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1. Technology
overview
1.1 IEEE
802.16 standards and WiMAX
• Compatibility and
interoperabilityissues: a shift to mobile WiMAX
• WiMAX performances and
applications
• WiMAX
ecosystem
• WiBro and Mobile WiMAX:
what’s the difference?
• WiBro’s first
commercial launch: KT Telecom
• WiMAX and BWA Markets:
equipment and services
• WiMAX equipment
manufacturers
• WiMAX’s
weaknesses
1.2 IEEE
802.20 standard and proprietary solutions
• Description of IEEE
802.20 standard
•
Applications
• 802.20
Ecosystem
• Qualcomm/Flarion
Technologies' FLASH OFDM solution
• ArrayComm's iBurst
solution
• FLASH-OFDM &
iBurst’s weaknesses
1.3 3G Mobile
technologies
• WCDMA family of
technologies
• UMTS TDD (Time Division
Duplexing) solutions
• UMTS TDD’s
weaknesses
• TD-SCDMA (Time Division
– Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access)
• CDMA2000 1x EV-DO and
EV-DV
• Beyond 3G (B3G) –
LTE (Long Term Evolution)
• New
technologies
2. Spectrum
issues
2.1 International
background
• Frequency bands
usage
• Secondary spectrum
market
2.2 Frequency
bands used by cellular systems
• 450 MHz
band
• 3G frequency
bands
• 3G spectrum
cost
2.3 Frequency
bands used by WiMAX and WiBro systems
• 2.3 – 2.5 GHz band
Vs 3.5 GHz band
• Mobility in the 3.5 GHz
frequency band
• Opportunistic
approaches: rush for spectrum far from over
• Non-cellular BWA
spectrum costs
2.4 New
systems’ frequency bands
• The 2.5-2.69 GHz
frequency band
• Broadcast frequencies
re-allocated to cellular: the digital dividend
• The 4G
question
2.5 Unlicensed
frequency bands
2.6 Issues
concerning certain specific frequency bands
3. Market
opportunities
3.1 3G, WiMAX
and alternative BWA technologies
• Comparison of the
technologies’ performances
• Complementary
solutions
3.2 3G/BWA:
Complementarity for Mobile Networks Operators
• Complementarity of 3G
and WiMAX service proposals
• Overlay of cellular
(2G/3G) site with BWA technologies: wireless data networks
• 3G/BWA adoption: Mobile
carriers’ strategy for evolving to Next Generation Mobile
Networks
• WiMAX as a backhaul
solution for mobile networks
• Incentives for mobile
operators to deploy alternative BWA technologies
3.3 Complementarity
of alternative BWA technologies for Fixed Network Operators
• Situation in developed
countries
• Entering the mobility
market
• WiMAX as a cost-saving
solution to provide last mile access
•
Backhaul
• Use of alternative BWA
technologies for rural areas and emerging countries
3.4 BWA
technologies: Competition scenarios
• Pure BWA
operators
• Broadcasters entering
the WISP market
• Landline
substitution
• Cost and complexity:
most operators cannot afford several broadband wireless
networks
Supplier
Profiles
Each firm is analyzed
by:Turnover,
Workforce, Structure, Main Shareholders, Involvement in Standardization,
Product Roadmap, Chip partner, Partners & OEM, Customers
- Airspan
-
Alvarion
- Aperto
Networks
-
Arraycom
-
IPWireless
-
Motorola
- Qualcomm /
Flarion
- Redline
Communications
-
Samsung
Operator Case
Studies
WiMAx
ecosystem
Altitude
Telecom
Clearwire
Korea
Telecom
Sprint /
Nextel
Yozan
Woosh
Wireless
Alternative BWA
technologies
Airdata
Digita
Personal Broadband
Australia
Sentech (South
Africa)
T-Mobile
Slovakia
Vodafone
List of Tables
- Table 1: Brief description of
main technologies covered in the report ....... 13
- Table 2: WiMAx Forum
certification profiles based on 802.16-2004 ....... 14
- Table 3: WiMAx Forum
certification profiles based on 802.16-2005 (MTG) ...... 15
