wi-fi mesh and wimax difference

[naina]

What is the difference between "wi-fi mesh" and wimax (apart from the ieee standards they support) in laymans terms? Are they competetive or complimentary technologies?

Thanks

[ad5mb]

WiMax is a high speed technology for carrying industrial quantities of data for long distances.

wifi mesh is a technology for blanketing large areas with one network. So college students can log in anywhere on the campus, warehouse workers can communicate by voip phones, like that

As different as you can get