Face-off: LTE vs. WiMAX

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction: The Road to 4G

• 2.1 Purpose and Contents
• 2.2 Applications of 4G
• 2.3 Network Architecture
• 2.4 Terminology

3. Spectrum Licensing Landscape

• 3.1 Analysis of Spectrum Bands
  • 3.1.1 Spectrum Availability around the World
  • 3.1.2 Channel Sizes and Duplexing
  • 3.1.3 Prioritization of Spectrum Bands
  • 3.1.4 Licensing Regimes
  • 3.1.5 How the Licensing Landscape is Changing
• 3.2 Current and Impending Spectrum Licensing
• 3.3 LTE vs. WiMAX Spectrum Face-Off

4. The Standards Battle

• 4.1 Standards and Industry Bodies
  • 4.1.1 Timelines for Standards
  • 4.1.2 Key Industry Bodies
  • 4.1.3 History and Pedigree of LTE and WiMAX
  • 4.1.4 Overview of Similarities and Differences
  • 4.1.5 Performance Analysis
• 4.2 Comparison of LTE and WiMAX Standards
• 4.3 LTE vs. WiMAX Standards Face-Off

5. Market Size and Trends.

• 5.1 Market Size Predictions
  • 5.1.1 Subscriber Numbers
  • 5.1.2 Equipment Revenues
  • 5.1.3 Vendors' Market Shares
  • 5.1.4 Networks, Operators and Service Revenues
  • 5.1.5 Geographical Variations
• 5.2 Factors that may Impact Market Size
  • 5.2.1 Standards, Compliance and Equipment Readiness
  • 5.2.2 Impact of HSPA and LTE' s relationship with 3G
  • 5.2.3 Infrastructure sharing
  • 5.2.4 End User Handset Development
  • 5.2.5 Success of Current WiMAX Deployments
• 5.3 LTE vs. WiMAX Market Size and Trends Face-Off

6. Vendor Landscape

• 6.1 Status of Market and Equipment Availability
  • 6.1.1 Equipment Readiness and Timelines
  • 6.1.2 Level of Market Fragmentation
  • 6.1.3 Installed Base and Backwards Integration
  • 6.1.4 Equipment Costs and Business Case
  • 6.1.5 Barriers to Entry
• 6.2 Vendor Analysis
  • 6.2.1 Airspan
  • 6.2.2 Alcatel-Lucent
  • 6.2.3 Alvarion
  • 6.2.4 Cisco / Navini
  • 6.2.5 Ericsson
  • 6.2.6 Fujitsu
  • 6.2.7 Huawei
  • 6.2.8 Motorola
  • 6.2.9 NEC
  • 6.2.10 Nextwave
  • 6.2.11 Nokia Siemens Networks
  • 6.2.12 Nortel Networks
  • 6.2.13 Redline Communications
  • 6.2.14 Samsung
  • 6.2.15 SOMA Networks
  • 6.2.16 SR Telecom
  • 6.2.17 Telisma Corporation
• 6.3 LTE vs. WiMAX Vendor Landscape Face-Off

7. Operator Landscape

• 7.1 Operator Attitudes and 4G Readiness
  • 7.1.1 Operator Requirements and Risk Factors
  • 7.1.2 Cellular Operators
  • 7.1.3 Greenfield and Fixed Line Operators
  • 7.1.4 Geographical Variations
  • 7.1.5 Recent Operator Trends
• 7.2 Status of Network Rollouts
  • 7.2.1 LTE
  • 7.2.2 WiMAX
• 7.3 LTE vs. WiMAX Operator Landscape Face-Off

8. Summary and Conclusions

• 8.1 Summary of Key Evaluation Criteria
  • 8.1.1 Spectrum Licensing Landscape
  • 8.1.2 Standards Battle
  • 8.1.3 Market Size and Trends
  • 8.1.4 Vendor Landscape
  • 8.1.5 Operator Landscape
• 8.2 LTE vs. WiMAX Final Face-Off

9. Report Author and Publisher

• 9.1 About the Author
• 9.2 About Mind Commerce

• Figure 1: LTE / WiMAX Generic Architecture.
• Figure 2: Timeline for WiMAX and LTE Standards and Rollouts.
• Figure 3: Historical Legacy of LTE and WiMAX.
• Figure 4: The ' Real' Roadmap for LTE and WiMAX.
• Figure 5: LTE vs. WiMAX Final Face-Off Scores.

• Table 1: WiMAX / LTE Spectrum Band Summary.
• Table 2: LTE Spectrum Allocations.
• Table 3: WiMAX Spectrum Allocations.
• Table 4: Channel Sizes and Duplexing.
• Table 5: Recent and Impending Spectrum Licensing.
• Table 6: LTE vs. WiMAX Spectrum Landscape Face-Off
• Table 7: Comparison of LTE and WiMAX Standards.
• Table 8: LTE vs. WiMAX Standards Landscape Face-Off
• Table 9: LTE vs. WiMAX Market Face-Off
• Table 10: Vendor Support for LTE and WiMAX.
• Table 11: LTE vs. WiMAX Vendor Landscape Face-Off
• Table 12: LTE vs. WiMAX Operator Landscape Face-Off