GPRS Base Station Solution

The AirNet solution is a software-defined GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) base station solution that provides enhanced data services more than 12 times faster than existing GSM wireless services. The GPRS solution for broadband, software-defined base stations, enables operators to provide full GPRS capabilities by upgrading their software, not changing out hardware as required with other systems. The solution allows operators to cost-effectively provide wireless Internet services using their exiting base stations. The solution was designed to support all four GPRS coding schemes today: CS1, CS2, CS3, and CS4. This enables the base station to transmit at speeds up to 170 kbps.

With this solution, operators can provide their existing GSM service with the new GPRS simultaneously, allowing them to support high-speed data and voice with the same radio carrier. In addition, the system will enable operators to upgrade their systems to even higher speed data services, such as EDGE and 3G - operating them all simultaneously as well.

Because the solution is based on the company's broadband, software-defined platform, wireless operators can migrate to GPRS using their existing AdaptaCell base stations and AirSite Backhaul Free Base Stations by upgrading their software. The software upgrade can be done remotely from the network's control center, reducing the cost and time of deploying the solution to every cell site.

Key features of the base station solution are:
• Provides up to 170 kbps data speed - three times faster than most landlines;
• Supports all coding schemes, from CS1 to CS4, providing fast data service with minimum network resources;
• Supports high-speed data and voice with same radio carriers;
• Capable of supporting GSM and GPRS at the same time; and
• Compatible with all GPRS handset devices

AirNet Communications Corp., 100 Rialto Pl Ste. 300, Melbourne, FL 32901. Tel: 407-984-1990; Fax: 407-953-6641.