WiMAX, HSPA+, and LTE: A Comparative Analysis

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 7
2. Planned Air Interface Enhancements for WiMAX ......................................................... 8
2.1 WiMAX Air Interface Release 1.5 ........................................................................... 9
2.1.1 Peak Channel Rate Performance ...................................................................... 11
2.1.2 Average Channel Throughput Performance .................................................... 13
3. 3GPP Evolution: HSPA+ .............................................................................................. 16
3.1 Comparing WiMAX and HSPA+ ........................................................................... 18
4. LTE ............................................................................................................................... 20
4.1 WiMAX and LTE ................................................................................................... 21
5. IMT-Advanced and IEEE 802.16m .............................................................................. 24
5.1 IMT-Advanced ........................................................................................................ 24
5.2 IEEE 802.16m ......................................................................................................... 25
5.3 WiMAX 2 ............................................................................................................... 27
5.3.1 WiMAX Migration Path for DL Peak Channel Data Rates ............................. 27
5.3.2 Backwards Compatibility................................................................................. 28
5.4 LTE-Advanced ........................................................................................................ 29
6. WiMAX has Time-to-Market Advantage ..................................................................... 29
6.1 Migration Path Options for Today’s Mobile Operators .......................................... 30
7. Summary and Conclusion ............................................................................................. 33
Acronyms .......................................................................................................................... 33
References ......................................................................................................................... 36

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