridging Applications 

WiMAX products also lend themselves to backhaul and 

bridging applications. 

In some networks it will be attractive to use a WiMAX 

compliant point-to-point link to backhaul the traffic from 

a WiMAX base station back towards the core network. In 

other cases WiMAX compliant products will be called upon 

to provide LAN-to-LAN bridging solutions for enterprise 

networks or indeed providing IP connectivity. 

Airspan’s MicroMAX product range is particularly suitable 

for PTP backhaul applications providing high availability 

with native IP interfaces, in both licensed and unlicensed 

bands. 

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A New Era in Wireless 

Communications 

Main Features 

■ Carefully chosen set of technologies 

to provide superior performance 

■ Mobile WiMAX peak data rates are 

up to 5x better than 3G+ 

technologies 

■ Mobile WiMAX spectral efficiency is 

3x better than any 3G+ technology 

■ Mobile WiMAX certification to be 

achieved in two stages, Wave 1 and 

Wave 2 

■ True Mobile WiMAX performance 

will be arrived at through Wave 2 

certification 

■ MIMO (Matrix A & Matrix B) and 

SAS are essential antenna 

technologies to deliver the promise 

of WiMAX 

■ Option to overlay SAS on top of 

MIMO 

■ Mobile WiMAX network architecture 

follows NRM 

• Mobile Station (MS) 

e.g. 16eUSB 

• Access Service Network (ASN) 

e.g. Control MAX and HiperMAX 

• Connectivity Service Network 

(CSN) Industry standard 

solutions plus Airspan’s 

VoiceMAX 

Mobile WiMAX – A Technical Overview 

The IEEE 802.16e-2005 Mobile 

WiMAX standard has been developed 

to be the best wireless broadband 

standard for portable devices enabling 

a new era of high throughput and 

high delivered bandwidth and 

exceptional spectral efficiency when 

compared to other 3G+ mobile 

wireless technologies such as HSPA 

and EV-DO. 

Mobile WiMAX introduces OFDMA and 

several other key features summarized 

below: 

• Tolerance to multipath and self 

interference 

• Scalable channel size up to 10MHz 

• TDD operation to support 

asymmetric traffic 

• Network optimized hard handover 

• Multicast and broadcast service 

support 

• Hybrid ARQ based error control 

• Power management (sleep, idle 

modes) 

• Security and QoS 

• MIMO and smart antenna 

technology 

• Fractional frequency reuse 

• Feedback based adaptive 

modulation 

Mobile WiMAX Release 1 

Profiles 

Early in 2006 the WiMAX Forum 

selected the initial system profiles to 

cover many of the worldwide spectrum 

allocations suitable for Mobile WiMAX. 

■ Bands - 2.3-2.4GHz, 2.5-2.69GHz 

3.3-3.4GHz, 3.4-3.8GHz 

■ Duplex method - TDD 

■ Channel Bandwidth - 5/10MHz 

■ FFT size - 512 (5MHz channel) 

and 1024 (10MHz channel) 

Mobile WiMAX Certification 

Mobile WiMAX Release 1 Profile 

certification has been divided into two 

stages referred to as Wave 1 and 

Wave 2. 

Wave 1 certification will address only a 

subset of the profile and will exclude 

some fundamental features such as 

MIMO. True Mobile WiMAX 

performance will be arrived at through 

Wave 2 certification. 

Wave 1 will not test for: 

■ MIMO 2x2 Matrix B 

■ Support for smart antennas 

■ Adaptive Modulation and 

Coding (AMC) 

■ IPv6 support 

■ Limited QoS features 

■ Limited Handover features 

■ Limited power management 

features 

As a result of the above-identified 

limitations the performance of the 

Wave 1 certified products would be 

less than those of IEEE 802.16-2004. 

Furthermore not all Wave 1 certified 

CPEs will be Wave 2 MIMO capable. 

Airspan is focused on delivering Wave 

2 compliant products. 

Mobile WiMAX certification will be 

undertaken by CETECOM labs in Spain 

and TTA Labs in Korea.

Mobile WiMAX Performance 

Using a commonly accepted evaluation methodology for 

3G systems, Mobile WiMAX has been simulated against 

the 3G enhancements. These simulation s have shown 

that: 

■ Mobile WiMAX peak data rates are up to 5x better 

than 3G+ technologies and 

■ Mobile WiMAX spectral efficiency is 3x better than any 

3G+ technology 

Peak Data rate 

Thanks to technologies 

70 

60 

50 

DL 

UL 

such as OFDMA and 

MIMO, Mobile WiMAX 

40 

can meet the 

30 

demanding 

20 

performance needs for 

10 

0 

EVDO-A EVDO-B HSPA Mobile WiMAX (2x2) 

the delivery of 

broadband services in 

Net Throughput per Channel/Sector a challenging mobile 

16 

14 DL 

environment. 

12 UL 

Performance 

10 

simulations show that 

8 

6 

mobile WiMAX 

4 

provides superior 

2 

0 

EVDO-A EVDO-B HSPA Mobile WiMAX (2x2) 

throughput and 

spectral efficiency 

2 

1.8 DL 

Spectral Efficiency 

compared to 3G 

CDMA-based 

1.6 

1.4 

UL 

enhancements, EVDO 

1.2 

1 

and HSPA. These 

0.8 

0.6 

advantages will provide 

0.4 

0.2 

operators with added 

0 

EVDO-A EVDO-B HSPA Mobile WiMAX (2x2) network capacity for 

the support of value-added services with fewer base 

stations than alternative approaches, thus resulting in 

lower network capital and operating costs. 

Mobile WiMAX Technology 

To deliver the superior performance Mobile WiMAX relies 

on advanced technologies such as OFDMA, MIMO and 

SAS. 

Internet 

ASPs 

Legacy 

Core 

Networks 

2G/3G 

Mobile 

Networks 

NAP – Network Access provider 

NSP – Network Service provider 

Network Reference Model (NRM) 

Home 

NSP 

AAA 

IMS 

HA 

CRM Billing 

CSN 

(Connectivity Service Network) 

R5 

Other 

Operator’s 

CSN 

MIMO stands for Multiple Input Multiple Output. It is an 

antenna technology that uses multiple antennas at both 

the transmit end and the receive end. MIMO utilizes multipath 

to advantage, combining reflected signals into a 

single stream in order to improve throughput, reach and 

spectral efficiency. 

