For example, the self-installing, window-mounted Echo 5G Subscriber will overcome the biggest obstacle to fixed 5G millimeter-wave wireless access: building penetration of gigabit-speed broadband for homes and businesses. Holographic beamforming allows Echo 5G to penetrate low-emissivity glass coatings and multiple panes of glass with very little energy, which drives its low-weight and low-profile window design. MACOM's mmWave technology leverages and extends these capabilities.
5G mmWave frequencies have catalyzed an explosion in demand for broadband wireless access coverage and performance, with speeds exceeding 1 Gigabit per second. To meet the demands of time to market, cost, and performance, it is imperative that RF device vendors work closely with system architects to arrive at the optimal solution for end applications.
According to Brian Deutsch, CEO of Pivotal Commware, “Power management, efficiency, insertion loss, and channel isolation are significant challenges for RF components at mmWave frequencies. We believe MACOM’s products and technology overcome these challenges and will ensure that the Echo 5G product line facilitates not only fixed wireless penetration in 5G and subscriber self-installation, but also cost-effective, on-demand, low-latency 5G network coverage expansion, rerouting, and configuration. Operators will see enormous savings in base station deployment CAPEX and the accompanying OPEX.”
Deutsch adds: "With the Echo 5G product line, wireless operators achieve cost economies, allowing them to compete effectively against traditional cable broadband service providers."
“MACOM offers a unique value proposition for broadband service providers through its multiple mmWave RF components. We believe Pivotal’s Echo 5G network and subscriber products will be a game-changer for the wireless operators that deploy them,” said MACOM President and CEO John Croteau. “MACOM’s broad portfolio of amplification, signal generation, and control components across the microwave and mmWave spectrum, along with our unparalleled heterolytic integration capabilities, delivers the industry’s lowest insertion loss and best noise figure, providing superior reception for macrocell base stations and fixed wireless access points.”
Pivotal Commware is the creator of Holographic Beam Forming (HBF), a disruptive and transformative antenna technology that expands the capacity and spectral efficiency of the 5G ecosystem, from base stations to network and subscriber devices. The Echo 5G product line leverages HBF's lower cost, size, weight, and power consumption profile to help network operators improve performance, reduce costs, and compete in new markets.
