WiMAX

Contents

Foreword

Preface

1.    Introduction

802.16/HiperMAN Technology Specs

WiMax Forum

WiMAX Spectrum Owners Alliance

2.    Contemporary Wireless Technologies

Wireless Technologies

Modulation Techniques

OFDM

IEEE 802.11a/g OFDM

Proprietary OFDM (pre-WiMAX)

Frequency Division Duplexing

Time Division Duplexing

Wireless System Topologies

Performance Elements of Wireless Communications

Generations of Wireless Systems Based on Wireless Access Technologies

The 1G Wireless Systems

The 2G Wireless Systems

2.5G Wireless Systems

3G Systems

Standardization Activities in IEEE [8–11]

IEEE WG 802.11 (WLANs)

IEEE WG 802.15 (Wireless PANs)

IEEE WG 802.16 (Fixed BWA)

The IEEE 802.20 Standard

Wi-Fi

The 802.11 Standard

The 802.11 Architecture

The Physical Layer ...