Smart Antenna Systems (SAS) is an advanced antenna 

technology that directs the signal to the end user device. 

Using beamsteering/beamforming technology, SAS 

focuses the signal on active devices, delivering greater 

coverage and spectral efficiency. Airspan’s antenna 

technology enables the overlay of SAS on top of MIMO. 

Mobile WiMAX Network reference Model 

(NRM) 

Mobile WiMAX end-to-end network architecture model 

follows the Network Reference Model (NRM) shown below. 

Access Service Network (ASN) consists of the WiMAX Base 

Stations and the ASN Gateway. The main functions of the 

ASN gateway are to aggregate the traffic from the base 

stations and to manage handover between them. 

Airspan’s ASN Gateway solution is called ControlMAX and 

is described later. 

Connectivity Service Network (CSN) is the core of the 

network. It controls and manages the ASNs and the 

subscribers with a variety of services such as AAA, Home 

Agent functions, DHCP server, etc. CSN is also responsible 

for connecting to other networks and enables interoperator 

and inter-technology roaming. Airspan’s IMS 

solution, which includes VoiceMAX, resides in the CSN and 

is described later in this document. 

Airspan’s Mobile Station (MS) device, 16eUSB, will be 

Wave 2 compliant from the outset and will support MIMO. 

R3 

IP 

Cloud 

ASN 

GW 

(FA) 

ASN 

(Access Service Network) 

R4 

R6 

IP 

Cloud 

R6 

Another ASN 

NAP 

BS 

BS 

R8 

R8 

R2 

R1 

Mobile Station 

(MS) 

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The Ultimate Mobile 

WiMAX Base Station 

Main Features 

■ HiperMAX supports: 

• All outdoor RF components 

• Fully redundant architecture 

option 

• Up to 6 channels per ATCA 

shelf with full redundancy or 

Up to 12 channels without 

redundancy 

• Optical, zero-loss connectivity 

between indoor and outdoor 

units 

■ Up to 40dBm transmit power 

■ Supports FDD and TDD profiles 

■ Advanced antenna options, 

including diversity, MIMO and SAS 

■ Up to 5bps/Hz per radio 

(2x2 MIMO) 

■ HiperMAX uses PicoChip ® based 

Software defined radio (SDR) 

array, rated at 4x600 billion 

instructions/s 

■ Provides a platform for 

beamforming on top of MIMO 

enhancements, which allows 

multiple simultaneous 

transmissions to CPEs 

• Throws nulls in the direction of 

interfering users 

• Key to IEEE 802.16e-2005 

spectral efficiency 

enhancements 

• Multiple antenna beams are 

synthesised at baseband 

HiperMAX Base Station 

HiperMAX is the ultimate mobile 

WiMAX base station designed for 

high-density deployment situations. 

HiperMAX has been architected to 

provide a highly scalable, fully 

redundant base station product that 

will deliver the optimum performance 

for years to come. 

HiperMAX is fully compatible with the 

Mobile WiMAX Network Reference 

Model (NRM). HiperMAX is part of the 

Access Service Network (ASN). 

HiperMAX supports the reference 

point (R6) between the base station 

and the ASN Gateway as well as the 

reference point (R8) between base 

stations. HiperMAX interworks with 

Airspan’s ASN Gateway called 

ControlMAX and with other third party 

ASN gateways. 

HiperMAX represents the state of the 

art, next generation base station 

design and includes: 

• Fully upgradeable, software 

defined, PHY and MAC layers 

enabling simultaneous support for 

both Mobile WiMAX (SOFDMA) and 

Fixed WiMAX (OFDM) 

• Fully digital, OBSAI based, fibre 

optic interfaces between indoor and 

outdoor equipment, which can 

operate at up to 3km. 

• Multi-channel transmit and receive 

diversity 

• 2x2 and 4x2 MIMO configurations 

• 4 or 8 channel Smart Antenna 

Systems (SAS) 

• Support for FDD and TDD profiles 

HiperMAX is designed to deliver the 

best link budget with the highest 

capacity and net throughput; all 

essential qualities for macro-cell 

deployments used in typical wireless 

roll out. 

HiperMAX implements an all-outdoor 

radio with up to eight-element 

antenna array system. 

All HiperMAX base stations support 

SAS and multi-channel Transmit and 

Receive diversity and are platform 

ready for SDMA, which uses the 

antenna array to enhance capacity 

and improve frequency re-use. 

HiperMAX base stations cooperate 

with the IMS which is part of the 

Connectivity Service network (CSN) to 

deliver voice and other multimedia 

services and can also be configured to 

support VoIP applications, using a 

standard media gateway to the PSTN.

HiperMAX Operation 

The HiperMAX base station consists of 

an indoor section, suitable for location 

within a protected environment, and an 

outdoor RF section. The indoor 

baseband electronic boards, referred to 

as blades, are housed in 5 and 14-slot 

ATCA chassis which are NEBS 

compliant. The outdoor enclosure 

contains the RF subsystem components 

and smart antennas. The connection 

between the indoor and outdoor 

equipment is achieved through a fibre 

optic cable and separate power feed. 

HiperMAX supports different antenna 

options including: 

• MIMO Matrix A 

• Tx and Rx Diversity 

• 2x2 MIMO Matrix B 

• 4x2 MIMO Matrix B MIMO 

• 4 or 8 element SAS 

The antenna system of choice is 

connected to the outdoor RF unit and 

in turn to each baseband blade. 

PSTN 

AAA 

DHCP/ 

DNS 

HiperMAX can support up to 12 

baseband blades per 14-slot shelf, with 

a single fibre optic cable to each RF 

unit. Baseband blades can be 

configured to support 6 active channels 

with full redundancy or 12 active 

channels without redundancy. 

The ATCA shelf also houses the shelf 

controller and power supplies. In 

addition to the ATCA shelf, the 

HiperMAX rack houses the Ethernet 

switch and the GPS synchronisation 

unit. The Ethernet switch aggregates 

the individual traffic streams onto a 

Gigabit Ethernet stream for backhaul 

purposes. For TDD and smart antenna 

operation the multiple sectors are 

locked to a GPS timing source. The 

ATCA shelf manager provides a 

platform management layer that holds 

an inventory of field replaceable units 

in the system and monitors their basic 

health. 

