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    WiMAX 2.0 SIGNIFYING THE NEXT GENERATION OF WiMAX

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    Abstract

    The last three decade of technological advancement and worldwide

    adoption of wireless networks have been phenomenal, bringing us through

    basic analog first generation (1G) to the now high-speed digital fourth

    generation (4G) systems. Providing us with increased data transfer rates

    that make VoIP, real-time information sharing, video streaming and

    data-intensive applications possible today, delivering mobility which users

    have come to expect through wireless devices.

    Continuous improvements in semiconductor and computing technologies

    are providing great encouragement to the industry and consumers to

    automatically anticipate whats next. The dawn of 4G is fast coming into

    reality with over 583(1) WiMAX and 105(2) LTE networks deployed to date.

    As we move towards embracing this adoption either by choice or by

    chance, there is much debate especially amongst the WiMAX service

    provider community as to which technology camp to adopt. Much of this

    can be attributed to the breadth of technology covered under the 4G

    banner, the wide range of business interests involved in creating the 4G

    vision and the various progression path of making 4G real.

    The purpose of this paper is to:

    Summarize the current state of Wireless Broadband & Networking

    Present the next decade of change installed for WiMAX

    State key 4G device requirements

    1WiMAX Forum : Monthly Industry

    Report, May 2011

    2GSA: GSA Evolution To LTE Report,

    Oct 2012

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    Contents

    The Current State of Wireless Networking 01

    Going Beyond 3G

    WiMAX in Focus

    The Next Decade for WiMAX 06

    The Path to 4G Connecting People

    - WiMAX in 4G

    The Path to M2M Connecting Machines

    - WiMAX in M2M

    4G Requirements for Device 14

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    The Current State of

    Wireless Networking

    Business is increasingly becoming a mobile activity, and as a result, the

    wireless networks and services used to support those developments are

    growing in importance. In both the business-to-business (B2B) and

    business-to-consumer (B2C) environments, the availability of more reliable,

    higher-capacity wireless data networks allow the expanding reach of

    business into the mobile environment. The evolution of our public wireless

    networks can be depicted in four distinct generations, each of which ischaracterized by a number of key technical innovations that resulted to

    specific commercial impact.

    The early First Generation systems comprise of independently-developed

    systems worldwide like Analogue Mobile Phone System (AMPS), used in

    America, Total Access Communication System (TACS), used in parts of

    Europe, Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT), used in parts of Europe and

    Japanese Total Access Communication System (J-TACS), used in Japan

    and Hong Kong. The use of analogue technology were confined within

    national boundaries attracting only a small number of users, as the

    equipment was expensive, cumbersome and power-hungry, and therefore

    was only practical in a vehicle that is able to provide a power source.

    The Second Generation digital systems known as Global System for

    Mobile Communication (GSM) brought about noticeable change, propelling

    wireless telecommunication further by making global roaming possible, due

    in part by the collaborative spirit in which it was developed under the

    European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). GSM became a

    robust, interoperable and widely-accepted standard. Fuelled by advances

    in mobile handset technology, which resulted in small, fashionable terminals

    with long battery life. The widespread acceptance of the GSM standard

    became near-universal, first in the developed world with voice and text,

    then later through the introduction of basic data services. Meanwhile in the

    developing world, GSM begin connecting communities and individuals in

    remote regions where fixed-line connectivity was nonexistent and would be

    cost prohibitive to deploy.

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    This ubiquitous availability and user-friendliness sparked practical

    consumer reliance and increased demand, thus providing the industry with

    encouragement for continuous progression. Over the last decade,

    expansion of service provisioning grew beyond voice and leans heavily

    towards packet-switched data with the development of numerous Third

    Generation technologies, dominated mainly by the 3rd Generation

    Partnership Project (3GPP & 3GPP2) family of technologies which sparked

    the Wireless Broadband race.

    Introduced in the early days of 2002, the second path of evolution of

    wireless broadband emerged, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics

    Engineers (IEEE) 802 LAN/MAN standard committee created the 802.16standard or more commonly known as WiMAX. While the first version

    802.16-2004 was restricted to fixed access, the following version 802.16e

    and often referred to as mobile WiMAX, includes basic support of mobility.

