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The authors systematically cut through the hype surrounding WiMAX and illuminate the realities. They combine deep, complete information for wireless professionals and basic, accessible knowledge for non-experts. Professionals will especially appreciate their detailed discussion of performance in WiMAX and competitive networks, based on comprehensive link and system level simulations.

Topics include

• Applications, history, evolution, technical and business challenges, and spectrum options

• 802.16 standards: physical and MAC layers, channel access, QoS, security, multicast, power, mobility, and more

• Performance enhancement: advanced antennas, multiple antennas, Hybrid-ARQ, and frequency reuse

• Broadband wireless channels: path loss, shadowing, cellular systems, sectoring, and fading—including modeling and mitigation

• OFDM: from basic multicarrier concepts to synchronization, PAR reduction, and clipping

• OFDMA: multiple access, multiuser diversity, adaptive modulation, and resource allocation

• End-to-end service: QoS, session management, security, and mobility

• Predicting performance at the physical layer, MAC layer, link level, and system level

• Architecting WiMAX networks: design principles, reference models, authentication, QoS, and mobility management

Whether you’re a wireless engineer, network architect, manager, or software developer, this book delivers essential information for succeeding with WiMAX—from planning through deployment.