Fibre optic modules operating at speeds 

CSN 

HA 


BRAS 

Internet 

IP 

Core 

ASN Gateway 

(ControlMAX) 

of up to 3.1GBit/s and are connected to 

fibre optic cables capable of carrying up 

to 10Gb/s for future expansion, if 

required. The Smart Antenna System 

(SAS) comprises an environmentally 

sealed enclosure, designed to be 

installed outdoors on a mast or other 

support suitable for propagating a radio 

signal. The outdoor equipment consists 

of a multi-channel RF transceiver and 

the Tx and Rx antennas. 

HiperMAX fully supports the extensive 

QoS characteristics of the IEEE 802.16 

radio interface, including full support for 

UGS, rtPS, ErtPS, nrtPS and BE service 

classes. In addition, we have 

incorporated specific additional radio 

resource management features that 

allow applications like VoIP to be 

robustly delivered by implementing 

Admission Control on a per call basis. 

HiperMAX is managed by Netspan, the 

SNMP based central management 

platform. 

Network Architecture 

HiperMAX 

HiperMAX 

Micro 

16eUSB 

ASN 

ProST 

EasyST 

Soft VoIP 

Client 

802.11e WMM 

Wi-Fi Clients 

VoIP IAD 

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The High-Capacity Fixed 

WiMAX Base Station 

Main Features 

■ The first base station to achieve 

WiMAX Forum certification in the 

FDD profile in March 2006 

■ Designed for Fixed WiMAX 

deployments where high capacity 

is required 

■ Available in 3.5GHz full FDD 

profile 

■ MacroMAX supports 

• 256 FFT OFDM 

• Up to 38dBm transmit power 

• 3 or 4 diversity channels per 

rack 

• Baseband to RF connection 

made digitally 

• Final RF feed using 

conventional antenna feeders 

• Optional GPS synchronisation 

• MIMO Matrix A diversity 

■ Up to 10Mbps net capacity using 

3.5MHz channel 

MacroMAX Base Station 

MacroMAX was Airspan’s first WiMAX 

compliant base station and was 

developed to comply with the IEEE 

802.16-2004 standard. 

MacroMAX has been shipping to 

customers since the summer of 2005. 

MacroMAX was the first base station 

product to achieve WiMAX Forum 

certification in March 2006. More than 

1000 MacroMAX base stations are in 

service. 

MacroMAX has been designed to 

deliver the best link budget with the 

highest capacity and net throughput; 

all essential qualities for macro-cell 

deployments used in typical wireless 

roll out. It is available in the 3.4- 

3.6GHz band in the 3.5F1 profile. 

Each MacroMAX sector comprises of a 

4U high rack mountable shelf, which 

contains the baseband processor and 

the RF unit. The baseband is a single 

card that is directly connected to the 

RF, PA and LNA, which in turn is 

connected to appropriate mastinstalled 

antennas via external 

feeders. 

Two separate antennas enable the link 

budget to be further increased 

through the use of multi-channel 

transmit diversity and receive diversity. 

A compact rack supports up to three 

sectors with diversity a full rack 

supports up to 4 sectors. 

MacroMAX base stations can be 

optimised to support VoIP 

applications, using a standard 

gateway to the PSTN. 

MacroMAX is managed by Netspan, 

the SNMP based element 

management platform.

The High-Capacity 

Micro-cell Base Station 

Main Features 

■ Designed for micro-cellular 

network deployments in urban 

scenarios 

■ Available in 2.5GHz, 3.5GHz and 

4.9GHz bands, with more bands to 

come soon 

■ Supports both FDD and TDD 

profiles 

■ All-outdoor base station design 

■ Hardware features include: 

• AC and DC power options 

• 100/Gigabit Ethernet 

• On board GPS receiver for TDD 

operations 

■ HiperMAX uses PicoChip ® based 

Software defined radio (SDR) 

array, rated at 600 billion 

instructions/s 

■ HiperMAX supports different 

antenna options including: 

• Single Input Single Output 

(SISO) 

• Tx and Rx Diversity 

• 2x2 Multiple Input Multiple 

Output (MIMO) 

• 4 or 8 element SAS 

HiperMAX-micro Base Station 

HiperMAX-Micro has been designed 

for micro-cellular deployment in dense 

urban environment, or as a micro-cell 

infill solution as part of a macro-cell 

deployment. 

HiperMAX-micro is a variant of the 

HiperMAX platform and the same 

technology including SDR and OBSAI 

underpin both products. It has been 

optimised for deployment on low cost 

sites such as power poles, street 

lighting, rooftops or the sides of 

buildings. 

Like its bigger sibling, HiperMAX-micro 

is fully compatible with the Mobile 

WiMAX Network Reference Model 

(NRM), forming part of the Access 

Service Network (ASN). It supports the 

ASN interfaces between the base 

station and the ASN Gateway as well 

as between base stations. HiperMAXmicro 

interworks with Airspan’s ASN 

Gateway, ControlMAX and with other 

third party ASN gateways. 

High capacity and small footprint 

makes this product ideally suited for 

mobile WiMAX deployments in 

crowded cities where demand for 

services is high but space is at a 

premium. 

HiperMAX-micro is available in the 

3.5GHz band. It is also available in 

the 4.9GHz band and has been 

deployed in large quantities in Japan. 

The HiperMAX-micro base station is 

based on an all –outdoor, split design 

architecture consisting of an outdoor 

baseband enclosure, outdoor 

transceivers and antennas. A typical 

HiperMAX-micro deployment with 

antenna diversity will consist of the 

baseband unit connected to two 

transceiver units using the same fiver 

optic interface used in HiperMAX, and 

two antennas, one per transceiver. 

HiperMAX-micro fully supports the 

extensive QoS features of the IEEE 

802.16 standard, including full support 

for UGS, rtPS, nrtPS and BE service 

classes. In addition, it incorporates 

specific additional radio resource 

management features that allow 

applications like VoIP to be robustly 

delivered by implementing Admission 

Control on a per call basis. 

