The Business of WiMAX (Hardcover)

Deepak Pareek

  • 出版商: Wiley
  • 出版日期: 2006-06-01
  • 定價: $1,050
  • 售價: 8.0$840
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 328
  • 裝訂: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 047002691X
  • ISBN-13: 9780470026915
  • 相關分類: Wireless-networks
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WiMAX holds great promise for the future of broadband communications.

Companies and consumers are increasingly dependent on broadband and are committed to taking broadband to the next level with mobile broadband or 802.16e, the WiMAX standard. The Business of WiMAX offers a complete guide to this exciting technology, addressing the critical issues surrounding WiMAX and its future.  The author discusses the need for the technology, before explaining its architecture and deployment, modulation technology, wireless standards, spectrum issues, and network topology.  Applications and the market for these are covered in-depth, and the exciting future of WiMAX is discussed. The book provides strategy and recommendations for achieving success in such a dynamic scenario.

The Business of WiMAX:

  • Offers a uniquely balanced business and technology perspective on the critical issues surrounding WiMAX and its place in the evolving broadband wireless industry.
  • Explains the need, use, market, trends, business models, and the future road map for WiMAX technology.
  • Provides strategy and recommendations to a variety of different players, including service providers, equipment manufacturers and chip makers.
  • Supports practical insights with numerous examples and real-world case studies.

This text is essential reading for professionals, strategists, leaders, researchers, analysts, investors and others in the IT and Telecoms domain. Managers planning to deploy wireless networked computing devices in their organisations, ICT consultants, business strategists, systems engineers and architects, and final year undergraduate and postgraduate students and academics will also find this an invaluable guide to WiMax.

 

Table of Contents

Preface.

Part One.

1 Introduction.

1.1 Wireless Communication: Any Time and Any Place.

1.2 Wireless Networks.

1.3 Wireless Technologies.

1.4 Third-Generation Mobile Systems.

1.5 WLAN.

1.6 WiMAX.

1.7 What Next: 4G.

2 WiMAX In-Depth.

2.1 WiMAX: BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS.

2.2 WiMAX Revolution.

2.3 WiMAX: Working.

2.4 WiMAX: Building Blocks.

2.5 WiMAX Technology.

2.6 WiMAX Standards.

2.7 WiMAX ForumTM.

2.8 WiMAX: Regulation.

2.9 WiMAX Rollout.

3 WiMAX Hype.

3.1 The Confusion(s).

3.2 The ‘‘Ahaa(S)’’.

3.3 The ‘‘Why(S)’’.

3.4 The ‘‘OOP(S)’’.

Part Two.

4 WiMAX Solutions.

4.1 LOS.

4.2 Benefits of NLOS.

4.3 Self-install CPE.

4.4 Nomad, Portable and Mobile Deployment.

4.5 Nomadicity and Portability.

4.6 Mobility.

4.7 Spectrum.

4.8 Licensed Spectrum.

4.9 License Exempt.

5 WiMAX Applications.

5.1 Metropolitan-Area Networks.

5.2 Last-Mile High-Speed Internet Access or Wireless DSL.

5.3 Backhaul.

5.4 The Rural Broadband Problem.

5.5 3 V’s: VoIP, VPLS AND VIDEO.

6 WiMAX Impact.

6.1 Broadband for Masses.

6.2 Affordable Broadband.

6.3 Moore Meets Marconi: Wireless Applications.

6.4 Expanding Competition: WiMAX.

6.5 Get Ready For Disruption.

6.6 Catalyst to Economic Growth.

6.7 The Road Ahead.

Part Three.

7 WiMAX Markets.

7.1 Market Dynamics.

7.2 Market Types.

7.3 Market Segment.

7.4 Market Structure.

8 Economics of WiMAX.

8.1 Why Wireless?

8.2 When is Wireless Right?

8.3 The Economic Analysis.

8.4 The Business Case for WiMAX.

8.5 Business Considerations.

8.6 WiMAX Business Models.

9 WiMAX Opportunity.

9.1 Broadband Wireless Trends: Building Momentum.

Part Four.

10   Strategy to Succeed: Service Providers.

10.1 Understanding Diversity: Service Providers.

10.2 Strategy Development.

10.3 Wireline Carriers.

10.4 New Entrants.

10.5 Alternative Carriers.

10.6 Cellular and Mobile Service Providers.

10.7 New Revenue Opportunities.

10.8 Value Added Services – The Business Imperative.

10.9 Recommendation.

11   Strategy to Succeed: Equipment Vendors.

11.1 WiMAX VALUE CHAIN.

11.2 Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).

11.3 Chip Manufacturers.

11.4 Dynamics of Value Chain.

11.5 Recommendations.

12   Strategy to Succeed: Government and Regulators.

12.1 Making More Spectrum Available.

12.2 Ideal Framework for Spectrum Allocation.

12.3 Reducing Legacy Regulation.

12.4 Governments Can Make Positive Impact.

12.5 Recommendations.

13   Strategy to Succeed: Users and Investors.

13.1 Wireless – Investment Picks Up.

13.2 BWA: Industry Matures.

13.3 WiMAX: Bubble or Lifetime Opportunity.

13.4 Recommendations.

Annexure.

A1: WiMAX Certification Process.

Abstract Test Suite Process.

A2: WiBro.

A3: Proprietary BWA Systems.

Arraycomm.

Flarion.

IP Wireless.

Navini.

Conclusion.

Index.

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WiMAX對於未來的寬頻通信有著巨大的潛力。公司和消費者越來越依賴寬頻,並致力於通過移動寬頻或802.16e(WiMAX標準)將寬頻提升到新的水平。《WiMAX的商業》提供了對這一令人興奮的技術的完整指南,探討了WiMAX及其未來所面臨的關鍵問題。作者討論了技術的需求,然後解釋了其架構和部署、調製技術、無線標準、頻譜問題和網絡拓撲。深入探討了應用和市場,並討論了WiMAX的令人興奮的未來。該書提供了在這樣一個充滿活力的情景中取得成功的策略和建議。

《WiMAX的商業》:

- 在WiMAX及其在不斷發展的寬頻無線行業中的地位上提供了獨特平衡的商業和技術觀點。
- 解釋了WiMAX技術的需求、用途、市場、趨勢、商業模式和未來路線圖。
- 為服務提供商、設備製造商和芯片製造商等不同參與者提供了策略和建議。
- 通過眾多實例和實際案例支持實用的見解。

這本書對於IT和電信領域的專業人士、策略家、領導者、研究人員、分析師、投資者以及其他人來說是必讀的。計劃在組織中部署無線網絡計算設備的經理、ICT顧問、商業策略師、系統工程師和架構師,以及大學本科和研究生的最後一年學生和學者也會發現這是一本寶貴的WiMAX指南。

目錄

前言
第一部分
1. 簡介
1.1 無線通信:任何時間和任何地點
1.2 無線網絡
1.3 無線技術
1.4 第三代移動系統
1.5 WLAN
1.6 WiMAX
1.7 接下來是什麼:4G
2. WiMAX深入
2.1 WiMAX:寬頻無線接入
2.2 WiMAX革命
2.3 WiMAX:工作原理
2.4 WiMAX:構建模塊
2.5 WiMAX技術
2.6 WiMAX標準
2.7 WiMAX ForumTM
2.8 WiMAX:監管
2.9 WiMAX部署
3. WiMAX炒作
3.1 混亂
3.2 啊哈