WiMAX Networks

Terry Wason
Regional Sales Director, India and S Asia, Wi-LAN Inc.

Agenda
Wireless Standards
What is WiMAX?
What is the state of WiMAX today?
WiMAX: A practical application ISP Case
Study
Pre WiMAX Equipments
Migration to WiMAX
Summary

Standards

Global Wireless Standards

WAN
IEEE 802.16e*
WirelessMAN

IEEE 802.20*
(proposed)
IEEE 802.16*
WirelessMAN
IEEE 802.11*
WirelessLAN

MAN
LAN

3G Cellular
Technologies
ETSI HiperMAN* &
HIPERACCESS*
ETSI
HiperLAN*

IEEE 802.21(proposed)
IEEE 802.15*
Bluetooth

PAN

ETSI
HiperPAN*

How do 802.16 and 802.11

Differ?
802.11
Range

Coverage

802.16

Technical Explanation

Optimized for users within a 100

meter radius

Optimized for typical cell size of 7-10 km

Add access points or high gain

antenna for greater coverage

No hidden node problem

802.16 PHY tolerates 10 more

multi-path delay spread than
802.11

Optimized for indoor environments

Optimized for outdoor environments

(trees, buildings, users spread out over
distance)

Up to 50 km range

802.16: 256 OFDM (vs. 64

OFDM)
Adaptive modulation

Standard support for advanced antenna

techniques & mesh

Scalability

Channel bandwidth for 20 MHz is

fixed

Channel b/w is flexible from 1.5 MHz to

20 MHz for both licensed and license
exempt bands
Frequency re-use

Only 3 non-overlapping 802.11b

channels; 5 for 802.11a
802.16: limited only by
available spectrum

Enables cell planning for commercial

service providers

Bit rate

2.7 bps/Hz peak data rate; Up to 54

Mbps in 20 MHz channel

3.8 bps/Hz peak data rate; Up to 75 Mbps

in a 20 MHz

802.16: 256 OFDM (vs. 64

OFDM)

5 bps/Hz bit rate; 100 Mbps in 20 MHz

channel

QoS

No QoS support today -> 802.11e

working to standardize

QoS designed in for voice/ video,

differentiated services

802.11: contention-based MAC

(CSMA)
802.16: grant request MAC

Standards & Interoperability

The Path to Volume Economics

Ethernet

Wi-Fi*

802.16(2004)/e

Volume

Formula:

Existing Market with

Proprietary Solutions
IEEE Standard
Low Cost Manufacturing
Available Spectrum (wireless)

1980s

1990s

2000

2010

*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

What is the origin of WiMAX?

WiMAX was formed in April of 2001 as an industry
group to promote conformance and Interoperability of
IEEE 802.16-2001 Broadband Wireless Access
products.
Founding organizations; Ensemble, CrossSpan, Harris,
and Nokia
Remained at four members until the OFDM Forum, April
of 2002, and Fujitsu, November of 2002, became the fifth
and sixth members respectively. It was not until March of
2003, after strong lobbying efforts by Wi-LAN and Fujitsu,
that Aperto, Alvarion, Airspan, Intel, Proxim and others
finally joined the Forum.
The Forum has now over 200 members with strong
representation from Service Providers, System
Manufacturers, chip vendors, and eco-system players.
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WiMAX Forum Charter

Lead the global harmonization of broadband wireless
standards
Assure WiMAX Forum is considered the thought leader
for broadband wireless
Facilitate the development of WiMAX ecosystems and
overall network architecture
Foster cooperation among service providers, content
providers, system integrators, standard bodies and
regulators, and component vendors
Promote acceptance of WiMAX Forum Products by
service providers worldwide
Develop process to certify compatibility and
interoperability of broadband wireless products
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Why is WiMAX a big deal?

WiMAX Forum Vision:
Create a global mass market for deployment of
broadband wireless networks that will enable fixed,
portable and mobile users to maintain high-speed
connectivity wherever they go.
To lead the access anywhere revolution supporting
delivery of data, voice and video applications at
home, in the office and on the go.

What does this mean, really?

First truly international Global interoperable broadband
wireless standard, right from the start:
Market is Global in size
More level playing field for new and incumbent vendors
as well as service providers
Service providers can deploy several vendors equipment
in the same network; the equipment will interoperate

This is the vision Wi-LAN had when it became involved

with the WiMAX Forum in late 2001 / early 2002

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WiMAX: How will it compare?

