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32 Chapter 1 • Introduction to Broadband Wireless1.8 Summary and ConclusionsIn this chapter, we outlined a high-level overview of broadband wireless by presenting its history,applications, business challenges, and technical design issues.• Broadband wireless could be a significant growth market for the telecom industry.• Broadband wireless has had a checkered history, and the emergence of the WiMAX standardoffers a significant new opportunity for success.• Broadband wireless systems can be used to deliver a variety of applications and services toboth fixed and mobile users.• WiMAX could potentially be deployed in a variety of spectrum bands: 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz,3.5GHz, and 5.8GHz.• WiMAX faces a number of competitive challenges from both fixed-line and thirdgenerationmobile broadband alternatives.• The service requirements and special constraints of wireless broadband make the technicaldesign of broadband wireless quite challenging.1.9 Bibliography[1] ITU. Telecommunications indicators update—2004. www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/.[2] In-stat Report. Paxton. The broadband boom continues: Worldwide subscribers pass 200 million, No.IN0603199MBS, March 2006.[3] Schroth. The evolution of WiMAX service providers and applications. Yankee Group Report. September2005.[4] R. W. Chang. Synthesis of band-limited orthogonal signals for multichannel data transmission. BellSystems Technical Journal, 45:1775–1796, December 1966.[5] J. L. Holsinger. Digital communication over fixed time-continuous channels with memory, with specialapplication to telephone channels. PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964.[6] R. G. Gallager. Information Theory and Reliable Communications. Wiley, 1968. 33.[7] S. Weinstein and P. Ebert. Data transmission by frequency-division multiplexing using the discreteFourier transform. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 19(5):628–634, October 1971.[8] L. J. Cimini. Analysis and simulation of a digital mobile channel using orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplexing. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 33(7):665–675, July 1985.