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By: Broadcasting 2.0 » Blog Archive » Mobile WiMAX Standard Finalized

Broadcasting 2.0 » Blog Archive » Mobile WiMAX Standard Finalized — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 02:38:16 +0000

[...] Mobile WiMAX Standard Finalized I’m a little bit late on the news but I just noticed that the IEEE 802.16e has been finalized two weeks ago. As Om Malik puts it, that was the easiest part: … now companies have to get onboard with the concept, start developing silicon and equipment. But more than that, money has to be found, to essentially (and eventually) replicate the cellular mobile infrastructure. It is going to be a very costly and long drawn out process. It might be easy to get caught in the euphoria surrounding the news, but we all need to take a deep breath and get prepared for a long haul. The Register has a short story about this announcement. I have not had the time to look into the specification but WiMAX could be seen as a threat to mobile broadcasting systems such as DMB, DVB-H or MediaFLO. And since WiMAX’s mother tongue is “Internet”, it could be seen as the long awaited and open platform for disruptive mobile applications. Broadcasting 2.0 believers will have to dig into WiMAX broadcasting capabilities. Link [...]

By: Jacomo

Jacomo — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:20:44 +0000

We continue to ignore the fact that 802.16e Mobile will have to operate at the 2.0Ghz spectrum and above and as such will have major problem operating in heavy canopy (trees & foliage)areas that cover most Metro markets outside the Central Plains and Dessert states. Tree/leave absorb foliage and do not allow the OFDM feature to perform. Watch the new Wireless Mesh Networks with existing and future release 802.11a/b/g and n radios dominate this metro market, operating below most canopies. Ciao

Jacomo

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 22:07:01 +0000

Thinking that 802.11 and 802.16 are competing technologies is a mistake. This is not like comparing ethernet and token ring, it is like comparing copper cable and fiber. 802.11 is a great technology and it scales really well up to a point, after that point there are better technologies and 802.16 is one of them.

By: Thaitelecom

Thaitelecom — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:25:08 +0000

WiFi is not an access technology and you still need some kind of access to be able to deliver service. There is lots of areas especially in the country I am living (Thailand) and the region which lack copper or other alternative to deliver Broadband service. In that aspect WiMAX has a lot of promises and the recent approval of 16e is an important step towards univesal broadband access.

By: Robert J. Berger

Robert J. Berger — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:53:06 +0000

Well the sooner they roll it out the sooner they will see how expensive it really is to get coverage and how there are very little end user customers.

In the mean time 802.11 will continue to recapitulate the evolution of Ethernet and WiMax continues in the footsteps of token ring anyLan (802.12) and ATM...

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:41:45 +0000

A note on 16d and 16e incompatibility: 16e is backwards compataible with 16d, but there is no simple upgrade path for 16d base-stations to 16e base-stations. So, if you deploy 16d now, you will spend a lot of money if you want to upgrade to 16e. If you deploy the first available 16e base-stations, they will work with peoples 16d modems.

By: MuniWireless » Blog Archive » IEEE approves mobile WiMax standard 802.16e

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:34:09 +0000

[...] Om Malik reports that the IEEE has finally approved the 8o2.16e (mobile WiMax) standard. Om’s initial thoughts: “Money has to be found, to essentially (and eventually) replicate the cellular mobile infrastructure. It is going to be a very costly and long drawn out process.” In Technology Posted Thursday, December 8, 2005 [...]

By: Jim Dermitt

Jim Dermitt — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:22:41 +0000

I thought this was cool. “AOE”: Anywhere On Earth!