Agilent Technologies Inc. and Sequans Communications have extended their WiMAX collaboration to include Wave 2 mobile WiMAX mobile station (MS) and base station (BS) protocol testing. Protocol Conformance Test (PCT) is a vital part of the WiMAX certification process. The availability of rigorous and efficient protocol test solutions is a must for ensuring that the latest WiMAX technologies are delivered with a high degree of device interoperability, said Agilent. This level of assurance helps to create customer confidence and drive market growth, according to the partners.

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Sequans is a leading supplier of chipsets for the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard on which WiMAX Forum mobile profiles are based, as well as for the fixed WiMAX IEEE 802.16-2004 standard. The Agilent N6430A WiMAX PCT test and development solution, based on E6651A mobile WiMAX test set, is undergoing pre-validation testing at a WiMAX Forum testing laboratory using mobile terminals that use Sequans' mobile WiMAX chips.

"Our collaboration with Sequans for Wave 1 PCT testing has really accelerated our progress," said Niels Faché, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Mobile Broadband Division. "I am very excited about what we can achieve in extending this collaboration to support the latest WiMAX technologies. Sequans is forging ahead with MIMO and we see them as an excellent company with which to partner."

"Our customers are keen to see PCT solutions come to market quickly, and they want us to play an active role in supporting this," said Bernard Aboussouan, Sequans vice president of marketing and business development. "Working with Agilent is important as they are leaders in the wireless test industry and offer a solution which covers a broad scope of tests and frequency bands up to 6 GHz."