Why Tranzeo For WiMAX?

Tranzeo offers a complete family of 802.16d (802.16-2004) WiMAX Products for the 3.5GHz and 5.8GHz spectrum including indoor and outdoor Subscriber Units, picoBaseStations as a turnkey solution, and miniPCI cards for system developers.

What Is WiMAX And Why Should It Be Considered?

WiMAX is designed for "last mile" point to multi-point solutions. Like WiFi, it can support multi-megabit throughput. However, WiMAX has an inherent Quality of Service protocol and is designed to operate over longer distances compared to WiFi. WiMAX can operate in the unlicensed 5.1-5.8GHz spectrum similar to WiFi but it can also operate in the 3.3-3.8GHz licensed spectrum. The 3GHz licensed spectrum allows for higher data rates and can transmit over longer distances since there is no interference from competing services.

WiMAX requires a base station (BS) and subscriber units (CPE). The base station manages all subscriber units and the base station determines when the subscriber units can transmit or receive based on a Time Division Duplex (TDD) algorithm that assigns guaranteed time slots for each subscriber unit. This enables Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms that can guarantee levels of service (guaranteed bandwidth or priority).

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Fixed vs Mobile WiMAX (PDF)