IEEE Gainesville Section Presents

New 3G Standard WiMax: Introduction & Research 

By

Dr. Wenchao Ma

Lenovo Corporate Research & Development
Beijing, China


Date: Monday, November 19, 2007
Time: 11:40-12:40pm
Place: 330 Larsen Hall 


Abstract

WiMax (a.k.a. IEEE 802.16e) is the latest 3G standard and currently being deployed in more
 than 65 countries.  The WiMax system is based on the OFDM technology supporting adaptive 
modulation, flexible bandwidth allocation, Hybrid ARQ protocols and some other advanced 
technologies.  WiMax for sure will become the mainstream TDD 3G system in the near future.  
In this seminar, the speaker will give a brief introduction on the WiMax network 
architecture and related research works on the WiMax RRM (radio resource management) under
 various architectures together with the current status of the WiMax standardization progress. 



Speaker¡¯s Biography 


Dr. Wenchao Ma received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Beijing University of Posts and 
Telecommunications, China, in 1995 and 1998, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from 
University of Florida, Gainesville, in 2003.  From 1998 to 1999, he was an Engineer with 
China Telecom.  He worked with Microsoft Research Asia from 2003 to 2005 as a researcher 
and currently works with Lenovo Corporate Research & Development as senior researcher. 
His research interests include broadband wireless access networks, mobility management, 
mobile computing, mobile IP, and P2P technology.




If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Michael Fang at (352) 846-3043 or fang@ece.ufl.edu.