WiMAX Applications

 

• Mobile Broadband
• Fixed Broadband
• Backhaul or Bridging

 

 

WiMAX has already revolutionized the broadband wireless market by standardizing the Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) market, by opening up new service opportunities and by creating the environment for ubiquitous broadband services everywhere.

 

WiMAX creates a bridge between the fixed wireline and mobile cellular networks. By deploying WiMAX technology in their networks, operators are able to offer not just fixed broadband wireless services to homes and businesses but are also able to offer anytime, anywhere mobile access to IP services at much higher speeds than is possible with voice-centric 3G networks.

 

The aim is to provide the service that best fits the individual’s needs, whether relaxing at home, working in the office or on the move. WiMAX has the versatility to provide a transparent umbrella of service provision across a range of wireless and wireline access technologies.

 

 

Mobile Broadband

 

Mobile WiMAX offers truly 4G connectivity, enabling end users to access Internet and IP applications anytime, anywhere - whether at home, in the office or on the go.

 

Suddenly it is possible to have a DSL-like broadband experience anywhere you happen to be, not just at home or in a Wi-Fi hot spot environment. With WiMAX we start to get Hot Zones that are a several kilometers/miles wide and the broadband experience moves outdoors.

 

 

Fixed Broadband Wireless Access

 

Fixed broadband enables high-speed connectivity at a fixed location such as a home or office.

 

Airspan’s Fixed WiMAX solution delivers outdoor, as well as end-user installed indoor CPEs which eliminate the expense of professional installation..

 

DSL penetration in rural or less densely populated areas continues to lag behind urban areas due to problems of the cost-ratio involved in digging and laying cables. Therefore Fixed WiMAX technology is a good solution for bringing broadband services to customers in these poorly served areas.

 

 

Backhaul and Bridging Applications

 

WiMAX products also lend themselves to backhaul and bridging applications.

 

Using a WiMAX compliant link to backhaul the traffic from a WiMAX base station back towards the core network can be ideal. In some cases WiMAX compliant products will be called upon to provide LAN-to-LAN bridging solutions for enterprise networks or indeed providing IP connectivity.

 

Airspan’s MicroMAX product range is particularly suitable for backhaul applications providing high availability with native IP interfaces, in both licensed and unlicensed.