The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and
the
Cambridge-based Vanu Inc., a leading developer of software radio solutions,
have entered into a partnership to introduce, on experimental basis,
the latter's Anywave Software Radio GSM base station technology.
This technology would form an integral component in wireless access
and broadband solutions for rural India's communication needs.
Vanu Inc., is the developer of the Anywave Base Station, the world's
first U.S. Federal Communications Commission Certified Software
radio.
The partnership will focus on extending C-DOT's rural network infrastructure
solution to provide wireless capability through Vanu's software
radio approach to wireless communications, according to a telecom
ministry statement.
Initial trials will focus on GSM and the future commercial deployments
of the Integrated solution will be focused on leveraging the multi-mode
capability of the Anywave Base Station technology.
Vanu's Anywave Base Station consists of a Base Station Transceiver
(BTS) and a Base Station Controller (BSC), each with software radio
application running on off-the-shelf components: a wide band transceiver,
an analogue-to-digital converter and an industry-standard server.
The architecture is compatible with a range of rural back-haul transport
options being developed by C-DOT.
At present, India is considered to be the fastest growing market
for
cellular adoption. According to a recent survey, wireless subscriber
growth in India will be more than double over the next 24 months
as growth in China declines, paving the way for wireless expansion
in other countries and rural areas.
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