{"id":376,"date":"2006-01-26T08:50:41","date_gmt":"2006-01-26T08:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2006\/01\/26\/article2-53\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T18:27:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T18:27:21","slug":"article2-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2006\/01\/26\/article2-53\/","title":{"rendered":"Viodi View -700 MHz &amp; More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/images\/logo-145px.gif\" alt=\"Viodi - the Bridge Between the Heartland and Hollywood\" width=\"145\" height=\"42\"\/>        <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Viodi View Menu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/\">Current              Issue<\/a>                                              <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/060101\/article1.htm\">Local Content                      @ OPASTCO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/060101\/article2.htm\">700                      MHz WiMAX &amp; More?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                           <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/060101\/\">Previous              Issue<\/a>              <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>                              <a href=\"javascript:openWindow(&quot;http:\/\/postsnet.com\/app\/campaigner\/services\/optinlist\/processoptinrequest.jsp?oilb=85755787&quot;)\">Viodi              View Subscribe<\/a> <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>                              <strong>Viodi Forums<\/strong>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/club1\/\">Club                Viodi<\/a>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/support\/\">Local                Content<\/a>                <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>                                           <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/justoaqui\/\">Multimedia              Search <\/a> <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>                              <strong>Viodi Workshops<\/strong>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/local\/\">Local                Content<\/a>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telcovideo101\">Telco                Video 101<\/a>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/incremona\">IPTV Training<\/a>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/qb\/\">Sales                Training<\/a>                <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>                                           <strong>Industry<\/strong>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/cgi-bin\/blah\/Blah.pl?,v=cal\">Industry                Calendar<\/a>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/links.htm\">Favorite                Links<\/a>               <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>                                           <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/about.htm\">About              Viodi<\/a>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/contact.htm\">Contact<\/a>                               <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/biographies.htm\">Biographies<\/a>                <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\">Interested in Sponsoring          the Viodi View? 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All Rights Reserved.<br \/>         5255 Stevens Creek, #127 Santa Clara, CA 95051<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><a name=\"top\"\/>Viodi          View Newsletter &#8211; January 25th, 2006<\/strong>        <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/local\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/local\/images\/conferencelogo.gif\" alt=\"Click here to learn more about Latens - the Future of Content Protection and Revenue Protection\" name=\"Image1\" border=\"0\" id=\"Image1\"\/><\/a><br \/>         <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/local\/\">Click here to learn          more about Viodi&#8217;s Local Content Workshop<\/a>        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>700 MHz WiMAX &amp; More<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">By <strong>Alan J Weissberger<\/strong>,          <strong>aweissberger@sbcglobal.net<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Editor&#8217;s Note: If you would like to see a follow up          article<strong> <\/strong>in Viodi on the WCA Symposium, please inform          the author of what you are interested in. The author is actively seeking          research related and technology assessment work in BWA. He is willing          to consider a variety of projects and is available on relatively short          notice.]<\/p>\n<p>The 12th WCA International Symposium was chock full of          keen insights into the current state and future direction of <strong>broadband          wireless access (BWA)<\/strong> &#8211; both fixed and mobile varieties. Most          of the WCA sessions focused on WiMAX related technologies, but there were          sessions on municipal WiFi, spectrum allocation and an excellent overview          of the Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS).<\/p>\n<p>         Here are some quick highlights -with more to follow in the next issue          of Viodi (dependent on reader feedback as to what you&#8217;d like to see):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Intel Capital is investing heavily in            wireless broadband, especially in developing countries. They say that            IEEE 802.16 standardization will be crucial to WiMAX adoption, as regulators            have acknowledged the role and relevance of standards based technologies.            Hence, they take a more favorable view of commercial deployment. VoIP            (cheap voice services) and broadband universal access (wireless technology            levels the playing field for rural areas and developing nations) are            the key drivers for WiMAX. The real opportunity will be when WiMAX mobile            (IEEE 802.16e) converges with 3G cellular to provide higher speed multimedia            and video services (including broadcast TV to notebooks and hand held            gadgets).