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P802.16Rev2/D8 December 2008
(Revision of IEEE Std 802.16-2004
and consolidates material from
IEEE Std 802.16e-2005,
IEEE Std 802.16-2004/Cor1-2005,
IEEE Std 802.16f-2005
and IEEE Std802.16g-2007)
DRAFT Standard for
Local and metropolitan area networks
Part 16: Air Interface for
Broadband Wireless Access Systems
Sponsor
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IEEE Computer Society
and the
IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
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Grateful acknowledgment is made to Cable Television Laboratories for the permission to use the following
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Radio Frequency Interface Specification (version 1.1), part of Data-Over-Cable Service Interface
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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 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 IEEEE Std
802.16-2004, and consolidates material from IEEE 802.16e
TM
-2005, IEEE 802.16-2004/Cor1-2005, IEEE
802.16f
TM
-2005 and IEEE 802.16g
TM
-2007, along with additional maintenance items and enhancements
to the management information base specifications. This revision supercedes and makes obsolete IEEE
Std 802.16-2004 and all of its subsequent amendments and corrigenda.
Keywords: wireless metropolitan area network, MAN, WirelessMAN®, standard, broadband wireless
access (BWA), fixed broadband wireless access, mobile broadband wireless access, wireless access
systems (WAS), cellular layer, microwave, radio, OFDM, OFDMA, management information base (MIB)
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Introduction
This introduction is not part of IEEE P802.16 (Draft Mar2007), DRAFT Standard for Local and metropolitan area
networks—Part 16: Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access Systems.
This standard specifies the air interface of combined fixed broadband wireless access (BWA) systems
supporting multimedia services. The medium access control layer (MAC) supports a primarily point-to-
multipoint architecture. The MAC is structured to support multiple physical layer (PHY) specifications, each
suited to a particular operational environment. For operational frequencies from 10–66 GHz, the
WirelessMAN-SC PHY, based on single-carrier modulation, is specified. For frequencies below 11 GHz,
where propagation without a direct line of sight must be accommodated, two alternatives are provided:
WirelessMAN-OFDM (using orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing) and WirelessMAN-OFDMA
(using orthogonal frequency-division multiple access). This standard is a revision of IEEE Std 802.16-2004
and consolidates material from IEEE 802.16e-2005, IEEE 802.16-2004/Cor1-2005, IEEE 802.16f-2005, and
IEEE 802.16g-2007, along with additional maintenance items and enhancements to the management
information base specifications. This revision supercedes and makes obsolete IEEE Std 802.16-2004 and all
of its subsequent amendments and corrigenda
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