PrefaceandAcknowledgementsxvAbbreviationsListxviiPARTONEGlobalIntroductiontoWiMAX11IntroductiontoBroadbandWirelessAccess31.1TheNeedforWirelessDataTransmission31.2WirelessNetworksandBroadbandWirelessAccess(BWA)41.2.1DifferentTypesofDataNetworks41.2.2SomeIEEE802DataNetworkStandards5