Title :
Business scenarios for a WiMAX deployment in Belgium
Author :
Lannoo, Bart ; Verbrugge, Sofie ; Van Ooteghem, Jan ; Quinart, Bruno ; Colle, Didier ; Pickavet, Mario ; Demeester, Piet ; Casteleyn, Marc
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ.
Abstract :
This article discusses the future of WiMAX as a possible wireless access technology in Belgium. The technological aspects of WiMAX, and especially Mobile WiMAX are treated in detail in order to develop a planning tool. Based on this tool, a techno-economic evaluation is made for the Belgian market. Several business and rollout scenarios are proposed and compared to each other
Keywords :
WiMax; business communication; radio access networks; Belgian market; Belgium; business scenario; mobile WiMAX; planning tool development; technoeconomic evaluation; wireless access technology; 3G mobile communication; Bandwidth; Base stations; Business; Frequency conversion; Information technology; MIMO; Multiaccess communication; Physical layer; WiMAX;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile WiMAX Symposium, 2007. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0957-8
DOI :
10.1109/WIMAX.2007.348708