    In later years, the International Standards Union (ITU) listed WiMAX as an

    official IMT-2000 technology, and based on latest adjustments made to the

    4G definition, confers mobile WiMAX as Fourth Generation (4G), although

    debated by certain camps to be more befitting as 3.9G with its next

    iteration of 802.16m (an IMT-Advance standard) officially as 4G.

    Nevertheless, WiMAX has since 2008, gained popular recognition globally

    as a wireless broadband technology standard.

    Continuing the technology progression within the 3GPP technology family,

    Long Term Evolution (LTE) emerged as its latest technology standard to

    complete the trend of expansion of service provision towards multiservice

    air interface. Relatively new to market, LTE has rapidly moved from the early

    stages of deployment, to demonstrate its commercial applicability and fit by

    a broad set of global operator segments within varying spectrums.

    Recognizing these developments, the wireless industry is now aligning itself

    to take advantage of these advancements. Identifying LTE as the principle

    wireless platform positioned to drive the next decade of wireless networks.

    Ultimately, operator networks will support an all IP-based framework as

    specified in 3GPP and 3GPP2 standards. Similarly to that extent, WiMAX,

    previously a rival technology would follow suit and integrate the support of

    both WiMAX and 3GPP TD-LTE standards.

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    Going Beyond 3G

    GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and HSPA is the technology stream of choice for

    the vast majority of the worlds mobile operators, typically offering

    commercial downlink speeds of 1-5Mbps with expectation that beyond

    10Mbps per user will be widely available in the near future. From a

    standardization perspective, 3G work is now well-advanced and, while

    improvements continue to be made to maximize performance from

    currently deployed systems, there is a limit to the extent to which further

    enhancements will be effective. If the motivations were to deliver higher

    performance, then this in itself would be relatively easy to achieve. The

    added complexity is that such improved performance must be delivered

    through systems which are cheaper to install and maintain. Dramatic

    reduction in telecommunications charges and increase in capability is

    expected. Therefore, in deciding the next standardization step, there must

    be a dual approach of seeking considerable performance improvement but

    at reduced cost.

    The Current State of Wireless Networking - 03

    WiMAX802.16m

    LTE

    Advance

    IEEE

    802.11b

    GSM

    CDMA

    (IS-95A)

    802.11a

    GPRS

    CDMA

    (IS-95B)

    802.11g

    E-GPRS

    EDGE

    WCDMA

    FDD/TDD

    TD-SCDMA

    LCR/TDD

    CDMA

    2000

    802.11h

    Fixed WiMAX

    802.16d

    WiBRO

    HSDPA

    FDD/TDD

    HSUPA

    FDD/TDD

    1xEVDO

    Rel 0/A/B

    Mobile WiMAX802.16e

    802.11n

    HSPA+

    LTE

    E-UTRA

    UMB

    802.20

    2G

    3GPP2

    3GPP

    IEEE

    2.5G 3G 3.5G

    1995 2000 2010 2015

    WiMAX802.16m

    LTE

    Advance

    TDMA(IS-136)

    TDMA(IS-136)

    IEEE

    802.16

    IEEE

    802.16

    IEEE

    802.11b

    GSM

    CDMA

    (IS-95A)

    802.11a

    GPRS

    CDMA

    (IS-95B)

    802.11g

    E-GPRS

    EDGE

    WCDMA

    FDD/TDD

    TD-SCDMA

    LCR/TDD

    CDMA

    2000

    802.11h

    Fixed WiMAX

    802.16d

    WiBRO

    HSDPA

    FDD/TDD

    HSUPA

    FDD/TDD

    1xEVDO

    Rel 0/A/B

    Mobile WiMAX802.16e

    802.11n

    HSPA+

    LTE

    E-UTRA

    UMB

    802.20

    3.9G 4G

    TDMA/FDMA CDMA OFDM

    The evolution of wireless cellular standards

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    The Current State of Wireless Networking - 04WHITEPAPER

    The road to migration is inevitable, depending on the maturity of the

    wireless network ecosystem, viabil ity, cost and variety of consumer devices

    including service competitiveness. As more and more mobile data-centric

    and mobility driven applications influence the carrier service provider

    business models, it will quicken their path to LTE beyond 3G enhancementsof HSPA and HSPA+. With the arrival of LTE and widespread promotion as

    substitute for WiMAX is a little unsettling for Greenfield operators that have

    invested in WiMAX systems and looking for long term profitability.

