Product Description

Wi-MAX is a big deal because it’s cheaper, smaller, simpler and easier to use than any existing broadband option (DSL, cable, fiber, 3G wireless) – it also bypasses the existing wired infrastructure and legacy service providers (i.e. the phone and cable companies). This book provides a basic technical introduction to the IEEE standard, allowing engineers, technologists, and decision-makers to ascertain how this hugely disruptive technology is going to affect their businesses.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #414799 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

From the Back Cover

Master 802.16

Get a thorough introduction to WiMAX--the revolutionary new 802.16 IEEE standard for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint wireless broadband access. Written by networking expert Frank Ohrtman, this detailed guide annotates the 802.16 specification and explains how to design and build a robust, reliable, and secure WiMAX network that takes full advantage of the wide range, increased throughput, and “last mile” solutions offered by WiMAX.

Comprehensive Coverage

This unique resource describes how WiMAX affects current telecom technologies including Wi-Fi, fiber optics, and VoIP, and discusses the business and economic implications of this ground-breaking technology. Readers will find complete details on:

• Annotated 802.16 specification
• WiMAX architecture
• Range, power, bandwidth, and roaming
• QoS and security
• Enterprise and residential applications
• Wireless Metro Area Network (WMAN) deployments
• Regulatory aspects including FCC guidelines

A DETAILED GUIDE TO WiMAX

Introduction * The Specs on the IEEE 802.16 * Range, Power and Bandwidth--The “Why” of WiMAX * WiMAX Quality of Service * Security * WiMAX Architecture: The Death of Fiber-Optic Networks As We Know Them * VoIP, WiMAX, and Wi-Fi: The Death of Telephone Companies As We Know Them * Video and WiMAX: The Death of Cable TV as We Know It • Economics of WiMAX * Regulatory Aspects of WiMAX * Conclusion: WiMAX as Disruptive Technology

About The Author: Frank Ohrtman is the founder of Wi-Max Systems, a telecommunications consulting firm. He previously held positions with Vsys, Lucent, and Netrix, and is a former U.S Navy Intelligence Officer with a specialization in electronic warfare. He is the author of Softswitch and The Wi-Fi Handbook, both from McGraw-Hill.

About the Author
Frank Ohrtman (Denver, CO) is the Founder of Softswitch Consulting, a telecommunications consulting firm. He previously held positions with Vsys, Lucent, and Netrix, and is a former U.S Navy Intelligence Officer. He is the author of Softswitch and The Wi-Fi Handbook.

Customer Reviews

The "straight stuff" on WiMAX
Our investment club kept hearing about WiMAX so we did some research and came across this book. We are not "techies" and found this book to be real helpful in understanding the future implications for our investment portfolios (phone companies, cable TV companies, etc) in regardds to WiMAX.

If you have a nickel invested in a telecommunications related company, you MUST read this book. It earned our five stars rating!

This book is puts it all together
I was trying to get a grip on all the nexgen stuff (WiMAX VoIP, IPTV, IMS, EvDo, etc) when I got into this book. It really helped see what the next step is or at least how it all fits together. Very precient. A good investment in my telecom career.

Overall good level but somewhat superficial and security pitfalls
First of all, at present time you haven't got many options to choose from regarding WiMax. I purchased Ohrtman's handbook because it seemed to be a solid reference. I agree with this point, but in my opinion, the book only deserves 3 stars due to the following reasons:

1) Despite being a relativelly novel technology, there exist a lot of technical references and papers out there with technical details about WiMax. This book does a very good job as an overall introduction to several aspects of this technology (including WiMax economy) which could be very valuable for the non-tech corporate reader. So don't expect to find many technical inner details (you'll find a lot of info in the 802.16 IEEE PDFs).

2) The second reason, and the most important one, is the apparently lack of a rigurous treatment of security topics. For example, the author speaks about "X.509 encryption" several times. Well, as someone involved in computer security topics for more than 7 years, I think that the author completely missed the point here. There is a clear difference between authentication (which is the main goal of X.509 certificates) and encryption (provided by DES in WiMax).