Title: Mobile WiMAX Author(s): Edited by Yan Zhang s Hsiao & Hwa Chen Pages: 469 Publisher: Auerbach Publications, Taylor & Francis Group Publication date: 2008 Language: English Format: PDF ISBN-10: 0849326249 ISBN-13: Description: Wireless metropolitan area networks (WirelessMANs) is emerging as a promising broadband wireless access (BWA) technology to provide high-speed, high bandwidth efficiency and high-capacity multimedia services for residential as well as enterprise applications. It is observed that WirelessMAN (e.g., WiMAX) is even regarded as a 4G
technology. For the success of the WirelessMANs, international standardization organizations are very actively specifying the standards IEEE 802.16, ETSI HiperMAN and Korea WiBro. The WiMAX forum has been working hard to make its efforts to ensure the compatibility between these technologies. WirelessMANs provide two working modes: point-to-multipoint (PMP) and mesh networking. Two optional architectures have also been designed to enable their flexible integration, quick deployment, easy maintenance, great scalability and resilient services. To achieve these goals, considerable efforts in both academia and industry communities have been made to address the various problems in all layers of protocol stack, i.e., physical, MAC, network and application layers. Efficient signal processing techniques, network architecture, secure protocols, programmable configuration, and flexible system design are needed to guarantee that the system will meet the all requirements.
Title: Mobile WiMAX