HiperMAX-micro is managed by 

Netspan, Airspan’s SNMP based 

management platform. 

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For Cost Sensitive 

WiMAX Deployments 

Main Features 

■ Cost optimised for lower density 

applications 

■ Modular and scalable architecture 

• All outdoor integrated 

baseband digital processing, 

radio and antenna 

• Up to 16 radios per mast 

• Radios connected to indoor 

aggregator using Cat5 

• Cat5e (100m), up to 300m 

with Cat5 repeater 

■ Sophisticated radio 

implementation 

• Supports WiMAX Forum 

profiles in 3.5GHz and in 5.8GHz 

• BPSK/QPSK/16QAM/64QAM 

adaptive modulation 

• Multi-channel Tx and Rx 

diversity across multiple radios 

• Full duplex FDD and TDD 

operation 

■ Advanced software features 

• Full IEEE 802.16 QoS service 

classes 

• Full 802.1d transparent 

bridging 

• IEEE 802.1Q/p VLAN 

tagging/untagging 

• Bridging and routing 

functionality 

MicroMAX Base Station 

MicroMAX is a complete standalone 

base station, sharing the same system 

architecture as our tried and tested 

ASWipLL product line. 

The MicroMAX base station is highly 

modular in design and consists of two 

main components: the all-outdoor 

Base Station Radios (BSR) and the 

indoor aggregator Base Station 

Distribution Unit (BSDU), or the single 

channel Data Adaptor. 

Each base station site can contain up 

to 16 BSRs, depending on the amount 

of available spectrum. 

Each BSR is connected to the BSDU 

via a 100BaseT interface operating 

over a CAT5 cable, which carries both 

data and power. Easc BSDU can 

support up to 8 BSRs. 

MicroMAX is designed to support 

lower density, rural broadband access, 

enterprise applications and DSL in-fill 

scenarios in both licensed (3.5GHz) 

and unlicensed (5.8GHz) bands. 

One of the key features of the 

MicroMAX BSR is that it requires less 

than 28W power, making it ideally 

suited for those rural deployments 

where power generation and supply 

may be a problem. 

MicroMAX operating in the 5.8GHz 

unlicensed band can be used by 

Wireless ISPs to deploy WiMAX easily 

and cost effectively wherever the need 

is identified. 

In the future we plan to have an IEEE 

802.16e-2005 version of the 

MicroMAX product.

MicroMAX Operation 

The MicroMAX base station is highly 

modular in design and is constructed 

from a number of Base Station Radios 

(BSR). Each BSR incorporates antenna, 

radio and baseband functions all within 

the single BSR enclosure. Each BSR can 

be deployed with a built-in 60º sectorial 

antenna or indeed with a wide variety 

of external antennas including 360º 

omni, 90º, 120º etc. When multiple 

BSRs are deployed at the same physical 

location a BSDU can be used to 

aggregate the traffic from up to 8 BSRs. 

A seventh BSR may be supported for 

redundancy. The BSR will support both 

full duplex FDD and TDD operation. 

The fact that each BSR is self contained 

gives MicroMAX great deployment 

flexibility. For example, it is possible to 

start with one BSR and an omni 

antenna and progressively increase the 

number of deployed BSRs as more 

customers are signed up. 

MicroMAX provides extensive software 

features such as support for WiMAX 

specified service classes, full IEEE 

802.16-2004 transparent bridging 

features, IEEE 802.1Q/p VLAN features, 

and support for VoIP operation. The 

BSR will provide VoIP call supervision 

(or dynamic bandwidth allocation) 

enabling the radio interface to 

gracefully handle VoIP overload 

conditions by implementing an 

admission control procedure. 

The BSDU provides three main 

functions: aggregation of traffic from 

BSRs, powering the BSRs, and 

synchronising the BSRs by using an 

external GPS source. 

Due to its low power consumption, the 

MicroMAX BSRs is ideally suited for line 

powering. In this application up to 4 

twisted copper pairs can be used to 

both power and backhaul a BSR over a 

distance of up to 5km. This in turn 

enables tens of customers to be 

provided with wireless broadband 

services beyond the reach of DSL 

technology with an inbuilt cheap 

backhaul capability. 

Point-to-Point applications are also 

supported by the use of a single 

MicroMAX BSR coupled with a single 

ProST. 

This arrangement provides a very low 

cost solution for medium speed IP 

backhaul. 

MicroMAX fully supports the extensive 

QoS characteristics of the 802.16 radio 

interface, including full support for UGS, 

rtPS, nrtPS and BE services classes. 

MicroMAX is managed by Netspan, the 

SNMP based central element 

management platform. 

MicroMAX Operation 

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For Cost Sensitive 

WiMAX Deployments 

Main Features 

■ World’s first “Self-Install” WiMAX 

CPE 

■ Full Indoor Non-LOS deployment 

■ User unpacks, plugs in and surfs 

■ Installation takes less than 1 

minute! 

■ Stackable “CD” Style Design 

■ Utilises Intel WiMAX connection 

2250 device 

■ Optional IEEE 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 

access point 

■ Optional VoIP base for 1or 2 POTS 

lines 

■ A range of antenna options 

■ Up to 8.5dBi, 4 x 90º auto selecting 

antenna 

■ 13dBi external indoor window 

mount antenna 

■ Full support for Sub-Channelisation 

(OFDMA on uplink) 

■ Integral SIM card reader 

■ “Auto-Connect” and “Auto-Config” 

features 

■ “Fully Nomadic Operation” 

EasyST 

EasyST and ProST are the CPE 

products developed to work with all 

WiMAX compliant base stations 

including all base stations from 

Airspan. The EasyST is an all-indoor 

CPE designed for self-install by the end 

user whereas the ProST is an indooroutdoor 

CPE which requires 

professional installation and provides 

superior link budget in difficult 

deployment conditions. 

The EasyST is a physically compact 

WiMAX CPE designed to be deployed 

alongside the end user’s PC. With 

dimensions close to the size of 2 CD 

jewel cases, EasyST looks great when 

sitting on a desk or bookshelf. 

