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1、EESM520TelecommunicationRegulations,MarketsandServicesProjectEssayWiMAXRegulationinHongKongGroupMembers:NameStudentIDE-mailChanKwingTong,Andreas07921693andrsckt@ust.hkChanShunYeung02126509eecsy@ust.hkLiHai,Ben04724965eelhx@ust.hkWongYikLeong,Leo02441765wylab@ust.hkZhouShongLin,Shawn07921784z

2、slaa@ust.hk30TableofContent1.Introduction31.1.WhatisWiMAX?31.1.1.TechnicalInformation31.1.1.1.Architecture31.1.1.2.Limitations41.2.BenefitsofWiMAX51.3.Markettrendsanddemandintelecommunication62.TheViewofRegulatorandGovernment3.DifferentViewstowardsWiMAXTechnology3.1.WiMAXforMobileNetworkOper

3、ator3.2.WiMAXforCustomer3.3.WiMAXforFixedNetworkOperator4.ComparisonbetweenWiMAXAndCompetitiveTechnologies4.1.ComparisonofWiMAXand3G4.2.ComparisonofWiMAXandLTE4.3.ComparisonofWiMAXandMBWA5.CurrentWiMAXtechnologyinHongKongandFutureApplication30Introduction1.1.WhatisWiMAX?WiMax(WorldwideIntero

4、perabilityforMicrowaveAccess)isawirelessbroadbandtechnology,whichsupportspointtomulti-point(PMP)broadbandwirelessaccess.WiMaxisbasicallyanewshorthandtermforIEEEStandard802.16,whichwasdesignedtosupporttheEuropeanstandards.802.16'spredecessors(like802.11a)werenotveryaccommodativeoftheEuropeans

5、tandards,perse.TheIEEEwirelessstandardhasarangeofupto30miles,andcandeliverbroadbandataround75megabitspersecond.Thisistheoretically,20timesfasterthanacommerciallyavailablewirelessbroadband.The802.16,WiMaxstandardwaspublishedinMarch2002andprovidedupdatedinformationontheMetropolitanAreaNetwork(

6、MAN)technology.TheextensiongivenintheMarchpublication,extendedtheline-of-sightfixedwirelessMANstandard,focusedsolelyonaspectrumfrom10GHzto60+GHz.Thisextensionprovidesfornon-lineofsightaccessinlowfrequencybandslike2-11GHz.Thesebandsaresometimesunlicensed.Thisalsobooststhemaximumdistancefrom31

7、to50milesandsupportsPMP(pointtomultipoint)andmeshtechnologies.TheIEEEapprovedthe802.16standardsinJune2004,andthreeworkinggroupswereformedtoevaluateandratethestandards.WiMaxcanbeusedforwirelessnetworkinglikethepopularWiFi.WiMax,asecond-generationpro