LMDS/MMDS

• A legacy technology

• Notable because there are some successful deployments in Asia

• Based on the Docsis cable standard,

• Roughly speaking 11 * 10 MB/s channels

• Like Cable plants and DVB sattelite systems bandwidth is asymmetric due to the shared nature of the return path

• Requires dedicated spectrum (successful deplyments in the US used the ITFS TV bands