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As the mobile multimedia market seeks high-bandwidth networks that can deliver broadband-intensive multimedia applications, solutions that allow seamless migration to mobile ultra broadband networks are of critical value to operators and their customers.

 

Starent Networks, a provider of infrastructure solutions for mobile multimedia services, announced that it is providing multimedia core networking solutions to Motorola.

 

Motorola uses the networking solutions in its Long Term Evolution (LTE (News - Alert))/System Architecture Evolution (SAE) networks to offer an end-to-end network solution for its operator customers.

 

LTE is beneficial because of its higher bandwidth and lower latency. By combining Motorola’s (News - Alert) expertise in LTE with Starent Networks’ expertise in the multimedia core, Motorola will enable high demand multimedia services along with media mobility, the company said.

 

Starent’s products offer two advantages: They fulfill the functional requirements defined in the SAE or Evolved Packet Core (EPC) standards. Additionally, they facilitate a smooth migration to LTE for both Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 1X/DO-A and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)/Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS) operators.

 

“By teaming with Starent, Motorola is working with industry experts in the mobile operators’ multimedia core networks,” said Darren McQueen, vice president, Wireless Broadband Access Technologies, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility, in a statement. “Integrating Starent’s solutions into the Motorola LTE ecosystem enhances our world-class LTE network solution by adding a robust feature rich multimedia core to our overall LTE offering.”

 

Starent’s solutions already include many of the elements required of the 4G network, including integrated intelligence, a simplified network architecture, high bandwidth performance capabilities, carrier-class reliability and enhanced mobility, the company said.

 

Another important feature of Starent’s solutions is their multi-function support on a single node, by which it can allow a single platform to concurrently act as a 2G/3G and 4G node.

 

“We are very pleased to be working with Motorola, as they are such a prominent player in the wireless market,” said Ashraf Dahod (News - Alert), CEO of Starent Networks, in a statement. “We appreciate their recognition of our value, and feel that working together we can deliver exceptional mobile broadband networking technology with the superior support operators expect.”