802.16 IEEE but any hardware platform can be used here. Yes, its true that releasing the design implementation of something that is patented (802.16 isn't patented it is an IEEE standard)
True but the math algorithms 802.16 uses such as
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed-Solomon have over 8000 patents(
http://www.patentstorm.us/search.html?q=reed-solomon&s.x=0&s.y=0&s=s). Wimax is crippled compared to LTE because it can't handle multi-path dispersion issues as well as the LTE protocol stack. The issue can easily be resolved by using the best concepts in Reed-Solomon, Viterbi as implemented in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3GPP_Long_Term_Evolution and implementing it in Wimax. Trouble is you then no longer have a 802.16 compliant device, you would have the best possible communication device known to man though. Totally useless outside of South Africa. If it isn't 802.16 compliant it doesn't matter it would only be an issue for CPE manufacturers like Intel. All sorts of standards, protocols, patents and committees while the technical engineering solution is just as available as a FFT is available.
South Africa is probably the only country in the world where we can hack the best designs from LTE and Wimax and release it for use on 2.4 , 5.8. In the USA all devices must be approved by the FCC, same for UK, France. And in those countries you can't play the fool like we do with ICASA - you go to jail.
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