    Nevertheless, pockets of WiMAX market remains strong in the fixed

    applications in emerging markets, rural markets in developed countries and

    niche applications such as vertical markets in relation to utility. For many

    small and medium size businesses, WiMAX is still an exciting prospect in

    ways, as it promises good wireless access and bandwidth boundaries. But

    the adoption of WiMAX for service providers are befitting only if the

    investment exposure in multiple wireless standards can significantly impact

    supply chain expenditures of equipment vendors, component vendors,

    operators and eventually subscribers.

    Relative cost per bit of

    transmitted data Decreased latency

    Increased spectrum efficiency

    Increased peak throughput

    Increased capacity per cell

    Flexible spectrum usage

    Robust security

    Flexible interoperabilityand integration

    More..

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    Cost

    Technology3G 3.5G HSPA WiMAX

    3.9G/4G

    LTE

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    WiMAX in Focus

    WiMAX was the earlier conceived technology available to bring about enabling wireless broadband, on which future mobile

    telecommunications system architecture will be built. Several incremental improvements and innovation in radio technology

    and command-and-control software have seen the WiMAX standard releasing higher and higher variants of mobile WiMAX in

    the form of releases such as Release 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0. The latter two, release 1.5 (802.16e Rev 2) and 2.0 (802.16m)

    representing short-term and long-term evolution respectively.

    Release 1.0

    ASN anchored mobility,

    3 ASN proles

    CSN anchored mobility

    CMIP, PMIP

    IPv4 & optional IPv6

    Idle mode and paging

    EAP-based authentication

    Mobile, portable, nomadic, xed

    Pre-provisioned/static QoS

    Pre- and Post-paid RADIUS Accounting

    Roaming (RADIUS only)

    O&M Features Networkdiscovery/selection

    Load balancing

    Release 1.5

    Persistent scheduling for

    reduced MAC overhead

    Femto Cell introduction

    Load balancing

    BF+MIMO , UL MIMO (optional)

    GPS & non-GPSbased location services

    Enhanced Multicast & Broadcast

    services ( MCBCS APP and DSx)

    Wimax-WiFi-Bluetooth coexistence

    Ethernet services

    Public Safety & emergency services

    O & M FeaturesOTA pre-provisioning & device

    management ( OMA & TR69)

    PCC /PCRF ( Dynamic QoS and

    policy based charging)

    USI ( Universal service interface)

    WIMAX SIM

    ROHC

    Lawful intercept

    Release 2.0

    Reduced Latency

    Multihop Relays

    Self-organizing capability (SON)

    Enhanced VoIP support

    Enhanced MCBCS(both static and dynamic multicasting)

    Enhancements to LBS

    Mobility: up to 500 km/hr

    Backward compatibility

    Commercially, WiMAX has revolutionized the delivery of wireless broadband, being the high performance, robust and cheaper

    alternative to 3G and wireline networks. Enabling vast formations of new Greenfield operators and playing a profound role to

    enable communication (simple fixed and nomadic voice) and Internet services to reach vastly across developing and rural

    markets (majority of deployments) previously underserved. Yet, further steps of refinement and market diversification must

    surely follow in the midst of the equally domineering LTE camp.

    In many aspects, WiMAX fundamentals share common characteristics to TD-LTE. Take for example, the modulation technique

    of OFDM, where the spectrum is multiplexed in time division (TD) duplex where the uplink and downlink is a time-shared

    method that is spectrum efficient. Similarly, TD-LTE offers key technical advantages in antenna system techniques of MIMO

    and beamforming, which is also supported in WiMAX. With both uplink and downlink on the same frequency, these

    technologies render simplicity and inexpensive implementation that is inherently efficient.

    As ITU and 3GPP/3GPP2 standards have now included TD method as a formal part of the specifications to which TD-LTE findsits place in the 4G infrastructure increasingly in China, India and parts of Asia. This also means WiMAX systems are closer to

    a smooth migration to TD-LTE and can still find relevance among the mainstream service offerings. While WiMAX service

    providers are getting involved in ensuring their systems are in working order, so are WiMAX chipset vendors like Sequans and

    Altair are ready to offer TD-LTE chipsets.

