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Difference between 802.16 and 802.11
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802.16 | 802.11 |
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It is designed for long distance/wide area. | It is designed for limited area. |
This standard defines WiMAX. | 802.11 standard defines WLAN or WiFi. |
It operates on frequencies of 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz. | It operates on frequencies of 2.5 GHz, 3.5 GHz, 5.8GHz. |
It provides a coverage range of 7 km to 50 km. | It provides a coverage range of 30 m to 100m. |
It provides a data rate of 100 Mbps in a 20 MHz channel. | It provides a data rate of 54 Mbps in 20 MHz channel. |
In 802.16 bandwidths varies as per user requirement from 1.5 to 28 MHz. | In 802.11 bandwidth variants are 20 MHz, 40MHz, 80MHz and 160 MHz. |
For encryption purpose it uses Data Encryption Standard with Advanced Encryption Standard. | For encryption purpose it uses Rivest Cipher 4 |
Number of customers connected is more. | Number of customers connected is less. |