ABSTRACT

Most recent statistics presented by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) show that wireless mobile services exploded from 11 million subscribers worldwide in 1990 to over 2 billion in 2005 [1]. Worldwideinteroperabilityformicrowaveaccess(orWiMAX)hasmaterializedasreactiontothe everlastingneedforhigh-speedbroadbandaccess,relievingtheInternetprovidersfromneededinfrastructurecosts,especiallyapparentinruralandremoteareas.WiMAXtechnologymergestogetherthe convenienceofwirelesstechnologywithcompellingperformanceofbroadbandaccessandcanbeseen asthenextlogicalstepintheevolutionofwirelessandmobiletechnologies,withagoalofproviding InternetconnectivitytothewidestarrayofubiquitousmobiledevicesrangingfromlaptopPCs,cellular andsmartphones,palmpilots,handsets,input/outputdevicestoconsumerelectronicssuchasgaming devices, cameras, musical devices like iPODs, and others.