ABSTRACT
CONTENTS 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 1 1.2 WiMAX-An Overview .............................................................................. 2
1.2.1 The WiMAX Standard ...................................................................... 3 1.2.2 Current WiMAX Product Market ................................................... 5 1.2.3 A Brief Overview of IEEE 802.16 Networking ............................. 5
1.3 WiMAX-Evolving Usage Cases ............................................................... 7 1.4 WiMAX-Evolution of the Technology .................................................. 10 1.5 Relevant Standardization Activities ........................................................ 12 1.6 Conclusion ................................................................................................... 13 References ............................................................................................................. 13
Broadband wireless access (BWA) technical solutions and products have been available for some time. Historically, these technologies have been primarily focused on providing high data rate connectivity wirelessly between fixed stationary sites. Examples of these types of applications include buildingto-building bridging and providing high-rate connectivity to remote sites, such as broadcast towers, where the installation of wired infrastructure is not viable. However, these technical solutions have historically been proprietary in nature and have suffered from several of the negative characteristics often accompanying proprietary solutions, including poor interoperability with other BWA products and high cost due to the lack of economy of scale.
