IEEE Announces Development of IMT-Advanced Candidate
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PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA,16 February 2009 -- In a statement to the Radiocommunication Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-R), IEEE has announced its intention to submit a candidate radio interface technology meeting the enhanced technical requirements of the ITU-R IMT-Advanced project. The proposal is based on IEEE Project 802.16m™, the “Advanced Air Interface” specification under development by the IEEE 802.16™ Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access.
The IEEE 802.16m project, authorized in December 2006, has been progressing through a series of milestone documents. The 802.16m System Description Document, a “Stage 2” description of the high level design, is nearly complete. It provides the basis for the detailed content of the draft IEEE 802.16m standard, development of which began in late 2008.
The IEEE 802.16m project represents the next advance in the development of IEEE Standard 802.16. The standard, which has specified the air interface of broadband wireless access systems since 2001, introduced full mobility with the IEEE 802.16e amendment approved in 2005. The 802.16m amendment will provide for backward compatibility with legacy 802.16e infrastructure and terminal equipment.
IEEE Standard 802.16 is already incorporated in a number of ITU recommendations. In particular, the version of the standard popularly known as Mobile WiMAX and supported by the WiMAX Forum® was incorporated into the ITU-R IMT-2000 recommendation in 2007. Systems based on the standard have been deployed worldwide.
The interest generated in IEEE Project 802.16m is testament to the keen industry awareness of the ITU-R IMT-Advanced program. The IMT-Advanced activity is further testament to IEEE’s close cooperation with ITU-R and its commitment to contribute to its success in enabling worldwide adoption of advanced mobile broadband technologies.
About the IEEE 802.16 Working Group
The IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access has completed over a dozen standards projects since 2001 toward the development and evolution of the IEEE 802.16 WirelessMAN® Standard for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks. The Working Group currently has approximately 500 individual members from 18 countries and a portfolio of four active projects. It meets six times a year, around the globe. For details, see http://wirelessman.org.
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About the IEEE
The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) is the world’s largest technical professional society. Through its more than 375,000 members in 160 countries, the organization is a leading authority on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Dedicated to the advancement of technology, the IEEE publishes 30 percent of the world’s literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed over 900 active industry standards. The organization annually sponsors more than 850 conferences worldwide. Additional information about the IEEE can be found at http://www.ieee.org.
