Development Strategy Considerations on WMAN / WiMAX Prof

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Development Strategy Considerations on WMAN /
WiMAX Prof. Chen Ruming Vice Chairman of
MII Comm. Science Technology Commission and
Former Deputy Director General Radio
Regulatory Department(State Radio Office of
China )Ministry of Information Industry ,
ChinaBei Li Shi Road No.80 , Beijing ,
100037 , ChinaTel 86-10-68009043 Fax
86-10-68009050E-mail Chen.Ruming_at_SRRC.
GOV.CNhttp / WWW.SRRC.GOV.CN Global MAN
Technology Applications Forum Intl ,China,
2006 July 2006 , Beijing , China



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WMAN / WiMAX????????? ??????????????? Vice
Chairman of MII Comm. Science Technology
Commission and Former Deputy Director
General Radio Regulatory Department(State
Radio Office of China )Ministry of
Information Industry , ChinaBei Li Shi Road
No.80 , Beijing , 100037 , ChinaTel
86-10-68009043 Fax [phone]E-mail
Chen.Ruming_at_SRRC. GOV.CNhttp /
WWW.SRRC.GOV.CN Global MAN Technology
Applications Forum Intl , China, 2006 July 2006
, Beijing , China

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• Development Strategy Considerations
• on WMAN / WiMAX
• 
  Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Some Key Hot Spot Technologies of Present
  Wireless Field
• 3. Roles , Issues and Market Positioning for
  WiMAX
• 4. Pragmatic Development Strategy Considerations
  on
• WMAN / WiMAX
• 5. Concluding Remarks
• References
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• 1. Introduction
• A. Background of WiMAX pushing
• Learn from the experiences and lessens of
  MMDS/LMDS, Pre-WiMAX,
• Wi-Fi and 3G. Development INTEL taking the
  important roles for extending the Moores Law
  concept to wireless area NGN -IP based
  multi-service and IMS/SIP-FMC new evolution
  Market driven requirements on bit-coverage
  enhancement and mobility , open standard and
  interface , scaleable manufacturing , as well as
  good inter-working and inter-operation in the
  multi-vendors environment WMAN based
  networking of P-P,P-MP and P2P combined
• with Wi-Fi for using fixed, nomadic and mobile
  operation modes
• B. NGN vs. NGBWM , GENI and FIND
• NGN issues new development of ITU-T, SG-13 in
  Feb. And June 2004, set up NGN Definition and
  the main Architecture Framework ,
  established FGNGN( Focus Group of NGN) , from NGN
  to NGN-GSI( Global Standard Initiation) and
  FG-XYZ New IP based all IP NGBWM
  developed homogeneously Broadband video and
  IP-TV /Triple play vs. 3- Network Convergence
  GENI , FIND ( including NeTS other three ProWiN
  , NOSS and NBD )
• C. 3G / 3G Evolution and IEEE 802. x y Evolving
  Development of NGBWM
• Access and applications layers of NGN
  should be the Wireless World from the
  Global Multimedia PCS viewpoint through
  WBAN, WPAN, WLAN, WMAN, WWAN , WSAN, 3GPPx,
  IEEE 802. x y, fixed/stationary ,
  trans-portable, semi-mobile or nomadic ,
  mobile FDD, TDD, (CDD ).
• HSxPA/cdma 2000 1X EV-DO x--LTE/AIE (E3G)
  IMT-Advanced (B3G) vs. Wi-Fi /WiMAX/Mobile-Fi-/TV
  -Fi , etc. and their convergence 4G / 5G
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• 2. Some Key Hot Spot Technologies of Present
  Wireless Field
• Multi -dimensional signal processing,, EMC
  analysis and frequency sharing in time ,
  frequency, space, signal, network , as well
  as in displaying domains , including MIMO
  -STC processing
• The adaptive spectrum resource management and
  adaptive network based on the environment aware
  in using intelligent agent/ control center
  for the IP based multimode broadband
  wireless operation environment with seamless
  and organic integration of mobile , fixed
  terrestrial and satellite together, exp.
  multi-mode, multi-band and multi-rate adaptive
  processing
• Advanced antenna beam shaping , spot beam
  and cell structure , adaptive/smart antenna
  for both TDD and FDD , including distributed
  intelligent antenna processing , exp. iP Star
  and 3G TD-SCDMA , etc.
