Abstract :
Open standards and the support of major players are making WiMAX the ´hot´ technology for fixed wireless access. WiMAX is a shorthand way of referring to the IEEE 802.16 standard. The type of communication it specifies is known as W-MAN (wireless metropolitan area network), and it extends the distance between the transmitting and receiving devices from less than 100 m in Wi-Fi to some 10 km in WiMAX. This article outlines the technology involved and describes a typical network architecture which consists of a base station (or a number of base stations) in the centre of a city, with the base stations communicating with customer premises equipment.
Keywords :
broadband networks; metropolitan area networks; radio access networks; telecommunication standards; 10 km; BFWA; IEEE 802.16 standard; W-MAN; WiMAX; broadband fixed wireless access; city centered base stations; customer premises equipment; fixed wireless access; wireless MAN; wireless metropolitan area network;
