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WiMAX broadband wireless communications
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Gaudino, Mark MaXentric Technologies LLC. Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Wu, Andrew MaXentric Technologies LLC. Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Last reviewed:June 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.902200
A growing family of standardized technologies for broadband wireless communications. Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) provides the ability to transfer high-speed data efficiently over long distances and to support digital voice, data, and video services in challenging environments. There are two family trees: one for fixed broadband access, and one for mobile broadband access. These are separately defined by the Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN) working group of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in publications 802.16d and 802.16e, respectively. While fixed WiMAX targets stationary terminals, mobile WiMAX targets mobile users, as well as portable and stationary terminals. WiMAX is intended to be the lowest-cost option for wide-area coverage offering high capacity.
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