4.8 Fixed Wireless Access

Fixed Wireless Access networks (also called Wireless Local Loop) is a wireless technology enabling broadband connection such as point-to-multipoint. The FWA is an alternative solution to the ‘last mile’, giving telecommunication service providers an option to access end users directly. The main feature of this technology is the high throughput of the band enabling attainment of high-rate data transport and voice communication, as well as provision of other telecommunication services.

This is a cellular system based on a large number of mutually overlapping cells that work similarly to the GSM networks with the end terminals being stationary (they can be located, for example, on the customer’s building) in direct visibility with the base station.

The base station is composed of shared managing hardware and an antenna system that provides signal transmission for a 360° radius of 7-9 km. The signal transmission can be divided into sectors...