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Telecomm Engineering
Semester VI-2010
Lecturer: Sheraz Alam Khan
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    is a telecommunications protocol
that provides fixed and fully mobile Internet access.
K hiMax is a standards-based technology enabling the
delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an
alternative to cable and DSL
K currently one of the hottest technologies in wireless
  

K The hiMAX Forum is an industry body formed
to promote the IEEE 802.16 standard and
perform interoperability testing.
K The hiMAX Forum has adopted certain
profiles based on the 802.16 standards for
interoperability testing and ͞hiMAX
certification͟.
 renefits of hiMAX
K Long Range:
The most significant benefit of hiMAX compared to
existing wireless technologies is the range. hiMAX has a
communication range of up to 30 miles. This can cover
over 2800 square miles enough to blanket an entire city.
K Low Cost
rase stations will cost under $20,000 but will still provide
customers with T1-class connections.
 renefits of hiMAX
K hireless
ry using a hiMAX system, companies/ residents no longer
have to rip up buildings or streets or lay down expensive
cables.
K High randwidth
hiMAX can provide shared data rates of up to 70 Mb/s.
This is enough bandwidth to support more than 60
businesses at once with T1-type connectivity. It can also
support over a thousand homes at 1 Mb/s DSL-level
connectivity. Also, there will be a reduction in latency for
all hiMAX communications.
 renefits of hiMAX
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 hiMAX can provide users with two forms of
wireless service:
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K †perates at 2 to 11 GHz, which at a lower level frequency
has the ability to bend around obstacles more easily. Here,
a small antenna on a computer connects to the tower and is
backwards compatible with existing hi-Fi technologies.
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K Can go as high as 66 GHz since the signal is stronger and
more stable, which leads to greater bandwidth. Here, a
fixed dish antenna points straight at the tower or for
communication between tower to tower.
 Drawbacks of hiMAX
K Hesitancy
Companies are very hesitant of setting up hiMAX base stations today
since it is has not reached widespread use yet. †ne solution to this
problem is Intel making their Centrino laptop processors hiMAX
enabled within the next few years. All laptops are expected to have
hiMAX by 2008.
K Exclusion of Start-Up Companies
Even though cost provides a low barrier to entry, none of the startup
companies are projected to be major players in the development of
hiMAX. Intel and Cisco seem to have an obvious advantage today,
and by the time it reaches widespread use, large operators will find
hiMAX to be a very attractive new way of raising revenues.
 Drawbacks of hiMAX
K Research and Development
In order for hiMAX to succeed, new products must be
researched and developed to incorporate hiMAX. hithout
the help of major companies investing in this R&D, hiMAX
could be gravely underutilized
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