WiMAX: Applications

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作者：Syed A. Ahson, Mohammad Ilyas
出版日期：September 7, 2007
出版社：其它
页数：248
ISBN：ISBN-10: 1420045474 ISBN-13: 978-1420045475
文件格式：PDF

Product Description
As the demand for broadband services continues to grow worldwide,traditional solutions, such as digital cable and fiber optics, areoften difficult and expensive to implement, especially in rural andremote areas. The emerging WiMAX system satisfies the growing need forhigh data-rate applications such as voiceover IP, video conferencing,interactive gaming, and multimedia streaming. WiMAX deployments notonly serve residential and enterprise users but can also be deployed asa backhaul for Wi-Fi hotspots or 3G cellular towers. By providingaffordable wireless broadband access, the technology of WiMAX willrevolutionize broadband communications in the developed world andbridge the digital divide in developing countries. Part of the WiMAXHandbook, this volume focuses on the applications of WiMAX. The bookdescribes the logical architecture of IEEE 802.16, introduces some ofthe main IEEE 802.16 family standards, compares WiMAX to Wi-Fi, andstudies the feasibility of supporting VoIP over WiMAX. It also looks atthe residential use of WiMAX as well as the strategies of using WiMAXin remote locales and rural communities. In addition, the book examinesthe backhaul requirements of a large fixed wireless network and theproblem of centralized routing and scheduling for IEEE 802.16 meshnetworks. With the revolutionary technology of WiMAX, the lives of manywill undoubtedly improve, thereby leading to greater economicempowerment.
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Motorola Inc., Plantation, Florida, USA Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA