WiMax Technology

What is WiMAX?

WiMAX combines the familiarity of Wi-Fi with the mobility of cellular that will deliver personal mobile broadband that moves with you. It will let you get connected to the Internet, miles from the nearest Wi-Fi hotspot. Mobile WiMAX will blanket large areas - metropolitan, suburban, or rural, delivering mobile broadband Internet access at speeds similar to, and frequently faster, than existing broadband, utilising NLOS (non-line-of-sight) technology.

WiMAX is built for the future with advanced, efficient wireless technology that provides higher speeds than today’s wide area wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi and 3G mobile broadband. It will be able to completely transform your mobile Internet lifestyle, enabling you to connect in ways you’ve only dreamed about.

3G mobile broadband and WiMAX latency compared: the time lag caused by a wireless WiMAX link is signficantly lower than 3G: a round-trip ping of 30-40 milliseconds, compared with 300-400 milliseconds on the slower 3G mobile broadband.

WiMAX is a Wide Area Network (WAN) technology. Service providers, such as Save9, can deploy a network of towers that will enable access over many miles. Internet access is instantly available anywhere within coverage areas. And like Wi-Fi, WiMAX is a standards-based technology that will unleash the benefits of open markets and global economies of scale to deliver the devices and services that consumers want.

 

 

Wireless for all Reasons

The WiMAX standard supports mobile, portable and fixed service options. This enables Save9 to offer broadband Internet access to areas underserved by telephone and cable companies. For fixed WiMAX deployments, Save9 supplies Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) that acts as a wireless “modem” to provide the interface to the WiMAX network for a specific location, such as a office, cafe or home. WiMAX is also well suited for emerging markets and rural areas as a cost-effective way to deliver high-speed Internet.

 

 

WiMAX is built for the internet

WiMAX is built from the ground up for internet applications, services and security - with architecture specifically designed to seamlessly extend the internet to mobile users. Because WiMAX is built on Internet protocol (IP) networking, it supports all the latest IP security and quality of service (QoS) standards. WiMAX support of QoS standards enables real-time media like Voice over IP (VoIP) and streaming video.

 

WiMAX and Wi-Fi Synergies

WiMAX takes your wireless internet further, but you don’t have to burn any Wi-Fi bridges. WiMAX and Wi-Fi are perfectly compatible companions. Together, they give you an always-best connected experience whether you are in a Wi-Fi or WiMAX coverage area.

The Wi-Fi access points shown in the image on the left are also WiMAX units that wirelessly connect at high-speed to a WiMAX base station mast. This wireless backhaul service, usually terminating at a Fibre broadband internet connection in a building, ensures scalable Wi-Fi deployment in towns, cities and rural areas.

 

 

 

 

Why WiMAX?

WiMAX success stems from a robust vision incorporating four key strengths:

Open standards-based, interoperable technology built from the ground up for the Internet fosters innovation and competition.

Vibrant, growing ecosystem of industry leaders such as Intel, Motorola, Samsung, Nokia, Cisco, and hundreds of other companies.

Global economies of scale and more attractive intellectual property environment that enable lower costs compared to other wireless technologies.

Advanced wireless technology that enables a faster wireless broadband solution for doing more on the go.