Adaptive Broadband and Telaxis Communications Expand Wireless Broadband Solutions

Strategic Insights -

Adaptive Broadband Corporation, a data networking solutions company, and Telaxis Communications Corporation, a developer of broadband wireless access equipment, announced the expansion of Adaptive Broadband's AB-Access wireless broadband product line to include the licensed LMDS radio frequency spectrum, between 27.5 and 31.3 GHz. This integration of Telaxis Communications' market-proven RF capabilities with Adaptive Broadband's packet-on-demand modem and digital electronics provides data throughput of 25 Mbps per sector, both transmitting and receiving. The LMDS version of AB-Access is compact in size, comparable to the 10"H x 10"W x 3"D U-NII version, with antenna, modem, transceiver, and router integrated into one unit.

Key Takeaways:

  • The AB-Access LMDS system provides data throughput of 25 Mbps per sector, both transmitting and receiving.
  • The system's compact form factor makes it suitable for deployment in smaller offices, residences, and buildings.
  • AB-Access LMDS offers a truly point-to-multipoint system, combining Telaxis' market-proven point-to-multipoint millimeter-wave RF capabilities with Adaptive's proprietary packet-on-demand bandwidth delivery.
  • The target price for the AB-Access LMDS system is approximately $3,000 per subscriber unit, which is significantly lower than typical LMDS pricing.
  • The system's use of Time Division Duplexing (TDD) allows for dynamic allocation of bandwidth to downstream and upstream transmissions, making it the most bandwidth-efficient choice for carriers.
  • Adaptive Broadband is developing its LMDS product with Telaxis Communications, a strategic partner with 18 years of millimeter-wave technology experience.
  • The AB-Access system is available in frequencies from 2.5 GHz through 38 GHz, with extensions downward to 700 MHz and upward to 60 GHz in the future.
  • The system offers carriers the spectral flexibility to launch licensed services such as LMDS and MMDS as well as unlicensed U-NII services over one unified network offering both ATM and IP service.
  • Telaxis Communications has previously deployed its LMDS solutions throughout the world, including much of the initial North American and South American LMDS activity.

Statistics:

  • The AB-Access LMDS system has a data throughput of 25 Mbps per sector, both transmitting and receiving.
  • The target price for the AB-Access LMDS system is approximately $3,000 per subscriber unit.
  • The system's compact form factor makes it suitable for deployment in smaller offices, residences, and buildings.
  • The system's use of TDD allows for dynamic allocation of bandwidth to downstream and upstream transmissions.
  • Adaptive Broadband is developing its LMDS product with Telaxis Communications, a strategic partner with 18 years of millimeter-wave technology experience.

Sources:

  • "Adaptive Broadband and Telaxis Communications Expand Wireless Broadband Solutions" - Business Wire, April 26, 2000
  • "Adaptive Broadband Announces New Wireless Broadband Solution" - Adaptive Broadband Corporation, April 26, 2000
  • "Telaxis Communications Announces Partnership with Adaptive Broadband" - Telaxis Communications Corporation, April 26, 2000