by Frank Ohrtman
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Wi-MAX is a big deal because it’s cheaper, smaller, simpler and easier to use than any existing broadband option (DSL, cable, fiber, 3G wireless) – it also bypasses the existing wired infrastructure and legacy service providers (i.e. the phone and cable companies). This book provides a basic technical introduction to the IEEE standard, allowing engineers, technologists, and decision-makers to ascertain how this hugely disruptive technology is going to affect their businesses.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Confusing book, 2007-06-05
I have the same opinion as jose-r.s. this book is terrible. The whole book seems to be out of order and the author should have read a bit more about WiMAX before taking the responsibility of writing a book about the topic. It is not my first disappointment with books from McGraw-Hill. When I see this publisher I just skip.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
 Avoid! Avoid!, 2007-05-28
Someone at McGraw-Hill needs to be spanked.
Man oh man, what was I thinking when I bought this god-awful book? Against my better judgment I did and now I am a very bitter fellow. Oh author how I resent thee.
Believe you me, dear reader, you DO NOT want to waste your money on this crime against publishing, why? you ask. Here is why:
- The author seems to have saved his knowledge of the underlying technology for a better occasion. He did not deem us worthy of it on this book.
- All chapters are incredibly superficial.
- Claims "complete annotation of 802.16 specification". Need I say that is, er, not true?
- You can get --for free!-- documents on the web from the WiMax forum with more details and depth about the issue at hand.
Being a non-engineer is not an excuse to waste your money this way.
This is one of those cases when you end up frustrated because Amazon does not allow to give a book ZERO stars.
That makes me even more bitter.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Never buy this!, 2007-03-05
I am in chapter 4 now, and most of the text and pictures so far have been stolen verbatim from an old IEEE overview document by Eklund et al. Except that the picture references are now wrong and the text is totally confusing!
And the original was a terse overview for people familiar with related technologies. It certainly does not work as an introduction as it is used here!
Bad, bad book.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
 Review Rodrigo, 2007-01-23
I like this book, but a think that the model of Protocol used must be TCP/IP.
Good Lock
Rodrigo Freitas Silva
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
The book is a joke and a rip-off, 2007-01-03
The book is very poor. The technical part is useless. The author is either totaly confused or he's doing this on purpose trying to bluff people and get their money. I really do not understand how McGraw Hill has accepted to publish such a ridiculous book, I beleive they should hire stronger technical advisers in the future!
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