Wimax standards and Security The Wimax

Maode Ma
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Technological University Singapore


Amitabh Mishra
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University Blacksburg, Virginia


Thomas Schwengler Qwest Communications Denver, Colorado


Shahrokh Valaee
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Michael VanHilst
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida
Chih-Chieh Wang
Department of Electrical Engineering
Chang Gung University Taiwan, Republic of China
James T. Yu DePaul University Chicago, Illinois
Chao Zhang
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, New Jersey
Yan Zhang
Simula Research Laboratory Lysaker, Norway

Part I

Standards

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The Emerging Wireless Internet Architecture: Competing and Complementary Standards to WiMAX Technology
William T. Kasch and Jack L. Burbank
CONTENTS

1. 
   Introduction 3
   
2. 
   The IEEE 802 Standards Family 4
   

1.2.1 IEEE 802.11 6
1.2.2 IEEE 802.20 7

3. 
   Cellular Networks 8
   
4. 
   ETSI HIPERLAN Standard 11
   
5. 
   Bluetooth 12
   
6. 
   Other Wireless Networking Technologies 14
   
7. 
   Competing Technologies 14
   

1.7.1 IEEE 802.20 14
1.7.2 Cellular Networks 15

8. 
   Complementary Technologies 16
   

1.8.1 IEEE 802.11 16
1.8.2 IEEE 802.15 17

9. 
   Conclusion 17
   

References 17

1. 
   Introduction
   

Until the year 2000, users of the Internet accessed its contents primarily through wired, fixed infrastructure sites (e.g., universities, home dial-up con- nections, and corporate and government facilities). However, technology has evolved such that a significant number of users today access Internet services wirelessly. This “access revolution’’ has gone hand-in-hand with the increas- ing usage of laptop computers and smaller mobile wireless devices such as cellular telephones and RIM BlackBerry™ devices. The cumulative result


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has created an information-centric society where users rely on network ser- vices in most aspects of their day-to-day life. The emerging wireless Internet architecture aims to continue the access revolution by supporting an increas- ing number of users at increased data rates, such that the user experience is similar to the experience from a wired, high-speed connection. A variety of wireless technologies have been proposed, both in standards organizations and by industry consortiums, to enable wireless network access. This chapter discusses some of the most popular technologies available today, those that are expected to be available in the future, and how these technologies may compete or compliment WiMAX technology.

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