I would if I were them. It will be interesting to see what sort of variant it is. For sure it will have to be stripped down heavily since their .16e is built for the likes of Sprint. Not sure what their .16e status is anyway, since it looks like Clearwire is moving to Chinese product from Huawei.
Patrick Leary Aperto Networks 813.426.4230 mobile -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 3-dB Networks Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 3:28 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Which WiMAX Are You? Patrick, Motorola has an 802.16e variant product coming out early next year. Supposed to be a fixed implementation of the 802.16e standard. I'm sure we would all like to hear your thoughts on it Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Patrick Leary >Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 3:59 PM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Which WiMAX Are You? > >And you know that is fine. Just tired of the goofy drum beat for E. >Even though we are building E too, my opinion is that E is a standard >looking for a home now that LTE is clearly eating E's lunch for mobile >operators. So those guys who have gone all-or-nothing with E are >desparately trying to find places to sell it. > >The right tool for the job. > >I also think Motorola made a poor decision not to field a 3.65 product. >They might have been able to run the table, but the fact is that your >business and that of all your peers in not interesting enough to >Motorola corporately to even modestly invest in new and evolving >products. For us, guys like you are our business. > > >Patrick Leary >Aperto Networks >813.426.4230 mobile > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Gino Villarini >Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 2:49 PM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Which WiMAX Are You? > >Im 802.16c, C as in Canopy > >Ducking....!!! > >Hello Patrick! > > >Gino A. Villarini >[email protected] >Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. >tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Patrick Leary >Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 5:28 PM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: [WISPA] Which WiMAX Are You? > >The subject question is one Aperto thinks should be asked and now is >the time to ask it. The WiMAX Forum has been beating the 802.16e drum >in a manner trying to chump 802.16d. The fact is, there are two WiMAX >standards, not one. By the Forum's own words from a 2005 paper it put >out in November 2005, penned by Monica Paoli of Seza Fila: > >"The WiMAX Forum is committed to providing optimized solutions for >fixed, nomadic, portable and mobile broadband wireless access. Two >versions of WiMAX address the demand for these different types of >access: >* 802.16-2004 WiMAX. This is based on the 802.16-2004 version of the >IEEE 802.16 standard and on ETSI HiperMAN. It uses Orthogonal Frequency >Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and supports fixed and nomadic access in >Line of Sight >(LOS) and Non Line of Sight (NLOS) environments. >* 802.16e WiMAX. Optimized for dynamic mobile radio channels, this >version is based on the 802.16e amendment and provides support for >handoffs and roaming." > >It is time the Forum own up to their own words, so Aperto is going to >asking the question at 4G World coming up in Chicago next week. The >fact is, the fixed standard is stable and ideal for what it was >designed to >do: deliver fixed (and limited nomadicity) wireless broadband. This >version of the standard is better, yes better, than the mobile version >for doing metroscale fixed. It provides 13% more capacity per MHz and >35% or so less latency. It can also be configured for symmetric or even >higher ratio upstream vs. downstream, which is critical for networks >doing high capacity upstream like video surveillance. > >For too long, vendors that now only do the mobile standard have been >trying to squeeze the round peg of the mobile standard into the square >hole of fixed networks. This has been confusing many, and leading some >to overpay for their networks. Why pay for millions in R&D for features >that you can never use, especially in a 3.65 GHz network where mobile >can't happen? We have seen "consultants" spec'ing in E for 3.65 GHz, >thinking they will get interoperability and even PC cards for their >networks. They also think they can get self-install -- something this >community knows is not possible in 3.65 GHz due to the power >restrictions placed on indoor modems. Operators and other would-be >WiMAX deployers are being hoodwinked. > >The E standard does enable use of diversity, but it comes at a high >cost and is of limited benefit for rural operators. The truth is that >diversity is designed to increase link budgets to support self-install. > >Basically, each standard has its place, E is for people in 2.5 GHz >doing self-install, like Clearwire, and we all know the low service >(especially low upstream) packages offered in Clearwire's service. D is >better and cheaper for rural fixed operators, and especially for public >safety video type networks and definitely for voice-centric users. D is >better for enterprise, where many users sit behind the CPE. E is better >for roaming individual users with modest expectations. > >We'd like to hear your opinions, and if you like to discuss this with >us while at 4G World, please drop me a note. > >Regards, > >Patrick Leary >Aperto Networks > > >Patrick Leary >Aperto Networks >813.426.4230 mobile > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >- >-------- >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >- >-------- > >WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >- >-------- >WISPA Wants You! 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