Alcatel-Lucent to demonstrate WiMAX Rev-e to DISA

Telecomworldwire, June 25, 2008

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-25 June 2008-Alcatel-Lucent to demonstrate WiMAX Rev-e to DISA(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com

LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU), announced today (25 June) that the US Defense Information System Agency (DISA), the US combat support agency responsible for acquiring, testing and deploying net-centric communications solutions, has selected Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX Rev-e radio access network technology to take part in in-field demonstrations and testing of the equipment's capabilities.

LGS, which was created to service US government contracts, supplied equipment which has already faced technical and interoperability tests carried out under DISA's Tactical Service Providers (TSP) Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD).

For the field tests LGS will supply a WiMAX radio access network, including a base station, access controller and Operation and Maintenance centre.

The network supports the WiMAX 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) standard. It has beamforming capabilities to increase signal range and penetration and reduce the effects of interference. The system also incorporates multiple in/multiple out (MIMO), an advanced antenna technology that can combined signals reflected off natural and artificial surfaces (such as buildings in an urban environment) to increase the total signal strength.

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