Overview:
 
WiFi vs. WiMAX: Which one will win the technology, application, and services model wars?  No research to date has evaluated the synergetic frameworks of WiMAX (fixed and mobile), and WiFi (802.11n, 802.11e and 802.11i).
 
The report presents a number of synergistic scenarios with revenue projections. The projections of the synergetic frameworks in the world's 90 more populated countries have been estimated as $30 Billion for equipment and $39 Billion for services. This market is very nascent and is not yet tapped across the world.
 
The scenarios presented are applicable to metropolitan fixed broadband networks integrating public places, home networks in rural areas with sparse population densities, fixed broadband services for housing clusters in remote counties, campus wireless mobility networks, metropolitan mobile broadband networks, asset management networks (using RFID), campus & metropolitan GIS networks, campus & metropolitan triangulation networks (indoor GPS), and application of the frameworks in oil & gas pipeline management networks.  These scenarios have been vetted by 135 seasoned networking professionals with a minimum of eight years of experience in service providers, systems integration companies and end user industries (SMEs and corporations).
 
Key Questions Answered in Report:
 
* What is the best market positioning of WiMAX - 802.16d and 802.16e - when considered as standalone technologies in a solution?
* What should be the appropriate market positioning of 802.11n, WiFi when considered as standalone in a solution?
* What should be the appropriate market positioning of 802.11n, 802.11e and 802.11i when considered together in a solution?
* What should be the appropriate market positioning of 802.11n, 802.11e, 802.11i, 802.16d and 802.16e when combined in synergy with specific goals including risk mitigation, optimizing strengths and minimizing weaknesses?
* How should the industry best leverage each approach for various broadband applications?
* How should services be designed around each approach for various market segments?
 
Target Audience:
 
* Wireless network architects and solution providers
* Wireless network service providers/telecom operators
* Wireless equipment manufacturers
* Wireless solution consultants
* Wireless network managers
* Wireless network business strategists
* Wireless network service designers
* Wireless network systems integrators
 
Partial list of Companies in the Report:

*Cisco

*Airspan

*Alvarion

*Alcatel-Lucent

*Aruba Networks

*ZTE China

*Motorola

*Zyxel

*Broadcom

*Linksys

*Trapeze Networks

*Proxim Wireless

Table of Contents:
 
List of Tables  4
List of Figures   4
Abstract  6
1.0 Introduction: 8
1.1        Research Objectives and the Research Questions 9
1.2        Significance of the Report  12
1.3        Hypotheses of the Report  13
1.4        Scope and Limitations of the Report  16
1.5   The proposed output of Report   17
2.0 Literature Review    18
2.1    The evolution of IEEE 802.11e and 802.11n standards   20
2.1.1   The current market positioning of 802.11e & 802.11n:   21
2.1.2    Positioning of 802.11e, 802.11n, 802.11i - are they independent or need to be combined to offer total solution?   25
2.1.3 Positioning of 802.11n - in the current market scenario  26
2.2  The evolution of WiMAX    29
2.2.1   The current market positioning of 802.16d & 802.16e    30
2.2.2   Positioning of 802.16d and 802.16e - are they independent or need to be combined to offer total solution 34
2.2.3    Positioning of WiMAX total solution in the current market scenario      37
2.3  The Future Market Potential of combined solutions of WiMAX (fixed and mobile) and 802.11n:  40
2.3.1   Positioning of 802.16d Fixed WiMAX with 802.11n    40
2.3.1.1  Scenario 1: Fixed broadband connections established using 802.11n with 802.16d as backhaul:  41
2.3.1.2  Scenario 2: Fixed broadband connections established using 802.16d with 802.16d as backhaul but internal Internet & internal LAN sharing carried out using 802.11n equipment:  43
2.3.1.3  Scenario 3: Fixed broadband connections in housing clusters of remote counties using 802.11n having uplinks to the ISP POP via 802.16d connections: 44
2.3.2        Positioning of 802.16e Mobile WiMAX with 802.11n   46
2.3.2.1   Scenario 1: Mobile networking within a large campus (like University campuses, large manufacturing plants, warehouses at ports or remote storage locations, corporation campuses, business clusters like Dubai Internet City, etc.)  47
2.3.2.2  Scenario 2: Mobile networking within an entire City using integrated framework of 802.16e and 802.11n networking  49
2.3.2.3  Scenario 3: Asset Management, Engineering & Utilities Management and GIS & Location applications for a Campus using integrated framework of 802.16e and 802.11n networking51
2.3.2.4  Scenario 4: Asset Management, Engineering & Utilities Management and GIS & Location applications for an entire City using integrated framework of 802.16e and 802.11n networking   54
2.3.2.5   Scenario 5: Oil & Gas Pipeline Information & Management System using GIS & Location applications for an entire pipeline layout using integrated framework of 802.16e and 802.11n networking 58
3.0 Methodology  62
3.1        Research Methodology  62
3.2        Research Life-cycle  62
3.3        Research Procedure   64
3.4        Declaration of Ethical Perspective    64
4.0        The Research Output    66
4.1        Outcome of the Project     66
4.2        Summary of Results    73
4.3        Critical Discussions   86
4.4        Recommendation for Future Research   94
4.5        Conclusions and Generalizations 94
4.5.1 Answers to Research Questions  96
4.5.2 Findings against the Hypotheses    98
Reference List 101
 
List of Tables:
Serial Number Description and Word Hyperlink
Table 1 Perceptions captured from the respondents and their probable reasons
Table 2 Summary of viewpoints & inputs from the respondents captured during the interviewing process
Table 3 World's most populous cities (Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Times Atlas of the World, tenth edition. 2009)
Table 4 Market potential of 802.16d + 802.16e + 802.11n synergized equipment in the retail sector of world's 90 most populous cities
Table 5 Market potential of 802.16d + 802.16e + 802.11n synergized services in the retail sector of world's 90 most populous cities
 
List of Figures:
Serial Number Description and Word Hyperlink
Figure 1 The hypothetical model of technology positioning - 802.11 and 802.16
Figure 2 Market positioning of WMM & 802.11e for QoS sensitive applications with choices of 802.11n
Figure 3 High level deployment  scenarios of 802.11e, 802.11i and 802.11n
Figure 4 802.16d & 802.16e deployment & positioning
Figure 5 Combined Solution Scenarios of fixed as well as mobile WiMax
Figure 6 Fixed wireless broadband extended to end users in dense population clusters using 802.11n with 802.16d deployed as backhaul to the Internet broadband of the ISP
Figure 7 Large house networks established using 802.11n with the Internet uplink deployed on 802.16d broadband connection
Figure 8 Fixed Broadband services for cluster of houses in remote counties
 
Figure 9 WiMAX 802.16e implementation along with 802.11n in a campus having multiple large buildings
Figure 10 WiMAX 802.16e implementation along with 802.11n in an entire city (the background image has been taken from Google Earth view of the city of Belgium)
Figure 11 WiMAX 802.16e implementation along with 802.11n in a campus for In-Campus Asset Management, Engineering & Utilities Management, GIS and Location applications
Figure 12 WiMAX 802.16e implementation along with 802.11n for City Location Management, City Engineering & Utilities Management (like pipelines & electrical installations), GIS and Location applications
Figure 13 WiMAX 802.16e implementation along with 802.11n for Oil & Gas Pipeline Information and Management System
Figure 14 Life cycle of the study carried out in this research
Figure 15 The Human Footprint on Planet Earth (Stewart, Robert. 2009)
Figure 16 The hypothetical framework reproduced with the synergies shown on the model