Wimax standards and Security The Wimax

Conclusions and Summary

The WiMAX technology offers unique testing challenges owing to its com- plex nature. It is expected that a huge proportion of budget will be spent on the testing activities of WiMAX products. The WiMAX products need to conform to the standards (IEEE 802.16, HiperMAN) and they need to interoperate with equipment from other vendors. Both conformance and interoperability of WiMAX products are crucial. The IEEE standards outline the conformance testing (including radio conformance testing) procedures. The WiMAX Forum is taking testing to another extreme by offering certifi- cation testing, which combines conformance and interoperability testing of the products. This chapter surveys the methodologies used in conformance, interoperability, and radio conformance testing. It also describes the WiMAX certification process and testing scenarios at recently held WiMAX Forum Plugfest events.



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