<\/li>\n<li> Several carriers have and continue to deploy<strong>            pre-standard<\/strong> (IEEE 802.16d-2004) <strong>fixed<\/strong> WiMAX            technologies to deliver high speed Internet access and VoIP. These services            are primarily for residential and small business customers. <\/li>\n<li>It seems that BWA carriers have <strong>little incentive            to switch to standardized fixed WiMAX<\/strong>, which may have missed            its market window. Note that IEEE 802.16e standard has been approved            and it will support both fixed and mobile applications. It is not at            all compatible with fixed WiMAX as it uses a different PHY and different            radios. It will be interesting to see if Clearwire migrates their current            fixed BWA deployments (from their equipment subsidiary NextNet) to fixed            WiMAX.<\/li>\n<li> <strong>Tower Stream<\/strong> has deployed pre-WiMAX            fixed technology in six large US cities and offers enterprise customers            cost effective T1 replacement. 80% of their customers use the service            as their primary communications pipe; others use it for disaster recovery            or load balancing. AT&amp;T has trialed the technology and is also considering            deploying it to enterprise customers as unchannelized T1s. Applications            include: fast Internet access, VPN with SLA guarantees, and VoIP.<\/li>\n<li> Most pre WiMAX deployments (outside the US) are in            the 3.5GHz band. The 2.3 &#8211; 2.5GHz as well as the 5.8GHz band looks promising            for US deployment. Sprint-Nextel and Bell South own much of the spectrum            in the former band.<strong> 700MHz <\/strong>may be suitable for greenfield            deployments in rural areas (more on this in the next issue, if there            is sufficient request for coverage).<\/li>\n<li> US government wants to encourage BWA and has <strong>ambitious            plans<\/strong> to make 700MHz available in the coming years for network            operators.<\/li>\n<li> Almost all the first tier network equipment manufacturers            are<strong> betting on IEEE 802.16e<\/strong> and are not developing            fixed WiMAX products are are OEM&#8217;g them from start-up vendors. This            gives mobile WiMAX momentum and solid support. Those vendors include:            Alcatel, Samsung, Motorola, Marconi, and Nortel.<\/li>\n<li><strong> IEEE 802.16e may offer substantially<\/strong>            better performance, QOS, and reliability then the 3G data technologies            (EVDO, HSDPA) and Qualcomm&#8217;s Media Flow network (video transport to            hand sets\/ gadgets)<\/li>\n<li> Expect to see IEEE 802.16e technology in notebooks            in<strong> late 2007- early 2008<\/strong> and in hand sets in 2009.            The positioning is as a data\/ video overlay or separate network that            offers better performance and SLAs.<\/li>\n<li> Alcatel believes that mobile WiMAX can deliver a            combination of<strong> unicast video (IPTV) <\/strong>and broadcast video            to a handset or notebook. Those services could be tied in with others            (gaming, Internet access, VoIP, etc) to create a very compelling value            proposition for the customer. There is insufficient bandwidth (mobile            WiMAX) to deliver high quality video to a digital set top box, according            to Alcatel.<\/li>\n<li> Roaming and VoIP &lt;&#8211;&gt;<strong>cellular voice            conversion<\/strong> will be a huge issue for WiMAX mobile in cell phones.            Dual mode phones may be one solution, if the cost is reasonable (contemporary            dual mode &#8211; VoIP\/WiFi + cell phones &#8211; have not sold well).<\/li>\n<li> Spectrum convergence is another key barrier to widescale            deployment of mobile WiMAX. If manufacturers have to build different            CPE for each of the multiple frequencies used in different countries,            they may<strong> never be able to realize<\/strong> the <strong>economies            of scale <\/strong>to drive the CPE cost down (generally &lt;$100 is            a reasonable target to stimulate a mass market). In addition, frequency            conversion (as well as VoIP to cellular voice conversion) will make            mobile WiMAX more expensive for the consumer.<\/li>\n<li> The Internet Multimedia Subsystem <strong>(IMS) will            play a key role<\/strong> in fixed- mobile convergence for multimedia            and voice supplementary services. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/060100\/index.htm\">Previous          Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Viodi          View Subscribe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"javascript:openWindow(&quot;http:\/\/postsnet.com\/app\/campaigner\/services\/optinlist\/processoptinrequest.jsp?oilb=85755787&quot;)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/postsnet.com\/campaigner_images\/Images\/optinlistbuilder\/FM-1.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>          <br \/>                  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/privacy.htm\">Privacy          Policy<\/a>        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 0px\" align=\"center\"><strong>Content Options?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 0px\" align=\"center\"><strong>Learn About Some New Ones<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 0px\" align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.contentpavilion.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.contentpavilion.com\/images\/bug02_vid.gif\" alt=\"Click here to learn more about Viodi's Content Pavilion\" name=\"contentpavilion\" width=\"150\" height=\"117\" border=\"0\" usemap=\"#contentpavilionMap\"\/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>         <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contentpavilion.com\/\">                                                 <\/a>         <\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 0px\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.contentpavilion.com\/\"><strong>Viodi&#8217;s            Content Pavilion <\/strong><br \/>           <strong>at TelecomNEXT<\/strong><\/a>          <\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 0px\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecom-next.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telecom05cd\/images\/USTA-Logos.gif\" alt=\"Click here to learn more about TelecomNEXT\" name=\"telecomnext\" width=\"145\" height=\"158\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>         <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telecom05cd\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/051101\/telecom05cd.gif\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>IP Video<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Hear and See What You Missed<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The TELECOM 05 CD is a great gift          for that hard to buy for telecom person. 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