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ASN Gateway in a WiMAX Network

In a WiMAX network architecture, each of the entities, Subscriber Station (SS)/Mobile Station (MS), Access Service
Network (ASN) and Connectivity Service Network (CSN) represent a grouping of functional entities.
Each of these functions may be in a single physical device or distributed over multiple physical devices to meet
functional and interoperability requirements. The following figure shows a high-level example of WiMAX network
architecture
Figure 39.
CDMA 2000 1xEV-DO Rev. 0, Rev. A;
UMTS/W-CDMA/LTE/SAE
WiMAX SS/MS
WiMAX SS/MS
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WiMAX Network Architecture
ASN Gateway
WiMAX Base
Station
ASN Gateway
Acess Service Network (ASN)
Authorization
Authentication,
and Accounting
(AAA) Server
Connectivity Service Network (CSN)
Home Agent
(HA)
Another CSN
Another ASN
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