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The IEEE 802.16 or Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Working Group, which was established by IEEE Standards Board in 1999, aims to prepare formal specifications for the global deployment of broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks. The Workgroup is a unit of the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee. A Public Built Wimax Wireless InternetMap is live now. Three 45 Mbit/s wireless dishes on top of 307 W. 7th Street Fort Worth TX Broadband wireless access is a technology aimed at providing wireless access to data networks, with high data rates. ...
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A local area network (LAN) is a computer network covering a small local area, like a home, office, or small group of buildings such as a home, office, or college. ...
Metropolitan Area Networks or MANs are large computer networks usually spanning a campus or a city. ...
802.16 standards
The first 802.16 standard was approved in December 2001 and was followed by three amendments – 802.16a, 802.16b and 802.16c to address issues of radio spectrum, quality of service and inter-operability, respectively. In September 2003, a revision project called 802.16REVd commenced aiming to align the standard with aspects of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) HIPERMAN standard as well as lay down conformance and test specifications. This project concluded in 2004 with the release of 802.16-2004 and the withdrawal of the earlier 802.16 documents including the a/b/c amendments. Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is a standardization organization of the telecommunications industry (equipment makers and network operators) in Europe, with worldwide projection. ...
HIPERMAN stands for High Performance Radio Metropolitan Area Network and is a standard created by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Broadband Radio Access Networks (BRAN) group to provide a wireless network communication in the 2 - 11 GHz bands across Europe and other countries which follow the ETSI standard. ...
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WiMAX The 802.16 family of standards has been dubbed “WiMAX” by an industry group called the The WiMAX Forum. The mission of the Forum is to promote and certify compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products. The acronym WiMAX expands to "Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access". WiMAX is an acronym that stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, a certification mark for products that pass conformity and interoperability tests for the IEEE 802. ...
Amendments to the standard An amendment to the standard, 802.16e, addressing mobility was concluded in 2005. This is sometimes called “Mobile WiMAX”, and should not be confused with 802.20, the planned standard for Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA) itself probably some years away. Although different standards, the goals of 802.16e and 802.20 are similar. IEEE 802. ...
Further amendments are in development including:
- 802.16f – Management Information Base
- 802.16g - Management Plane Procedures and Services
Amendments at pre-draft stage: - 802.16h - Improved Coexistence Mechanisms for License-Exempt Operation
- 802.16i - Mobile Management Information Base
Certification Because the IEEE only sets specifications but does not test equipment for compliance with them, the WiMAX Forum runs a certification program wherein members pay for certification. WiMAX certification by this group is intended to guarantee compliance with the standard and interoperability with equipment from other manufacturers. The mission of the Forum is to promote and certify compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products.
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WiMAX is an acronym that stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, a certification mark for products that pass conformity and interoperability tests for the IEEE 802. ...
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