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  Olajide Adekeye

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  WiMAX™ technology In NIGERIA

  WiMAX™ technology In NIGERIA
  
  WiMAX™ is based upon the IEEE 801.16 standard enabling the delivery of wireless broadband services anytime, anywhere. WiMAX products can accommodate fixed and mobile usage models. The IEEE 802.16 standard was developed to deliver non-line-of-sight (LoS) connectivity between a subscriber station and base station with typical cell radius of three to ten kilometers. All base stations and subscriber stations claiming to be WiMAX compliant must go through a rigorous WiMAX Forum Certified™ testing process. WiMAX Forum Certified systems can be expected to deliver capacity of up to 40 Mbps per channel.
  
  This is enough bandwidth to simultaneously support hundreds of businesses with T-1 speed connectivity and thousands of residences with DSL speed connectivity. The WiMAX Forum expects mobile network deployments to provide up to 15 Mbps of capacity within a typical cell radius of up to three kilometers. WiMAX technology already has been incorporated in notebook computers and PDAs to deliver high speed mobile Internet services anytime, anywhere.
  The WiMAX Forum™
  
  WiMAX will provide broadband connectivity anywhere, anytime, for any device and on any network.
  Examples include:
  • High speed internet access where it is currently unavailable
  • Substantially increase data speeds for applications to include online gaming, streaming video, video conferencing, VoIP and location based services
  • Drive wireless Internet equipment and access prices to a competitive price point comparable to cable, DSL, and fiber Internet services
  • With a robust telecommunications infrastructure already in place in the U.S. Mobile WiMAX services from Sprint and Clearwire will reach more than 150 million consumers by year end 2008.
  • In Australia, WiMAX technology will establish an affordable and efficient broadband network. This wireless broadband technology is perfectly suited for regional and rural areas and the purchase and installation process of WiMAX technology is faster, simpler and cheaper than other offered solutions. Additionally, the non-line-of-sight (NLoS) capability means that WiMAX technology can provide coverage despite the challenges of geography and the limited footprint of wireline.
  • Taiwan has continued its leadership in the development and deployment of WiMAX operability with six commercial WiMAX licenses awarded in July 2007 for six separate Taiwanese wireless communication providers. In regions like Taiwan, where users are spread out and the wireless traffic is going a long distance, WiMAX technology provides a reliable, inexpensive solution for constant wireless broadband connectivity.
  • In Africa as a developing continent, WiMAX technology provides the opportunity to connect the African people with Internet and VOIP services faster and more affordably.
  
  Key elements of WiMAX technology
  
  A key differentiator for WiMAX is the interoperability of WiMAX Forum Certified equipment, resulting in mass volume economy of scale and assurance for service providers that when buying equipment from more than one company, the technologies are interoperable.
  
  The WiMAX Forum has assembled an alliance of leaders in the communications and computing industries to drive a common platform for the global deployment of IP-based broadband wireless services. Other key elements include cost, coverage, capacity and standards for both fixed and mobile wireless usage models.
  Lower cost
  A standards based platform for WiMAX technology drives down costs delivering volume economics to WiMAX equipment.
  Wider coverage
  The technology behind WiMAX has been optimized to provide excellent non-line-of-sight (NLoS) coverage. NLoS advantages are coverage of wider areas, better predictability of coverage and lower cost as it means fewer base stations and backhaul, simple RF planning, shorter towers and faster CPE install times. Thanks to techniques for improving NLoS coverage, such as diversity, space-time coding, and Automatic Retransmission Request (ARQ), coverage are increased.
  Higher capacity
  A key advantage of WiMAX technology is to use Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) over Edge, GPRS, HSPA to deliver higher bandwidth efficiency and therefore higher data throughput, with more than one Mbps downstream and higher data rates. Adaptive modulation also increases link reliability for carrier-class operation and the possibility to keep higher order modulation at wider distance extend full capacity over longer distances.
  Standard for all usage models (fixed to mobile)
  By leveraging the same technology networks, WiMAX technology will become the most cost-effective solution for carriers to deploy for any usage model from fixed to mobile. The WiMAX Forum certifies products for conformance and interoperability based upon the standards IEEE.
  For further clarification of developments in Nigeria IT:
  We have utmost pleasure to introduce our company, Wi4 TECHNOLOGIES to you. We are an indigenous company (100% local content) of astute professionals headed by a set of well experienced Directors and Management staff and duly incorporated under the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria.
  
