In practical terms, amax would operate similar to WiFi but at higher speeds, over greater distances and for a greater number of users.
amax would eventually erase the suburban and rural blackout areas that currently have no broadband Internet access because phone and cable companies have not yet run the necessary wires to those remote locations.
The amax system consists of two parts:
• A WiMAX tower, similar in concept to a cell-phone tower - A single WiMAX tower can provide coverage to a very large area.
• A WiMAX receiver - The receiver and antenna is either in the form of dongle or a modem. Eventually these devices will built into a laptop the way WiFi access is today. |
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A WiMAX tower station can connect directly to the Internet using a high-bandwidth, wired connection. It can also connect to another WiMAX tower using a line-of-sight, microwave link. This connection to a second tower (often referred to as a backhaul), along with the ability of a single tower to cover vast distances, is what allows WiMAX to provide coverage to remote rural areas. |
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