Tutorial 3: WiMax Systems and Mesh Networks

Duration: Half-Day
9:00 - 12:30, 30 Oct Monday

Instructor:
Dr. Maode Ma
Assistant Professor
Nanyang Technological University, School of EEE, Singapore

Recent developments on wireless communication technology have resulted in tremendous innovations to make wireless access networks able to replace the wired access networks with much more bandwidth. The IEEE 802.16e, which was officially published in February 2006, has specified all the techniques needed at the physical layer, and the services that should be provided at the medium access control (MAC) layer in the WiMax systems. With the support of mesh networking, WiMax systems can be easily configured as a wireless metropolitan area networks (WMAN). It has further enhanced the ability of WMANs with mobility support. In this tutorial, the WiMax system will be explained according to the IEEE 802.16d/e standard. An introduction on the mesh
networks and mobility support in WiMax systems will also be included.

Dr. Maode Ma received his BE degree in automatic control from Tsinghua University in China in 1982, ME degree in computer engineering from Tianjin University in China in 1991 and Ph.D. degree in computer science from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong in 1999. Since 2000, Dr. Ma has joined the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His current research interests are wireless networks, and optical networks, etc. He has conducted 5 tutorials on IEEE international conferences in the last 2 years. He has more than 60 academic publications. He currently serves as an associate editor for the IEEE Communications Letters and an editor for the IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials.