(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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- White papers 2008-12-01
- Evaluation of Adaptive Radio Techniques for the Under-11GHz Broadband Wireless Access
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- White papers 2008-11-29
- IEEE 802.16/WiMax Security
- IEEE 802.16, an emerging wireless technology for deploying broadband wireless metropolitan area network WMAN, is one of, if not the most, promising wireless technology for the next-generation ubiquitous network. Not only does 802.16 provide network access anytime anywhere, but it offers a great deal of bandwidth equivalent to a typical...
- White papers 2007-12-26
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- White papers 2007-06-10
- Modelling Internet Workloads for IEEE 802.16
- The IEEE 802.16-2004 standard contains the Wireless MAN WMAN air interface specification. WMAN has become a major part of the emerging broadband wireless access technology particularly since it accounts for differentiated Traffic Classes TCs. Differentiated traffic is immediately associated with Quality of Service QoS and this then becomes the objective...
- White papers 2007-03-07
- Wireless Technology Map 2007 (Windows)
- 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 2007 (Windows)
- 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
- 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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