WIMAX - NEXT BUZZ IN THE MOBILE WORLD: NEW APPLICATIONS USING WIMAX

WIMAX - NEXT BUZZ IN THE MOBILE WORLD: NEW APPLICATIONS USING WIMAX

What are the potential applications ?

Wimax Users, please discuss your view on wimax

So what do u think a wimax can do to the mobile world when its launched ?

NEW APPLICATIONS USING WIMAX

In practical terms the technology is designed to support up to 45 mobile TV channels in a 10 MHz channel and allow switching with a 2 second lag time. The platform incorporates a robust quality of service toolset that allows the carrier to dynamically control and allocate spectrum based on time of day, content allocation and whether or not the event is live among numerous other choices.

This announcement this week coupled with the recent announcement for a software developer's kit for the iPhone leads me to think that we may be finally entering the era of device-centric mobile broadband wireless---that being a time where users can begin to dictate the uses to which the technology is put and to help drive the adoption and deployment of services with demanding needs for applications. Mobile broadband wireless is maturing.

BENEFITS OF WIMAX

Lower cost
A standards based platform for WiMAX technology drives down costs delivering volume economics to WiMAX equipment.

Wider coverage
The technology behind WiMAX has been optimized to provide excellent non-line-of-sight (NLoS) coverage. NLoS advantages are coverage of wider areas, better predictability of coverage and lower cost as it means fewer base stations and backhaul, simple RF planning, shorter towers and faster CPE install times. Thanks to techniques for improving NLoS coverage, such as diversity, space-time coding, and Automatic Retransmission Request (ARQ), coverage are increased.

Higher capacity
A key advantage of WiMAX technology is to use Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) over Edge, GPRS, HSPA to deliver higher bandwidth efficiency and therefore higher data throughput, with more than one Mbps downstream and higher data rates. Adaptive modulation also increases link reliability for carrier-class operation and the possibility to keep higher order modulation at wider distance extend full capacity over longer distances.

Whats WIMAX ?

1. What is WiMAX™ technology?

WiMAX™ is based upon the IEEE 802.16 standard enabling the delivery of wireless broadband services anytime, anywhere. WiMAX products can accommodate fixed and mobile usage models. The IEEE 802.16 standard was developed to deliver non-line-of-sight (LoS) connectivity between a subscriber station and base station with typical cell radius of three to ten kilometers. All base stations and subscriber stations claiming to be WiMAX compliant must go through a rigorous WiMAX Forum Certified™ testing process. WiMAX Forum Certified systems can be expected to deliver capacity of up to 40 Mbps per channel. This is enough bandwidth to simultaneously support hundreds of businesses with T-1 speed connectivity and thousands of residences with DSL speed connectivity. The WiMAX Forum expects mobile network deployments to provide up to 15 Mbps of capacity within a typical cell radius of up to three kilometers. WiMAX technology already has been incorporated in notebook computers and PDAs to deliver high speed mobile Internet services anytime, anywhere.

The WIMAX Technology

WiMAX is a standards-based technology enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to wired broadband like cable and DSL. WiMAX provides fixed , nomadic, portable and, soon, mobile wireless broadband connectivity without the need for direct line-of-sight with a base station. In a typical cell radius deployment of three to ten kilometers, WiMAX Forum Certified™ systems can be expected to deliver capacity of up to 40 Mbps per channel, for fixed and portable access applications.

This is enough bandwidth to simultaneously support hundreds of businesses with T-1 speed connectivity and thousands of residences with DSL speed connectivity. Mobile network deployments are expected to provide up to 15 Mbps of capacity within a typical cell radius deployment of up to three kilometers. It is expected that WiMAX technology will be incorporated in notebook computers and PDAs by 2008, allowing for urban areas and cities to become “metro zones” for portable outdoor broadband wireless access.