WiMAX – The Case for Low Cost Jerold Givens Manager, DSP Products Communications Infrastructure Group
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Analysts Validate Emerging WiMAX Market Consensus Shows a Roughly $2 Billion Market by 2009 WW market for WiMax and outdoor-mesh Wi-Fi equipment will grow from US $235 million this year to US $1.2 billion by 2009
Infonetics
Visant Strategies Research and Markets
broadband equipment by 2010
Fixed Wireless, WiFi, and WiMax markets at $2.4 billion in 2004 are anticipated to reach $12.4 billion by 2010
Maravedis Research Forward Concepts
$3.4 billion annual opportunity for fixed & portable
The broadband wireless market was $562 million in 2004, and will exceed $2 billion by the end of 2009
Sales of fixed and mobile WiMax equipment will increase from $72 million this year to over $2 billion in 2009
InStat
By 2009, Asia/Pacific WiMax equipment spending will account for US $2 billion 2
WiMAX Infrastructure Applications Have Diverse Requirements Portable Mobility Rural Areas
802.16
Cellular Back Haul Hot Spots Greenfield Locations Last Mile 3
Broadband Wireless Access Configurations Have Unique System Requirements Point to Point for connecting Base Stations and feeding Cellular Towers
T1 Level Service for SMEs
Internet Backbone Broadband Level Service for small business
Telco Central Office or Private (Fiber) Network
Hot Spot
Wireless Backhaul for Hot Spots
Residential / SoHo Broadband 4
WiMAX Infrastructure Deployment Opportunities in Asia Asia Pacific will represent 45% of WiMAX Market by 2009 with equipment spending accounting for US$1,988.2 million by 2009. Subscribers will reach 3 million by 2009. China is estimated to contribute 38% of the regional WiMAX equipment revenue in 2009, followed by South Korea with 23.1% and Japan with 22.5%. China will boast the highest WiMAX service revenue in 2009, due to its largest subscriber base developed by competitive wireless service providers. Juniper Research expects Mobile WiMax wireless broadband system service users will increase from 1.7 million in 2007 to 21 million in 2012 – driven largely by data. OEMs will likely focus on WiMax-WiFi dual-mode products rather than Wimax-3G dualmode solutions.
Source: TelecomView/In-stat/Juniper
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Challenges Exist for WiMAX Deployment
Spectrum regulation varies significantly across countries
Competition from other technologies such as HSDPA and TDSCDMA may cause delays
Fixed wireless operators’ somewhat lack of enthusiasm about WiMAX after past bad experiences on last-mile promises from vendors.
In China, government regulations especially on telebroadcasting will be different from tele-communication. Government is trying to find ways to achieve the harmonization and the convergence of different networking technologies. It is uncertain at this moment.
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TI’s Leadership in the Infrastructure Will Enable Low Cost Emerging WiMAX Market
Wireless
Broadband
90% 3G base station OEMs use TI technology
TI is the leader in DSL with 100M ports shipped
TI’s WiMAX solutions leverage its legacy products …
WiMAX
… and future proof new designs for other emerging standards
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Systems Expertise Reduces Barriers to Entry
Support for both fixed and mobile applications plus multiple frequency bands enables cost-effective configurations
Use across a wide variety of platforms equals high volumes reducing system costs
Leveraging over two decades of TI wireless infrastructure and OFDM experience
802.11 and DSL OFDM-based systems in production today Many proprietary OFDM systems in the market use TI solutions Mobile digital TV and UWB OFDM-based systems in development
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TI Provides the Only Complete WiMAX Portfolio Solution From Network to Antenna…
Software Software
DSP
ASIC
HighPerformance Analog
Interface & Timing
Power
TMS320C6416
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Meeting the Hardware and Software Reuse Challenge FPGA
Software optimized for the evolving and unforeseen demands of WiMAX
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Robust 802.16e / WiMAX Solution
Customers can build multi-standard channel cards speeding time to market
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Complete Analog Signal Chain Portfolio Lowers Total Cost of Ownership
New TRF3703 IQ modulator supports direct baseband-to-RF conversion saving design cost and complexity Flexible, adaptive data converters address changing market needs Analog TRF3XXX
5.8 GHz chipset reduces board space and saves on bill of materials, including both RF/IF transceiver 2.5GHz/3.5GHz chipsets support dual duplex modes
Customers Leverage Complete Support Package for Ease of Design
Reference designs are available for all three chipsets
Software package is included
Dedicated apps engineers guide customers through design questions
RF technology leverages Radia acquisition as well as TI’s wireless infrastructure portfolio of DSP and Analog products 13
Conclusions Many opportunities exist to deploy WiMAX Challenges also exist to deploy a costeffective solution that meet divergent application needs Choosing a system-based, programmable solution addresses many of these challenges
Inherent flexibility for wide-ranging spectrums Programmability to support unique service provider requirements Suppliers’ system-level knowledge can save R&D cost with reusable platforms Complete package of digital, analog, software and reference designs offers the best cost/performance package available 14
