WIRELESS WORLD SALEH AL-ABBAS
OUTLINE INTRODUCTION. WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES - Wi-Fi - WiMAX BASIC FUNCTION. EVALUATION CRITERIA. ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS. STUDY CASE. CONCLUSION.
INTRODUCTION NEED OF NETWORKS. WIRED OR WIRELESS WORLD? IS IT FUTURE TECHNOLOGY? CENTRINO.
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES WLAN Technologies TO SHARE RESOURCES BETWEEN 2+ NODES. PROVIDES SERVICES. (INTERNET BROWSING) SUPPORT STREAMING TECHNOLOGIES. (VIDEO STREAMING) Wi-Fi and WiMAX
Wi-Fi WIRELESS FIDELITY. IEEE a STANDARD COVERS 100 METERS FROM ACCESS POINT. COST RANGE $150 - $250.
Enhanced Wi-Fi IEEE g STANDARD. COVERS UP TO 500 METERS FROM ACCESS POINT. COST RANGE $350 - $600.
Wi-Fi 100 m 500 m
WiMAX WORLDWIDE INTEROPERABILITY FOR MICROWAVE ACCESS. IEEE STANDARD COVERS 30 MILES (48 KMs) FROM BASE STATION. (Debatable) RANGE 10 KM FOR CASE STUDY. COST RANGE $10,000 - $20,000
WiMAX km
Basic Function ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION PROVIDE CONNECTION HOW? WHY? FUNCTION Nature, “Service” USE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
ALTERNATIVES USE STANDARD Wi-Fi ONLY. ENHANCED Wi-Fi ONLY. WiMax ONLY. ANY COMBINATION. (Complex)
EVALUATION CRITERIA COST RANGE AREA/COST RATIO MOBILITY
EVALUATION MATRIX A.COSTB. RANGE C.AREA/COST RATIO D.MOBILITY 1.Minor preference 2.Medium preference 3.Major preference A/BC-2A-2 B/CB/D C-2 A B C D BCD Raw scoreAssigned weight A36 B36 C510 D12
COST RANGE AREA/COST MOBILITY TOTAL WEIGHT Ranking 1.Standard Wi-Fi 2.Enhanced Wi-Fi 3.WiMAX RANKING 1 = POOR 5 = EXCELLENT
REQUIREMENT RANGE MUST REACH ACCESS POINT Broken
STUDY CASE: GOTHAM CITY PROBLEM. WHY GOTHAM? REPRESENTATIVE OF MOST CITIES IN THE WORLD NON-UNIFORM SHAPE BIG AREA INFORMATION READINESS
GOTHAM CITY MAP 20 km 15 km
WiMAX COVERING GOTHAM
2 MORE THAN ENOUGH COST = $40,000
Wi-Fi COVERING GOTHAM
ASSUMING GOTHAM AREA 2/3 15x20 KM 2 RECTANGLE. GOTHAM AREA = 200 KM 2 = 200,000,000 m 2 1 Wi-Fi COVERS * pi = 785,398 m 2 # Wi-Fis REQUIRED = 254 ACCESS POINTS. COST = $127,000 WiMAX SAVINGS = $87,000 (68.5%)
CONCLUSION WiMax PROVIDES BEST SOLUTION. MANY ADVANTAGES OTHER THAN RANGE AND COST. STC TOWERS CAN SERVE AS BASE STATIONS. (Minimize WiMax cost)