Broadband Wireless Access - BWA

Published by	IDATE
Published	January, 2005	Product code	26441
Content info	90 Pages
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Introduction
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This publication has been discontinued on July 19, 2011.

Introduction

Broadband access is now crucial for service providers since it enables them to provide new value-added services such as Video on Demand (VOD), mobile video telephony, mobile streaming, online gaming, VoIP, TV broadcasting etc. Broadband technologies can be fixed (xDSL, cable, FTTH, etc.), wireless with limited mobility (802.11 family, WiMAX) or mobile (UMTS, CDMA2000 1x EV-DO). However, wireless broadband technologies should benefit from the following combination of factors:

Broadband is going mass-market
Mobile telephony leads the telephony market
Consumers are increasingly mobile
Portable computer sales are rising, while PDAs and mobile handsets evolve towards smarter and more powerful devices constantly integrating more PC-like functionalities.

This report focuses on the debate over the place of WiMAX, UMTS TDD, Flarions FLASH-OFDM and ArrayComms iBurst versus traditional 3G technologies (UMTS FDD & CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev0) and their offspring (HSDPA/HSUPA & EV-DV/EV-DO RevA). The main characteristics of these technologies are presented in the tables below.

1. Executive summary

2. Overview of broadband wireless access and mobile 3G technologies

2.1. IEEE 802.16 standards and WiMAX
- 2.1.1. Description
- 2.1.2. Applications
- 2.1.3. WiMAX ecosystem
- 2.1.4. Emerging WiMAX players
2.2. IEEE 802.20 standards and proprietary solutions
- 2.2.1. Description of IEEE 802.20 standard
- 2.2.2. Applications
- 2.2.3. 802.20 ecosystem
- 2.2.4. Flarion technologies FLASH OFDM solution
- 2.2.5. ArrayComms iBurst solution
2.3. 3G mobile technologies
- 2.3.1. WCDMA family of technologies
- 2.3.2. CDMA2000 1x EV-DO and EV-DV
- 2.3.3. Beyond 3G

3. Spectrum issues

3.1. Frequency bands used by cellular systems
- 3.1.1. International context
- 3.1.2. 450 MHz frequency band
- 3.1.3. 3G frequency bands
- 3.1.4. Broadcast frequencies re-allocated to cellular
- 3.1.5. The question of 4G
3.2. Unlicensed frequency bands

4. Market opportunities for WiMAX, 802.20 & UMTS TDD technologies

4.1. WiMAX
- 4.1.1. Market opportunities for WiMAX
- 4.1.2. WiMAXs weaknesses
4.2. 802.20 technologies: FLASH-OFDM and iBurst
- 4.2.1. FLASH-OFDM & iBurst market opportunities
- 4.2.2. FLASH-OFDM & iBurst weaknesses
4.3. UMTS TDD
- 4.3.1. UMTS TDD market opportunities
- 4.3.2. UMTS TDD weaknesses

5. Conclusion: possible strategies for different categories of service providers

5.1. Mobile operator
- 5.1.1. Potential strategies of mobile operators with 3G licences
- 5.1.2. Potential strategies of mobile operators without 3G licences or MVNO
5.2. Fixed operators and WISPs

Glossary & acronyms

List of tables

Table 1: Broadband growth from mid-2002 to mid-2004
Table 2: Brief description of technologies covered in the report
Table 3: Brief description of technologies covered in the report
Table 4: Main potential customers and commercial availability of product per technology covered
Table 5: 802.16 standards
Table 6: WiMAX performances
Table 7: 802.20 main features planned by IEEE
Table 8: iBurst air interface specifications
Table 9: Main live or planned commercial cellular EV-DO services worldwide
Table 10: Comparison of EV-DV revision C and revision D
Table 11: Frequency bands currently used by cellular systems
Table 12: Comparison of use of cellular frequency bands
Table 13: Use of CDMA-PAMR and CDMA2000 technologies in Europe
Table 14: Comparison of use of 2.4, 3.5 and 5.8 GHz frequency bands
Table 15: Incumbents WiMAX initiatives
Table 16: Clearwires pricing policy for residential users in Jacksonville, FL
Table 17: BellSouths DSL access prices for residential users
Table 18: Prices of Wivanet service
Table 19: Scheduled deployments by Altitude Telecom
Table 20: Evolution of WiMAX CPE prices
Table 21: Spectrum used for selected pre-WiMAX initiatives
Table 22: Publicly-announced FLASH-OFDM trials
Table 23: Pricing of Nextel Wireless broadband service
Table 24: Scheduled coverage of PBAs iBurst services in Australia
Table 25: OzEmail iBurst service pricing (in Australian dollars)
Table 26: Mobile operators owning UMTS TDD spectrum in the five main mobile markets in Europe
Table 27: Main UMTS TDD deployments worldwide
Table 28: MyWireless bundled* service plan (prices include VAT)
Table 29: Woosh Wireless offerings for residential users (in Australian dollars)
Table 30: Woosh Wireless offerings for business users (in Australian dollars)
Table 31: Price of UMTS licence in selected Western European countries
Table 32: Multimode Wi-Fi compliant PCMCIA data cards available