ECE Research Seminar
5pm Aug 2 by Gordon Antonello
WiMax - The next major wireless standard
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Hi,
You are invited to attend the following seminar in the research
seminar series of the Department of Electrical and Computer (ECE)
Engineering. This seminar is jointly organized by the ECE dept., IEEE
and M/s Fujitsu NZ Ltd.
Title WiMax- The next major wireless standard
Speaker Gordon Antonello
Affiliation Chairman of the WiMax Technical Group
Date August 2, (Tuesday) 2005
Time 5pm onwards
Location Room 3.407, Engineering Bldg, 20 Symonds Street, Auckland
(http://www.engineering.auckland.ac.nz/contact.html)
Contact N.Nair@auckland.ac.nz
Abstract:
WiMAX Forum certified equipment is expected to provide up to
50-kilometers of range and allow users to receive broadband
connectivity without requiring a direct line of sight with the base
station. The equipment is also expected to provide shared data rates
up to 70 Mbps, which is enough bandwidth to simultaneously support
more than 60 businesses with E1-type connectivity and hundreds of
homes with DSL-type connectivity with a single base station. Note
book PCs with inbuilt WiMax chips are likely to be available in NZ
within the next 9 months just as 802.11 wireless is today. The
standard for the mobile version of WiMax is expected to be completed
next year.
Biography:
Gordon is a past CEO and a current Director of Wi-LAN Ltd, the
company that holds many of the patents on which the WiMax standards
are based. Wi-LAN is the Chair Company of the OFDM Forum
(www.ofdm-forum.com ) and a founding
member of the WiMAX* Forum (www.wimaxforum.org
). Gordon has been involved in the
technology since its inception. Wi-LAN Ltd is represented in NZ by
Fujitsu NZ Ltd.
This is the first time that the WiMax forum has presented to an
Australian or NZ audience and it is therefore an ideal opportunity to
update yourself with this next major wireless standard.
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