User's Manual Part 1
Quantum 1000 Base Station User 
2.  Base Station 
2.1  Overview 
The Quantum 1000 employs an 
extremely flexible and versatile hardware architecture.
base  station  is  a  sophisticated  and  highly  integrated  ASIC  that  combines  6  DSP  and  general  purpose 
processor cores along with spe
cialized DSP hardware.
SNMP 
and  other  management  functions.
ass
ociated PAs, and 4 RF receivers (refer to figure 3).
Important characteristics of the 
Quantum 1000
•  Board-to-
board communications for scaling up to 16 antennas.
•  10 MHz profile 
• 
WiMAX OFDMA compliance 
• 
All layers implemented in software.
•  2.3 – 2.7 GHz and 3.3 – 
3.7 GHz operations.
PureWave has implemented a scalable 
Stations by: 
• 
Adding more Base Station Sector to a location
• 
Adding antennas (and corresponding RF module sets) within a sector
• 
Adding processing capability in order to process traffic within additional spectrum 
• 
Upgrading software to allow for changes in features and standards.
Figure 
Quantum 1000 Base Station User 
Guide   
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extremely flexible and versatile hardware architecture.
base  station  is  a  sophisticated  and  highly  integrated  ASIC  that  combines  6  DSP  and  general  purpose 
cialized DSP hardware.
 A Linux-
based subsystem supports applications, 
and  other  management  functions.
  Finally,
,the  Quantum  1000  includes  2  RF  transmitters  and 
ociated PAs, and 4 RF receivers (refer to figure 3).
Quantum 1000
 Base Station Sector are: 
board communications for scaling up to 16 antennas.
WiMAX OFDMA compliance 
All layers implemented in software.
3.7 GHz operations.
PureWave has implemented a scalable 
architecture that lets service providers upgrade their Base 
Adding more Base Station Sector to a location
Adding antennas (and corresponding RF module sets) within a sector
Adding processing capability in order to process traffic within additional spectrum 
Upgrading software to allow for changes in features and standards.
Figure 
3 - Base Station Functional Components 
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extremely flexible and versatile hardware architecture.
 The heart of the 
base  station  is  a  sophisticated  and  highly  integrated  ASIC  that  combines  6  DSP  and  general  purpose 
based subsystem supports applications, 
,the  Quantum  1000  includes  2  RF  transmitters  and 
architecture that lets service providers upgrade their Base 
Adding processing capability in order to process traffic within additional spectrum 