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Satellite Network

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Wi-Fi
Hotspot
Pedestrian Speeds, 11Mbps,
Lightweight, Limited Coverage

WiMAX Backhaul

IP Based Access Network

OFDM or WiMAX
Base station

Vehicular Speeds, 20 Mbps, Power

Source, Heavy, Limited Coverage,
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WiMAX
Base station
Vehicular Speeds, 20 Mbps,
Lightweight, Full Coverage

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ISP Case Study

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Background Information

Build networks, provide network

services. ie. capacity,
management
Vantaa case: Manufacturer of
2.4GHz APs
Network operator. Owns 3.5 and
2.4 GHz nets in Vantaa
ISP for Vantaa and Jyvskyl.
Owns Jyvskyls 3.5 GHz net
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WLL = Wilan BWA 3500 products (3500 and

3540) CPEs and APs
CPE = CPE3500 or Libra
11b: = 2.4 GHz Access Point/ base station

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All over Finland

Network supervision and maintenance 24 h
all over the country
38 main stations
200 masts
1000 transmitters
MW-radio link network
coverage of over
30 000 sq km

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Current networks using Wilan

technology
VANTAA: Vantaa Energy ltd. [www.wivanet.com]
http://www.wivanet.com/kartta_v1.html
11 WLL -Site, 1-4 sector each = 29 sectors (29 APs).
about 115 CPE units at this time
115 WLAN (2,4 GHz) BTS. Each BTS have 1-4 cell
(radio card)=> total ~400 WLAN cell
Total coverage of people of Vantaa 53%
ISP: Vantaa Energy (Using Tele2 Internet services)
512/512, 39.90. 1024/1024, 59.90 . Including mail,
web, VPN-tunneling, free WLAN signal testing.
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Sectors

4 km
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Vantaa: Wivanet
TELE2; ISP

Internet
IP-transmission network
WLL; Core- & Access Network
WLAN

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What next?
Internet

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Satellite Network

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Wi-Fi
Hotspot
Pedestrian Speeds, 11Mbps,
Lightweight, Limited Coverage

WiMAX Backhaul

IP Based Access Network

OFDM or WiMAX
Base station

Vehicular Speeds, 20 Mbps, Power

Source, Heavy, Limited Coverage,
Specialized Applications

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WiMAX
Base station
Vehicular Speeds, 20 Mbps,
Lightweight, Full Coverage

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Base Station

Broadband Mobility
Field Trials

Videostreaming/ File transfer

20Mbps @160kmph
Mobile Unit

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Catalyst for Broadband

in Mass Transit
Security
Surveillance video cameras
Vehicle location

Operations
Sensors for traffic & environment
Emergency facilities
Real-time traffic management

Passenger Services
High-speed Internet access
Automated advertising & signage
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Seoul Trial, Korea

Seoul Highway
High Speed Hand-off
Speed ~80 km/hour
18 Mbps or 4 Video Streams

Seoul Subway
Severe Multipath Environment
Speed ~ 70 km/hour
Single AU, No-Handoff

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Anytime, anywhere, always on

Internet

Telephone Network

Satellite Network

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Wi-Fi
Hotspot
Pedestrian Speeds, 11Mbps,
Lightweight, Limited Coverage

WiMAX Backhaul

IP Based Access Network

OFDM or WiMAX
Base station

Vehicular Speeds, 20 Mbps, Power

Source, Heavy, Limited Coverage,
Specialized Applications

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WiMAX
Base station
Vehicular Speeds, 20 Mbps,
Lightweight, Full Coverage

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WiMAX - Beyond the Hype

FACT: There are no WiMAX networks today
FACT: There are no WiMAX Forum Certified
products available today
FACT: WiMAX Forum Certified testing will begin
later this year
FACT: Vendors are shipping pre-WiMAX
products today
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What about pre-WiMAX

products?
Without certification all pre-WiMAX or 802.16
products should be considered proprietary
However, the migration strategy from current
pre-WiMAX products to WiMAX Forum
Certified product is very important
e.g. Wi-LANs Libra MX and Continuity Program
Guaranteed migration path to WiMAX Forum
Certified Libra MX system

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Wi-LANs Migration Program

Wi-LANs commitment
Current W-OFDM CPEs will work in tomorrows WiMAX
compliant network.
No need to replace current W-OFDM CPEs
Network level WiMAX compatibility will be ensured

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Migration to WiMAX compliance

W-OFDM CPE

WiMAX CPE

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Getting Beyond the Hype

Three questions to ask regarding WiMAX
certification claims:
1. At which WiMAX Forum certification test lab did
the equipment get tested?
2. For which WiMAX system profile?
3. When did the equipment get certified?

Other questions:
With which other vendors equipment does the
equipment interoperate?
In which certification wave did the equipment
get certified?
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Wi-LAN in Bangladesh

Wi-LAN has been selling in Bangladesh since 2000

Have presence in all metros and important cities
through the Gold Channel Partners, VARs, and
System Integrators
Customers base More than 100 customers, include all the
major ISPs, Corporates, Banks, Educational Institutes.
Total Deployment Nearly 500 radios in 2.4, 3.5
and 5.8 Ghz.
Have been growing dramatically, and are currently probably
the single largest brand of radios in Bangladesh.
SDNP internet exchange project using WiLAN Radios for
interconnectivity of ISPs to the IX.

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Summary
WiMAX is here to stay
WiMAX is real; in spite of the hype
WiMAX will penetrate and capture significant
market share for broadband wireless access
WiMAX will grow and evolve the certification
process, base standards, and market
messaging as this industry grows
Wi-LAN is a thought and technology leader in
all of this
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Q&A
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