The EasyST is designed to be installed 

by the end user, using a simple-to-use 

but sophisticated user interface to 

enable optimum positioning without 

connecting to the user’s PC. This helps 

improve service availability and 

reliability whilst increasing service 

speed and reducing network load. 

Three different deployment models 

are supported: using the integral 

8.5dBi antenna; using together with 

the optional Wi-Fi expansion (thus 

locating the EasyST by a window); or 

using with the stick-on-the-window 

external antenna. In all cases a visual 

indication system informs the user 

when the optimum location for RF 

reception and transmission is 

achieved.

The EasyST is Airspan’s second generation indoor, plug and 

play CPE and builds on extensive deployment experience 

gathered from multiple mass deployments around the globe. 

The EasyST includes support for Airspan’s “Auto-connect” 

feature, which selects the best serving Base Station based on 

RX and TX signal levels and active modulation schemes. 

EasyST also inherits the “Auto-configure” function from 

ASWipLL’s Indoor Radio (IDR), which enables automatic 

downloading of service configurations over the air after the 

CPE has been registered on the network. This feature can be 

used independently or in conjunction with an integral SIM 

card reader. 

In addition to the simple-to-use user interface, EasyST also 

has an in-built Web server, which allows advanced 

configuration by the end-user or even remote configuration 

by a network operator’s customer service staff. 

EasyST is designed for combined voice and data 

deployments. 

EasyST has a number of optional “stackable” extension bases, 

one for Wi-Fi and the other for VoIP and data. 

Wi-Fi Add-on 

The Wi-Fi expansion base provides full IEEE 802.11b/g Access 

Point functionality and turns each EasyST into an instant hot 

spot, with the WiMAX radio interface providing backhaul for 

IEEE 802.11b/g clients. Thanks to IEEE 802.16 QoS built into 

the EasyST, Wireless SIP phones can make high quality, 

managed VoIP calls. 

VoIP Add-on 

Voice and Data applications are supported by the 

VoIP expansion base, which supports 2 voice lines and an 

Ethernet port, thus providing services to standard, RJ-11 

equipped telephone instruments. Battery backup can also be 

provided, where applicable, and uses simple AA rechargeable 

NiMH cells 

The VoIP expansion base is fully managed by Airspan’s base 

stations and VoiceMAX solution to ensure a fully transparent, 

carrier-class voice service. 

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Rapid and Simple 

External Deployment 

Main Features 

■ Suitable for full outdoor Non-LOS 

deployment 

■ Based on field-proven mechanics 

■ Comprehensive range of indoor 

Subscriber Data Adaptors (SDA) 

• 1-4 port Switch 

• Up to 4 ports with VLAN 

switching 

• Indoor and Outdoor IEEE 

802.11b/g Wi-Fi and VoIP 

support 

• AC or DC powering options 

■ Outdoor and indoor units connected 

using CAT5e cable 

■ Built-in antenna gain of 17dBi 

■ Wide range of external antenna 

options 

ProST and ProST-WiFi 

The ProST is designed for rapid and 

simple external deployment, to be 

fitted by trained personnel in less than 

one hour. This unit is ideal when a 

specific service level needs to be 

guaranteed. The ProST ensures high 

service availability at enhanced 

ranges, operating in both LOS and 

NLOS propagation environments. 

To obtain a basic service capability, 

the ProST may not require 

programming with any initial 

configuration data. However, to deliver 

service to the ProST will require the 

management system to authenticate 

the customer’s equipment using the 

internal X.509 certificate. This may be 

achieved automatically (through a 

web based registration service) or via 

a telephone call to a central 

administration centre. 

USB 

16e 

The ProST is designed to support the 

delivery of a range of services. Service 

interface options include: 

• 1 to 4 Port Switch 

• 4 port with VLAN Port Switching 

• Integral 802.11b/g WiFi Access 

Point 

• Integral VoIP IAD 

ProST-WiFi is a special version of the 

ProST and has an outdoor integrated 

802.11b/g Access Point inside of the 

ProST ODU. The solution enables the 

ProST-WiFi to provide outdoor Wi-Fi 

coverage and enables the rapid 

construction of Wi-Fi Hotzones. The 

ProST-WiFi operates over the full ProST 

temperature range and includes 

industrial strength 802.11b/g 

technology that supports 16 SSIDs per 

CPE and SSID to VLAN and VLAN to 

802.16 Service Flow mapping.

Quad-band Mobile 

WiMAX Device 

Main Features 

■ Wave 2 Mobile WiMAX compliant 

USB device 

■ Allows integration with any mobile 

or desktop device that supports USB 

2.0 

■ Plug-and-Play operation 

■ 2x2 Matrix A MIMO and Matrix B 

MIMO support 

■ Quad Band operation enables 

worldwide roaming 

• 2.3-2.4GHz 

• 2.5-2.69GHz 

• 3.3-3.7GHz 

• 4.9-5.4GHz 

■ RF Performance 

• SOFDMA 

• TDD 

• Tx power (2/3GHz) – 20dBm 

• Tx Power (4/5GHz) – 17dBm 

■ Supports: 

• Handover 

• Sleep, paging and idle modes 

■ Low power consumption 

■ SIM card support for Service 

Provider information 

■ Over-the-air download of software 

upgrades 

■ Small form factor, only 80x32x8mm 

■ Battery powered WiMAX Finder addon, 

which enables detecting WiMAX 

coverage without turning on the PC 

16eUSB – Mobile WiMAX USB Device 

According to industry estimates over 

200 million PCs were shipped during 

2005 with mobile PCs making up 

some 30%, growing an annual rate of 

26% compared to desktop growth of 

less than 5%. 

The number of mobile PCs, laptops, 

tablets, etc. shipped in 2006 is 

expected to exceed 75 million units. 

These remarkable numbers coupled 

with the ever more mobile working 

practices create a massive market for 

Mobile WiMAX. 

Just like Wi-Fi enabling laptop PCs, 

first through PCMCIA devices in 1999 

followed by full integration from 2001 

onwards, WiMAX enabling laptops will 

start with WiMAX USB and PCMCIA 

devices before the technology is built 

into the mobile PCs as a matter of 

course sometime in the future. 

Airspan has taken the lead by 

announcing the world’s first Wave 2 

Mobile WiMAX compliant, MIMO 

enabled USB device called 16eUSB. 

