Wimax (802.

16)
A Road to Mobile Life

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History Of Wireless Wimax Advantages Over Wifi MAC Structure Usage Areas Competitors Conclusion

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History Of Wireless Wimax Advantages Over Wifi MAC Structure Usage Areas Competitors Conclusion

History of Wireless
Radio- Jagdish Chandra Bose and Guglielmo Marconi. Wireless- First patent by Nikola Tesla. Wireless- Term used for everything for long time

Wireless-

Modern Era

is a method of communication that uses low-powered radio waves to transmit data between devices.

Low Powered Free High Powered Government Regulated

Some Wireless Standards

Bluetooth DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications) HIPERLAN HIPERMAN IEEE 802.11 IrDA RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) WiFi

WiMAX
xMax ZigBee

Wimax
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
A certification mark for products that pass conformity and interoperability tests for the IEEE

802.16 standards

Run by Wimax Forum

Advantages Over Wifi

Improved Performance Much Greater Distances Much Better MAC LNOS Ability

New MAC Structure

A Regular Wifi Uses Contention access
Which means competing for AP.

Wimax uses scheduling MAC

Much Better for QOS required services EX: VOIP , IPTV

Mesh Networking
Subscriber station and Base station at same time

OFDMA

New MAC Structure (cont.)

Supports ATM Packet based Control MAC is
flexible enough to efficiently carry any traffic

type. Payload header suppression, packing, and

fragmentation, the convergence sublayers and MAC.

Frequency
Originally Working 10 to 66ghz FDD or TDD.

Now supporting 2 to 11ghz with 802.11a. OFDMA with TDMA access.

NLOS
Wifi only work on Line of Sight Areas

NON Line Of Sight capability in 211ghz. OFDMA.

Usage Areas
Broadband Internet Access Voip , IPTV services Cellular Phones

Competitors
UMTS HIPERMAN

Conclusion
Framework for the evolution of wireless broadband Everything will be coordinated with Wimax