What is WiMAX and IEEE
802.16 Specifications?
WiMAX stands for
World
Interoperability for Microwave Access that enables the
actual broadband wireless network with high speed. WiMAX
operate same like WiFi but WiFi operate with some limitation like it is
base band technology and cover only 100 feet radius with slow speed.
WiMAX covers a radius of 50 Km and work with the speed of 70 Mbps. WiMAX
is the replacement of the wired broadband. In wired broadband
connection,
we can transmit data with 512 Kbps to 10 Mbps speed and
more, for example DSL broadband and cable broadband. In
future all new desktop and notebook computers will be
incorporated
with
WiMAX
technology. With this technology you will be connected to the internet
even you are driving your car with the speed of 120 Km.
Objective of WiMAX
IEEE 802.16 Specifications
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Range 30 mile
radius from the base station for LOS (line-of-sight).
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Range 4-6
miles radius from the base station for NLOS (Non-line-of-sight)
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Maximum data
speed supported as 70 Mbps.
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Licensed
frequency band: 2- 11 GHz
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Un-licensed
frequency band: 10- 66 GHz
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Line of sight
is not needed between user and the base station unless very high
date rates are required at the user premises.
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