Get a thorough introduction to WiMAX - the revolutionary new 802.16 IEEE standard for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint wireless broadband access.

WiMAX Handbook annotates the 802.16 specification and explains how to design and build a robust, reliable, and secure WiMAX network that takes full advantage of the wide range, increased throughput, and "last mile" solutions offered by WiMAX.

Contents:

1. Introduction
   • Telecommunications Networks - The Need for an Alternative Form of Access
   • Switching
   • Transport
   • Access
   • Replacing the PSTN One Component at a Time
   • Objections to Wireless Networks
   • QoS
   • Security
   • Interference Mitigation
   • Economic Advantage of WiMAX
   • Regulatory Aspects of Wireless Networks
   • Improved Quality of Life with Wireless Networks
   • Disruptive Technology
   • Disruption for Telephone Companies
   • Disruption for Cable TV and Satellite TV Companies
   • Disruption for Cell Phone Companies
   • Disruption for the Backhaul Industry
   • Conclusion

2. WiMAX: The Physical Layer (PHY)
   • Introduction
   • The Function of the PHY
   • OFDM: The "Big So What?!" of WiMAX
   • TDD and FDD
   • Adaptive Antenna System (AAS)
   • WiMAX Variants
   • OFDM Variants 2-11 GHz
   • Single Carrier (SC) Variants
   • Conclusion

3. The Medium Access Control (MAC) Layer
   • The MAC as the "Smarts" for the Physical Layer
   • The MAC and WiMAX Architecture
   • Service Classes and QoS
   • Service-Specific Convergence Sublayers
   • Common Part Sublayer
   • Packing and Fragmentation
   • PDU Creation and Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ)
   • Transmission Convergence (TC) Layer

4. How WiMAX Works
   • Channel Acquisition
   • Initial Ranging and Negotiation of SS Capabilities
   • SS Authentication and Registration
   • IP Connectivity
   • Connection Setup
   • Radio Link Control (RLC)
   • The UL
   • Service Flow
   • Conclusion

5. Quality of Service (QoS) on WiMAX
   • Overview
   • The Challenge
   • Legacy QoS Mechanisms
   • FDD/TDD/OFDM
   • Forward Error Correction (FEC)
   • Bandwidth Is the Answer - What Was the Question?
   • QPSK Versus QAM
   • Multiplexing in OFDM
   • What OFDM Means to WiMAX
   • QoS: Error Correction and Interleaving
   • QoS Measures Specific to the WiMAX Specification
   • Theory of Operation
   • Service Flows
   • The Object Model
   • Service Classes
   • Authorization
   • Types of Service Flows
   • Service Flow Management
   • Conclusion

6. Dealing with Interference with WiMAX
   • Interference - Some Assumptions
   • Defining Interference or "Think Receiver"
   • Forms of Interference
   • Countering Interference
   • Changing Channels Within the ISM or U-NII Bands
   • Dealing with Distance
   • Internal (CoCH) Sources of Interference
   • OFDM in Overcoming Interference
   • Handling ISI
   • Mitigating Interference with Antenna Technology
   • Multiple Antennas: AAS
   • Adaptive Antenna (AA) Techniques
   • Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)
   • If You Want Interference, Call the Black Ravens

7. Security and 802.16 WiMAX
   • Security in WiMAX Networks
   • The Security Sublayer
   • The PKM Protocol
   • TEK Exchange Overview
   • Cryptographic Methods
   • Conclusion 104

8. WiMAX VoIP
   • PSTN Architecture
   • Voice Over WiMAX-The Challenge
   • VoIP
   • Origins of VoIP
   • How Does VoIP Work?
   • VoIP Signaling Protocols
   • Switching
   • Softswitch (aka Gatekeeper, Media Gateway Controller)
   • Other Softswitch Components
   • VoIP and Softswitch Pave the Way for Voice Over WiMAX
   • Objections to VoIP Over WiMAX
   • Objection One: Voice Quality of WiMAX VoIP
   • Solution: Voice Codecs Designed for VoIP, Especially VoIP Over WiMAX
   • Modifying Voice Codecs to Improve Voice Quality
   • The QoS Solution: Fix Circuit-Switched Voice Codecs in a Packet Switched, Wireless World with Enhanced Speech-Processing Software
   • Objection Two: Security for WiMAX VoIP
   • Objection Three: CALEA and E911
   • E911
   • Architecture of WiMAX VoIP: Putting It All Together
   • WiMAX VoIP Phones
   • Conclusion

9. WiMAX IPTV
   • WISP WiMAX Triple Play?
   • IPTV: Competing with Cable TV and Satellite TV
   • How It Works
   • Bandwidth and Compression Technologies
   • Other Video Revenue Streams
   • Video on Demand
   • Personal Video Recorder
   • Conclusion: A TV Station Called WiMAX
10. Regulatory Aspects of WiMAX
    • Operate Licensed or Unlicensed?
    • Current Regulatory Environment
    • Power Limits
    • WiMAX 802.16 - Its Relationship to FCC Part 15, Section 247
    • 802.16 - FCC Part 15, Section 407
    • Interference
    • Laws on Antennas and Towers
    • New Unlicensed Frequencies
    • Unlicensed Frequencies Summary
    • The FCC New Spectrum Policy
    • Four Problem Areas in Spectrum Management and Their Solutions
    • Recent Statements from the FCC on Broadband and Spectrum Policy
    • Conclusion

11. How to Dismantle a PSTN: The Business Case for WiMAX
    • Overview
    • Immediate Markets
    • Secondary Markets
    • Demographics
    • Services
    • Frequency Band Alternatives
    • Capital Expense (CAPEX) Items
    • CPE Equipment
    • Operating Expense (OPEX) Items
    • The Business Case
    • Future Markets
    • Economics of Wireless in the Enterprise
    • You Can "Take It with You When You Go"
    • Economics of WiMAX in Public Networks
    • Economic Benefits of Ubiquitous Broadband
    • Conclusion

12. Projections: WiMAX Is a Disruptive Technology
    • Disruptive Technology
    • How WiMAX Will Disrupt the Telephone Industry
    • Cheaper
    • Simpler
    • Smaller
    • More Convenient to Use
    • Deconstruction
    • Goetterdammerung or Creative Destruction in the Telecommunications Industry

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