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Written by Kory Mohr
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Tuesday, 28 June 2005 |
Amended from The Wireless Weblog:
There are some in the wireless industry who may be overstating the capabilities of WiMax in order to generate more
buzz in the sector as well as from potential end users. For example, word has been circulating that we’ll soon see
notebooks capable of 70-Mbit/second access to the Internet over 30-mile distances. This type of functionality may be
true for fixed broadband wireless Internet services or citywide governmental and school system networks, but it won’t
enable mobility in that sense.
The article references "WiMax wireless: A tale of two markets" by
Will Strauss:
The industry hype surrounding WiMax wireless has led many to believe
that notebook computers capable of 70-Mbit/second access to the
Internet over 30-mile distances are going to be available soon.
This has led to unrealistic expectations concerning not only Worldwide
Interoperability for Microwave Access capabilities, but also the nature
of the market now and in the future. The current WiMax market is based
on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing wireless technology
codified in the new IEEE 802.16-2004 standard (also called 802.16d) for
point-to-multipoint network coverage over a distance of up to 30 miles
at speeds up to 70 Mbits/s.
Realistically, with 802.16e we can expect only about 15-Mbit/s maximum
data speeds within about a three-mile radius from a basestation. But
the mobility WiMax market will be an order of magnitude larger in both
units and revenue.
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