Mobile WiMAX technology (IEEE 802.16e) offers more efficient technology for wireless broadband connections. It represents the next WiMAX development stage beyond the fixed WiMAX (IEEE 802.16d) version that is currently available in many countries including Finland. The new WiMAX technology will improve coverage and performance by using multiple antenna technology (MIMO) and mobility. Mobile WiMAX includes mechanisms required for the quality of service (QoS) that enable the prioritisation of data traffic and the reservation of network resources for VoIP and other real time services.

VTT's live Mobile WiMAX testbed consists of a full WiMAX end-to-end network with sector antennas, base stations, wireless access controller, MobileIP, services, and several CPEs from PCMCIA cards to multiuser units.

The WiMAX test bed is located at VTT building in Oulu, Finland. Map ->

Currently, the range of the WiMAX test bed is about 1km covering several ICT companies in the Oulu Technopolis area.

The best way is to contact us describing your WiMAX needs. For example, you can reserve the WiMAX test bed for you own needs or sent software and equipment here for testing purposes.

In the WiMAX test bed, we already carry out WiMAX software development, from radio access to ASN, mobility as well as performance analysis of the services accessed over the WiMAX end-to-end network.

IST WEIRD project, VTT, Elisa, Elektrobit.