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