Going WiMAX

WiMax is a wireless digital communications system that is intended for
wireless “metropolitan area networks.” WiMax is designed to extend local
WiFi networks across greater distances, such as on a university campus. The
WiFi/802.11 wireless local area, which is the network standard, is limited
in most cases to only about 100 to 300 feet; however, Wimax can provide
broadband wireless access for up to 30 miles for fixed stations and 3 to 10
miles for mobile stations. WiMax allows for more efficient bandwidth use,
interference avoidance, and is intended to allow higher data rates over
longer distances.

In the next five years, WiMax will have an enormous impact on the cellular
markets, particularly that of third-world countries, as well as that
of the United States. The cost-effectiveness of WiMax to that of preexisting
systems is much higher. One application that can be used by cellular
companies is WiMax’s ability to serve as a high bandwidth “backhaul” for
internet or cellular phone traffic from remote areas back to an Internet
backbone; WiMax may be an answer to reducing the cost of T1/E1 backhaul as well.

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Ari Zoldan
Launch 3 Communications