Nokia and Intel Group Up To Develop WiMax

WhichHost writes "Nokia and Intel's new alliance is aiming at creating and refining the power of "WiMax" as a new form of mobile-WiFi for devices such as laptops, cell-phones, etc. This is just the first step in making high-speed wireless networking available to the entire world. Covered at InformationWeek and Forbes as well." From the article: "Nokia and Intel Corp.'s development plans focus on mobile WiMax, which allows for roaming among base stations, as opposed to fixed WiMax, which is considered a replacement for DSL and cable lines."

The Apple Nokia Intel Connection

[isa-kuruption]

First, Apple and Nokia for new portable web browser [techwhack.com]
Next, Apple and Intel deal to make processors for Apple computers.
Now, Nokia and Intel to make hi-speed wifi.

Will Apple be the first hardware vendor to have a portable device that uses the new hi-speed wifi w/ this browser?

wouldn't it be cool

[toQDuj]

Now, I must point out that I haven't kept up-to-date with this techniligy, but wouldn't it be cool if all this wireless tech would automatically create a network with its surrounding similar wimax devices?
Does it do this already? sort of like, forming ad hoc networks, pathways through other people's wireless equipment to the nearest internet link?
Or is this just a dream..

B.

Roaming between base stations...

[FWMiller]

This is the holy grail. IF this happens, it could represent the biggest challenge yet to the existing mobile phone network. The mobile phone network does this really well and currently the only thing out there that does.

The problem is, this is really hard given the basic architecture of the Internet protocol suite. Lots of things just rely on your IP address not changing in the middle of a TCP session or a VoIP call or whatever. If you move between base stations with current WiFi, you have to change your IP address.

The cell phone network solves this by essentially rerouting things on the fly at layer 2. This is really hard to do in the Internet. My guess that some kind of Layer 2 technology will be adopted to allow groups of WiMax base stations (all under the control of a single provider in all likelihood) to move an IP address from one base station to another quickly. Beyond that it takes sharing agreements and all that and that will be really tuff!!

Re:Uh... help me out here

[Nos.]

Yes, 802.16 is WiMax, and yeah, there isn't much in the way of actual news here, which is why I never posted it at openwimax.org [openwimax.org]. Intel is fighting hard to promote there WiMax chip and get hardware manufacturers to include it in they're devices. The only thing interesting here is that a cell company (Nokia) is working with Intel. Typcially the cell phone companies are pushing 3G and 4G which are for the most part, competeing with WiMax. Interesting since WiMax promises an alternative to cell phones... mobile, wireless VoIP.