Title :
A Study of WiMAX Implementation at University Campuses
Author :
Yu, Chen-Hsiang ; Yang, Don-Lin ; Liu, An-Chi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Feng Chia Univ., Taiwan
Abstract :
The technology of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is based on the IEEE 802.16 standard which enables the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access within tens of kilometers. Under a single base station, the coverage is much wider than WLAN and can reach a transmission rate of 70 Mbps. In this paper, we study the implementation of WiMAX for university campuses in the Taichung metropolitan area. Feng Chia University is such a university with multiple campuses providing e-services to the university communities. We have integrated WiMAX with existing Wi-Fi and MESH networks in a three-layer configuration. As a result, the system capacity and performance of this cross-campus wireless network have both increased. We have improved the access coverage and quality such that the overall usage of the wireless network at Feng Chia University is also increased.
Keywords :
WiMax; broadband networks; radio access networks; radio networks; Feng Chia University; IEEE 802.16 standard; MESH networks; Taichung metropolitan area; WLAN; Wi-Fi network; WiMAX implementation; Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access; bit rate 70 Mbit/s; cross-campus wireless network; e-services; single base station; three-layer configuration; university campuses; wireless broadband access; Bandwidth; Communication system security; Computer science; Microwave communication; Microwave generation; Microwave technology; WiMAX; Wireless LAN; Wireless mesh networks; Wireless networks; IEEE 802.16; MESH; Wi-Fi; WiMAX;
Conference_Titel :
Future Generation Communication and Networking, 2008. FGCN '08. Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hainan Island
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3431-2
DOI :
10.1109/FGCN.2008.132
