Assignment: Mobile & Wireless Networking
1. How many subscriber stations can simultaneously communicate with a single WiMAX base station?
2. What is the mandatory FEC coding rates for 802.16 using 64-QAM modulation?
3. What are the advantages of WiMAX's adaptive modulation?
4. What are the factors that impact the maximum achievable data rates in WiMAX?
5. What are the PHY-layer transmission modes in 802.16?
6. What are the differences between broadband and baseband?
7. What is the length of the MAC address of each station in WiMAX?
8. What are the differences between WirelessMAN-OFDM and WirelessMAN-OFDMA?
9. Which layer of WiMAX is responsible for QoS?
10. What does the term latency mean in a wireless network?
11. What is the most significant disadvantage of FSO?
12. What does occur after a device has been authenticated to a BS with a digital certificate?
13. List three encryption algorithms available for use with WiMAX.
14. Describe how WiMAX base and subscriber stations perform ranging to establish which modulation and FEC coding combination should be used in a connection.