Trumpet works with the top WiMAX manufacturers to provide ISP- and campus-based solutions that provide high-capacity, long-range connectivity for hundreds or even thousands of users.

WiMAX Is Here

With merger of Sprint and Clearwire and the huge investments made by Google, Intel and others, and Intel's commitment to building WiMAX chipsets, WiMAX has already hit the market in a big way. Realistic performance figures of current systems show 10 – 20 Mbps per user at distances of 8 – 15 miles put WiMAX in a significant position to widely impact Internet connectivity across the world.

Trumpet's team of network and radio frequency engineers have the experience to design a custom-engineered WiMAX network for most terrain-based scenarios.

Designing a WiMAX Network

Many factors are involved in the design and implementation process, including:

  •  Frequency selection
  •  Licensing and registration
  •  Selecting an equipment manufacturer
  •  Potential number of users in short, medium, and long term
  •  Terrain surrounding each base station
  •  Signal propagation
  •  Mounting structures
  •  Bandwidth capacity planning

Trusted Adviser

Trumpet's range of solutions and technology-neutral stance permits it to provide the best overall value for its customers in all aspects of data transport, including WiMAX. This allows Trumpet to be a trusted advisor to its customers, developing long-term business relationships by providing superior value and service.

Monitoring

In addition to WiMAX design and implementation, Trumpet provides 24x7 LAN/WAN monitoring and reporting for all of its networks. Monitoring allows Trumpet to stand by its installation with verifiable results and a lasting relationship with its customers. Trumpet's monitoring solution offers the customer the ability to see a 360-degree view of its network, including device health and performance, application log management, security and correlation, and automated network compliance.

What is WiMAX?

WiMAX, or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a telecommunications technology based on the IEEE 802.16 wireless standard. Operating much like Wi-Fi wireless access point, but on a much larger scale, WiMAX has the capability of delivering high-capacity Internet access to areas of the country and across the world that do not have infrastructure to support DSL and cable access. Compared to Wi-Fi's limited range, one WiMAX base station can cover 3,000 square miles

WiMAX can also support many more users than Wi-Fi because of increased spectrum efficiency, OFDM and MIMO technologies, and therefore higher bandwidth capabilities. In additional, WiMAX can support time-intensive traffic, such as Voice over Internet Protocol and streaming video, while supporting QoS/CoS tagging.

WiMAX has evolved in its brief existence from a fixed wireless standard to a mobile standard. The two WiMAX standards are:


• 802.16-2004 is often called 802.16d, since that was the working party that developed the standard. It is also frequently referred to as "fixed WiMAX" since it has no support for mobility.

• 802.16e-2005 is an amendment to 802.16-2004 and is often referred to in shortened form as 802.16e. It introduced support for mobility, amongst other things and is therefore also known as "mobile WiMAX".

Although WiMAX will compete with existing telecommunications and cable providers for business and residential customers in more populated areas, it is designed to rapidly expand Internet access to areas where very little or no infrastructure exists.

Trumpet can help you to determine if WiMAX is right for your application and which of the many manufacturers fits your needs.