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August 31, 2010

MindTree Picks Azimuth Systems' Channel Emulator for LTE and WiMAX Testing

By Rajani Baburajan
TMCnet Contributor

Azimuth Systems, a provider of wireless channel emulators and broadband wireless test equipment, announced that its ACE MX MIMO channel emulator has been selected by MindTree for testing of its Next in Wireless (NIW) group.

MindTree delivers mobile and telecom infrastructure products for OEMs and telecom service providers. The NIW is part of the Product Engineering Business Unit.

ACE MX universal wireless channel emulator from Azimuth will be used for primarily for 4x4 bi-directional Long Term Evolution (LTE (News - Alert)) and WiMAX testing, the company said. The solution will allow them to test their TDD and FDD products in different bands, as well as to test advanced MIMO capabilities like beamforming.

MindTree’s wireless products group provides white-labeled products with high-end technology and design innovation.

The ACE MX wireless channel emulator will be used for testing of MindTree’s Next in Wireless off-the-shelf and customized 3G/4G smart phones, IPs, subsystems and base stations for WiMAX (News - Alert) and LTE technologies.

The simplicity and ease-of-use of ACE MX wireless channel emulator platform will save significant amount of training time, the company said. The ACE MX will also support MindTree's focus of getting its products to market faster.

“MindTree's customers rely on our competence to provide the right mix of product differentiation through compelling and well-defined user experiences and cutting-edge performance, as well as faster go-to market capabilities,” Sriram N. Suresh, technical manager of MindTree, said.

Azimuth's ACE MX wireless channel emulator will help MindTree improve upon its excellent track record of converting WiMAX and LTE theoretical specifications into superior real-world products that address the specific needs of this segment.

The ACE MX wireless channel emulator provides dynamic channel emulation that scales for testing single channel devices up to MIMO 4X4 devices -- or even up to 8X4 MIMO -- and includes dedicated bi-directional channel modeling that can accurately emulate real world wireless over-the-air conditions in both the downlink and uplink paths simultaneously, the company said.

“As MindTree is widely respected for the quality and reliability of its wireless product line, the fact that the company chose the ACE MX MIMO channel emulator for its WiMAX and LTE testing needs is a powerful validation of our product's advanced capabilities,” Pete Paglia (News - Alert), vice president of sales and business development at Azimuth Systems, said.

Azimuth recently announced it has experienced a more than 85 percent increase in bookings, tripled shipments for wireless channel emulators as compared to the first half of 2009, and expanded its customer base and international presence with the addition of LTE, WiMAX and 2G/3G customers worldwide, TMCnet reported.


Rajani Baburajan is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Rajani's articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Ed Silverstein


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