WiMax ecosystem will reshape game rules

WiMAX revolution

WiMAX and voice communication are different from each other. It was initially designed as a wireless IP system. WiMAX not only reduces costs from the perspective of chipset, but also provides services from the perspective of operators' capital expenditure and operating expenditure. Along this path, WiMAX is much cheaper for consumers than 3G or 2G data services.

The WiMAX ecosystem is built around most consumer devices. Therefore, it is only a plug-in for the main purpose of this device. A good example is a laptop. Many people buy laptops not because they have communication functions, but because they are a good Portable Computing Platform. Currently, the average sales price for 3G mobile phones is between 200 and 300 USD, which means that most users must pay 1/3 of the price for the entire laptop (the average sales price for laptops is 1000 USD) to provide this connection. With the further integration and merger of communication and computing devices, there will soon be no additional cost.

It is designed for Embedded connection of low-cost WiMAX chipset Based on Wireless IP service. Currently, when people buy laptops, Wi-Fi is the default embedded connection. WiMAX will soon become the default option for this low price.

The current 3GPP ecosystem is built around the operator that owns and controls network devices connected to it. This 2G and 3G coexistence system does not support the open mode. In the open mode, people can connect anytime, anywhere, pick up a device in any electronic store to connect, and choose the network they want to connect without relying on the operator. WiMAX fully supports this open access mode.

WiMAX will promote and define 4G and mobile Internet ecosystems

Therefore, the WiMAX industry is redefining consumer electronic business models. Like the Wi-Fi ecosystem, which now includes mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras, and many other devices, WiMAX is now using this method to ensure low-cost embedded connections. These goals can be achieved through low-price intellectual property rights, embedding connections in the chipset used by these devices, and using WiMAX as a plug-in for device functionality rather than simply functions. We believe that the Internet model of consumer electronic devices is driven by this chipset. This is exactly where WiMAX attracts consumers.

Indeed, the consumer electronic devices are the key to the future of WiMAX. On the contrary, WiMAX is also the key to the future of many electronic devices. The WiMAX chipset was designed for low-price connections from the very beginning. In terms of data-centric technologies, such as supporting time-division duplex operations (similar to Wi-Fi) to low-price IPR structures, the future of the wireless IP address means that the connection will surpass the traditional mobile phone we are currently using. This provides an opportunity for carriers to expand to areas other than traditional voice connections used in mobile phones. Traditional mobile phone connections are generally limited to one person using a mobile phone. In the future, each person will use multiple consumer devices.

This new ecosystem will soon become an attractive business model. A good example of this model is the SPRINT in the United States. SPRINT accepts the fact that users need to freely access content on the Internet and achieve this goal in a mobile, roaming, and fixed-use mode. Therefore, services must run transparently on an IP-based network. The SPRINT business model combines open access with many value-added service partners, such as Google, to increase the scope of new and innovative services.

Promote content innovation

The open IP Mode has always been an important catalyst for technical innovation in the Wired communication field. These technological innovations include the development of innovative services and content by many companies such as YouTube and Google. In the wired field, WiMAX uses an open IP Access Mode to push these innovative services and application content providers to the wireless IP field. This process will be completed seamlessly, as WiMAX uses the same 802. XX standard as Ethernet and Wi-Fi. For such users, the Internet field will now be seamlessly extended to the wireless Internet.

One of the key problems arising from this open connection mode is the ability of pipeline providers to ensure the quality of service they provide to users. In the new WiMAX wireless field, content providers can fully differentiate users, providers, content and applications, and distinguish between the sources of income developed by users and the sources of income developed by content providers.

Integrated age

So far, technical consumers and users tend to choose devices suitable for specific features, rather than "Swiss Army Knife" type multi-functional mobile phones. Devices with WiMAX functions will be retained as the main functions of laptops, digital cameras, or MP3 players in the future. However, these devices will also be used as plug-ins for wireless IP connection, just as Wi-Fi is a cheap plug-in for these devices. This is because the WiMAX chipset only adds a small amount of extra costs, just like the current Wi-Fi chipset. Consumers will create a new business model for carriers to purchase devices only for their main functions. This innovative charging mechanism is difficult to implement in the cellular subsidy model. The opportunity for WiMAX is to turn Wireless IP connections into innovative services running on these devices.

Enterprises, Internet service providers, and mobile network operators are looking for cost-saving methods to transmit voice and data in multiple separate locations at a broadband speed. Copper wires and optical fiber lines are not applicable in this regard because of their high upfront investment costs, re-leasing to telecommunications companies, and lack the flexibility to upgrade operating agencies. WIMAX has become a means to fill this gap and has a solution with a total cost lower than that of wired, while maintaining or surpassing the reliability and performance of these wired technologies. Therefore, WIMAX is both a solution and a catalyst for the future of greater connections.

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