A Paper Presentation on Wi MAX

          The Next Frontier Broad Band Wireless

WiMAX is a coined term or acronym meaning Worldwide Interoperability For Microwave Access (WiMAX). Its purpose is to ensure that the broadband wireless radios manufactured for customer use interoperate from vendor to vendor. WiMax is a new standard being developed by the IEEE that focuses on solving the problems of point to multipoint broadband outdoor wireless networks. It has several possible applications, including last mile connectivity for homes and businesses and backhaul for wireless hot spots. While WiMax has historically lacked the grass roots popularity of its popular cousin, WiFi, and is the standard for wireless metropolitan area networks (WMANs). It has gained significant traction from the high profile support it has received from the likes of Intel, Dell, Motorola, Fujitsu and other big name corporations. It represents the next generation of wireless networking. Intel has called it as a technology that will enable up to 5 billion people to be connected over time.