5th International ICST Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities

Research Article

WiMAX RF Planner

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976199,
        author={D. J. Shyy and Jamie Ma and Mohamed Tamer Refaei},
        title={WiMAX RF Planner},
        proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Testbeds and  Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
        year={2009},
        month={5},
        keywords={Fixed WiMAX  IEEE 802.16d  IEEE 802.16e  Mobile WiMAX  cell planning  interference  reuse pattern},
        doi={10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976199}
    }
    
  • D. J. Shyy
    Jamie Ma
    Mohamed Tamer Refaei
    Year: 2009
    WiMAX RF Planner
    TRIDENTCOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976199
D. J. Shyy1,*, Jamie Ma1,*, Mohamed Tamer Refaei1,*
  • 1: The MITRE Corporation, 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA 22102
*Contact email: djshyy@mitre.org, jma@mitre.org, mrefaei@mitre.org

Abstract

Fixed WiMAX (IEEE 802.16d) is positioned as a wireless broadband alternative to the traditional cable and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technologies. Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) has been chosen as the 3G/4G technology by major mobile/cellular service providers around the globe. Many Government organizations are also interested in the WiMAX technologies. We have built a WiMAX RF Planner, a WiMAX cell planning tool. The WiMAX RF Planner incorporates all the standard features of commercial RF planning tools with additional features tailored for government requirements including: support of base station mobility as well as interfacing to WiMAX radios, OPNET and Google Earth. In this paper, we present its features, the architectures and sample simulation scenarios.