IEEE Approved Draft Standard for local and metropolitan area networks Part 16: Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access Systems

Approved Draft. 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 broadbandwireless access (BWA) systems providing multiple services. The MAC is structured to supportthe WirelessMAN-SC, WirelessMAN-OFDM, and WirelessMAN-OFDMA PHY specifications,each suited to a particular operational environment. The standard enables rapid worldwidedeployment of innovative, cost-effective, and interoperable multivendor broadband wirelessaccess products, facilitates competition in broadband access by providing alternatives towireline broadband access, encourages consistent worldwide spectrum allocation, andaccelerates the commercialization of broadband wireless access systems.