A Project Presentation On WiMAX (IEEE 802.

16) Presented By Aruleba, Olakunle Michael (102237612)

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Introduction Overview of the IEEE 802.16 Standard Application Physical layer MAC Layer WIMAX versus Wi-Fi Conclusion References
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Introduction

The acronym WiMAX stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. It is based on IEEE 802.16 standard. IEEE 802.16 is the IEEE standard for Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (Wireless MAN). It specifies the air interface for fixed, portable, and mobile broadband wireless access (BWA) systems supporting multimedia services.
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Introduction

WiMAX aims to provide wireless broadband services with a target range of up to 31 miles at a transmission rate exceeding 100 Mbps. It is also to provide a wireless alternative to cable, DSL and T1/E1 for last mile access. The term IEEE 802.16 and WIMAX are used interchangeably.

WiMAX is to IEEE 802.16 what Wi-Fi is to IEEE 802.11

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Designed for point-to-point (PTP) and point-to-multipoint (PTM) topologies but mainly deployed for point to multipoint topologies. It also support mesh topologies. In PTM a base station (BS) services many subscriber stations (SS) which are mounted outdoors. IEEE 802.16 has three major versions; 802.16-2001, 802.16-2004 and IEEE 802.16-2005.
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To provide a wireless alternative to cable, DSL and T1/E1 for last mile access especially in areas where wire broadband access are absent. Serves as E1/T1 replacements for small and medium size businesses. Provide residential wireless DSL for broadband Internet at home. It can be used as wireless backhaul for Wi-Fi hotspot and cellular companies. Operators/carriers can use it as a backup backbone. It can be used in disaster recovery scenes where the wired networks have broken down.
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Figure 1: WiMAX Applications [2]

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Figure 2: WiMAX Applications [5]

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IEEE 802.16-2001

Physical layer

Designed for line-of-sight propagation because the frequency range is between 10-66 GHz. single-carrier modulation is used and the air interface is called WirelessMAN-SC. In PTM architecture, the BS transmits a TDM signal, with individual subscriber stations allocated time slots serially. While access in the uplink direction is by Time-division Multiple Access (TDMA). uses both time division duplexing (TDD) and frequency-division duplexing (FDD).
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Physical layer
IEEE 802.16-2004 (802.16d) Design for the 2-11 GHz range and is more complex because of interference. Three air interfaces are specified for this range, which are;

Wireless MAN-SC uses single carrier modulation Wireless MAN-OFDM uses a 256-carrier FDM. Provides multiple access to different stations through TDMA. (Most adopted by vendors) Wireless MAN-OFDMA uses a 2,048-carrier OFDM scheme. Provides multiple access by assigning a subset of the carriers to an individual receiver
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Physical layer

Table 1: Physical Layer Features [5]

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Physical layer
IEEE 802.16-2005 (802.16e)

The main technologies used for its physical layer are OFDMA and an improved version called Scalable OFDMA (SOFDMA). OFDMA is required in the implementation of 802.16e and also for the certification of 802.16e devices. SOFDMA scales the number of sub-carriers in a channel with possible values of 128, 512, 1024, and 2,048. OFDMA and SOFDMA also benefit fixed broadband service because carriers can allocate spectrum more efficiently and reduce interference.

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MAC Layer

It is connection oriented and supports quality of service. It uses a slotted TDMA protocol scheduled by the base terminal station to allocate capacity to subscribers. Supports both Time Division Duplex (TDD) and Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and, also Half Duplex-FDD. supports quality of service (QoS) for stations through adaptive allocation of the uplink and downlink traffic. It also supports different transport technologies such as IPv4, IPv6, Ethernet, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and any future protocol not yet developed.
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Table 2: MAC Layer Features [5]

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References

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