Monday, April 28, 2008

WiMax Introduction

WiMAX, the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a telecommunications technology aimed at providing high speed wireless data over long distances in a variety of ways, from point-to-point links to full mobile cellular type access. It is an assortment of technical specifications called 802.16.

WiBro (Wireless Broadband) is a wireless broadband Internet technology being developed by the South Korean telecoms industry. WiBro is the South Korean service name for IEEE 802.16e (mobile WiMAX) international standard. WiBro adapts TDD for duplexing, OFDMA for multiple access and 8.75 MHz as a channel bandwidth. In February 2002, the Korean government allocated 100 MHz of electromagnetic spectrum in the 2.3 - 2.4 GHz band.

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