- Table 4: 802.16
standards............... 16
- Table 5: Fixed and mobile WiMAX
physical layer variants ......... 17
- Table 6: fixed WiMAX
performances ............. 18
- Table 7: 802.16 standard
performances ............ 19
- Table 8: Intel investments in
telecom carriers ........... 23
- Table 9: 802.16e and
WiBro’s properties ............ 25
- Table 10: WiBro investments by
Korean operators (USD million) ....... 26
- Table 11: KT promotional WiBro
pricing............ 27
- Table 12: KT regular WiBro
pricing ............. 28
- Table 13: SK HSDPA
pricing............... 28
- Table 14 : Mobile access
infrastructure market by geography (2004-2009) ...... 29
- Table 15: WiMAx Forum certified
products as of June 2006 (802.16-2004 standard).... 38
- Table 16: Trends in WiMAX CPE
prices ............ 40
- Table 17: Spectrum used for
selected WiMAX initiatives......... 41
- Table 18: 802.20 main features
planned by IEEE........... 43
- Table 19: 802.16e, 802.20 and 3G
characteristics .......... 44
- Table 20: FLASH-OFDM commercial
roll outs in Europe – 450 MHz band ...... 49
- Table 21: iBurst Air Interface
specifications ............ 51
- Table 22: Kyocera's iBurst base
station specifications .......... 52
- Table 23: Kyocera iBurst
subscriber devices ........... 52
- Table 24: Use of iBurst
technology ............. 53
- Table 25: Overview of the
various 3G mobile technologies ......... 55
- Table 26: Mobile operators
owning UMTS TDD spectrum in the five main mobile markets in Europe
61
- Table 27: Main UMTS TDD
deployments worldwide .......... 62
- Table 28: CDMA 2000 peak data
rates ............. 66
- Table 29: Frequency bands
currently used by cellular systems ........ 71
- Table 30: Comparison of the use
of cellular/BWA frequency bands....... 72
- Table 31: Introduction of the
secondary spectrum market in Western Europe ..... 73
- Table 32: Use of CDMA2000
technology in Europe – 450 MHz band ....... 75
- Table 33: Use of FLASH-OFDM
technology in Europe – 450 MHz band ...... 76
- Table 34: Korean mobile
operators’ spectrum assets.......... 78
- Table 35: Description of AWS
spectrum put up for auction ......... 79
- Table 36: Top 10 AWS bidders by
net winning bids .......... 79
- Table 37: AWS auctions bids and
amount ............ 80
- Table 38: Comparison of the
number of radio sites needed to cover an area of 10,000 km²..
80
- Table 39: Price per UMTS license
in selected countries in Western Europe..... 81
- Table 40: Outlook for WiMAX
spectrum ............ 83
- Table 41: Price of fixed BWA
licenses in selected countries ........ 84
- Table 42: Analogue switch-off in
selected countries .......... 86
- Table 43: Comparison of use of
the 2.4, 3.5 and 5.8 GHz frequency bands ..... 87
- Table 44: Status of frequency
bands for mobile systems in Europe ....... 88
- Table 45: 3G and Mobile WiMAX
service offerings.......... 92
- Table 46: Building of a
consensus on Next Generation Mobile Networks ...... 94
- Table 47: Impact of
Sprint’s decision on the WiMAX ecosystem ........ 97
- Table 48: Data transfer speeds
.............. 98
- Table 49: T-Mobile
Slovakia’s Flash-OFDM service tariffs ......... 99
- Table 50: Pricing for
Optus’s iBurst corporate service ......... 101
- Table 51: Woosh Wireless's
business offers........... 102
- Table 52: WiMAX distance vs.
capacity results........... 103
- Table 53: ROI comparison T1/
WiMAX ............ 103
- Table 54: A selection of
wireline telcos’ WiMAX initiatives targeting DSL grey zones ...
