The original standard, And a later version, So would be the consumer if he bothered about all the jargon he is wooed with. Thankfully, many users just concentrate on the basics. What can the new product or service do for me? And the enhanced range of up to 30 miles and not limited by line of sight means easier access, especially in remote locations. If India aims to have 80 mn phones, or one phone for every two households by , WiMax is a good bet.
And the target of 20 mn broadband subscribers by , can easily be met with WiMax. In , WiMax was still being looked at with suspicion with respect to prohibitive infrastructure costs. Not anymore. Last year, Texas Instruments and Tata Elxsi announced their launch of cost-effective base band demo system for mobile WiMax to be adapted into base station solutions. And now BSNL is expected to announce is tender for WiMax equipment for 1, cities any time now, for deployment which is reported to start in September.
Pune is offering basic WiMax at Rs for a kbps connection. Cost, in , definitely is not a roadblock for WiMax. It is exciting that there is so much more bandwidth on the way-without making a dent in the pocket. And as a customer it does not matter to me whether it comes from WiMax or anything else by any other name.
Major limitations to technology usage have always been power sources and wires. They chain you down and put limitations on usage. Sometimes I wonder why batteries have not improved at the rate that chips have. To me anything that aids mobility is good news.
Now if we could get the spectrum issue sorted out…. The author is editor-in-chief of CyberMedia, the publisher of Dataquest. He can be reached at shyamm cybermedia. Companies across industries are accelerating their digital transformation efforts. Between the lines blog. Available bandwidth of WiMAX is shared between users. Appllications higher- gain directional outdoor unit will generally result in greatly increased range and throughput but with the obvious loss of practical mobility of the unit.
Neither WiMAX, nor Wi-Fi is a technology but their names have been adopted in popular usage to denote the technologies behind them. Generally these devices bxnl connected to a notebook or net book computer. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Webarchive template archiveis links Webarchive template wayback links CS1 maint: Some countries in Asia like India and Indonesia will use a mix of 2.
In North America, backhaul for urban operations is typically provided via one or more copper wire line connections, whereas remote cellular operations are sometimes backhauled via satellite. Comparison of wireless data standards.
Thus, these specifications need to be considered together. These public networks are fixed subscriber stations, which can be mounted on rooftops. The reason for which is obviously that too much interference causes the network to function poorly and can also misrepresent the capability of the network.
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WiMAX directly supports the technologies that wimaz triple-play service offerings possible such as quality of service and multicasting. WiMAX in this application competes with microwave radioE-line and bsno extension of the fiber network itself.
For more comparison tables, see bit rate progress trendscomparison of mobile phone standardsspectral efficiency comparison table and OFDM system comparison table.
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