News & Analysis
Fixed Wireless Access
4/15/2002 10:47 AM EDT
Fixed Wireless Access
Wireless hits data rate barrier
Free-space optics leaps last mile
Broadband confronts cost barrier
OFDM kills multipath distortion
IEEE 802.16 marks broadband wireless access maturation
How wireless LANs can be integrated with GSM networks
Fixed broadband wireless access versus wireless LANs
Flexibility key to NLOS fixed wireless deployments
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Fixed wireless access rides wave of support
Despite the much-publicized demise of fixed broadband wireless access (FBWA) providers such as Winstar and now XO Communications, and the cessation of rollouts by Sprint and Worldcom, the FBWA market is alive and well, thanks to a ground-swell of support for wireless Internet service providers (W-ISPs) operating in the unlicensed bands.
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