Wimax an Introduction

WiMAX is one of the hottest broadband wireless technologies around today. WiMax is a standardized wireless version of Ethernet intended primarily as an alternative to wire technologies (such as Cable Modems, DSL and T1/E1 links) to provide broadband access to customer premises..WiMAX was formed in April 2001, in anticipation of the publication of the original 1066 GHz IEEE 802.16 specifications. WiMAX is to 802.16 as the WiFi Alliance is to 802.11.