(Click here for larger image)Runcom contends that users should be able to connect to Windows Mobile 5.0 devices to WiMax networks simply by inserting a Mobile WiMax CompactFlash or USB card -- such as Runcom's RNE200 CF card, shown above) -- without downloading or installing drivers.
The company says its proprietary OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) technology, integrated into the new
IEEE 802.16e standard for mobile wireless MAN (Metropolitan Area Network), offers "seamless communications abilities" to standard mobile devices. The company builds PHY- and MAC-layer silicon for user terminals and base stations that comply with IEEE 802.16e-2005 WiBro and Mobile WiMax applications, it adds.
Runcom VP of marketing Israel Koffman called his company's collaboration with Microsoft "a very significant step" toward making OFDMA a mass market technology.
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