Definitive Guide to the Broadband Wireless 2008: WiMAX, WiFi, LTE, and 4G

There are many definitions and understandings of what is wireless broadband technology. There are those professionals that claim 3G is wireless broadband and other claim that something called 4G is wireless broadband. The criteria for wireless broadband technology can be generalized in the form of the services. The end user ultimately decides with their money what they consider to be acceptable for their use. Wireless broadband services can be generalized to mean those services that support a variety of multimedia content at varying data rates from low speed (less than T1) to as high as optical data rates. Yes this is a very general description but if nearly 60 years (combined) in this business has taught these authors anything is that nothing is static and that flexibility in views is important.

This publication represents the most comprehensive research available that evaluates the market place, business drivers, and competition between the four major broadband wireless technologies. Part one covers WiMAX, part two WiFi, part three LTE, and the final section covers 4G.