• Modern code / modulation technologies ,
  including lt2.4bkbit/s good vocoder , MPEG4(
  especially H.264/AVC-MPEG-4 Part 10) /AVS and
  MPEG 7 and MPEG21 -video compression and
  management technologies , as well as Turbo
  code, UEP code and LDPC code, M-(O) QAM/
  (x)OFDM-(y) (C-OFDM, W-OFDM,V-OFDM,
  MIMO-OFDM,F-OFDM, OFDMA, etc.) , and various
  parallel and/or serial concatenated coding
  / coded modulation , including MIMO-STC M-(O)
  QAM/ (x)OFDM-(y) Turbo or LDPC concatenated
  and DVB-IP (DVB S2 new development, H.264/AVC
  LDPC)
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• 2. Some Key Hot Spot Technologies of Present
  Wireless Field (cont.)
• Software System Engineering Technology , such
  as Softswich(ing) , FMC-IMS/SIP,adaptive IP-QoS,
  network/terminal security and middleware ,
  networks protocols, adaptive network topology
  configuration and network optimization .Software
  (Defined) Radio SDR ( now can do sampling at IF),
  etc. , which are the essential approaches of
  rapidly increasing the power/ spectrum
  efficiency and cost effective system with
  configuration flexible changing , including
  handset manufacturing .Software engineering work
  also should be based on the basic principle of
  open architecture and the following described
  ECO Industry x
• Adaptive signal processing and statistical
  detection technologies , including adaptive
  interference cancellation and multi-user joint
  detection under the MIMO condition
• High efficient sector antenna , smart antenna
  and intelligent distributed antenna / base
  stations , including the MIMO tech.together , as
  well as the high efficient and high reliability
  adaptive algorithm
• Multi-level architecture integrated service
  platform for the multimedia integrated service
  transport
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• 2. Some Key Hot Spot Technologies of Present
  Wireless Field (cont.)
• Multi-sector and multi-cell integrated platform
  tech. And multi-operator cooperative sharing
  platform technology , including the optimum
  resource scheduling
• Regional and national network inter-working
  relative technologies, including the variable
  duplex technology for adapting the FDD/TDD
  flexible arrangement in different bands for
  Global /Regional operation
• NGOSS/BOSS/MBOSS technology relating to
  adaptive intelligent network management for IP
  based or all IP network environment of NGN and
  NGBW
• These type about 20 general advanced
  technologies are very important for supporting
  NGN, 3G evolution and NGBWM innovation
  development .
• Among them, the most important basic
  technologies (x)-OFDM(y)/ including OFDMA,
  sub-band OFDM technology ,etc .), MIMO/STC,
  H.264.AVC(MPEG-4 Part 10) /AVS audio-video
  digital source compression coding tech. , TBC/TPC
  and LDPC channel coding tech., and a packet of
  the Software Engineering technologies, ---
  etc.and their concatenated design and operation
  
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• 2. Some Key Hot Spot Technologies of Present
  Wireless Field (cont.)
• The potential strategy important system
  technologies HSDPA/HSUPA,LTE, cdma 2000 1X
  EV-DO/DV-Dox, AIE, IMT-Advanced
  Wi-Fi-/802.11n(802.11x) UWB , ZigBee, Z-Wave ,
  RFID(802.15x)WiMAX 16 d/e ( Wider-Fi, /802.16x)
  , WBMA(WMBA or Mobile Fi/802.20x, MBWA) WRAN
  (Wi-TV,/802.22x), IPTV/Triple Play , HAPS--- etc.
• Exp. 3GPPx and IEEE 802.xy std. transmission
  rate , capacity and coverage competition
  ----3GPP HSDPA /LTE -3 phase rate 10.8, 30,
  50100 Mbit/s and 3GPP2 AIE also up to 100Mbit/s
  downlink and about 50Mbit/s or more uplink,
  802.11n from 108Mbit/s to 320540Mbit/s (
  coverage to 12 km), 802.15x /UWB several 100
  mbit/s to 1.2Gbit/s , as well as WiMAX 70100
  Mbit/ or more WMAN , WBMA(Mobile Fi ) gt 16Mbit/s
  WWAN , etc.
• The general development trend of those new
  systems is using the same general advanced
  technologies and based on their main market
  orientation and coverage requirement , mainly to
  do the complement, not mainly to do the
  concluded competition also from long term
  viewpoints it is going to do the complementation,
  integration , convergence , as well as merging
  and unification into the unified platform
  based on NGN, NGBWM concept.
