The IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access Standards WirelessMAN® standards for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks

Jim Carlo (1946-2012)

The IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access Standards develops standards and recommended practices to support the development and deployment of broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks. IEEE 802.16 is a unit of the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee.

People often take the view that standardization is the enemy of creativity. But I think that standards help make creativity possible -- by allowing for the establishment of an infrastructure, which then leads to enormous entrepreneurialism, creativity, and competitiveness.
-Vint Cerf, TCP/IP co-developer and Internet pioneer, in Fast Company, April 2000.

• News
• New HetNet Study Group underway; will meet at Session #79 and Session #80
• New Metrology Study Group underway; will meet at Session #79 and Session #80
• The Session #78 Report summarizes the results of Session #78 of 12-15 March 2012 in Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA
• Session #79: 14-17 May 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• IEEE 802® Standards and Drafts $5 (limited time)
• IEEE's WirelessMAN-Advanced formally approved by ITU as an IMT-Advanced Technology on 18 January 2012: "a landmark development in mobile technology".
• Previous Session Reports

• General Information
• 802.16 Working Group info from IEEE-SA
• Published IEEE 802.16 Standards and Drafts
• Download some IEEE 802.16 Standards under Get IEEE 802^TM program
• Liaisons and External Organizations
• IEEE 802.16 Operator ID Registry
• Tutorials

• Details (mainly for participants)
• Working Group Documents (also see TG & Liaison pages)
• Working Group Contributions
• Task Groups and Committees
• Working Group Letter Ballots
• IEEE 802.16 Operator ID Registry
• Reflector (email list)
• Uploaded Contributions (recent)
• Web Links
• Key Development Resources
• Commentary comment processing program
• Participants, Participation, and Membership
• Legal and Administrative Information
• Submitting Documents
• Search IEEE 802.16 Webspace

• Calendar
• Upcoming Sessions (and previous ones)
• Subscribing to the WirelessMAN Interactive Calendar ()
• WirelessMAN Interactive Calendar (list view below)

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  This front page was updated on 2012-05-06 . The site content has probably been updated since.

  Roger B. Marks
  Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access Standards