Development of Wimax Physical Layer Building Blocks

Abstract

Wimax has commercial networks in 149 countriesand subscriptions have reached 10 million globally today andare projected to grow to 130 million subscribers by 2014.This Paper is covering the development of Wimax Physical Layer Building Blocks using MATLAB and Simulink, based on the ETSI TS 102 177 V1.5.1 "Broadband Radio Access Networks (BRAN) HiperMan Physical Layer Standard", the scope and complexity of the standard creates challenges for designers of a standard compliant components. Model-Based Design for a Wimax transmitter with Simulink addresses these challenges by placing a system model at the center of the development process from requirements capture to implementation, testing and Verification.