The device can be used with any USB 

2.0 compatible mobile PC or desktop. 

The device is completely plug-and-play 

and does not require installation by 

the end user. In order to provide 

ultimate flexibility the 16eUSB 

provides quad-band WiMAX operation 

in a small package, ideal for the global 

mobile roaming environment for 

which it is intended. 

16eUSB packs a big RF performance 

for its diminutive size delivering up to 

20dBm into the antenna. It is power 

friendly too, looking after the mobile 

devices battery by supporting sleep 

and idle features. 

16eUSB’s optional WiMAX Finder addon 

device is self-powered and provides 

a simple way of detecting WiMAX 

coverage availability without powering 

up the PC mobile PC. 

16eUSB incorporates service provider 

friendly features as well. It supports a 

SIM card slot, which can be used to 

contain service provider information. 

Furthermore, the device supports overthe-air 

software upgrades. 

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The VoIP QoS and 

Admission Control 

Solution 

Main Features 

■ VoiceMAX functions 

• Auto discovery of SIP User 

Agents 

• Admission Control 

• Emergency calls prioritisation 

• Dynamic UGS management 

■ VoiceMAX architecture 

• SIP based software product 

deployed on a standalone server 

• Rack mountable 

■ VoiceMAX management 

• Local console 

• Over the Internet using Web 

browser 

• Linux based 

VoiceMAX – Airspan’s Carrier-Class 

VoIP Solution 

VoIP media streams require a 

constant, uninterrupted data flow. 

Each UDP packet carries between 10 

and 30 (depending on the codec and 

packetization) milliseconds of voice 

data. In an ideal world packets would 

never arrive out of sequence or suffer 

from delays or packet lost. 

However, a shared medium such as 

wireless access is far from ideal for 

delivering VoIP packets with constant 

delay and jitter because the amount 

of traffic may fluctuate from one 

moment to the next. 

Airspan has deployed in-house 

expertise in both wireless and voice 

technology in order to bring a unique, 

SIP based solution to Voice over 

Wireless IP (VoWIP), we call 

VoiceMAX. 

Airspan has developed a standalone 

VoiceMAX which takes advantage of 

the special QoS features of the IEEE 

802.16 standard and advanced 

admission control mechanisms. 

VoiceMAX is deployed in the CSN and 

becomes part of an IMS 

implementation. Using SIP, VoiceMAX 

communicates with the WiMAX base 

stations and with the Softswitch in 

order to dynamically allocate the 

WiMAX network resources with 

minimum waste of pre-assigned 

bandwidth, at the same time ensuring 

the desired voice quality. 

The standalone VoiceMAX server 

performs the following functions: 

■ Auto discovery of SIP user 

agents (UA) - VoiceMAX that 

acts as a standard SIP proxy 

intercepting all SIP massages. 

The registration packet triggers 

the “Auto Discovery” 

mechanism, which at the end of 

the process gives the VoiceMAX 

the ability to determine, to 

which BS a specific SIP UA 

belongs. 

■ Admission control – VoiceMAX 

prevents over subscription of 

network resources in accordance 

with the policies of the 

operator. Enable the operator to 

prioritize emergency numbers. 

■ Dynamic UGS - VoiceMAX 

provides the ability to 

dynamically create and tear 

down UGS sessions. This 

mechanism, it enables 

guaranteed bandwidth 

utilization in accordance with 

the negotiated codec selection. 

VoiceMAX can be managed either 

from the local console or remotely 

over the Internet by using a Web 

browser.

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USB 

The Scalable Access 

Service Network 

Gateway 

Main Features 

■ ControlMAX functions 

• Traffic aggregation and routing 

• MS admission control 

• Manage handover of MS 

between base stations 

• Policy enforcement 

• Security management 

• Accounting 

• Connection management 

■ ControlMAX architecture 

• Based on IP networking platform 

• High capacity, scalable data 

plane, control plane and port 

architecture 

• High availability 

• Can manage more than 100 BS 

and 100k subscribers 

ControlMAX – Airspan’s ASN Gateway 

Solution 

The IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard calls 

for the ability to manage subscriber 

mobility at a number of layers as well 

as to authenticate, account and apply 

policy on a per subscriber basis. 

This is achieved by dividing the 

WiMAX network into two main parts: 

• Access Service Network (ASN) and 

• Connectivity Service Network (CSN). 

The ASN consists of the WiMAX base 

stations and the ASN Gateway. 

Whereas, the CSN is at the core of the 

network providing control and 

management functions such as IMS, 

DHCP, FTP and AAA. 

A key element of the ASN is the ASN 

Gateway, which controls and 

aggregates the traffic from a large 

number of WiMAX base stations. It is 

possible to deploy a network, which is 

802.16e-2005 compliant without an 

ASN gateway providing the wireless 

access network is used for fixed and 

nomadic applications only. 

AAA 

DHCP/ 

DNS 

CSN 

HA 


BRAS 

Internet 

IP 

Core 

ASN Gateway 

(ControlMAX) 

Airspan’s ASN gateway solution is 

called ControlMAX. 

The key functions of the ControlMAX 

are as follows: 

• MS admission control, service flow 

control, load control 

• Manage handover of MS devices 

between base stations in the same 

ASN 

• Interface with other ASN gateways 

in order to ensure handover 

between ASNs. 

• Traffic aggregation and routing 

• Radio resource management 

• Policy enforcement 

• Security management including 

subscriber and terminal device 

authentication 

• Accounting information 

• Connection management 

ControlMAX is built around a high 

performance, carrier-class IP 

networking platform in order to 

provide a cost-effective solution which 

is scalable and provides remarkably 

high levels of availability. 

HiperMAX 

HiperMAX 

Micro 

ASN 

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Operations & 

Management Platform 

Management Options 

■ AS.MAX family of products support 

three management options: 

■ Local web based client management 

of individual system components 

• Used to configure small systems 

and networks 

■ North-bound intreface to third party 

Network Management 

■ Management via third party SNMP 

management tool 

• Uses standard WiMAX MIB 

■ Airspan’s Netspan network 

management server 

• Already running numerous WLL 

networks worldwide 

• Based on Microsoft .Net 

platform 

• Distributed server architecture 

support 

• Full system configuration, 

operation and maintenance via 

standard web client 

• SNMP API support 

• Uses standard WiMAX MIB for 

all configuration and O&M 

activities 

Netspan – Element Manager for WiMAX 

Airspan’s WiMAX products incorporate 

all the features that are required for 

the initial installation and 

commissioning of the products as well 

as their day-to-day efficient running. 

