WiMAX or Wi-Fi: The Best Suited Candidate Technology for Building Wireless Access Infrastructure

WiMAX or Wi-Fi: The Best Suited Candidate Technology for Building Wireless Access Infrastructure

This paper presents a description of the existing wireless technology Wi-Fi and WiMAX, and try to compare Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) and WiMAX (IEEE 802.16), with respect to which technology provides a better solution to build a wireless access infrastructure. Each technology is evaluated based on some key...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2012-08
Hauptverfasser: A F M Sultanul Kabir, Md Razib Hayat Khan, Abul Ahsan Md Mahmudul Haque, Mohammad Saiful Islam Mamun
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Infrastructure
Interoperability
Technology assessment
Wireless communications
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Zusammenfassung:This paper presents a description of the existing wireless technology Wi-Fi and WiMAX, and try to compare Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) and WiMAX (IEEE 802.16), with respect to which technology provides a better solution to build a wireless access infrastructure. Each technology is evaluated based on some key characteristics. This paper concludes with a statement of, which technology will be the best and most cost effective solution to end user.
ISSN:2331-8422