REMEC Receives Order for Deployment of SectorShape(TM) Proprietary Broadband Wireless Access Antennas
PR Newswire
SAN DIEGO, Oct 4, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- REMEC (Nasdaq: REMC) received
an initial deployment order for hub antennas for a wireless access system from
Lucent Technologies. The very precise patterns of the 3.5 GHz SectorShape(TM)
Antennas provide unique capability to service providers of broadband wireless
systems outside the US where crowded metropolitan areas require have unique
line-of-sight challenges. These patterns maximize the number of subscribers that
can be serviced by each hub (basestation) without interference insuring higher
revenues and quality of service.
The REMEC antennas, trademarked SectorShape, are designed using proprietary
artificial intelligence software and are offered for a variety of wireless
access hub applications including the US MMDS band, the international 3.5 GHz
band, as well as both the 5.7 GHz unlicenced frequencies and LMDS applications.
In a related event, REMEC has been accepted as an "Adopter" member of the
Broadband Wireless Internet Forum (BWIF). The BWIF is a consortium of companies
that have joined together to establish and promote an open broadband fixed
wireless standard based on Vector Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
(VOFDM). Promoters of the BWIF, including Cisco Systems and Broadcom advocate
VOFDM as the preferred solution for providing wireless, high-speed internet
access to business and residential customers that will mitigate line-of-sight
challenges associated with the frequency bands used for these applications.
REMEC is a leading designer and manufacturer of high frequency subsystems used
in the transmission of voice, video and data traffic over wireless
communications networks and in defense electronics applications.
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