(Wireless Metropolitan Access Network) A wireless communications network that covers a geographic area such as a city or suburb. See MAN, LAN and WAN.
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- A comprehensive wireless communications technology guide for network and telecom professionals. An easy to use training reference for telecom and wireless technology students to get an overall picture of WLAN, WPAN, WMAN, WWAN and Mobile technologies. A unique marketing tool for telecom and wireless hardware, software and services vendors for...
- Software downloads 2007-02-22
- Wireless Communications Technology Poster (zip)
- A comprehensive wireless communications technology guide for network and telecom professionals. An easy to use training reference for telecom and wireless technology students to get an overall picture of WLAN, WPAN, WMAN, WWAN and Mobile technologies. A unique marketing tool for telecom and wireless hardware, software and services vendors for...
- Software downloads 2006-11-14
- Voice Over Wireless LAN Via IEEE 802.16 Wireless MAN and IEEE 802.11 Wireless Distribution System
- IEEE 802.16 Wireless MANs WMAN aims to extend the wireless broadband access up to kilometers to facilitate the long-range 'last-mile' Solution. For short-range extension, IEEE 802.11 Wireless Distribution System WDS can be set up easily by connecting Access Points AP together to form multi-hop networks. This provides a quick, easy...
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.16a in Mesh Operation Mode
- The IEEE working group 802.16 has specified the air-interface for second generation Wireless Metropolitan Area Network WMAN to provide high-data rate network connections to fixed stations. This standard is investigated in the WINNER project as benchmark for an advanced radio interface to be developed. This paper gives an overview on...
- White papers 2004-10-15
- WLAN (IEEE 802.11B) and WMAN (802.16A) Broadband Wireless Access: When Opportunities Drive Solutions
- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer IEEE approved in 1997 the Standard 802.11, followed by Standard 802.11b in 1999. Although the standards were intended for indoor wireless local area networks WLAN, it took very little time to see WLAN-based products in point-to-point and point-to-multipoint outdoor solutions. The WLAN opportunity...
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- Downlink Multicell MIMO-OFDM: An Architecture for Next Generation Wireless Networks
- Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OFDM is a multi-carrier transmission scheme that is well-recognized for it's potential for attaining high rate transmission over frequency selective channels. OFDM is thus a promising candidate for mobile broadband wireless and has already been adopted in many high rate wireless communications standards such as DAB/DVB-T,...
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- WMAN Implementations in India
- Pravara Village IT Project PRAGATI is a classic example of how new technology can narrow the digital divide. Thanks to this project the rural communities of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra are able to compete with their urban counterparts?wirelessly. The PRAGATI project aims to connect a hundred villages in Ahmednagar covering...
- Case studies
- WMAN at Kemerevo University
- Since 1996, the Center for New Information Technologies CNIT of the KemerovoState University KemSU has been taking part in implementation of various federal and regional programs for creation of uniform information space. During 2001-2002 in the City of Kemerovo, specialists of the Center for New Information Technologies CNIT of the...
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- Unico WMAN in the Volgograd Region
- The UNICO company was founded in 1993 by an enterprising group of teachers, employees and postgraduate students from the Volgograd State University. The company initially focused on supplying computer and networking equipment to major corporate and industrial customers in Volgograd. By 1996, however, the core business of UNICO shifted to...
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- WMAN in Novosibirsk
- The Rinet company was incorporated in Novosibirsk in 1994 to provide a full range of data transmission services. The company is currently one of the biggest players in the Internet access services market of Siberia. Initially the company used only wired networks for all Internet access channels. By 2002, however,...
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