WiMAX Research
In chapter 9, WiMAX was introduced. To be current on this technology, research over the Internet the status of WiMAX. Describe any barriers to commerical use and the applications that show the most promise. Explain which countries expect to benefit the most and why. Be sure to cite your sources. Summarize your findings and be sure to include your name.
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Intel has managed to raise the bar with Wimax, placing it on their laptops and mobile phones for the "last mile" of connectivity.
"backhaul" is the main application used for Wimax.
Intel WiMax is delivering the internet broadband way beyond WiFi on the wireless with laptops and cell phones. It provides the freedom of internet on your laptops as it does with cell phones services at the same speed of cable and DSL. Allowing you to stream the internet media, live video, and mobile tv. Intel WiMAX allow you to connect in more places without being restricted to hotspots. Intel WiMax is going to benefit every one that purchase new laptops and cell phone. The US, China, Japan, Europe, and Latin America are benefiting from this product.
http://www.intel.com/technology/wimax
WiMAX is doing for the computer industry what cell phones did for the communications industry. WiMAX is basically WiFi in its connectivity and will allow you to connect seamlessly to the internet if you are anywhere near a WiMAX antenna.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wimax.htm
Jerod Finney
WiMAX is the next-generation wireless technology full of potenial to drive cheaper high speed wireless data,voice and communication. Motorola’s wi4 WiMAX 802.16e-based products and our end-to-end services offer industry-leading breadth and depth, allowing us to design the right architecture to meet an operator’s specific deployment issues.www.motoral.com/content.jsp?
WiMax will soon be adobted all over the world as the means of internet. According to Wimax news forums it is announced that by 2012, more than 133 million users will be using WiMax. WiMax, a standards-based technology of last mile wireless broadband, will allow internet access without the use of wires like the ones DSL or Cable internet services do. WiMax will allow people to access internet anytime anywhere, even in the most remote areas where internet access is hard to obtain. Almost any country should benefit from this considering the daily improvements in technology. By the time WiMax goes global, internet acces will almost be a common commodity.
-David Del Castillo
http://www.wimaxforum.org/technology/
http://www.wimaxforum.org/technology/benefits/
What is WiMAX?
http://www.wimax.com/education 2008-04-27
“WiMAX is a wireless digital communications system, also known as IEEE 802.16, that is intended for wireless "metropolitan area networks". WiMAX can provide broadband wireless access (BWA) up to 30 miles (50 km) for fixed stations, and 3 - 10 miles (5 - 15 km) for mobile stations. In contrast, the WiFi/802.11 wireless local area network standard is limited in most cases to only 100 - 300 feet (30 - 100m).” --- Michael Wolleben — last modified 2005-10-23 08:50 PM ---
WiMAX Applications
http://www.wimaxday.net/
site/category/applications/ 2008-04-27
A handful of current news:
"February 12, 2008, ASTANA. In Kazakhstan, the National Science and Technology Holding Company (Samghau) announced an agreement with Thales Group to jointly develop information and technology businesses [including WiMAX].
February 21, 2008, FAIRFAX. Nortel Government Solutions takes WiMAX to US Navy.
February 28, 2008 SINGAPORE. This port, which sees over 500 ships a day, is launching a Mobile WiMAX network called WISEPORT, which will provide internet connectivity through the port and up to ten miles at sea for the ships to exchange files, maps, and other commercial data as well as providing for VoIP (Voice over Internet Phone) and conferencing. It also opens possibilities for cruise ships, smaller passenger ships, and ferries to offer public access.
March 26, 2008, DENVER. USDA funds rural WiMAX network in America.
April 1, 2008, MIDDLETOWN. Towerstream launches fixed WiMAX service in the city of Dallas-Forth Worth in Texas
April 16, 2008, HANOVER. Lockheed Martin has recently opened a [controlled and classified] Wireless Cyber Security Centre
April 24, 2008, LONDON. The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and the WiMAX Spectrum Owners Alliance (WiSOA) have announced that the two groups will focus their combined efforts to advance global roaming for [WiFi and] WiMAX and inter-standard roaming ...
WiMAX in India
http://www.wimax.com/
commentary/blog/blog-2008/
wimax-in-india/?searchterm=Tata 2008-04-27
Despite the interest in this country, the real winners with WiMAX are people in areas without an existing wired infrastructure. The following shows some of the excitement generated by this technology. (It is also interesting to see wimaxday reporting that Tata is also investing $2 billion in undersea cables reaching as far as Europe. After all, WiMAX is the end, not the middle.)
“With a reported target of 40 cities and 300 towns, Tata Communications has major plans for the expansion of its WiMAX services in India. This three-year plan comes at an investment of 500 million dollars. … Lack of planning for the layout of fibers and a vast number of unconnected rural areas makes WiMAX an attractive solution for India. Wireless connectivity also means that connections will be less easily interrupted due to flooding or other natural events that would have typically posed a problem. … Tata Communications estimates that it will have seven to nine million subscribers by 2010 at an estimated rate of 500 to 1,000 rupees (roughly 13 to 25 dollars) per month …” --- Ari Zoldan ---
joyce
On a basic level WiMAX is an extremely powerful broadband internet connection. One which can provide full internet access to entire cities. It is able to provide access to people within miles of its location. One barrier that exist for wide use of WiMAX is the sheer range itself. If the network is not intended for everyone to use there is a much higher chance of hacking attempts. The countries that will most benefit from WiMAX are countries that do not currently have widespread internet access. WiMAX is about the cheapest way for a country to give reliable internet access to the massive number of people who need it today.
http://www.wimax.com/education
http://www.wimax.com/commentary/blog/cat/Applications
Thomas Kelley
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access "WiMax". telecomunications tech designed for long distance wirless devices such as cell phones. this tech always connections into wifi hotspots and high speed telecomunications as well as nomadic conection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX
Jessie
Wimax is a technology that brings broadband to mobile devices. 802.16 is a standard for WiMax first started in April of 2002, but the freguencies were too high that they could only be used when there was an umimpeded line of sight for the WiMax base and client. the radio waves had a hard time going through walls buildings and obstructions. The 802.16a standard lowers the frequencies to fix this problem.
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