Broadband Wireless Access - BWA

Table of Contents

1. Executive summary

2. Overview of broadband wireless access and mobile 3G technologies

• 2.1. IEEE 802.16 standards and WiMAX
  • 2.1.1. Description
  • 2.1.2. Applications
  • 2.1.3. WiMAX ecosystem
  • 2.1.4. Emerging WiMAX players
• 2.2. IEEE 802.20 standards and proprietary solutions
  • 2.2.1. Description of IEEE 802.20 standard
  • 2.2.2. Applications
  • 2.2.3. 802.20 ecosystem
  • 2.2.4. Flarion technologies FLASH OFDM solution
  • 2.2.5. ArrayComms iBurst solution
• 2.3. 3G mobile technologies
  • 2.3.1. WCDMA family of technologies
  • 2.3.2. CDMA2000 1x EV-DO and EV-DV
  • 2.3.3. Beyond 3G

3. Spectrum issues

• 3.1. Frequency bands used by cellular systems
  • 3.1.1. International context
  • 3.1.2. 450 MHz frequency band
  • 3.1.3. 3G frequency bands
  • 3.1.4. Broadcast frequencies re-allocated to cellular
  • 3.1.5. The question of 4G
• 3.2. Unlicensed frequency bands

4. Market opportunities for WiMAX, 802.20 & UMTS TDD technologies

• 4.1. WiMAX
  • 4.1.1. Market opportunities for WiMAX
  • 4.1.2. WiMAXs weaknesses
• 4.2. 802.20 technologies: FLASH-OFDM and iBurst
  • 4.2.1. FLASH-OFDM & iBurst market opportunities
  • 4.2.2. FLASH-OFDM & iBurst weaknesses
• 4.3. UMTS TDD
  • 4.3.1. UMTS TDD market opportunities
  • 4.3.2. UMTS TDD weaknesses

5. Conclusion: possible strategies for different categories of service providers

• 5.1. Mobile operator
  • 5.1.1. Potential strategies of mobile operators with 3G licences
  • 5.1.2. Potential strategies of mobile operators without 3G licences or MVNO
• 5.2. Fixed operators and WISPs

Glossary & acronyms

List of tables

• Table 1: Broadband growth from mid-2002 to mid-2004
• Table 2: Brief description of technologies covered in the report
• Table 3: Brief description of technologies covered in the report
• Table 4: Main potential customers and commercial availability of product per technology covered
• Table 5: 802.16 standards
• Table 6: WiMAX performances
• Table 7: 802.20 main features planned by IEEE
• Table 8: iBurst air interface specifications
• Table 9: Main live or planned commercial cellular EV-DO services worldwide
• Table 10: Comparison of EV-DV revision C and revision D
• Table 11: Frequency bands currently used by cellular systems
• Table 12: Comparison of use of cellular frequency bands
• Table 13: Use of CDMA-PAMR and CDMA2000 technologies in Europe
• Table 14: Comparison of use of 2.4, 3.5 and 5.8 GHz frequency bands
• Table 15: Incumbents WiMAX initiatives
• Table 16: Clearwires pricing policy for residential users in Jacksonville, FL
• Table 17: BellSouths DSL access prices for residential users
• Table 18: Prices of Wivanet service
• Table 19: Scheduled deployments by Altitude Telecom
• Table 20: Evolution of WiMAX CPE prices
• Table 21: Spectrum used for selected pre-WiMAX initiatives
• Table 22: Publicly-announced FLASH-OFDM trials
• Table 23: Pricing of Nextel Wireless broadband service
• Table 24: Scheduled coverage of PBAs iBurst services in Australia
• Table 25: OzEmail iBurst service pricing (in Australian dollars)
• Table 26: Mobile operators owning UMTS TDD spectrum in the five main mobile markets in Europe
• Table 27: Main UMTS TDD deployments worldwide
• Table 28: MyWireless bundled* service plan (prices include VAT)
• Table 29: Woosh Wireless offerings for residential users (in Australian dollars)
• Table 30: Woosh Wireless offerings for business users (in Australian dollars)
• Table 31: Price of UMTS licence in selected Western European countries
• Table 32: Multimode Wi-Fi compliant PCMCIA data cards available

List of figures

• Figure 1: Technologies covered in the report
• Figure 2: OFDM technology
• Figure 3: Overview of possible WiMAX applications
• Figure 4: WiMAX forum positioning
• Figure 5: WiMAX ecosystem
• Figure 6: Flarions FLASH OFDM system
• Figure 7: IntelliCells adaptive antenna technology
• Figure 8: ArrayComms iBurst system
• Figure 9: GSM operator evolution path to 3G
• Figure 10: UMTS network architecture
• Figure 11: WCDMA evolution
• Figure 12: NEP UMTS partnerships
• Figure 13: NEP TD-SCDMA partnerships
• Figure 14: UMTS TDD alliance
• Figure 15: UMTS TDD ecosystem
• Figure 16: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network architecture
• Figure 17: ITU-R timeline for 4G evolution
• Figure 18: NTT DoCoMo and mobile 4G
• Figure 19: Frequency bands used for mobile services worldwide
• Figure 20: Frequency bands for terrestrial IMT-2000
• Figure 21: Coverage of Clearwires offering in Jacksonville, FL
• Figure 22: Coverage map of Vantaa
• Figure 23: Coverage map of Myyrmaki
• Figure 24: Implex.nets WiFi/WiMAX services
• Figure 25: WiMAX product roadmap
• Figure 26: Flarions FLASH-OFDM Data Cards
• Figure 27: Flarions prototype handset
• Figure 28: Nextel wireless broadband service coverage map
• Figure 29: Kyoceras iBurst base station specifications
• Figure 30: Kyocera iBurst subscriber devices
• Figure 31: IPWireless UMTS TDD product portfolio
• Figure 32: Scheduled coverage map for AIRDATA portable DSL service
• Figure 33: AIRDATA portableDSL price plans
• Figure 34: Sentechs UMTS TDD USB modems & PCMCIA cards offerings
• Figure 35: Woosh roaming zone in Auckland
• Figure 36: IPWireless VoIP over UMTS TDD Vision