Looks like this technology will have a big impact on telco
market. I wonder how this will change the telcos strategies
in integrating it with the existing wireline and wireless
technologies.
WIMAX
The 802.16 standard, which the IEEE modified this January
in its 802.16a amendment covering the 2 GHz to 11 GHz
frequencies, is a wireless metropolitan area network technology
that will connect 802.11 hot spots to the Internet and provide a
wireless extension to cable and DSL for last mile broadband
access. It provides up to 31 miles of linear service area range
and allows users to get broadband connectivity without
needing a direct line of sight to the base station. The
wireless broadband technology also provides shared
data rates up to 70 Mbps, which is enough bandwidth
to simultaneously support more than 60 businesses with
T1-type connectivity and hundreds of homes with
DSL-type connectivity using a single sector of a base
station. A typical base station has up to six sectors.
http://wimaxforum.org/news/announcement.asp?id=8
http://www.ieee802.org/16/pub/backgrounder.html
http://www.commsdesign.com/story/OEG20030130S0055
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Received on Mon May 26 11:32:24 2003