
This standard specifies the air interface, including the medium access control layer (MAC) and physical layer (PHY), of combined fixed and mobile point-to-multipoint broadband wireless access (BWA) systems providing multiple services. The MAC is structured to support multiple physical layer (PHY) specifications, each suited to a particular operational environment. The standard enables rapid worldwide deployment of innovative, cost effective, and interoperable multivendor broadband wireless access products, facilitates competition in broadband access by providing alternatives to wireline broadband access, encourages consistent worldwide spectrum allocations and accelerates the commercialization of broadband wireless access systems. The standard is a revision of IEEE Std 802.16-2004, and consolidates material from IEEE 802.16eTM-2005, IEEE 802.16-2004/Cor1-2005, IEEE 802.16fTM-2005 and IEEE 802.16gTM-2007, along with additional maintenance items and enhancements to the management information base specifications. This revision supersedes and makes obsolete IEEE Std 802.16-2004 and all of its subsequent amendments and corrigenda.
- Sponsor Committee
- C/LM - LAN/MAN Standards Committee
Learn More - Joint Sponsors
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MTT/SCC
- Status
- Superseded Standard
- PAR Approval
- 2007-03-22
- Superseded by
- 802.16-2012
- Superseding
- 802.16-2004
- Amendments
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802.16h-2010
802.16j-2009
802.16m-2011
802.16n-2013
802.16p-2012
802.16q-2015
- Board Approval
- 2009-05-13
- History
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- ANSI Approved:
- 2009-11-24
- Published:
- 2009-05-29
Working Group Details
- Society
- IEEE Computer Society
Learn More - Sponsor Committee
- C/LM - LAN/MAN Standards Committee
Learn More - Working Group
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802.16 WG - Broadband Wireless Access Working Group
Learn More - IEEE Program Manager
- Jodi Haasz
Contact - Working Group Chair
- Roger Marks