WiMAX Forum Tackles 2.3GHz Mobile WiMAX Certification
Jul 23, 2009, 7:55 AM by Eric M. Zeman
Today the WiMAX Forum announced that it has begun the certification processes for 2.3GHz mobile WiMAX in the 5/10MHz and 8.75MHz channels. Mobile WiMAX is being certified in three separate bands around the world, including 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz. The 2.3GHz bands will be used mostly in Indian, African, and Asia markets, but once certified, it will allow mobile WiMAX chip makers to create tri-band WiMAX chips that can roam onto WiMAX networks all over the world, including in the U.S., where Sprint Nextel and Clearwire are building a mobile WiMAX network.
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oNe thing I will say...
More crap = more crap
2.3, 2.5, and 3.5 GHz all have terrible physics properties from a deployment perspective. LTE is a slightly better tech, but not by much. The problem is that its not feasible to deploy large networks in such terrible spectrum.
There is a good reason cell broadcasting started in 800 MHZ originally and that ATT has started moving its 3G down to 850 spectrum in recent months.
Once you get up over 2 GHz spectrum handheld units can't broadcast with sufficient power to make a large footprint deployment feasible. The batteries in the handheld will have to be massive just to provide a decent unit life between charges.
Best of luck with that.
CellStudent said:
The problem with all this WiMax spectrum certification is that it all uses terrible spectrum.
2.3, 2.5, and 3.5 GHz all have terrible physics properties from a deployment perspective.
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pretty sweet.
By the time Sprint gets a good full coverage network going, LTE may be well on it's way any...
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Just remember this...
Also another thing to remember is that WiMAX is not the end. WiMAX is a transition for Sprint/Clearwire into what they have planned. To provide an early footprint allows them to concentrate on that next level. Technology leap frogs continuously. Just as LTE levels, Something new will emerge. Sprint has always been an innovator. Now that they abolished their poor customer service and begun to concentrate on what had made them number 1 before, The wireless industry will undoubtedly scope Sprint for advances.