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WiMax Operator's Manual

Building 802.16 Wireless Networks

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  • © 2006

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Authors:
  1. Daniel Sweeney
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  • This timely new edition covers technological changes to broadband wireless access, including competing standards to WiMax, mobile entertainment, and new data backup systems

  • Shows wireless operators how to plan a broadband wireless network for the greatest return on investment in the shortest possible time

  • Municipal wireless networks are expanding throughout the United States and Europe, where the wired infrastructure is too old to support the volume of Internet traffic and where modern cable is too expensive for most Internet users

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Wireless Broadband and the Standards Governing It

    Pages 1-11

  3. Architecting the Network to Fit the Business Model

    Pages 13-32

  4. Strategic Planning of Spectrum and Services

    Pages 33-62

  5. Setting Up Physical Infrastructure

    Pages 63-100

  6. Strategies for Successful Deployment of Physical Infrastructures

    Pages 101-129

  7. Beyond Access

    Pages 131-152

  8. Service Deployments over Public Wireless MANs

    Pages 153-175

  9. Network Management and OSS

    Pages 177-185

  10. Network Security

    Pages 187-194

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 195-210
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About this book

This second edition includes most of the material from the first edition, plus new discussions about the ultra-fast mobile telephone standard High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and the Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology. Other topics include mobile voice and entertainment, new backup systems, and changes to DSL technologies.

The book addresses the planning, construction, and day-to-day operation of a standards-based broadband wireless network. It examines the advantages of broadband wireless and how it constitutes an ideal solution. It also explains the unique difficulties, challenges, and limitations of broadband wireless.

This book illustrates how to plan and run networks, and indicates which specialized services should be secured. You’ll learn how to plan a successful, profitable broadband wireless network in a short amount of time.

About the author

Daniel Sweeney has established his credibility as a networking guru beginning with his recognition of two book-length written analyst reports:"Wi-Fi Hotspot Opportunities (2003) for Forward Concepts and Godboxes: Multiservice Switching Platforms in the Metro (2003) for Information Gatekeepers Group. Daniel also wrote Demystifying the Compact Disc, published by TAB Books in 1986.

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