802.16 Application at 4G Speeds

1st March , 2004

http://www.4g.co.uk/PR2004/Jan2004/2011.htm
 
Canada : Military Communications Technologies
announced that its Australian affiliate, Military SDR
Technologies Pty Ltd, has released information about a
revolutionary new wireless product application of its
proprietary SpectruCell SDR technology named "SatCell
IP". This new product is based upon the Company's
recently announced "world first" of providing VOIP
(Voice Over IP) at a wireless base station. 
The SatCell IP "instant wireless network" product is
essentially a low cost VOIP enabled SpectruCell SDR
multiple protocol wireless base station unit with a
built in Satellite link. The unit is about the size of
a small three-drawer filing cabinet. The new product
can provide immediately deployable instant wireless
network voice and data services in CDMA and GSM
protocols to remote locations without expensive
traditional infrastructure and it can also provide
back-up services for overloaded metropolitan locations
without the added cost and complexity of building
traditional network interconnect and costly fiber
optic links and T1 lines between base stations. 

A SatCell IP unit only requires an available power
supply to be able to implement immediate wireless
services in the most remote locations. Turn on the
power and the SatCell IP unit terminates to the
operator's network via a satellite link, thereby
establishing immediate connectivity into conventional
wireless networks world-wide. Conventional CDMA/GSM
handsets need only be distributed to users in a 15 -
35 mile radius to provide worldwide wireless voice and
data services to regions where cellular phone and
Internet services have previously been unavailable.
Multiple linked SatCell IP units can also be
progressively deployed to provide an expanded service
area or continuous coverage or link-ups into Telco's
existing conventional Cellular networks. The first
SatCell IP production units are planned for the fourth
quarter of 2004. 

By being able to terminate a wireless base station
directly via satellite to a VOIP network operators can
easily and cost effectively roll out wireless services
to rural areas and remote regional sites in a very
cost efficient manner, as the high cost of
conventional infrastructure to link remote locations
that could be hundreds and even thousands of miles
away is eliminated. 

The SatCell IP base station is capable of providing
GSM, CDMA (IS95A,B,C), CDMA2000(1xRTT) cellular
services and various high-speed data applications.
Company engineers are currently developing an 802.16
application that will provide next generation (4G)
high-speed Internet services from the SatCell IP base
station. The SatCell IP product achieves this
functionality by providing VOIP protocol stacks, voice
codecs, and switching capability within the
basestation. This unique functionality has never
before been integrated into a single low cost unit
that is also capable of delivering 2G and 3G cellular
services. 

In light of the recent comments by the FCC regarding
VOIP services, the company feels that the application
of the SatCell IP technology is unique in that the
ability to install separate applications at the
basestation makes it compatible with all forward
looking FCC proposals relating to surveillance and
security with regard to law enforcement agencies,
which other technologies operating in this space do
not have. 

The SatCell IP product is especially suitable for
Homeland Defense and Military communications as it
provides immediate deployment of SDR wireless network
functionality for multiple users on different channels
and frequencies simultaneously from the one radio. The
SatCell IP can easily be rapidly deployed into areas
where communications have been unexpectedly
interrupted, or to augment existing wireless services
in the case of emergencies such as the terrorist
attack on New York City in 2001, major earthquakes,
and other unexpected natural disasters. 

With the recent advances in QOS (Quality of Service)
technology, commercial VOIP applications are being
more extensively and rapidly deployed by the major
Telco's. The SatCell IP technology has already
attracted a high degree of interest, especially in
China, South East Asia, and South America, from
network operators faced with having to deliver
wireless services to rural areas and other remote
locations without any existing telecom infrastructure.


"Wireless hand-held device applications are predicted
to be the "next wave" technology boom and our
company's SDR wireless technologies are well situated
to be at the forefront of providing rapidly deployable
reconfigurable wireless infrastructure to support the
delivery of these services. This is the only product
of its nature that we have identified in the industry,
and the SatCell IP product is the only basestation
technology to incorporate VOIP and switching
applications at the radio itself, whilst supporting
multiple communications protocols simultaneously" said
Jason May the companies' Chief Technology Officer. 

About Military Communications Technologies 

Military Communications Technologies, Inc. is a
technology company involved in the development and
distribution of proprietary software-defined radio
(SDR) commercial and military mobile wireless network
applications. The Company's core product, PC4 is
specifically targeted to the demands of the Military
and Homeland Defense agencies for large-scale
defense-grade reconfigurable wireless communications
systems. PC4, which stands for Programmable, Command,
Control, Compute, and Communicate, is a
next-generation SDR framework and proprietary
operating system uniquely designed for interoperable,
lightweight and mobile military communications
systems. The PC4 framework is also especially suitable
for radar and high-speed digital RF and GSM
surveillance systems. The Company's proprietary
SpectruCell SDR (tm) technology offers commercial
wireless providers a cost-effective, software-based
method to upgrade systems to next-generation standards
and makes networks interoperable with most wireless
protocols. 

 
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