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SEQUANS Communications and WiNetworks has announced the availability of WiNetworks’ WiN7000 compact base station based on Sequans new SQN2130 Mobile WiMAX base station ASIC.

Sequans is the first WiMAX chipmaker to develop a single MAC & PHY chip optimized for Mobile WiMAX base stations, and WiNetworks is the first to use it to bring a Mobile WiMAX base station to market. The WiN7000 base station is part of WiNetworks Win-Max product line of Mobile WiMAX systems.

WiNetworks will deploy the new WiN7000 compact base stations throughout North America, Europe, and the Far East, with commercial deployment beginning in the fourth quarter. The WiN7000 base stations deliver high performance as a function of Sequans unique MIMO technology, mimoMAX, and three output power levels: low output power for unlicensed spectrum regulation, medium output power for standard regulation, and high output power, featuring twice the standard power for larger, low density cell areas. WiNetworks’ WiN7000 is a one-box, all-outdoor, compact design that can be installed on poles, walls, or street lamps, reducing operator CAPEX and OPEX.

WiNetworks’ Win-Max product line operates in the 1.x, 2.x, and 3.x GHz frequency bands and includes base stations, CPEs, and relay stations all based on Sequans chips (SQN1130 for CPEs and SQN2130 for relay stations and base stations).

The SQN2130 base station ASIC is a full 802.16e-2005 MAC and PHY baseband solution, supporting 2x2 MIMO (2 Tx and 2 Rx, matrix A and B), and delivering high throughput performance as a function of Sequans’ unique architecture and patent-pending mimoMAX technology. It is scalable and can fully support the manufacture of any size base station—femto, pico, micro, or multisector macro with no compromise of features, functionality, or performance.