|
Welcome to WiMAX Review
WiMAX Review provides broadband wireless access technology related news and resources
to industry professionals and wireless decision makers.
WiMAX is defined as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access by the WiMAX Forum,
formed in June 2001 to promote conformance and interoperability of the IEEE 802.16 standard,
officially known as WirelessMAN. The Forum describes WiMAX as "a standards-based technology
enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to cable and DSL".
WiMAX is the term used to describe the IEEE 802.16 standard,
in a similar way that the term Wi-Fi describes the IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN standard.
However, WiMAX is very different from Wi-Fi in the way it works.
The WiMAX specification provides symmetrical bandwidth over many miles and range with stronger encryption
(TDES or AES) and typically less interference. Wi-Fi is short range (hundreds of feet) has WEP or WPA encryption
and suffers from interference as in metropolitan areas where there are many users.
Wi-Fi Hotspots are typically backhauled over ADSL in most coffee shops therefore Wi-Fi access is typically
highly contended and has poor upload speeds between the router and the internet.
It provides connectivity between network endpoints without the need for direct line of sight.
WiMAX Review provides continuously updated WiMAX related news articles, WiMAX event and
conference information, as well as access to numerous WiMAX resources including books,
research papers, and reports.
Read the latest WiMAX news headlines
Smart begins nationwide WiMAX roll-out - Manila Bulleting Online
Smart chief wireless advisor Orlando Vea (third from left) and Motorola vice president for Asia Pacific Eric Starnes (second from left) inspect a WiMAX installation in one of Smart's cell site towers. Smart Communications Inc. (SMART) has taken its ...
WiMax in Australia: Part two - ZDNet Australia
Last week we heard how WiMax could be the standard that drives the next phase of mobile broadband. It provides an opportunity for players wanting to establish a pure IP network to carry voice and data effectively. The question is: is this what ...
NSN Backs Away From WiMax - Unstrung.com
The Finnish-German vendor has decided to divert R&D resources away from WiMax to Evolved High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA+) and Long Term Evolution (LTE), and will no longer make its own standalone WiMax base station, but will rely more on partners ...
Infonetics Research: Operator survey shows market reality of WiMAX ... - Market Wire
"Although WiMAX service strategies differ from operator to operator and from market to market, most operators are focused on the less capital-intensive fixed and nomadic WiMAX broadband services now to address underserved markets seeking 'wireless ...
Infonetics Research: Alvarion consolidates lead in WiMAX equipment ... - Market Wire
"Having grown at lung-busting speed for a couple of years, a slowdown and pause for breath for the WiMAX equipment market probably would have been inevitable even without the recession. As it is, economic conditions are exacerbating the pause, with ...
National Instruments Introduces Software-Defined System for Testing ... - Newswiretoday.com
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 07/02/2009 - National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) recently introduced the NI Measurement Suite for Fixed WiMAX (IEEE 802.16-2004), a software suite that can be used to configure software ...
Comcast goes WiMAX - Beta News
Last year, Sprint and Clearwire consolidated their WiMAX businesses in the Clear 4G wireless network, which was partly funded by investments from Google, Intel, and cable companies Time Warner, Bright House Networks, and Comcast. Today, Comcast ...
Recession dividing LTE and WiMax - Zd Net Asia.com
The global economic situation may widen the rift between LTE (long term evolution) and mobile WiMax adoption between mature and emerging markets, according to Ovum. The analyst firm said in its latest report, the recession is expected to slow revenue ...
|
|
|
|
|
