What is WiMAX?

WiMAX Forum MAN WiMAX Products Advantages over Wi-Fi Mobile Phones and WiMAX Cost Deployment

WiMAX

What is WiMAX?
World Interoperability for Microwave Access Not a new tech -> Wi-Fi( 801.11 ) IEEE 802.16 standard (WirelessMAN) Last mile -> Cable DSL Wireless -> Wide Band Symmetrical bandwith -> Long distances 50km range 70Mbps

WiMAX Forum
Authority WiMAX certification Program Research new solutions to problems

Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

MAN<WAN<LAN City network Includes
Telephone Network Television Network Internet

Miles of cables No infastructure

MAN with WiMAX

WiMAX

WiMAX Products

WiMAX Antenna

WiMAX Products

Desktop Modem

WiMAX Products

Redline BaseStation

WiMAX Products

INTELs fist structure for WiMAX

Advantages over Wi-Fi

Provides
Telephone Internet Television

Symmetrical bandwith long distance Quality of Service -> VoIP & IPTV
Scheduling Algoritm

Wi-Fi slow upload rates -> Ex. Coffee Shops ADSL backhaul Non Line of Sight propagation

Mobile Phones and WiMAX

Different frequencies WiMAX and Telephone at the same time Antenna integrate - GSM BaseStation Next generation GSM technologies in WiMAX
Scalable OFDM, hARQ, FEC, MIMO-ASS Most important 4G

Cost
End user -> $250-$300 ->2007 - $100 BaseStation -> $5000-$100.000

Deployment
Yozgat Bozlayan 5 schools No cable connection