MIMO, Smart Antennas, and Interference Cancellation Technology: Markets & Strategies for Wireless Enhancement

Published by: Datacomm Research

Published: Nov. 9, 2005

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

OPPORTUNITIES

CHALLENGES

STRATEGIC BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS

FORECASTS

KEY CONCLUSIONS

EXPERT INSIGHTS AND OPINIONS

DR. JACK H. WINTERS

DR. AROGYASWAMI PAULRAJ

DR. RICHARD ROY

THE SMART ANTENNA/MIMO MARKET

KEY MARKET SEGMENTS

Wireless LANs

Mobile phone

Fixed broadband

Mobile WiMAX

Mobile satellite

Multicasting

Digital AM/FM radio

Short range networks: walk-up, sensor, and ultra-wideband

RFID

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

REGIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

ECONOMIC FACTORS

STANDARDS ISSUES

DIVERSITY, SMART ANTENNA & MIMO TECHNOLOGY

INFRASTRUCTURE

CLIENT DEVICES

MIMO

TDD VERSUS FDD

AIR INTERFACE CONSIDERATIONS

DESIGN INTEGRATION

INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION TECHNOLOGY

VENDOR PROFILES

CHIPSET SUPPLIERS

Airgo Networks

Athena Semiconductors, Inc.

Atheros Communications

Broadcom Corp.

Conexant Systems

Intel

Metalink Broadband

Qualcomm

Texas Instruments

DIVERSITY AND SMART ANTENNA PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGY

Airgain

Airnet Communications Corp.

Ansoft

Arraycomm

ATI Technologies Inc.

Belkin Corporation

Buffalo Technology

D-Link Systems, Inc.

Fidelity Comtech, Inc.

InterDigital Communications Corp.

Linksys (a division of Cisco Systems)

Magnolia Broadband

Motia

Motorola

Navini Networks

Novatel Wireless

Orthogon Systems

RFTune

Spotwave Wireless

Video54

Vivato, Inc.

WaveXtend

Wavion

ZeeWaves

ANTENNAS

Antenova

Centurion Wireless Technologies, Inc.

SkyCross

OTHER WIRELESS PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS

AutoCell Laboratories

Bandspeed

Celletra

Meru Networks

Schema

Symena

Tensorcomm

TABLE OF ACRONYMS USED IN THIS REPORT

Figures

Figure 1: Forecasted shipments of wireless LAN with multiple antennas, by routers/access points and client devices, 2004-2008 (millions of units)

Figure 2: Forecasted cumulative wireless/mobile base stations with smart antennas, 2005-2009 (thousands of units)

Figure 3: Forecasted shipments of mobile handsets with smart antennas, 2005-2009 (millions of units)

Figure 4: Forecasted number of laptop PCs shipped annually with multiple antennas (in millions of laptops)

Figure 5: Forecasted shipments of satellite radio units, 2005-2009 (millions of units)

Figure 6: Forecasted shipments of mobile satellite TV units, 2005-2009 (millions of units)

Figure 7: Beamforming (beam steering) employs multiple transmit antennas to deliver the best multipath signal

Figure 8: Diversity (receive combining) uses multiple receive antennas to capture the best multipath signal

Figure 9: Combination of beam steering and diversity

Figure 10: MIMO uses multiple transmitters, receivers and antennas to send multiple signals over the same channel, multiplying spectral efficiency

Tables

Table 1: Factors driving/inhibiting diversity, smart antenna, and MIMO market growth

Table 2: Applications driving use of smart antennas/MIMO with wireless LANs

Table 3: Applications driving use of diversity, smart antennas, and MIMO in mobile phone networks

Table 4: Applications driving use of smart antennas/MIMO in fixed wireless broadband

Table 5: Comparison of mobile WiMAX strategies

Table 6: Factors driving/inhibiting mobile satellite-based backseat video entertainment

Table 7: Factors driving/inhibiting cellular digital multicasting

Table 8: Factors driving/inhibiting market for terrestrial, digital AM/FM broadcasts

Table 9: Comparing the WWISE and TGn Sync proposals

Table 10: Acronyms used in this report

Abstract

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