Editing Wireless broadband (section)

==Technology and speeds==
[[File:WISP CPE installed on a residence.JPG|thumb|right |A typical WISP Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) installed on a residence]]<!-- not descriptive file name -->
A wireless broadband network is an outdoor fixed and/or mobile wireless network providing [[Point-to-multipoint communication|point-to-multipoint]] or [[Point-to-point (telecommunications)|point-to-point]] terrestrial wireless links for broadband services.

Wireless networks can feature data rates exceeding 1&nbsp;Gbit/s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cdn.cambiumnetworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SS_ePMP_3000_11182019.pdf |title=ePMP 3000 |publisher=Cambium Networks |access-date=March 5, 2020 |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925134955/https://cdn.cambiumnetworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SS_ePMP_3000_11182019.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many [[fixed wireless]] networks are exclusively [[half-duplex|half-duplex (HDX)]], however, some licensed and unlicensed systems can also operate at [[Full duplex|full-duplex (FDX)]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cambiumnetworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PTP-820C-and-PTP-820S-User-Guide_phn-3963_008v000-1.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.cambiumnetworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PTP-820C-and-PTP-820S-User-Guide_phn-3963_008v000-1.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=User Guide PTP 820C/820S System Release 10.0 |publisher=Cambium Networks |access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref> allowing communication in both directions simultaneously.

Outdoor fixed wireless broadband networks commonly use a priority [[Time-division multiple access|TDMA]] based protocol<ref>{{cite web |url=https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/bstrc49894/attachments/bstrc49894/kb_epmp_getting_started/1/1/ePMP_Understanding_Throughput_CapacityV1.0%20(1).pdf |title=ePMP: Understanding ePMP Throughput Capacity |publisher=Cambium Networks |access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Nv2#Nv2_protocol_implementation_status|title = Manual:Nv2 - MikroTik Wiki}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/airmax/UBNT_DS_airMAX_TDMA.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/airmax/UBNT_DS_airMAX_TDMA.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Technology Datasheet: airMAX TDMA System |publisher=Ubiquiti Networks |access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mimosa.co/white-papers/tdma|title = Mimosa Networks}}</ref> in order to divide communication into timeslots. This timeslot technique eliminates many of the issues common to 802.11 Wi-Fi protocol in outdoor networks such as the [[hidden node problem]].

Few [[wireless Internet service provider]]s (WISPs) provide download speeds of over 100&nbsp;Mbit/s; most broadband wireless access (BWA) services are estimated to have a range of {{convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on}} from a tower.<ref>{{cite web|title=WiMAX: Broadband Wireless Access|url=http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3412391|publisher=wi-fiplanet.com|access-date=March 17, 2008}}</ref> Technologies used include [[Local Multipoint Distribution Service]] (LMDS) and [[Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service]] (MMDS), as well as heavy use of the [[ISM band|industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) radio bands]] and one particular access technology was standardized by [[IEEE 802.16]], with products known as [[WiMAX]].<ref name="hraunfoss.fcc.gov">{{cite web|title=REPORT AND ORDER – Released: March&nbsp;16, 2005|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-56A1.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-56A1.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=March 17, 2008}}</ref>

WiMAX is highly popular in Europe but has not been fully accepted in the United States because cost of deployment. In 2005 the [[Federal Communications Commission]] adopted a [[Report and Order]] that revised the FCC's rules to open the 3650&nbsp;MHz band for terrestrial wireless broadband operations.<ref name="hraunfoss.fcc.gov"/>

Another system that is popular with cable [[internet service provider]]s uses [[point-to-multipoint communication|point-to-multipoint]] wireless links that extend the existing wired network using a transparent radio connection. This allows the same DOCSIS modems to be used for both wired and wireless customers.<ref name="Ogier Electronics">{{cite web |title= Broadband Wireless |url=http://ogierelectronics.com/broadband-wireless.php |website=Ogier Electronics |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>