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OFDMA WiMAX Physical Layer

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IEEE 802.16 physical (PHY) layer is characterized by Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), Time Division Duplexing, Frequency division Duplexing, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation and Adaptive Antenna Systems. After discussing the basics of OFDM and Orthogonal Frequency division Multiple Access (OFDMA), scalable OFDMA is presented and supported frequency bands, channel bandwidth and the different IEEE 802.16 PHY are discussed. The similarities and differences between wireless MAN-SC, wireless MAN-OFDM and wireless MAN-OFDMA PHY are finally highlighted.

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Prasad, R., Velez, F.J. (2010). OFDMA WiMAX Physical Layer. In: WiMAX Networks. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8752-2_2

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