Technology - Wireless - Broadband 8 - 802-16 WiMAX PHY

Synopsis

This report provides an overview of the IEEE 802.16 standards and the role of the WiMAX Forum in defining profiles for these standards, testing equipment and developing higher level network protocols. We describe techniques of the mobile 802.16e standard, including OFDMA, sub-channelisation, fractional frequency reuse, hybrid automatic repeat request and turbo coding.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Fixed and mobile standards
  
  • 2.1 HiperAccess and HiperMAN
    
• 3. The WiMAX Forum
  
  • 3.1 Testing and certification
    
  • 3.2 Profiles and frequencies
    
  • 3.3 Wave 1 and 2
    
  • 3.4 Higher level protocol development
    
• 4. IP-based network architecture
  
• 5. Single Carrier and OFDM
  
  • 5.1 Frequency and Time Division Duplexing
    
  • 5.2 WirelessMAN-SC
    
  • 5.3 WirelessMAN-SCa
    
• 6. OFDM and OFDMA
  
  • 6.1 WirelessMAN-OFDM (8.3)
    
  • 6.2 WirelessMAN-OFDMA (8.4)
    
  • 6.3 WirelessHUMAN (OFDM)
    
  • 6.4 WiBro
    
  • 6.5 Scalable sOFDMA
    
    • 6.5.1 Symbol time and length
      
  • 6.6 Sub-channelisation - Multiple Access OFDMA
    
  • 6.7 Contiguous and diverse sub-channelisation
    
  • 6.8 Applications of sub-channelisation
    
• 7. Fractional Frequency Reuse
  
  • 7.1 Cellular RF planning
    
  • 7.2 Base-stations can use the same RF channel
    
    • 7.2.1 Compromises of frequency reuse
      
  • 7.3 Coding and Repeat Request
    
  • 7.4 Turbo Coding and LDPC
    
  • 7.5 Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ)
    
  • 7.6 Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)
    
• 8. Related reports
  
  • 8.1 Market reports
    
  • 8.2 Technology reports
    
  • Table 1 – WiMAX certification profiles – 2008