WiMAX and Wi-Fi Comparison

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 538.

In the text below, there are some statements concerning either WiFi or WiMAX. Insert “WiFi” or “WiMAX” to make these statements true.

WiMAX is similar to the wireless standard known as Wi-Fi, but on a much larger scale and at faster speeds. A mobile version would keep WiMAX-enabled devices connected over large areas, much like today`s cell phones. We can compare it with Wi-Fi based on the following factors.

1. ….. is based on IEEE 802.11 standard whereas ….. is based on IEEE 802.16. However both are IEEE standards.

2. ….. typically provides local network access for around a few hundred feet with speeds of up to 54 Mbps, a single ….. antenna is expected to have a range of up to 40 miles with speeds of 70 Mbps or more.

3. ….. is designed to efficiently support from one to hundreds of Consumer premises equipments (CPE)s, with unlimited subscribers behind each CPE. Flexible channel sizes from 1.5MHz to 20MHz. ….. is intended for LAN applications, users scale from one to tens with one subscriber for each CPE device. Fixed channel sizes (20MHz).

4. ….. works at 5 bps/Hz and can peak up to 100 Mbps in a 20 MHz channel. ….. works at 2.7 bps/Hz and can peak up to 54 Mbps in 20 MHz channel.

5. ….. does not guarantee any QoS but ….. will provide your several level of QoS. As such, ….. can bring the underlying Internet connection needed to service local ….. networks. ….. does not provide ubiquitous broadband while ….. does.