BARCELONA, Spain February 14, 2011 – At Barcelona Mobile World Congress 2011, Modesat Communications revealed a new 1024QAM adaptive modem, which supports up to 820 Mbps in single low cost FPGA. Bringing greater capacity to next generation wireless backhaul and access radio equipment manufacturers and telecom operators, the modem supplements the Modesat’s PilotSyncTM based microwave radio portfolio.
“While 2G and 2.5G networks required 18-100 Mbps capacity at base station collector points, the new LTE based networks require at least 500 Mbps, and with next releases of LTE versions already 1-3 Gbps” said Peep Põldsamm, President and CEO of Modesat. “Also, capacity requirements towards transportation between individual base stations and collector points have risen significantly. All in all, we see at least 25 times of difference”.
256QAM based modem solutions with data rates up to 311 Mbps have become already industry-standard for point to point microwave radios. However, this capacity is not sufficient for addressing the backhaul bottlenecks in cost efficient way. “We are in constant search for higher capacity, and there are basically two significant physical characteristics that define capacity – it is the modulation rate and channel spacing. We have addressed both – our new modem supports up to 112MHz of channel spacing, and 1024QAM modulation” commented Dr Sanguoon Chung, CTO of Modesat Communications. “This is the highest capacity single chip solution on the market today”.
1024QAM modem has been designed keeping in mind stringent phase noise tolerance and low latency requirements that accompany new all-IP based networks. The modem supports adaptive coding and modulation, ATPC, Ethernet, including Jumbo frames.
About Modesat Communications
Modesat Communications is a developer of point-to-point modem technology with R&D centers in Estonia and the US, and representative offices in San Diego (USA), Tel Aviv (Israel), Tallinn (Estonia) and Gomel (Belarus). Modesat offers modem solution products for wireless and wired communication applications utilizing its patented PilotSync™ technology that provides higher data throughput, better spectrum efficiency and communication link reliability at low hardware costs.
PilotSyncTM is a trademark of Modesat Communications. All other trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners.
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Modesat contacts:
Mr. Tarmo Pihl, VP Business Development and Sales
Telephone +372 712 0280, mobile +372 50 19568, e-mail info@modesat.com
www.modesat.com