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    Key features in the evolution of Mobile WiMAX

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    The Next Decade for WiMAX

    The Path To 4G

    Connecting People

    ITU as the authority to define what constitutes 4G clearly intended to have

    the standard alter the paradigm of user-network interaction, where

    broadband can be made available to consumer devices. Essentially

    eliminating the need for the user to know anything about the network

    (operator, topology, radio or technology), achieving the Always Best

    Connected experience.

    To achieve IMT-Advances vision of various access systems

    interconnected to provide services in a cooperative manner, ITU defines

    layers of network based on the geographic scope of coverage and extent

    of mobility offered by each layer. Interactions among these networks are

    not limited to intra-network (horizontal) or inter-network (vertical) handoffs

    for service continuity, but encompass complex functions of billing,security, privacy, Quality of Service (QoS), fault tolerance and recovery

    with the following key attributes:

    Network Discovery and Selection A subscriber terminal that features

    multiple radio technologies and intelligent connectivity management

    software that allows participation/presence in multiple networks

    simultaneously. Connecting to the best network with the most

    appropriate service parameters (QoS, QoE and capacity among

    others) for the application.

    Terminal Mobility and Service Continuity A network that features

    intra- and inter-technology handovers, assuring service continuity with

    zero or minimal interruption, without a noticeable loss in service quality

    - Continuous transparent maintenance of active service instances and

    inclusion of various access technologies, from Wi-Fi to OFDMA.

    Support for Multiple Applications and Services Efficient support for

    unicast, multicast and broadcast services and the applications that rely

    on them.

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    The vision of 4G is a framework for an advanced infrastructure consisting of

    architecture, core technologies and open interfaces for building, deploying

    and providing applications to achieve ubiquitous, converged broadband

    services.

    Quality of Service Consistent application of admission control and

    scheduling algorithms regardless of underlying infrastructure and

    operator diversity.

    Technology and Topology Independence Service capability that is

    not constrained by topology or technology limitations, but rather

    achieve the Always Best Connected characteristic.

    Distribution

    Layer

    Fixed (Wired)

    Layer

    Full coverage

    Global access Full mobility

    Not necessary individual links

    Global access

    Personal mobility

    Vertical:

    Handover

    between systems

    Horizontal:

    Handover within

    a system

    Possible return

    channel

    Cellular

    Layer

    Full coverage & Hotspots

    Global roaming

    Full mobility

    Individual links

    Hotspot

    Layer

    Local coverage

    Hotspots

    Global roaming

    Local mobility

    Individual links

    Personal NetworkLayer

    Short range communication

    Global roaming

    Individual links

    Complimentary access systems

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    WiMAX in 4G

    WiMAX framework has the fundamental technological building blocks to

    support the vision of 4G and its framework. The standard has been proven

    commercially, giving operators globally the opportunity to launch wireless

    broadband services, but predominantly serving the fixed and nomadic

    segment. The lack of penetration into the mobile segment is premised on

    the basis that WiMAX was not designed with the same emphasis on

    mobility and compatibility with operators core network as the 3GPP

    technology family, which includes core network evolution in addition to the

    radio access network evolution. Nevertheless, 802.16m, the next iteration

    in the WiMAX roadmap has enhancements outlined that are gearedtowards provisioning of new services including worldwide roaming and

    interworking /compatibility with other technologies, aimed at increasing

    seamless user experience in an all IP framework.

    But, technology alone does not dictate adoption. The challenge for

    802.16m lies on its capability to attract sufficient market support from

    chipset manufacturers, equipment vendors (infrastructure and device)

    and the operator community. With WiMAX Forums willingness to

    integrate elements of TD-LTE standards within its platform, the transition

    from WiMAX to TD-LTE will help bridge the divide between differing

    technology camps with a level of comfort and quell doubts of

    incompatibility. No need to single out any technology, but benefit from

    co-existence. The openness of the roadmap evolution supports

    harmonization to allow operators to adopt dual or multiple radio access

    technologies within their service offerings.

    The commercial availability of LTE, which has close similarity to WiMAX,

    especially for its time-division LTE (TD-LTE) version have sparked serious

    interest, largely due to the wider overall support for this new technology

    ranging from network infrastructure, device, chipsets, technology roadmap

    development and host of downstream supply chains. Clearly, the TD-LTE is

    popular with WiMAX operators like Packet One Networks in Malaysia,

    Clearwire in the US and Yota in Russia. That aside, given that TD-LTE

    services entering mainstream, simply for the reasons of plentiful and decent

    spectrum prices alongside FD-LTE to augment dual-mode coverage. It is a

    matter of time, before the device and chipset multimode roadmaps gain

    influence and are sufficiently available.

