WIMAX designers keen on open architecture

January 26, 2006

The Open Base Station Architecture Initiative, (OBSAI) reports that nearly one third of its members actively work with WiMAX technology and that the initiative's WiMAX integration will be completed soon.

"A chief benefit of the OBSAI open interface specifications is that they have been devised to go beyond existing technologies so that they are virtually future proof," said OBSAI Chairperson Tero Mustala.

"Evolving technologies, like WiMax can be successfully integrated into these specifications. We expect to have WiMax fully integrated into the full range of OBSAI specifications, by the first half of this year."

First launched in 2002 with only three members OBSAI's membership has now reached 130.

OBSAI is a comprehensive set of open internal interface specifications for base station architecture and module specifications covering the areas of Transport, Control, Base band and Radio. First version specifications can be downloaded from the public web site at OBSAI.org.

Story By Jack Shandle
Courtesy of Wireless Net DesignLine