4G2-01 WiMAX vs.

LTE Implications for Practical Device Applications

Paul Tornatta, CTO SkyCross Inc. January 20, 2010

2003 SkyCross. All Rights Reserved.

Agenda

SkyCross Company Introduction LTE vs. WiMAX in North America - Frequency Allocation - Range loss - User Platform Consideration Summary Conclusions

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About Us
SkyCross is a global designer and manufacturer of one-stop antenna solutions for a variety of wireless devices

Founded in 2000 Headquarters in Viera, Florida

- Global Locations: China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan

Privately held with strong financial partners - Intel Capital - Investor Growth Capital: > $1B investments - TL Ventures: > $1.5B under management 4-Yr Revenue Growth 55% CAGR > 500 Employees Strong IP Portfolio >140 Global Patents
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Markets Served
Our multi-band/mode antennas enable increased functionality voice, data, video, location, audio in any wireless device without compromising style.

Mobile Phones

Networking

Handsets

Smartphone

AND MORE our technology is versatile!

Router/ Access Point

Femtocell

Smart Grid

Personal/Home Entertainment

Computing

Personal Navigation Device

Personal Media/Game Players

USB dongle

PC Card

Wireless Audio

Home Entertainment

Ultra-mobile PC

Laptop

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4G Frequency Allocations

Carrier Verizon
AT&T Clear

Application LTE
LTE WiMAX

Band Band 13
Band 17 Band 7

Bandwidth 20 MHz
24 MHz 120 MHz

LTE and WiMAX use similar modulation schemes and have similar spectral efficiency WiMAX implementation in North America has a significant advantage in total bandwidth available to service a large number of customers
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Range Loss Comparison 700 MHz vs. 2600 MHz

LTE in North America is implemented in the 700 MHz band WiMAX is implemented in the 2600 MHz band LTE has a significant advantage in coverage range and footprint over WiMAX
Range
0 -10 -20 -30

dBm

-40 -50 -60 -70 -80 -90 -100 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Distance (km)

750 MHz 2600 MHz

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MIMO Antenna Implementation Issues

What works for 3G will not be good enough for 4G

MIMO antenna performance is greatly effected by device
geometry Handset geometries are small in terms of wavelength in the 700 MHz band making it difficult to implement MIMO antennas Handset geometries are larger in terms of wavelength at 2600 MHz making MIMO antenna implementation more practical

Freespace Wavelength at 750 MHz ~ 400 mm Maximum Dimension Resonance = 1150 MHz w=60 mm

L=110 mm

Freespace Wavelength at 2600 MHz ~ 115 mm

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Simulation - 700 MHz MIMO Handset Antenna Implementation

VSWR: <2:1

Efficiency: 30-40%

Patterns almost identical

Coupling:

CC: >0.8

-4dB

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Simulation - 700 MHz MIMO Handset Antenna Implementation Isolated Mode Technique

VSWR <2.2:1

Efficiency 50-58%

CC: <0.35 Isolation: <-13 dB Significantly different patterns results in low envelope correlation coefficient
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Summary / Conclusions

LTE 700 is capacity limited for a given data rate WiMAX at 2.6 GHz is range limited for a given

data rate 700 MHz MIMO handset antenna implementation requires specialized techniques WiMAX and LTE each have benefits and drawbacks WiMAX and LTE will likely coexist each filling particular needs for data rates, coverage and capacity

What works for 3G will not be good enough for 4G

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