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    WiMAX operators are also learning that future subscriber and average

    revenue per user (ARPU) growth is not limited to just a fixed wireless

    replacement, offering traditional data packages for a fixed fee. Rather,

    bundled data services that combine recursive fixed at-home and high value

    mobile on-the-go packages, leading to greater revenue and draw out value

    from data services such as mobile, video, music, games, Internet access,

    navigation and messaging.

    Market forces are signaling WiMAX service providers and vendors to evolve

    and adapt business models to support the 4G vision in the coming decade.

    Emphasizing on advanced infrastructure consisting of architecture, core

    technologies and open interfaces for building, deploying and providingapplications to achieve ubiquitous, converged broadband service either:

    Building a loosely coupled heterogeneous network

    Evolving the WiMAX network by adopting some degree of system

    interworking, primarily with a 3G and/or LTE service provider through a

    form of collaboration. An evolution option well suited for WiMAX

    operators with limited spectrum holding. Key integration attributes

    includes provisioning and billing, with handover/connectivity selection

    mostly managed via multimode devices.

    Building a tightly coupled heterogeneous network

    Evolving the WiMAX network by adopting a converged overlay

    structure, primarily with LTE as the secondary/primary co-existing

    network. An evolution option well suited for WiMAX operators with

    broad spectrum holding. Key integration attributes includes tight

    integration at the core and application network layer, have advance

    coordination at the access level with extreme automation through

    self-organization and cognition and assisted by advance devices with

    increased degree of coordination capability.

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    The Path To M2M

    Connecting Machines

    Machine-to-machine communications is an established business that has

    functioned behind the scenes and drawn little attention in the past. Today,

    however, M2M is experiencing a period of change and growth.

    M2Ms resurgence is attributed to the widespread availability of wireless

    technologies, which make it possible to reach equipment in locations that were

    too remote or too costly to reach before. The trend is also driven by regulatory

    incentives to employ M2M in certain markets, such as energy, and

    entrepreneurial drive to create innovative and consumer-focused solutions in

    others, such as those listed in the table below.

    Despite its allure as a new business opportunity, M2M is a broad field and hard

    to categorize. It has many touchpoints from those found at the farthest reaches

    of the utility grid to vending machines in public places via a variety of wireless

    technology options, which will be deployed and configured depending on the

    need at hand. Because of its near-ubiquitous availability, wireless network

    technologies will find relevance in many M2M markets.

    Choosing access technology suitable for M2M applications require strategicconsiderations in order to assure that it meets the minimum requirements for

    successful service. Areas encompass specific performance, security, and

    network management capabilities with the following key attributes:

    Security and public safety

    Smart grid

    Tracking and tracing

    Vehicular telematics

    Payment

    Healthcare

    Remote maintenance and control

    Consumer devices

    Surveillance systems, control of physical access (e.g. buildings), enviromental

    monitoring (e.g. for natural disasters), backup for landlines.

    Fleet management, car/driver security, enhanced navigation, trafc info, tolls, payas you drive, remote vehicle diagnostics.

    Monitoring vital signs, supporting the aged or handicapped, web access

    telemedicine points, remote diagnostics.

    Point of sale, ATM, vending machines, gaming machines.

    Industrial automation, sensors, lighting, pump, vending machine control.

    Digital photo frame, digital camera, ebook, home management hubs.

    Electricity, gas, water, heating, grid control, industrial metering, demand response.

    Order management, asset tracking, human monitoring.

    Potential applications for wireless M2M

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    Activation Rates Optimized for the Internet of Things - most M2M

    applications typically have low throughput requirements as they are

    only sending small amounts of data, often intermittently or even on an

    exception-only basis. M2M applications do benefit from the ability of

    the mobile packet gateways to rapidly scale up to a large number

    (hundreds of thousands or millions) of activations.

    Quality-of-Service - Utilities demands on strong Service Level

    Agreements (SLAs) and require guarantees of reliable network access

    especially during emergencies.

    Fault tolerance and Session Recovery Network architecture designedwith stateful geo-redundancy disaster recovery.