To this end, all products include 

comprehensive management 

capabilities in terms of features 

designed into the products as well as 

the centralised Operations & 

Management (O&M) system, Netspan. 

Netspan provides the following 

functions: 

• Fault management 

• Configuration management 

• Alarm handling 

• Performance management 

• Security management 

Netspan is designed around a 

client/server architecture. The Netspan 

server runs on a PC platform, making 

use of an SQL database to store the 

configuration, statistics and alarm 

history from the radio network. Access 

to the Netspan server is from 

Microsoft Internet Explorer, using the 

web service of the Netspan server. 

The mimimum Netspan platform 

requirements are: 

The Netspan O&M has terminal 

mobility service support from day 1, 

enabling roaming and self-installation 

by customers using EasyST and ProSTs. 

Auto-CPE provisioning and Auto- 

Service Flow and Service Product 

allocation ensures that the network 

operator can take advantage of any 

compatible WiMAX Certified CPE that 

connects to his network. Network 

Authentication is managed separately 

from service provisioning and 

activation, which is a fundamental 

part of any mobile system design. 

Each Netspan operator is given 

configurable access rights, allowing 

each operator to be granted the rights 

appropriate to their function. 

Netspan provides configuration and 

diagnostic access to every WiMAX 

network element, right down to each 

individual Subscriber Terminal.

Technical Data Sheet 

RF Interface 

RF Interface Options 

IP Options / Features 

Scheduling 

Encryption 

Management 

User / Network 

Interface 

Options 

Powering & 

Interconnect 

Environmental 

Physical Layer 

Frequency Bands 

Channel Size 

FFT 

Duplex Method 

Sector Angle 

Modulations Supported 

WiMAX Profiles Supported 

Nomadic Support 

Mobility Support 

Standards Compliance 

Tx Power (see note 1) 

Rx Sensitivity (see note 2) 

AAS & Diversity Gains (Downlink / Uplink) 

Nth Order Rx Diversity 

Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA) Support 

Spatial Freq. Interference Rejection (SFIR) Support 

MIMO 

Uplink Sub-Channelisation Support 

Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) Support 

Turbo Coding Supported 

Configurable Cyclic Prefix 

Configurable Frame Duration 

GPS Clock Synch Supported 

Bridging Mode 

IPv 

802.1Q VLAN 

MIR / CIR 

DiffServ 

Packet IPv6 over 802.3/Ethernet 

Packet IPv4 over 802.1Q 


Payload Header Suppression 

Multicast Polling 

ARQ 

Packing 

Unsolicited Grant Service 

Real Time Polling 

nonReal Time Polling 

Best Effort 

DES (3DES Keys) 

AES 

Managed Subscriber Station 

User / Network Interface 

Supply Voltage 

Indoor / Outdoor Interconnect 

Outdoor Equipment 

Indoor Equipment 

Indoor CPE 

EasyST ProST 16eUSB 

Note 1: Tx powers apply for QPSK operation. 64QAM support requires appropriate power back-off. 

Note 2: Rx sensitivities apply to the minimum channel bandwidth supported and include maximum sub-channelisation. 

OFDM 

3.3-3.8GHz, 4.9-5.0GHz, 

2.3-2.4GHz + subsequent 

additional WiMAX bands 

1.75MHz, 3.5MHz, 

5MHz, 10MHz 

256 

HFDD + TDD 

N/A 

64QAM , 16QAM, QPSK, BPSK 

Fixed WIMAX 

Yes 

No 

IEEE 802.16e-2005 

+24dBm 

-103dBm 

Up to 2dB/2dB 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 

N/A 

No 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

802.1D self-learning bridge 

IPv4 + IPv6 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

10/100bT Ethernet, 802.11g WiFi, 

POTs with integrated RGW 

90-264V AC, 6VDC 

All Indoor Solution 

N/A 

ETS 300 019-1-3 Class 3.1 

Outdoor CPE Mobile USB Device 

OFDM 

3.3-3.8GHz, 5.2-5.8GHz, 

4.9-5.0GHz, 2.3-2.4GHz + 

subsequent additional WiMAX bands 

1.75MHz, 3.5MHz, 

5MHz, 10MHz 

256 

HFDD + TDD 

N/A 


Fixed WIMAX 

No 

No 


+23dBm 

-103dBm 

Up to 2dB/2dB 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 

N/A 

No 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 


IPv4 + IPv6 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

10/100bT Ethernet, 802.11g WiFi, 

POTs with integrated RGW, E1, T1 

-48V DC nominal, 90-264V AC 

CAT5 Ethernet Cable 

ETS 300 019-1-4 Class 4.1 

ETS 300 019-1-3 Class 3.1 

SOFDMA 

2.3-2.4GHz, 2.5-2.7GHz, 

3.3-3.7GHz, 4.9-5.4HGz 

3.5/5/7/8.75/10MHz S/W 

configurable 

512/1024 

TDD 

N/A 

64QAM, 16QAM, QPSK, BPSK 

Mobile WiMAX 

Yes 

Yes 


+20dBm 

-95dBm 

Up to 5dB 

Yes 

N/A 

N/A 

Yes (2x2 Matrix B) + A 

N/A 

N/A 

Yes 

1/8 

5ms 

N/A 


IPv4 + IPv6 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

No 

Yes 

No 

H-ARQ + ARQ 

Yes 

Yes + ERV1 

Yes + ERV1 

Yes + ERV1 

Yes + ERV1 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

USB 

USB 

N/A 

N/A 

ETS 300 019-1-3 Class 3.1 

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Technical Data Sheet 

RF Interface 

RF Interface Options 

IP Options / Features 

Scheduling 

Encryption 

Management 


Interface Options 

Powering & 

Interconnect 

Environmental 



Channel Size 

FFT 

Duplex Method 

Sector Angle 









Adaptive Antenna System (AAS) Support 

Multi Channel Tx Diversity 



Spatial Frequency Interference Rejection (SFIR) Support 

MIMO 







Bridging Mode 

IPv 

802.1Q VLAN 

MIR / CIR 

DiffServ 






ARQ 

Packing 




Best Effort 


AES 







HiperMAX 

OFDM 

(SDR software upgradable to SOFDMA) 

