IEEE Standard for
A
ir Interface for
Broadband Wireless Access Systems
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IEEE Std 802.16™-2017
(Revision of
IEEE Std 802.16-2012)
Sponsored by the
LAN/MAN Standards Committee
IEEE Std 802.16™-2017
(Revision of
IEEE Std 802.16-2012)
IEEE Standard for Air Interface for
Broadband Wireless Access Systems
Sponsor
LAN/MAN Standards Committee
of the
IEEE Computer Society
and the
IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
Approved 6 December 2017
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Abstract: 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
the WirelessMAN-SC, WirelessMAN-OFDM, and WirelessMAN-OFDMA PHY specifications,
each suited to a particular operational environment. The standard enables rapid worldwide
deployment of innovative, cost-effective, and interoperable multi-vendor broadband wireless
access products, facilitates competition in broadband access by providing alternatives to
wireline broadband access, encourages consistent worldwide spectrum allocation, and
accelerates the commercialization of broadband wireless access systems.
Keywords: broadband wireless access, BWA, cellular layer, fixed broadband wireless access,
IEEE 802.16™, IMT-2000, MAN, management information base, MIB, microwave, mobile
broadband, mobile broadband wireless access, OFDM, OFDMA, radio, standard, WAS, wireless
access systems, WirelessMAN
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, wireless metropolitan area network
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source material:
Radio Frequency Interface Specification (version 1.1), part of Data-Over-Cable Service Interface
Specifications, © Copyright 1999, Cable Television Laboratories.
Baseline Privacy Plus Interface Specification, © Copyright 1999, Cable Television Laboratories.
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