The Hindu reports Sloka Telecom’s 5.8GHz suite of WiMAX (Worldwide Inter-operability for Microwave Access) products caters for the unlicensed frequency spectrum allowing wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) to deploy wireless broadband access networks without having to obtain frequency licences. Sloka’s 5.8GHz suite of WiMAX products includes base stations, subscriber stations, the authentication, authorisation and accounting (AAA) server and the network management system (NMS).
These small all-outdoor base station units from Sloka can be easily installed directly on towers, rooftops, traffic poles and walls. These base station solutions help the operator reduce the capital expenditure by more than 50 per cent, as they do not require air-conditioning.
In order to make the base stations smaller, cheaper and less power-consuming, Sloka has developed a patent-pending architecture called the SDBSA (software defined base station architecture). This architecture allows Sloka to use readily available hardware while emphasising efficient software algorithms to make them smaller and more compact. Mr. Karampuri claims that Sloka’s base stations break away from legacy architecture, with emphasis on software.
