Adopting multi-antenna signal processing in wireless networks

Wireless operators are increasing their focus on data and multimedia services to drive revenue growth. This is creating demands for substantially improved radio equipment performance. Unfortunately, years of innovation in wireless have left little new technology ore to be mined for performance improvements. Multi-antenna signal-processing (MAS) software provides more control over the spatial distribution of radio energy, yielding well-proven order-of-magnitude performance improvements. As a result, MAS is being embraced as a key part of next-generation wireless networks like 3.5G, 3G-LET and WiMAX.