World Wide Interoperability for microwave access

It is also called 1EEE 802.16 or Wireless Metropolitan area network-MAN. In Comparison to 802.11 wireless local area network-LAN it provides fast broadband connections over long distances. We can say it is a broadband wireless access technology. WiMax can give us two kind of wireless services

Non Line of Sight-NLoS

In it WiMax uses a lower frequency range-2Ghz to 11Ghz like Wifi.

Line of Sight Service-LoS

These type of transmissions uses higher frequencies up to 66Ghz which increases the bandwidth and there is less interference.