| It'll be a bigger player behind the scenes I think the biggest area of WiMax adoption will be in point-to-point backhaul applications, such as cell tower connectivity for remote areas. I think as wireless usage continues to outpace coverage expansion, WiMax could allow for faster tower deployment by eliminating the right-of-way red tape required to lay fiber or copper. |
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 RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | said by Michael C:I think the biggest area of WiMax adoption will be in point-to-point backhaul applications, such as cell tower connectivity for remote areas. I think as wireless usage continues to outpace coverage expansion, WiMax could allow for faster tower deployment by eliminating the right-of-way red tape required to lay fiber or copper. There is however still the Red Tape required to deploy the Towers (Cell or WiMax) needed for the system often due to NIMBY Opposition. Also what speeds does WiMax offer as compared to Copper/Fiber Backhaul physical links? |
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WiMAX is a metro level wireless solution, not a point-to-point (PtP) wireless backhaul solution.
There are other products for that.
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | But WiMAX has vendor interoperability. Your Canopy and whatever other backhaul you find is vendor lock in. |
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| True enough.
But like I said, WiMAX is currently a point-to-multipoint, metro level wireless solution. Not a point-to-point (PtP) wireless backhaul solution.
Use the right tool for the job.
It'd be nice if those wireless backhaul products were standardized and interoperable as well, and eventually they will too. But it's not nearly as important today, as standardized/interoperable Base Stations (BS) and Customer Premise Equipment (CPE). |
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A lot of backhaul links for cell towers are still T1's for even the newest of towers. A lot of times, it is still fiber gear with T1's dropped off the fiber, but it's T1's nonetheless. Mostly depends on where the tower is located and volume of calls it would have.
WiMax could definitely make up for a few T1's between towers or back to the CO. |
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