104
- Table 55: FLASH-OFDM commercial
rollouts in Europe – 450 MHz band ...... 105
- Table 56: Sentech MyWireless
flexi bundled service plan ......... 106
- Table 57: Late 2004, Clearwire's
pricing schemes for residential users in Jacksonville , FL .. 109
- Table 58: Mid 2006, Clearwire's
pricing schemes for residential users in Jacksonville , FL.. 109
- Table 59: Late 2004, BellSouth's
DSL access prices for residential users ...... 109
- Table 60: Mid 2006, BellSouth's
DSL access prices for residential users ...... 109
- Table 61: Mid-2006, Clearwire's
pricing policy for residential users in Brussels, Belgium ... 110
- Table 62: Altitude
Telecom’s first deployments........... 112
- Table 63: Data transfer speeds
.............. 115
- Table 64: The Yozan
network’s key system parameters ......... 117
List of
Figures
- Figure 1: Fixed and mobile WiMAx
standards........... 15
- Figure 2: WiMAx frequencies
.............. 18
- Figure 3: Overview of possible
fixed WiMAX applications ......... 20
- Figure 4: WiMAx triple play
bundle............. 21
- Figure 5: WiMAX Forum
positioning............. 22
- Figure 6: WiMAX ecosystem
selected actors........... 24
- Figure 7: Number of subscribers
of some BWA and WiMAx operators (Mid 2006).... 30
- Figure 8: Some BWA and WiMAx
deployments in Europe (Mid 2006) ....... 30
- Figure 9: BWA Revenue by type of
market for the year 2005........ 31
- Figure 10: Fixed WiMAX product
roadmap ............ 39
- Figure 11: Mobile WiMAX product
roadmap ............ 40
- Figure 12: Forecast changes in
the price of WiMAX equipment ........ 41
- Figure 13: Flarion's FLASH OFDM
system ............ 46
- Figure 14: Flarion's FLASH-OFDM
Data Cards ........... 48
- Figure 15: Qualcomm Flarion's
prototype handset .......... 48
- Figure 16: IntelliCell’s
Adaptive Antenna Technology .......... 49
- Figure 17: ArrayComm's iBurst
system ............. 50
- Figure 18: GSM operator
evolution path to 3G ........... 56
- Figure 19: UMTS Network
Architecture............. 57
- Figure 20: WCDMA Evolution
.............. 58
- Figure 21: IPWireless UMTS TDD
product portfolio .......... 59
- Figure 22: Members of the UMTS
TDD alliance (August 2006)........ 60
- Figure 23: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
network architecture .......... 65
- Figure 24: Migration of the core
network of UMTS systems ......... 67
- Figure 25: ITU-R timeline for 4G
evolution............ 69
- Figure 26: NTT DoCoMo and mobile
4G............ 70
- Figure 27: Frequency bands used
for mobile services worldwide ....... 76
- Figure 28: Frequency bands for
terrestrial IMT-2000.......... 77
- Figure 29: Main factors
determining BWA technologies’ adoption....... 89
- Figure 30: Wireless technology
complementarity ........... 91
- Figure 31: Total ARPU for
Western Europe ............ 93
- Figure 32: Data revenues in
Western Europe ........... 93
- Figure 33: Path to a next
generation mobile network.......... 94
- Figure 34: Sprint positioning in
the US telecom industry ......... 95
- Figure 35 : WiMAX providing last
mile access ........... 100
- Figure 36: August 2004 coverage
of Clearwire’s service in Jacksonville, FL ..... 108
- Figure 37: Mid-2006 coverage of
Clearwire’s service in Jacksonville, FL ...... 108
- Figure 38: The Yozan
network’s simplified architecture......... 116
- Figure 39: Scheduled coverage
map for AIRDATA’s PortableDSL service ..... 118
- Figure 40: AIRDATA PortableDSL
price plans........... 118
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