WiMAX Networks Techno-Economic Vision and Challenges /

• Main Authors: Prasad, Ramjee (Author), Velez, Fernando J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Electrical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.

Ignited by mobile phone huge success at the end of last century, the demand for wireless services is constantly growing. To face this demand, wireless systems have been and are deployed at a large scale. These include mobility-oriented technologies such as GPRS, CDMA or UMTS, and Local Area Network-...

Table of Contents:

• The Evolution Towards WiMAX
• OFDMA WiMAX Physical Layer
• Medium Access Control Layer
• Quality of Service
• Security Sublayer
• Mobility Management Architecture for WiMAX Networks
• Radio Resource Management in WiMAX Networks
• Radio and Network Planning
• System Capacity
• Business Models and Cost/Revenue Optimization
• Multiple Antenna Technology
• WiMAX and Wireless Standards.