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A comparison of wi-fi and wimax with case studies - Florida State ...

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Service Name<br />

Parameters<br />

Table 5-9 The Basic Data <strong>of</strong> FSUWIN, WiFly <strong>and</strong> WiBro<br />

FSUWIN WiFly WiBro<br />

St<strong>and</strong>ard IEEE 802.11 b/g IEEE 802.11 a/b/g IEEE 802.16e<br />

Location<br />

FSU, Tallahassee,<br />

FL, USA<br />

96<br />

Taipei<br />

Taiwan<br />

Seoul<br />

South Korea<br />

Operator FSU, OTC Q-ware KT, SKT, Samsung<br />

Launch date 2003 ~ 2004 January 2006 July 2006<br />

B<strong>and</strong> 2.4 GHz ISM 2.4 GHz ISM 2.3 ~ 2.4 GHz<br />

Data rate ~ 25 Mbp UL/DL:512 kbps<br />

Coverage<br />

Indoor: 600 m<br />

Outdoor: 7200 m<br />

UL:6.1 Mbps<br />

DL:18.4 Mbps<br />

N/A Urban ~ 1 km<br />

Overall Coverage 75% <strong>of</strong> campus 90% <strong>of</strong> population N/A<br />

Mobility X X 60 km/hr<br />

H<strong>and</strong>-Off Ability X X Low<br />

Subscribers<br />

All students <strong>and</strong><br />

faculty<br />

150,000 (6/2007) 24,000(7/2007)<br />

Users per device 100 N/A N/A<br />

AP model<br />

Operation<br />

environment<br />

Applications<br />

Vivato, Xirrus,<br />

Foundry<br />

Networks<br />

Nortel AP 7220 Samsung RAS<br />

Campus Metropolitan area Metropolitan area<br />

Internet access<br />

FSU campus life<br />

WiFly cube<br />

Taipei easy call<br />

N/A<br />

(VoIP <strong>wi</strong>ll not be<br />

supported)

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