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What is WiMAX?

• World Interoperability for Microwave Access

• Not a new tech -> Wi-Fi( 801.11 )

• IEEE 802.16 standard (WirelessMAN)

• Last mile -> Cable DSL

• Wireless -> Wide Band

• Symmetrical bandwith -> Long distances

• 50km range 70Mbps

WiMAX Forum

• Authority

• WiMAX certification Program

• Research new solutions to problems

Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

• MAN<WAN<LAN

• City network

• Includes• Telephone Network• Television Network• Internet

• Miles of cables

• No infastructure

MAN with WiMAX

WiMAX

WiMAX Products

WiMAX Antenna

WiMAX Products

Desktop Modem

WiMAX Products

Redline BaseStation

WiMAX Products

INTEL’s fist structure for WiMAX

Advantages over Wi-Fi

• Provides• Telephone• Internet• Television

• Symmetrical bandwith – long distance• Quality of Service -> VoIP & IPTV• Scheduling Algoritm

• Wi-Fi slow upload rates -> Ex. Coffee Shops – ADSL backhaul

• Non Line of Sight propagation

Mobile Phones and WiMAX

• Different frequencies

• WiMAX and Telephone at the same time

• Antenna – integrate - GSM BaseStation

• Next generation GSM technologies in WiMAX• Scalable OFDM, • hARQ, FEC, • MIMO-ASS • Most important 4G

Cost

• End user -> $250-$300 ->2007 - $100

• BaseStation -> $5000-$100.000

Deployment

• Yozgat – Bozlayan

• 5 schools

• No cable connection