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• 3. Roles , Issues and Market Positioning for
  WiMAX
• A. Roles ------ 6 Aspects
• Satisfying the market oriented requirements of
  cost-performance compromise , enhancing the
  bit/rate and coverage, besides the
  fixed/stationary access plus some nomadic and
  middle speed mobility with moving speed up to
  50km/hr. to 120km/hr. or more using OFDM /OFDMA ,
  MIMO-STC and TCC/TBC/TPC/LDPC, etc.technologies
  
• Following the NGN and FMC concept , using IP
  based multi-service mode , suitable for the new
  VoIP, Data and Video Multimedia services
• Strongly pushing the standardization work ,
  open std. and interface , paying more attention
  to the basic and application chip scaled
  manufacturing , as well as the Certification TM
  work , therefore, helpful to the cost effective
  and interoperation in the multi-vendors
  environment
• Giving the pressure on the bit-rate
  enhancement-3G evolution step and standardization
  work pushing , helpful for the market development
  and users
• Closely combined with Wi-Fi working together
  to push P2P mode
• Market positioning not only for supporting
  public networks , but also very attractive for
  the professional WMAN applications , including
  the mobility and media-streaming and video
  ability.
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• 3. Roles , Issues and Market Positioning for
  WiMAX (cont.)
• B. Issues ------ 7 Aspects
• The relationship issue between WiMAX and 3G/3G
  evolution. It should be clearly described and
  explained for the harmonic development
  relationship between WiMAX , especially
  16e(16-2005) , and 3G /3G evolution in order
  to avoid mis-understanding and easy to get the
  helpful supporting from frequency planning and
  market regulation
• The frequency planning support issue . It
  should try every effort to push the Global
  /Regional and National frequency planning support
  work , especially to get some progress from
  WRC-07 and the CPR Conferences
• Timely cost-effective , available and scaled
  chip manufacturing issue , especially for the
  16e (16-2005 ) Std. Chip manufacturing and the
  interoperation issues
• The important operators support issue . It
  should be through pragmatic chip scaled
  manufacturing and reasonable market positioning
  works to attract global important operators
  joining and supporting
• The issue on good coordination work with the
  IEEE 802 . 20x and 22 x Stds . and the 16e Std
  evolution roadmap consideration
• The issue on attractive and cost-effective
  WiMAX network planning work, especially for the
  station site-planning and in-building network
  coverage optimization works , etc.
• Policy and regulation issues on the
  relationship between public and professional
  networks
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• 3. Roles , Issues and Market Positioning for
  WiMAX (cont.)
• C. Market Positioning ----- 6 Aspects
• From networks- viewpoint , WiMAxX can
  effectively support both public networks and
  professional networks from fixed to mobile mode ,
  especially it is very attractive for the e-
  government emergency integrated response
  systems , military networks , as well as IP based
  multi-services , such as media streaming and
  various video services , including video
  monitoring and supervising , etc
• From operators viewpoint , WiMAX can
  effectively support various operators, such as
  the mobile operators for the basestaion
  connection, backhaul and hot-zone bit rate
  enhanced mobility with middle moving speed the
  old operators pushing the all-service
  transformation , such as BT, FT, CT, CNC, etc
  the so called Rabbits new operators with enough
  capital investment ability , like Clearwire,
  PCCW, Altitude Telecom?Iberbanda , Australia
  Wireless, etc. the various professional
  operators , such as so called e-or digital-
  government based on WMAN requirement , as well
  as the emergency integrated response systems
  and military applications , etc.
• From the coverage - viewpoint , WiMAX is WMAN
  based hot-zone and effectively support both
  hotspot based Wi-Fi and WMAN based 3G/3G
  evolution
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• 3. Roles , Issues and Market Positioning for
  WiMAX (cont.)
• C. Market positioning (cont.)
• From mobility- viewpoint , WiMAX can support
  FMC mode , such as Fixed, Nomadic,Portable,
  Simple mobility and Full mobility with moving
  speed less than about 120 to 150 km/hr. , at the
  initial stage , the first 4 modes are important
• From terminal and roaming -viewpoint , WiMAX
  is mainly WMAN, PC and data based, and including
  properly using PDA, as well as handset for WiMAX
  16-2005 matured
• From services- viewpoint , WiMAX can provide
  large coverage and cost-effective service mode
  to support rural communications and universal
  services , there is also basically no backward
  compatible constraints , etc.
