By Arunachalam Courtney Giblin. What is WiMax? High SpeedWirelessBroad Coverage

By Arunachalam

Courtney Giblin

What is WiMax?

High Speed Wireless Broad Coverage

Scalability

Quality of Service

Range

Coverage

Scalability Relative

Performance Quality of Service Range Coverage Security

5.0 bps/Hz100 Mbps1.5 – 20 MHzWiMAX

2.7 bps/Hz54 Mbps20 MHzWiFi

Maximum bps/Hz

Maximum Data Rate

Channel Bandwidth

Relative Performance

• Optimized for outdoor NLOS performance

• Standard supports mesh network topology

• Standard supports advanced antenna techniques

• Optimized for indoor performance

• No mesh topology support within ratified standards

WiMaxWiFi

Coverage

Lack of high quality spectrum

Few large carriers ready

Lack of volume

No mutual authentication

REFERENCES

www.ewh.ieee.org/r4/chicago/Yu-WiMAX.pdf

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wimax.htm

www.wimaxforum.org

http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/olis/lanman.html

http://www.wimax.com/education/wimax/iptv