WiMAX

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that WiMAX specializes in point-to-multi-point broadband wireless access corresponding to the fixed wireless version, which is currently being deployed, and the mobile version, which is in varying stages of development and deployment. The author points out that WiMAX proposes challenges to providers of DSL and cable-modem service because its design can accommodate varying ways to transmit data including voice over internet protocol (VoIP). The paper concludes that, if WiMAX continues to find viable needs and fills them, it will enable faster than average speeds, in infinite locations. The paper includes a table and many embedded quotations.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Technology
History
Comparing Types
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Fixed wireless application began back in time with the microwave radio, and has been universally utilized "since the 1940s as a wireless alternative to (wired) private line services." Grabianowski and Brain relate the historical concept of WiMAX in basic terms with the scenario of two computers utilizing "walkie-talkie technology," with each computer being equipped with a walkie-talkie and being capable of transmitting and receiving. Each computer would also be able to "its binary 1s and 0s into two different beeps that the walkie-talkie could transmit and receive and convert back and forth between beeps and 1s/0s."'

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Accelerating WiMAX System Design with FPGA's." Retrieved on May 22, 2006 from: http://www.altera.com/literature/wp/wp_wimax.pdf. (2004).
• Bielski, Lauren. "Breakout Systems and Applications Give Bankers New Options." ABA Banking Journal 97.6 (2005): 61+.
• Courtney, M. "A tale of two WiMax rollouts." Computing, May 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2006 from: http://www.computing.co.uk/itweek/comment/2152774/tale-two-wimax-rollouts.
• Finneran, Michael. "WiMax Hits the Road: The Next Major Wireless Standard Will Provide Fixed Broadband and Mobile Access. Can It Compete with Cable, DSL and 3G?." Business Communications Review June 2004: 30+.
• Grabianowski, Edward and Brain, Marshall. "How WiMAX Works." Retrieved on May 27, 2006 from: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wimax.htm (2006).

More papers on WiMAX:

• Term Paper # 114064 : "WiMAX is Coming"
• Research Paper # 111642 : "QoS Studies of VoIP over WiMax"
• Research Paper # 117377 : "New-Wave Mobile Technology"

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