• Therefore, WiMAX market positioning is basically
  complementary to 3G/ 3G evolution and with good
  perspective.
• 4. Pragmatic Development Strategy Considerations
  on WMAN / WiMAX
• It should be reasonable to treat the
  relationship between WiMAX and 3G / 3G
  evolution , Wi-Fi, WBMA etc. following the NGN
  concept.
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• 4. Pragmatic Development Strategy Considerations
  on WMAN / WiMAX (cont.)
• A. Objective strategy and stage pragmatic
  development steps issues for NGN , which should
  be followed by WiMAX
• NGN strategy objective definition and
  framework vs. NGN-x stage pragmatic development
  implementation , NGN set vs. NGN sub- sets
• //Packet based vs. IP based and /or all IP
  //Non-Connection faced vs. and/or innovative
  connection characteristics faced //Networking
  evolution --- overlapping , mixed and or
  integrated //From Softswitch to IMS and
  FMC//Reasonable thinking about the IPv.6
  development strategy , etc.
• B. 3G and 3G Evolution issues -------
• 3G license issue and release date strategy
  ,which is also relating to the policy and
  regulation to WiMAX
• 3G vs. 2G/2.5G4G or 2G/2.5G 802.xy
  issues
• Wi-Fi , WiMAX ( Wider Fi) , WBMA( MBWA or
  Mobile Fi)
• vs. 3G and 3G Evolution complimentary and
  harmonious development ,
• Important actions for 3G coming in China
  scientific decision making, market detailed
  dividing and importance of terminals and
  applications , all direction innovation IPR
  issue FDD and TDD issue , as well as
  license and frequency compensation design
  issues , etc.
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• 4. Pragmatic Development Strategy Considerations
  on WiMAX (cont.)
• C. Complimentary and harmonious development
  strategy considerations on WiMAX ( Wider Fi) ,
  with 3G/3G Evolution, Wi-Fi, WBMA( MBWA or Mobile
  Fi)
• Reasons------- 7 Items
• From NGN requirements on innovation, evolution
  and convergence
• From coverage and speed enhancement
• From spectrum efficient use with sharing and
  coordination based on technology innovation
• From the market backward compatibility and
  basic market direction and position
• From the same objective- technologies and the
  different stage implementation- technologies
• From main terminal differentiation , such as
  PC/PDA vs. handset
• From inter-working and inter-operation
  requirements in the environment of
  multi-service, multi-vendor and multi-networks
  and /or heterogeneous networks , etc .
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• 4. Pragmatic Development Strategy Considerations
  on WiMAX (cont.)
• C. Complimentary and harmonious development
  (cont.)
• The main strong -points and faced challenges
  of WiMAX and 3G,
• such as one step -forward and one step -lag
  behind issues
• Correctively understand their relationship of
  cooperation and competition ------the main
  strategy importance and essential point are their
  complimentary and harmonious development , as
  well as long term evolving convergence , not
  competition and replaced / concluded each other
  mainly
• Actively to do the integrated , equalized
  frequency planning and multi-dimensional spectrum
  resources management , as well as the integrated
  multi-network implementation planning and
  optimization works. The possible working
  frequency bands, such as 2.5 GHz band ( TDD
  WiMAX in the Tx-Rx gap through coordinating
  with FDD 3G additional band, etc.), 3.5GHz band (
  coordinating well with the extended C band
  satellite systems based on regulation and
  technology ), 2.3-2.4 GHz band ( converging and
  coordinating well with the TDD 3G band ) ,
  3.3-3.4 GHz band ( TDD WiMAX possibly operating
  ), 2.4 and 5.8 ISM bands ( WiMAX TDD possibly
  supporting professional network working ) , U-NII
  5GHz band ( in part of the band , WiMAX possibly
  complementary and coordinating working with
  R(W)LAN ), 700MHz band ( coordinating or
  environment aware adaptively working with the
  broadcasting and / or with Wi-mobile and
  Wi-TV) , etc.
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• 4. Pragmatic Development Strategy Considerations
  on WiMAX (cont.)
