Overview of Broadband Wireless Markets, Applications, and Requirements

• Line of Sight vs Non-Line-of-Sight
• Mobility
• Advanced Antenna Systems
• Quality of Service
• The role of the WiMAX Forum

802.16 High-level Architecture

• Physical Architecture
• Protocol Architecture
• Time Slots and Time Division Multiple Access
• Uplink and Downlink Channel Descriptors and Maps
• Time Division Duplex and Frequency
• Division Duplex Options
• Which Implementation Options are most common?

802.16 Medium Access Control

• Steps for Joining an 802.16 network
• Addressing and Encapsulation
• Bandwidth Requests and Allocation
• Automatic repeat request (ARQ)
• Security
• Quality of Service Scheduling Rules
• MAC enhancements for advanced antenna systems

802.16 Physical Layer

• Why are there so many PHY options?
• Multipath: Why multi-carrier approaches?
• Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
• Multi-carrier OFDM for 2-to-11 GHz
• Licensed Operation
• Multi-carrier OFDM for 2-to-11 GHz
• Unlicensed Operation
• Digital Signal Processing algorithms beyond the standard
• Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access
• (OFDMA) for licensed and unlicensed use

Mobility extensions from 802.16e

• 802.16e adoption forecast
• 802.16e MAC and PHY enhancements
• Scalable OFDMA
• Handover
• Cell Selection

Options for 802.16 Implementers

• Advanced antenna systems
• Coexistence problems and specifications

WiMAX Profiles

• WiMAX Forum Certification