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Sunday, 4 January 2015

Difference between Wi-Fi and Wi-Max




Parameter
Wi-Fi
Wi-Max
Acronym for
Wireless Fidelity
World Interoperability for Microwave Access
Description
It is a wireless technology that allows any electronic device to exchange and transfer data wirelessly.
It a wireless technology which delivers carrier class, high speed wireless broadband at low cost and covering large distance than Wi-Fi.
IEEE Standard
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.16
Implementation
It is basically an implementation of wireless Local Area Connection within a small building, a college, or an institutional building.
It is a wireless broadband metropolitan technology whose objective is to interconnect houses, buildings, or even hot spots to allow communication between them or with other networks.
Cost
Can be implemented by using low cost access pints.
Wi-Max technology requires costly infrastructure.