A comparison of wi-fi and wimax with case studies - Florida State ...
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application, its biggest opponent <strong>wi</strong>ll be 3G. Or if Wi-Fi wants to take broad area <strong>wi</strong>reless<br />
network as the goal, the WiMax is blocking its way. Compared to 3G, Wi-Fi is faster, but the<br />
signal is not as stable. And compared to WiMax, Wi-Fi is slow, has small-coverage <strong>and</strong> is<br />
unreliable. In this dif<strong>fi</strong>cult situation, Wi-Fi should not keep thinking its killer application or try to<br />
occupy market share <strong>of</strong> other <strong>wi</strong>reless technologies. The future <strong>of</strong> Wi-Fi should be cooperation<br />
not competition.<br />
Since Intel integrates Wi-Fi <strong>wi</strong>th laptop computers, it speeds up the dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>wi</strong>reless<br />
access. The laptop has come into the main stream in the IT industry. People can carry their PC<br />
<strong>wi</strong>th them, but they cannot carry the ADSL. Therefore, it is the reason why a <strong>wi</strong>reless network is<br />
desirable. Generally, most people believe that businessmen are the one who need <strong>wi</strong>reless access<br />
everywhere. However, the major Wi-Fi users or the potential users should be home workers <strong>and</strong><br />
students. Observing the behavior patterns, it is easy to <strong>fi</strong>nd out that people want to get rid <strong>of</strong><br />
annoying <strong>wi</strong>res <strong>and</strong> use the Internet access in different rooms at home, <strong>and</strong> students need to<br />
access the Internet for information, online games or entertainment in different indoor hotspots at<br />
any time. Another important fact from the behavior patterns is there is no killer application for<br />
Wi-Fi. People access the Internet for enjoying ubiquitous service not just for a single purpose.<br />
Thus, <strong>wi</strong>th the new coming st<strong>and</strong>ard IEEE 802.11n, Wi-Fi should focus on how to get involved<br />
to meet the dem<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> home users <strong>and</strong> students. That means to provide ubiquitous access.<br />
Therefore, the next problem is if the ISP (Internet Service Provider) wants to build the<br />
public Wi-Fi network. Is it possible <strong>and</strong> what are the issues behind it? This topic <strong>wi</strong>ll be<br />
discussed in chapter <strong>fi</strong>ve.<br />
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