Computer Science > Networking and Internet Architecture
[Submitted on 18 Aug 2012]
Title:WiMAX or Wi-Fi: The Best Suited Candidate Technology for Building Wireless Access Infrastructure
View PDFAbstract:This paper presents a description of the existing wireless technology Wi-Fi and WiMAX, and try to compare Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) and WiMAX (IEEE 802.16), with respect to which technology provides a better solution to build a wireless access infrastructure. Each technology is evaluated based on some key characteristics. This paper concludes with a statement of, which technology will be the best and most cost effective solution to end user.
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