3.3-3.8GHz, 2.3-2.4GHz, 

2.5-2.7GHz, 4.9-5.0GHz 

1.75MHz, 3.5MHz, 5MHz, 10MHz 

256 

(SDR software upgradeable to 512 and 1024) 

FDD + TDD 

60, 90, 120, 180, omni 

64QAM, 16QAM, QPSK, BPSK 

Fixed WiMAX (SW upgradeable to Mobile WiMAX) 

Yes 

With SW upgrade to Mobile WiMAX 


Up to +40dBm per antenna element 

-115dBm (1/16), -103dBm (1/1) 

From 10dB / 12dB 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes, by software upgrade 

Yes, by software upgrade 

Yes, with Mobile WiMAX 

1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 

(+1/32 with Mobile WiMAX) 

N/A 


1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 

2.5, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12.5, 20ms 

Yes 

802.1D self-learning bridge for Fixed WiMAX 

IPv4 + IPv6 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

N/A 

100bT/1000bT Ethernet 

-48V DC nominal 

OBSAI 

ETS 300 019-1-4 Class 4.1E 

ETS 300 019-1-3 Class 3.2 

Note 1: Tx powers apply for QPSK operation. 64QAM support requires appropriate power back-off. 

Note 2: Rx sensitivities apply to the minimum channel bandwidth supported and include maximum sub-channelisation. 

Macro Cells Base Stations 

MacroMAX 

OFDM 

(Based on SDR technology) 

3.4-3.6GHz 

1.75MHz, 3.5MHz 

256 

FDD 

60, 90, 120, 180, omni 


Fixed WiMAX 

Yes 

No 


Up to +38dBm per antenna 


Up to 5dB / 5dB 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

No 

No 

1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 

N/A 

No 

1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 

2.5, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12.5, 20ms 

No 


IPv4 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

N/A 

100bT Ethernet 

85-265V AC 

RF Coaxial Feeder 

ETS 300 019-1-4 Class 4.1E 

ETS 300 019-1-3 Class 3.2

MicroMAX 

OFDM 

(future release supports SOFDMA) 

3.3-3.8GHz, 5.8HGz + subsequent 

additional WiMAX bands 

1.75MHz, 3.5MHz, 

5 MHz, 10MHz 

256 

(future release supports 512 and 1024) 

FDD + TDD 

60 + others with external antenna 


Fixed WiMAX (future release supports Mobile WiMAX) 

Yes 

Future Release supports Mobile WiMAX with mobility 

IEEE 802.16-2004 (future release to support 802.16e) 

+28dBm 


Up to 5dB / 5dB with dual BSRs 

No 

Yes (with multiple BSRs) 

Yes (with multiple BSRs) 

No 

No 

No 

1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 

Yes (at 5.8GHz) 

No (Supported with future Mobile WiMAX version) 

1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 

2.5, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12.5, 20ms 

Yes 


IPv4 + IPv6 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

N/A 


-48V DC nominal, 90-265V AC 

CAT5 Ethernet Cable 

ETS 300 019-1-4 Class 4.1 

ETS 300 019-1-3 Class 3.2 

Micro Cells Base Stations 

HiperMAX-micro 

OFDM 

(SDR software upgradable to SOFDMA) 

3.3-3.8GHz, 2.3-2.4GHz, 2.5-2.7GHz, 

4.9-5.0GHz 

1.75MHz, 3.5MHz, 

5MHz, 10 MHz 

256 

(SDR software upgradable 512 and 1024) 

FDD + TDD 

60, 90, 120, 180, omni 


Fixed WiMAX (SW upgradeable to Mobile WiMAX) 

Yes 

With SW upgrade to Mobile WiMAX 


Up to +40dBm per antenna element 


Up to 5dB / 5dB 

No for standard configuration 

Yes 

Yes 




1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 

(+1/32 with software upgrade) 

N/A 


1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 

2.5, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12.5, 20ms 

Yes (integralGPS option) 

802.1D self-learning bridgef for Fixed WiMAX 

IPv4 + IPv6 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

N/A 


90-265V AC, 

All Outdoor Solution 

ETS 300 019-1-4 Class 4.1E 

N/A 



Channel Size 

FFT 

Duplex Method 

Sector Angle 









Adaptive Antenna System (AAS) Support 

Multi Channel Tx Diversity 



Spatial Frequency Interference Rejection (SFIR) Support 

MIMO 







Bridging Mode 

IPv 

802.1Q VLAN 

MIR / CIR 

DiffServ 






ARQ 

Packing 




Best Effort 


AES 







RF Interface RF Interface Options IP Options / Features 

Scheduling 

Encryption 

Management 


Interface Options 

Powering & 

Interconnect 

Environmental 

26

How to find out 

more about Airspan 

products and solutions 

For more information about Airspan, its 

products and solutions, please visit our 

website: 

www.airspan.com 

Or write to us at one of the addresses below. 

We will be delighted to send you additional 

information on any of our products and their 

applications around the world. 

Worldwide Headquarters; 

Airspan Networks Inc. 

777 Yamato Road, Suite 105, 

Boca Raton, FL 33431-4408, USA 

Tel: +1 561 893 8670 Fax: +1 561 893 8671 

www.airspan.com 

Airspan has sales offices in 

the following countries: 

Europe 

Czech Republic 

Finland 

Poland 

Russia 

United Kingdom 

Middle East 

United Arab Emirates 

Africa 

South Africa 

Americas 

United States 

Asia Pacific 

Australia 

China 

Indonesia 

Japan 

Philippines 

Sri Lanka 

Main Operations; 

Airspan Communications Limited 

Cambridge House, Oxford Road, 

Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 1UN, UK 

Tel: +44 (0) 1895 467 100 Fax: +44 (0) 1895 467 101 

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