W2BC: A Proposal for a Converged Baseband Implementation of WiMax and WiFi Transceivers

Abstract

There have been many attempts to converge wireless teraservers functionality and implementation at various layers. The approach of this work is to explore the similarities of the OFDM signals, as used in WiMax and WiFi, to converge their baseband implementation at the physical layer. The proposed W2BC solution reduces implementation complexity, size, power, and cost, while preserving signal and communication integrity for standalone WiMax and WiFi functionality. This paper reviews the convergence approaches that lead to the proposed W2BC implementation, explain the mathematical derivation, describe the simulation model and discuss the test results for real-world usage scenarios. Keyword:Convergence WiMax WiFi Baseband

Power Consumption Modeling and Analysis of Integrated Optical-Wireless Access Network

“…To achieve this goal, optical and wireless access networks can be integrated in a complementary way. Some works have been focused on this integrated network are reported in [11], [12]. According to [12], there are potentially four integrated architectures; namely the independent ONU-BS, hybrid ONU-BS, unified connection-oriented and microwave over fiber.…”