WiMax Operator's Manual

Index
■Numbers
2.4GHz to 928MHz bands. See bands
38GHz frequency, use of, 47
802.11 equipment, relationship to hotspots,
64–65
802.11 standards
features of, 6
limitations of, 64
revisions of, 7
802.16 chips, availability of, 5
802.16 radios, spectral allocation available
to, 21
802.16 standards
bands covered by, 34
features of, 6
maturity of, 10–11
overview of, 2–4
physical standards associated with, 4–5
for QoS (quality of service), 165
services supported by, 27–28
significance of, 8
technologies supported by, 94–95
802.16a standard, bandwidth available to, 21
802.20 mobile broadband standard,
completion of, 53
■A
absorption, relationship to NLOS and wave
propagation, 113–114
AC power
providing to central offices, 68–69
security of, 188
access points, establishing for central offices,
71–72
access providers, starting, 96. See also basic
access and best-effort delivery
access requirements, considering, 65
active fiber connections, features of, 74–76
active versus passive networks, relationship
to fiber-optic backhaul, 74
adaptive array antennas
features of, 29
using with OFDM, 118–120
using spectrum analyzers with, 89
adaptive modulation
availability in standards, 6
relationship to cell planning, 122
adaptive phased array antennas
features of, 29
using with OFDM, 118–120
addresses, using with packets, 132
airlinks
establishing link budgets for, 91–92
versus fiber, 21
all-knowing mesh networks, features of, 83
antenna arrays, relationship to sectorization,
109–110
antennas
attaching base station transceivers to, 66
for central base stations, 66
installation of, 123, 123–124
placing in base stations, 71–72
types of, 28–30
use with OFDM, 118–120
using for multipath distortion, 36
APIs (application programming interfaces),
using with OSS, 184–185
195