WiMAX Essentials
- Duration: 1 day or 6 hours
- Level: Level 1
WiMAX Essentials
WiMAX is not just another wireless access technology, but has been developed as an end-to-end telecoms solution based on IP offering fixed and mobile services. WiMAX has the backing of some of the world’s major telecoms equipment vendors and chip set manufacturers who, through the WiMAX Forum, brought WiMAX from an idea to reality within a very short time frame. This course examines WiMAX as a technology, its performance and architecture as well as its position within today’s telecoms environment.
Who Should Attend
Business decision makers and non technical staff who need to gain an overview of WiMAX and its place in modern telecoms networks.
Course Outline
Divided into 4 sections, the topics covered will include:
Section 1: Bridging the Digital Divide (2 hours)
- Broadband Traffic Growth - trends in mature and emerging markets.
- The big ticket items - network costs, spectrum, the radio network, core network and IP interconnect.
- Controlling Costs - maintaining revenue with exponential traffic growth.
- Why is IP so important?
- IMT Advanced - a vision of 4G, spectrum and the main players.
- The WiMAX Forum - WiMAX timelines, aims, rationale and performance.
Section 2: 4G - Evolution or Revolution? (1 hour)
- Designed for Mobile Broadband - everything over IP and IP over everything.
- Future Networks - what will 4G networks look like?
- Rolling out a 4G network - new sites and new technology, where and when?
- 4G Spectrum - what will service providers get and how much will it cost?
- The 4G Network - what are the numbers? Capex and Opex, the affect on the bottom line.
Section 3: WiMAX in Focus (1 hours)
- The WiMAX Network - the mobile, the radio and core network.
- Connecting, moving and downloading.
- What about LTE - where does WiMAX fit into the mix?
- Emerging markets.
Section 4: WiMAX Services and Solutions (2 hours)
- 4G service - a look at today’s WiMAX service providers.
- WiMAX from standards to Starbucks- market, design and costs.
- You build the business case - segment the market, define your services and cost the network. This final session is interactive and involves you working in syndicates to build a basic 4G business case based on WiMAX.