IEEE Standard for Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access Systems--Amendment 1: Enhancements to Support Machine-to-Machine Applications

Enhancements to the WirelessMAN-OFDMA Air Interface, an air interface designated as “IMT-2000” by the International Telecommunication Union-Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R), are specified by this amendment. The enhancements provide improved support for machine-to-machine applications. Keywords: amendment, broadband wireless access (BWA), IEEE 802.16, IEEE 802.16p, IMT-2000 radio interface, machine to machine (M2M), mobile broadband, orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA), WirelessMAN-OFDMA Air Interface, wireless metropolitan area networks