WiMax, which was approved as a third generation (3G) standard by
the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), fails to meet
third generation standards actually, the Beijing Morning
Post today cited a supporter of China's homegrown 3G wireless
standard TD-SCDMA as saying.
"WiMax, based on the IEEE 802.16 standard, is unable to support
seamless handover, and can't meet mainstream 3G standards," said
Chen Shanzhi, vice chief engineer of Datang Telecom Group, one of
China's leading TD-SCDMA vendors.
"In addition, the industrialization of WiMax is immature and
many key technologies still need further testing," Chen added.
He also said that WiMax is a solution for wireless broadband
access, but the Chinese government has organized experts to discuss
the technology, finding it is not a good solution for mobile
communication.
On October 19, WiMAX was approved as a 3G standard by the ITU, a
United Nations agency that allocates radio frequencies for
commercial use among its member countries, after the WCDMA,
CDMA2000, and TD-SCDMA.
Chen also stressed that TD-SCDMA is indubitably an
independently-developed technology and Datang holds key
intellectual property right to TD-SCDMA.
(China Daily October 29, 2007)
