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Communication can be a very difficult idea to explain. There are many different theories available for us to base out own theory on. I would like to explain to you a few ideas that I have on communication. As you will see that Shannon Weaver model plays a huge part in my theory of communication.
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Throughout history, communication has been a very important asset to the survival of humans. People must communicate with one another so that tasks and duties can be preformed. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines communication as “a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior.” While communication has changed vastly over the past million years, the main idea behind communication has remained the same.

To have human communication there must be at least two people involved, a sender and a receiver. The sender encodes a message and sends it to the receiver. A message is some type of information sent through a medium. The type of medium that is used depends on the type of message being sent. Communication involves both verbal and nonverbal attributes. If the sender verbally tells the receiver something, the medium is voice. If the receiver looks at artwork from an artist, the medium is the canvas. However, getting the message to the receiver can be difficult due to the presence of noise. Noise is anything that hinders the receiver from properly decoding the message.

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With the Information Renaissance becoming such a dominant factor in society today, people are calling for much faster and mobile communication. There have been many attemts to try to create a technology that will allow for communication of both data and voice while moving, but so far none have been very successful. The one technology that I feel will lead the way into the future of the Information Renaissance is WiMAX. For more indepth information go to http://www.wimaxforum.org/home/

WiMAX is a beefed up version of Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity). WiMAX has the ability to reach around 4-5 miles. It is possible to reach much further distances, but then it will become much less scalable. The major benefit that WiMAX brings to the user is the ability to connect almost anywhere with high throughput. It also gives the consumer another choice when it comes to broadband carriers. This way the consumer will not be stuck with using the only carrier in their area. (WiMAX.COM, 2007)
WiMAX is currently in its introduction stage, even though it has been around since 1998. WiMAX has both fixed and mobile WiMAX available. It can serve any fixed or mobile device in the same infrastructure. When you hear mobile WiMAX do not let it fool you. Yes, you can move from place to place, but you have to be within the same infrastructure. You can not move to different infrastructures and still be connected. WiMAX is currently developing the ability to move from one infrastructure to another.
Intel is currently the main partner of WiMAX. “Intel is developing standardized, high-performance silicon to address all of the multiple broadband wireless technologies, as well as a range of products for modular communications networks that will be crucial in the deployment of broadband wireless”(Intel, 2007). Intel also won the rights to make the chips for WiMAX. This order was highly sought after. (Orlando, 2007)
WiMAX currently works on the 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz, 3.5GHz and 5.8 GHz bands. A challenge to WiMAX is obtaining more spectrum. Spectrum is something that everyone wants more of, but there is only a limited amount of it. This is one area that WiMAX may have trouble in. They currently have enough for what they are doing, but once they try to go global they will encounter problems. (WiMAX Forum, 2007)
The future of WiMAX is mobile WiMAX. A few days ago I had mobile WiMAX in the “WiMAX Today” section of this paper, but now Sprint broke their plans with Clearwire to create a joint nationwide network of WiMAX. However, Sprint has not completely cut off relations with Clearwire. They could not come to an agreement on the actual terms of the agreement. Sprint still has plans to create a worldwide network with WiMAX in the near future. (Williams, 2007)
Mobile WiMAX would allow for users to be on the move and not lose connection as they go on with their day. Hypothetically it would allow the user to drive from New York to California without losing connection. This would be done by having WiMAX stations placed across the US without having any dead spaces. Right now that is a very unrealistic idea, but that is what WiMAX has planed for the future. Some people feel that mobile WiMAX is already here, but it is not as mobile as they want it to be yet.

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