WiMax Operator's Manual

harmonics, impact on AC power, 188
higher bands, spectral allocations in, 39
higher microwave
and circuit-based services, 58–59
and data services in millimeter microwave
region, 58
overview of, 58
problems associated with, 21
higher-frequency bands, advantage of, 5
high-speed access, providers of, 156
high-speed data transmissions
bands used in, 39
spectrum available for, 35
hijacking, safeguarding network elements
from, 192
HIPERLAN2 standard, significance of, 7–8
HIPERMAN (High-Performance Radio
Metropolitan Area Network)
standard, significance of, 7–8
hops, minimizing in mesh network, 85
hotspot services, considering in central
offices, 145
hotspots, 57–58
and 802.11 equipment, 64
and backhaul, 55
definition of, 5
providing access services with, 31
HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet
Access) standard, features of, 2
hybrid fiber coax
features of, 77
overview of, 18–20
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IEEE standards, significance of, 10
IEEE Web site, 3
iFCP IP-based protocol, relationship to
storage services, 174–175
IFTS (Instructional Television Fixed Service),
relationship to MMDS, 45–46
installation
problems with, 25
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process of, 123
of radios and antennas, 123–124
and signal distribution within subscriber
premises, 124–128
interactive television versus VOD, 144
interference, relationship to RF analysis,
90–91
internal networks
installing for enterprise users, 124–128
and residential/SOHO subscribers, 128
Internet, overview of, 150–152
IntServ protocol, supporting IP QoS with, 167
investors, securing, 98–99
IP (Internet Protocol) versus Ethernet, 60
IP addresses, dealing with shortage of, 132
IP and circuit second-line telephony, 802.16
support for, 27
IP conferencing, requirements for, 142
IP multimedia services, future of, 135
IP over ATM, overview of, 166
IP over IP tunneling protocol, explanation of,
161–162
IP Precedence protocol, supporting IP QoS
with, 167
IP QoS, networking standards for, 166–168
IP requirements, 132
IP telephony
enabling, 170–171
relationship to softswitches, 138–140
vocoders used in, 51–52
IP voice gateways, providing voice telephony
with, 150
IP voice services
relationship to QoS, 171–172
setting up, 173–174
IPLS (IP-only LAN-like service) versus VPLS
(virtual private LAN service) versus,
160–161
IPsec tunneling protocol, explanation of, 161
iSCSI protocol, relationship to storage
services, 175
201