Abstract :
The paper reports on an analysis of the WiMAX market for the purpose of positioning future contributions of WiMAX standards as part of the WiMAGIC project. The report examines nine key themes that are influencing current and future WiMAX deployments: WiMAX devices, confusion concerning WiMAX capabilities, spectrum allocation, WiMAX as 4G, WiMAX as an emerging country technology, political and regulatory factors, the economic crises, competition (WiMAX vs. LTE), and who are the WiMAX users. We conclude with a final section reviewing the potential market for any future development of WiMAX identifying a number of areas for future research.
Keywords :
WiMax; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network planning; WiMAGIC project; WiMAX; economic crises; political factors; regulatory factors; socio-economic analysis; spectrum allocation; Broadband communication; Business; Communication industry; Emulation; Isolation technology; Market research; Mobile communication; Next generation networking; WiMAX; Wireless LAN; Broadband communication; mobile communication;
