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| WiMAX: The Rebel Broadband |
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Just because WiMAX has been
the center of a lot of attention lately does not mean
that it is all hype and no substance. In fact, quite the
opposite is true. Currently, there is a large number of
companies actively promoting WiMAX, with nearly 200 in
its WiMAX forum. It also has opportunities before it to
not only be a potentially cheaper way of providing broadband
– both in the US and abroad – but it also can be used
as a means to provide backhaul for cellular BTSs, as well
as, eventually, providing an alternative to the high cost
of using a mobile phone.
However, there are still a reasonable amount of
unknowns involved with WiMAX, so, in this report, we provide
three different scenarios for how WiMAX will be used in
the US and a detailed forecast for each perspective.
- Local WISPs adopting WiMAX to be more cost effective
- National companies rollout combined WiMAX + VoIP
services
- National companies offer combined WiMAX + VoIP
+ Satellite TV services
Taking to the most likely scenario, the second of
the above, we also provide a worldwide forecast for WiMAX
market, including its use as a backhaul technology.
This WiMAX report also provides a detailed technical
backgrounder and an expansive market overview so that
the reader is fully versed in all the pertinent aspects
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- Executive Summary
- Methodology
- Introduction
- WiMAX Technical
Overview
- Modulation
Technology
- CDMA, Code
Division Multiple Access
- DSSS, Direct
Sequence Spread Spectrum
- FDMA, Frequency
Division Multiple Access
- FHSS, Frequency
Hopping Spread Spectrum
- TDMA, Time
Division Multiple Access
- OFDM, Orthogonal
Frequency Division Multiplexing
- W-OFDM,
Wideband-OFDM
- OFDMA,
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
- Wireless Standards
- IEEE 802.11
Standards
- IEE
802.11b
- IEE
802.11a
- IEE
802.11g
- IEEE 802.11
Task Groups
- Task
Group E (TGe)
- Task
Group H (TGh)
- Task
Group I (TGi)
- Task
Group J (TGj)
- Task
Group N (TGn)
- Task
Group R (TGr)
- Task
Group S (TGs)
- Task
Group T (TGt)
- IEEE 802.16
- IEEE
802.16a
- IEEE
Std 802.16/Conformance03-2004
- IEEE
802.16e
- IEEE
802.16f
- IEEE
802.16g
- IEEE 802.20
- License Exempt
vs. Licensed Spectrum
- Licensed
Spectrum
- License-Exempt
- Network Topology
- Point-to-Multipoint
- Point-to-Point
- Mesh Networks
- WiMAX Market
Overview
- WiMAX Applications
- Cellular
Backhaul
- Clustered
Wi-Fi Hotspot Backhaul
- Last-Mile
Broadband
- Cell phone
Replacements
- Other Applications
- Automatic
Teller Machines (ATMs)
- Vehicular
Data and Voice
- Security
Applications
- First
Responders
- WiMAX Forum
- WiMAX Market
Drivers
- Emergence
of WiMAX Standards
- Backing of
Intel
- Breaking
the Duopoly
- Foreign Investors
- Municipal
Endeavors
- Homeland
Security
- WiMAX Market
Challenges
- Government Regulations
- National WiMAX
Rollout Model
- WiMAX Forecasts
- CPE Scenario
1
- CPE Scenario
2
- CPE Scenario
3
- WiMAX BTSs
- Point-to-Point
Equipment
- Worldwide WiMAX
Forecast
- Table 1. 802.11
Standards
- Table 2. WLAN Technology
Matrix - Past and Present
- Table 3. IEEE 802.11
Major Task Groups and Study Groups
- Table 4. 802.16
Wireless MAN Standards
- Table 5. Relationship
Between 802.16e, 802.20, and 3G - Part 1
- Table 6. Relationship
Between 802.16e, 802.20, and 3G - Part 2
- Table 7. License-Exempt
Spectrum for Fixed wireless broadband
- Table 8. Triple,
Quadruple, and Quintuple Play Savings Comparisons Versus Dial-up
- Table 9. Triple,
Quadruple, and Quintuple Play Savings Comparisons Versus Broadband
- Table 10. Possible
Government Funded Projects for WiMAX
- Table 11. Initial
Costs for a National Rollout of WiMAX
- Table 12. Final
Costs for a National Rollout of WiMAX
- Table 13. Revenue
Opportunity WiMAX Plays by Penetration Rate ($M)
- Table 14. US Scenario
1 WiMAX CPE Forecast, 2004 - 2008
- Table 15. US Scenario
2 WiMAX CPE Forecast, 2004 - 2008
- Table 16. US Scenario
3 WiMAX CPE Forecast, 2004 - 2008
- Table 17. US Scenario
1 WiMAX BTS Forecast, 2004 - 2008
- Table 18. US Scenario
2 WiMAX BTS Forecast, 2004 - 2008
- Table 19. US Scenario
3 WiMAX BTS Forecast, 2004 - 2008
- Table 20. WW Point-to-Point
Forecast, 2004 - 2008
- Table 21. WW BTS,
PtP, and CPE Forecast, 2004 - 2008
- Figure 1. WW Forecast
of CPE, BTS, and PtP Revenues and Shipments, 2004 - 2008
- Figure 2. MDS and
MMDS Band Allocation
- Figure 3. LMDS
Band Allocation
- Figure 4. Sample
Point-to-Multipoint Configuration
- Figure 5. Sample
Point-to-Point Configuration
- Figure 6. 3-Ring
Deployment of WiMAX BTSs with Minimal PtP Link Usage
- Figure 7. 3-Ring
Deployment of WiMAX BTSs with More PtP Links for Better Reliability
- Figure 8. Multiple
Clusters of 6-Way PtP Links Shows Maximum Flexibility
- Figure 9. Speed
of CPU Trend Against Internet Connection Method
- Figure 10. US Scenario
1 CPE Forecast, 2004 - 2008
- Figure 11. US Scenario
2 CPE Forecast, 2004 - 2008
- Figure 12. US Scenario
3 CPE Forecast, 2004 - 2008
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