• D . Eco Industry x issues
• Timely chip manufacturing and operators
  supporting . Industry chain---Eco-chain ---Eco
  - cycle ---Eco- system , All-win cooperation //
  Potential importance of VPN/VNO, CP and third
  part applications
• E. So called x-Law issues ( Moore ,
  Metcalfe , Matthews , S-Moore Laws, and POWER
  Law, etc.)
• The essential connotation of the Moores
  Law
• // The issue and essential point of extending
  Moores law to wireless area by INTEL
• // IPv6 vs. Metcalfes law
• // SMS , paging and 3G Evolution based on
  sustainable innovation
• vs. Matthews law
• // computing engine innovation vs. IBM power law
• F. All Direction Innovations and
  Self-Innovation
• On technologies , services , applications ,
  contents , integration , market, sales , as well
  as business model and all win cooperation
  strategy, etc., and to support the
  sustainable development etc.
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• 5. Concluding Remarks
• A. NGN , 3G evolution /Broadband Wireless Mobile
  and WMAN/WiMAX -Wi-Fi-WBMA ,as well as
  IPTV/Triple Play with very attractive potential
  market perspective , but we should work in
  active , steady , scientific and pragmatic
  attitude
• B. Correctly understand and treat complimentary
  and harmonious development strategy
  considerations on WiMAX with 3G, Wi-Fi , and
  WBMA towards NGN , as well as 3G / 3G Evolution
  vs. 2G/2.5G4G or 2G/2.5G 802.xy , and
  grasp the the development strategy for NGBWM and
  IPTV /Triple Play as well
• C. It is very important to treat well the
  relationships of market driven and technology
  driven , Killer x issues and All
  Direction Sustainable Innovations , as well as
  Eco Industry x issues and all win
  co-operations principle , etc. for these new
  services development
• D. For WMAN/WiMAX , the importance of
  resources management , VAS, terminals ,
  applications and business models , as well as
  following the strategic considering on the NGN
  objective definition and framework vs. stage
  pragmatic development implementation steps ,
  etc.
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• References
• 1 Chen Ruming , Some Strategy Considerations
  on NGN Development ( Part.1 and Part2), China
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  12-20, 2005
• 2 Chen Ruming , Complementary and Harmonic
  Development Strategy on WiMAX with 3G and Wi-Fi
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• 3Chen Ruming , NGN Issues and Adaptive
  Resources Management Strategy ( Part 1 and
  Part2), Telecommunications Science , No.5 and
  No.6, pp.1-6 and 1-6, 2004
• 4 Chen Ruming, NGN and IPTV Breakthrough
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• Author Profile 
• Professor Chen Ruming is the Vice Chairman of
  MII Communications Science Technology
  Commission and the former Deputy Director
  Genera1 of Radio Regulatory Department of MII,
  the Chairman of China Radio Frequency Planning
  Expert Advisory committee, Principal Senior
  (first tier Professor-level) Engineer, to be
  invited as the part-time Professor by some famous
  universities, such as Zhejiang University,
  Tsinghua University , Peking University, etc.
  and he is the Fe11ow at China Institute of
  Communications and China Institute of
  Electronics, Editorial Committee member of some
  famous journa1s home and abroad, Executive
  Director of some famous Institutes or Societies
  he had been the former Chief Engineer of the
  Fourth Research Institute of the former MPT and
  former State Radio Regulatory Commission , the
  Senior Research Scho1ar at Stanford University
  in USA , and China Governor to INTELSAT. The
  author has won many first to third prizes of
  science at State and Ministerial levels, and
  enjoyed the special State- whole life allowance
  since 1991 with his outstanding R D
  contribution . His specia1ties cover digital
  microwave radio , satellite communications,
  mobile communications, persona1 communications,
  signal design, adaptive signa1 processing and
  statistica1 detection, coding and coded
  modulation , interference analysis coordination
  and frequency p1anning, spectrum management. He
  has authored more than 200 papers in Eng1ish and
  Chinese and 4 professiona1 books, inc1uding
  the nationa1 key high-tech books. He has been
  selected as the International Whos Who
  and World VIP in 1998 by both
  International Whos Who of Professionals ,
  and World Cultural and Arts Research Centre
  , respectively due to his achievements
  merit . //
• _at_ Radio Regulatory Dept., MII , Bai Li Shi Road
  , No.80,100037,Beijing,China
• E-mail Chen.Ruming_at_SRRC.GOV.CN
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