Mobile WiMAX is a major, long-term opportunity for device makers. But to capitalize on that opportunity, manufacturers of smartphones, PDAs and other handheld devices need to pay attention to how chipset suppliers implement Wave 2. To enable users to fully assess a chipset's Wave 2 capabilities, the BCS200 comes with a reference design kit, including host driver software and RF calibration tools. This kit enables device makers to quickly produce mobile WiMAX products. The reference design kit for mobile WiMAX Wave 2 modem includes:

• reference schematic and layout for the chipset implementation;

• Modem prototypes for software integration and development;

• chipset samples for building prototypes;

• bill of materials for the entire modem;

• all firmware that runs on the active components;

• host driver software for integration into the host device;

• application programming interfaces (APIs) with extensive documentation; and

• test scripts and recommended test tools (third-party equipment).

This reference design kit contains the recipe to build and integrate a mobile WiMAX modem into any device. It enables makers of wireless equipment to expand into the mobile WiMAX space as well as allow consumer electronics companies to consider including mobile WiMAX functionality in their devices, without requiring them to be wireless design experts.

David Patterson is vice president of marketing at Beceem Communications, Santa Clara, CA. Previously, Patterson worked at Qualcomm, where he was senior director of product management. Patterson has a master's degree in physics and a BS degree in physics and mathematics from the University of Missouri

Lars Johnsson is vice president of business development at Beceem Communications. Prior to Beceem, Johnsson was co-founder of Flarion Technologies, which spun off Lucent Technologies in 2000, and was acquired by Qualcomm in 2005. Previously, he worked in research and development at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and at E.I. DuPont's Central R&D facility in Wilmington, DE. Johnsson received his MSChE from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany and his MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.

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