Agilent Technologies announced two Mobile WiMAX design exploration libraries for use with its Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software. The Mobile WiMAX library is aimed at broadband wireless access applications while the 802.11n library helps system-design and -verification engineers speed development of the latest high-speed WLAN products. The 802.11n design exploration library is based on the latest proposal from the Enhanced Wireless Consortium. Both libraries provide preconfigured simulation setups, signal sources and fully coded BER analysis for simulation of the circuitry. They allow system designers to analyse a system's performance before all of its components are designed. The Mobile WiMAX library works within the ADS environment and with the Agilent Ptolemy simulator to streamline design and verification of OFDMA-based, last-mile service designs. The 802.11n library helps streamline design and verification of MIMO-based WLAN designs. Both libraries can also be imported into the Agilent RF Design Environment for RFIC designers to access Mobile WiMAX and 802.11n test benches within the Cadence Virtuo Custom IC platform.
