WiMAX Metropolitan Area Networks
Standards created by the WiMAX Forum
- WiMAX depends on the IEEE 802.16 standard but goes beyond it
- A single MAC-layer standard for all service bands between 2 GHz to 11 GHz
- WiMAX forum is initially developing profiles for the 2.3, 2.5, 3.5, and 5.8 GHz licensed bands
- WiMAX carriers want licensed bands for higher quality service
- Uses advanced technologies
- Scalable OFDM, MIMO, adaptive antennas systems (AAS) that do beam forming, and cellular organization for its base stations
- WiMAX technology provides high-quality service
- TDM gives each subscriber its fair share of the capacity