  • 18 Feb 2008, 4:17 pm
  Olajide Adekeye wrote: > WiMAX™ technology In NIGERIA > > WiMAX™ is based upon the IEEE 801.16 standard enabling the delivery > of wireless broadband services anytime, anywhere. WiMAX products can > accommodate fixed and mobile usage models. The IEEE 802.16 standard > was developed to deliver non-line-of-sight (LoS) connectivity between > a subscriber station and base station with typical cell radius of > three to ten kilometers. All base stations and subscriber stations > claiming to be WiMAX compliant must go through a rigorous WiMAX Forum > Certified™ testing process. WiMAX Forum Certified systems can be > expected to deliver capacity of up to 40 Mbps per channel. > > This is enough bandwidth to simultaneously support hundreds of > businesses with T-1 speed connectivity and thousands of residences > with DSL speed connectivity. The WiMAX Forum expects mobile network > deployments to provide up to 15 Mbps of capacity within a typical > cell radius of up to three kilometers. WiMAX technology already has > been incorporated in notebook computers and PDAs to deliver high > speed mobile Internet services anytime, anywhere. > The WiMAX Forum™ > > WiMAX will provide broadband connectivity anywhere, anytime, for any > device and on any network. > Examples include: > • High speed internet access where it is currently unavailable > • Substantially increase data speeds for applications to include > online gaming, streaming video, video conferencing, VoIP and location > based services > • Drive wireless Internet equipment and access prices to a > competitive price point comparable to cable, DSL, and fiber Internet > services > • With a robust telecommunications infrastructure already in place in > the U.S. Mobile WiMAX services from Sprint and Clearwire will reach > more than 150 million consumers by year end 2008. > • In Australia, WiMAX technology will establish an affordable and > efficient broadband network. This wireless broadband technology is > perfectly suited for regional and rural areas and the purchase and > installation process of WiMAX technology is faster, simpler and > cheaper than other offered solutions. Additionally, the > non-line-of-sight (NLoS) capability means that WiMAX technology can > provide coverage despite the challenges of geography and the limited > footprint of wireline. > • Taiwan has continued its leadership in the development and > deployment of WiMAX operability with six commercial WiMAX licenses > awarded in July 2007 for six separate Taiwanese wireless > communication providers. In regions like Taiwan, where users are > spread out and the wireless traffic is going a long distance, WiMAX > technology provides a reliable, inexpensive solution for constant > wireless broadband connectivity. > • In Africa as a developing continent, WiMAX technology provides the > opportunity to connect the African people with Internet and VOIP > services faster and more affordably. > > Key elements of WiMAX technology > > A key differentiator for WiMAX is the interoperability of WiMAX Forum > Certified equipment, resulting in mass volume economy of scale and > assurance for service providers that when buying equipment from more > than one company, the technologies are interoperable. > > The WiMAX Forum has assembled an alliance of leaders in the > communications and computing industries to drive a common platform > for the global deployment of IP-based broadband wireless services. > Other key elements include cost, coverage, capacity and standards for > both fixed and mobile wireless usage models. > Lower cost > A standards based platform for WiMAX technology drives down costs > delivering volume economics to WiMAX equipment. > Wider coverage > The technology behind WiMAX has been optimized to provide excellent > non-line-of-sight (NLoS) coverage. NLoS advantages are coverage of > wider areas, better predictability of coverage and lower cost as it > means fewer base stations and backhaul, simple RF planning, shorter > towers and faster CPE install times. Thanks to techniques for > improving NLoS coverage, such as diversity, space-time coding, and > Automatic Retransmission Request (ARQ), coverage are increased. > Higher capacity > A key advantage of WiMAX technology is to use Orthogonal > Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) over Edge, GPRS, HSPA to > deliver higher bandwidth efficiency and therefore higher data > throughput, with more than one Mbps downstream and higher data rates. > Adaptive modulation also increases link reliability for carrier-class > operation and the possibility to keep higher order modulation at > wider distance extend full capacity over longer distances. > Standard for all usage models (fixed to mobile) > By leveraging the same technology networks, WiMAX technology will > become the most cost-effective solution for carriers to deploy for > any usage model from fixed to mobile. The WiMAX Forum certifies > products for conformance and interoperability based upon the > standards IEEE. > For further clarification of developments in Nigeria IT: > We have utmost pleasure to introduce our company, Wi4 TECHNOLOGIES to > you. We are an indigenous company (100% local content) of astute > professionals headed by a set of well experienced Directors and > Management staff and duly incorporated under the Corporate Affairs > Commission of Nigeria.
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  Deborah Boyd

  (not a XING member)

  Re: WiMAX™ technology In NIGERIA

  Does this already exist or is it just being proposed?
  What is ISP like in Nigeria?
  There is a young man I know who wants to help establish education in Nigeria.
  We could do better education online if we had more access to ISP.
  I believe there are many places in Nigeria that do not have electricity. Please correct me if I am wrong.
  I have someone that can build very efficient power plants but they are not cheap.
  Is security improving in Nigeria?
  
  • 22 Apr 2009, 1:11 pm
  Deborah Boyd wrote: > Does this already exist or is it just being proposed? > What is ISP like in Nigeria? > There is a young man I know who wants to help establish education in > Nigeria. > We could do better education online if we had more access to ISP. > I believe there are many places in Nigeria that do not have > electricity. Please correct me if I am wrong. > I have someone that can build very efficient power plants but they > are not cheap. > Is security improving in Nigeria?