摘要
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), an emerging broadband radio access technology, has attracted much attention from the whole telecom industry in recent years. Its main features are the high-speed transmission rate, large coverage, support for mobility, QoS guarantee and all-IP architecture. The technology fulfills the integration of packetized data, broadband access and mobilized terminal; therefore, it has a bright future for wide application. This lecture discusses WiMAX in four parts, and this part introduces the MAC layer and its QoS mechanism.
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), an emerging broadband radio access technology, has attracted much attention from the whole telecom industry in recent years. Its main features are the high-speed transmission rate, large coverage, support for mobility, QoS guarantee and all-IP architecture. The technology fulfills the integration of packetized data, broadband access and mobilized terminal; therefore, it has a bright future for wide application. This lecture discusses WiMAX in four parts, and this part introduces the MAC layer and its QoS mechanism.