    IPv6 Support for Network Address Availability - millions to hundreds of

    millions of new devices are going to be networked in an Internet of

    Things, an optimal long-term solution is a shift to IPv6, which enables

    orders of magnitude larger numbers of available IP addresses.

    Monitoring and provisioning M2M devices are in majority highly

    remote, requiring the capability of monitoring events (movement, theft,

    outage) and having the flexibility to provision or follow-up with actions

    upon event detection.

    Low power consumption M2M devices are predominantly requires

    low power consumption and specific system-device features is

    required to invoke power saving mechanism (e.g: idle, sleep mode) to

    optimize power consumption.

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    WiMAX in M2M

    WiMAX Mobile Network Operator/ Mobile Virtual Network Operator

    (MNO/MVNO) believes that the mobile M2M market will undergo an

    evolution from the general-purpose, mobile network elements to deploy

    M2M services, to using equipment that has been specifically optimized for

    the needs of the M2M market. Such optimization gives the MNO/MVNO the

    benefit of being able to provide a more intelligent network to their

    Application Service Provider (ASP) customers and thereby differentiate their

    connectivity offering, compete more successfully for ASP business, and,

    ultimately, to garner more revenue from selling connectivity services for

    M2M applications.

    In the face of changing wireless network landscape, WiMAX can easily find its

    niche and win over other technologies for M2M support. It offers the best

    value to ASPs by providing the greatest feature/functionality at the lowest

    cost. The advantages over Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Data Link

    Control (DLC) and Mesh networks are significant and compelling enough.

    Comparing Access Technologies

    High Bandwith

    Suitability for High

    Customer Densities

    Suitability for LowCustomer Densities

    Security

    Standards Based

    Scalability

    Large Supplier Ecosystem

    Reliability

    Option to Wholesale/Lease

    System Availability

    Cost

    WiMAX provides the greatest feature set and fuctionality at the lowest cost

    PLCCritical Attribute DLC Mesh WiMAX Cellular

    Source : Referenced from Motorolas Internal Study

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    While most of these aspects are already well developed in the current

    WiMAX releases, there exist a small but critical disparity between what is

    available in a service model of an operator and what is required by a M2M

    enterprise to fulfill its service model. Application development is the most

    problematic and challenging part for the M2M market. Presently,

    enterprises tend to use custom designed software to manage data and

    provision the decision-making and messaging requirements peculiar to

    M2M systems which are not functionally built in an existing cellular

    networks system. Fortunately, the WiMAX Forum has formed dedicated

    working groups to assist in closing these technological and market gaps.

    Specific features are being streamlined and standardized into WiMAX

    standards to cater for M2M communications. Engagement focus withindustry players, the utility and enterprise community, in particular for smart

    grid, aviation, oil and gas and Smart Cities are underway to clarify use cases

    and find specific collaboration fit to expedite the commercialization of

    WiMAX in M2M. Although still preliminary, WiMAX operators and WiMAX

    equipment vendors have started to embrace M2M, forming models to

    serve the sector, treating it as the next new growth area of the decade.

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    4G Requirements for Device

    In WiMAX subscriber devices of today, radio is only a small part of device

    capability. Enhanced user experience is central and service providers tend

    to market innovative plans for the services and applications that can be

    supported. But in essence, ubiquitous radio access will be the essential

    backbone to support the next generation of wireless networks.

    For mass market 4G applications, device will support a vast number of

    services with a powerful and complex communications engine. Radios in

    devices already support WiMAX and Wi-Fi, and in smartphones additionally

    with cellular, GPS and Bluetooth. International roaming requires devices to

    support a variety of radios/bands because globally available frequency

    bands are not consistent. As a result, the RF complexity in the device will

    increase drastically, requiring radios to support multiple bands and

    duplexing methods (FDD & TDD).

    In future, the radios in the device will perform local radio resource

    management and assist with network resource management.

    Device support for carrier aggregation and heterogeneous networks could

    enable simultaneous communication over multiple radio access

    technologies. The wireless device may also be a gateway for a multitude of

    sensors and machine type devices that perform spectrum sensing for

    capturing and analyzing the radio environment.

    Features to optimize device power consumption will be a key factor in the

    future as battery capacity improvements are relatively slow compared to theevolution of other technologies.

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