LGS Innovations, Wavesat ally for development of 4G mobile devices

HERNDON & SUNNYVALE, USA: LGS Innovations LLC (LGS), an independent US subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent dedicated to serving the US Federal Government, and Wavesat Inc., a leading supplier of broadband wireless semiconductor solutions, have announced a collaboration agreement in the development of 4G mobile device equipment and technology for private and public network applications.

Wavesat will provide LGS with the necessary 4G silicon (known as the “Odyssey 9000” product line), software, reference designs and support for all User Equipment (UE) for LTE developed and implemented during the period of this collaboration.

LTE (Long Term Evolution) is an important emerging wireless technology. Wavesat also will provide reference design information to LGS and selected LGS partners for use in building proof of concept designs and associated products. In addition, Wavesat and LGS will jointly explore other opportunities to apply Wavesat’s technology for various 4G solutions.

“As the fourth generation of wireless broadband technology, LTE provides an unprecedented capability to our customers as they continue to integrate more wireless networking into their mission critical environments,” said Ron Iverson, CEO of LGS Innovations.

Wavesat’s multi-protocol architecture allows the Odyssey series of chipsets to support multiple 4G technologies, including LTE and WiMAX, on the same silicon chip. The first LTE chipsets to feature CAT-3 performance (100 Mb/s downlink, 50 Mb/s uplink) for mobile devices will be in USB Dongles, data cards, mobile handsets and MIDs.

Odyssey is a highly integrated SoC with industry-leading performance and low power consumption. It also features a highly flexible and programmable architecture capable of easy adaptation to LTE’s evolving requirements. LGS will leverage these advancements across its product and solution offerings.

“LGS Innovations has achieved tremendous success over the years in the IT and telecommunications community and we are excited to announce this agreement,” said Raj Singh, president and CEO, Wavesat. “Working with LGS will provide us the opportunity to position Wavesat’s offering of silicon, software and other intellectual property solutions, thereby gaining entry to new markets and gaining valuable insights to enhance the development of the Odyssey product line.”