Mobile WiMax: The Next Wireless Battle Ground

Author

Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J.

Volume

41

Issue

6

fYear

2008

fDate

6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

18

Abstract

One of the newest technologies to join the fray is mobile WiMax, a version of traditional WiMax (worldwide interoperability for microwave access), which enables high-speed fixed wireless communications. Mobile WiMax proponents hope their approach will compete with cellular, Wi-Fi, and last-mile Internet-access technologies such as DSL and cable. The IEEE plans to adopt mobile WiMax 2.0, formally called IEEE 802.16m later this year. The technology would offer data rates of 100 Mbps for mobile uses and 1 Gbps for fixed applications via enhanced MIMO technology. If adopted on schedule, industry observers expect mobile WiMax 2.0 to appear in products by 2012.

Keywords

MIMO communication; WiMax; mobile radio; IEEE 802.16m; MIMO technology; high-speed fixed wireless communication; mobile WiMax; Bandwidth; Base stations; DSL; Delay; Microwave technology; OFDM; Speech analysis; Switches; WiMAX; Wireless communication; HSDPA; High-Speed Downlink Packet-Access; IEEE 802.16e; UMB; UMTS; Ultra Mobile Broadband; Universal Mobile Telecommunications System; mobile WiMax; mobile WiMax 2.0; wireless technology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2008.201

Filename

4548166