Wimax: Techonology for Broadband Wireless Access

Author: Loutfi Nuaymi

Publisher: Wiley

Date: March 23, 2007

Pages: 310

Description:
WiMAX Broadband Wireless Access Technology, based on the IEEE
802.16 standard, is at the origin of great promises for many different
markets covering fixed wireless Internet Access, Backhauling and Mobile
cellular networks. WiMAX technology is designed for the transmission of
multimedia services (voice, Internet, email, games and others) at high
data rates (of the order of Mb/s per user). It is a very powerful but
sometimes complicated technique.
The WiMAX System is described in thousands of pages of IEEE 802.16 standard and amendments documents and WiMAX Forum documents. WiMAX: Technology for Broadband Wireless Access
provides a global picture of WiMAX and a large number of details that
makes access to WiMAX documents much easier. All the aspects of WIMAX
are covered. Illustrations and clear explanations for all the main
procedures of WiMAX are pedagogically presented in a succession of
relatively short chapters.

• Topics covered include WiMAX genesis and framework, WiMAX
  topologies, protocol layers, MAC layer, MAC frames, WiMAX multiple
  access, the physical layer, QoS Management, Radio Resource Management,
  Bandwidth allocation, Network Architecture, Mobility and Security
  
• Features a glossary of abbreviations and their definitions, and a wealth of explanatory tables and figures
  
• Highlights the most recent changes, including the 802.16e amendment of the standard, needed for Mobile WiMAX
  
• Includes technical comparisons of WiMAX vs. 802.11 (WiFi) and cellular 3G technologies
  

This technical introduction to WiMAX, explaining the rather complex
standards (IEEE 802.16-2004 and 802.16e) is a must read for engineers,
decision-makers and students interested in WiMAX, as well as other
researchers and scientists from this evolving field.

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