WiMAX Glossary

Access Point.

wireless local area network.

A device that distributes Wi-Fi signals to and from a

Base station.

a service provider broadcasts WiMAX signals. Typically mounted on towers or tall buildings.

The central radio transmitter/receiver from which

Broadband.

A general term for subscription access from an Internet Service Provider at speeds of 1 Mbps (million bits per second) or higher.

Customer Premises Equipment (CPE).

Equipment installed at a

customer’s location for fixed WiMAX deployments.

Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N.

Advanced Intel Wi-Fi technology based on the IEEE 802.11n specification that provides up to 2x greater range and up to 5x better performance than previous 802.11 standards.

Local Area Network (LAN).

A data network that covers a relatively small geographic area, such as a building or cluster of buildings, typically measured in feet/meters. Wi-Fi is a LAN technology.

Wide Area Network (WAN).

A data network that covers a relatively large geographic area, such as a whole town, typically measured in miles/kilometers. WiMAX is a WAN technology.

Wi-Fi.

The set of local-area mobile wireless technologies based on the 802.11 standard, with range up to a few hundred feet/meters from an access point.

WiMAX.

The wide-area mobile wireless technology based on the IEEE 802.16 standard, with range up to a few miles/kilometers from a base station.