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    Comments on: New WirelessMAN Standard ApprovedA new broadband wireless metropolitan area network (WirelessMAN, IEEE 802.16a) standard from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has been approved. WirelessMan allows for broadband wireless access in a large metropolitan network.
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The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. PIC is not responsible for them in any way. login or register for free in order to post comments.  Bypass backwards telcos too!RhinoSteve @ 2/1/2003 2:57:10 PM #
This will be very helpful for someone to get a T-1 or T-3 into their house and rent it out to the rest of the neighborhood. Hell, you can have a nice ISP for less than $10,000 in capital now. Guess this is the beginning of the end for those line-of-site microwave ISPs. Frankly, if I was a CTO there, I'd start looking into this heavy.
WirelessMAN vs. 3Ggfunkmagic @ 2/1/2003 6:46:10 PM #
This is great news for broadband wireless access (BWA). 802.16a IMHO will bring healthy competition to 3G wireless networks for mobiles as well as handhelds. Hopefully this annoucement is a good indication of a future where wifi and 3G connectivity become ubiquitous in pda's and smartphones...  RE: WirelessMAN vs. 3G - 802.16a is fixeddustbunny44 @ 2/2/2003 4:31:27 PM #
I didn't realize until reading the IEEE standard (probably did not read the posts well) that the approved 802.16a standard is for fixed wireless. 802.16e is (as far as I can tell) for mobile wireless MAN , and is still awaiting committee approval (this is probably an imprecise description of where it is in the IEEE process). I've not read the details of the 802.16e proposal, but it makes me wonder how it will affect the emergence and acceptance of 802.11x if 802.16e is approved and adopted soon.
IEEE 802.16 spec could disrupt wireless landscape
NEWS! IEEE 802.16a approved as IEEE standard on 29 January 2002! http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=WIN.TO&read=2882 WirelessMAN Backgrounder ....the newest wireless specification, 802.16, which is designed to compete with DSL, cable-modem, and T-1 leased lines in metropolitan area networks (MANs). The new specification, which will be marketed under the name WirelessMAN, is designed for fixed-point, line-of-sight transmissions using high-frequency radios. The initial version is for frequencies in the 11- to 66-GHz range; an amendment called 802.16a will add spectrum from 2 to 10 GHz. In addition to ethernet and Internet protocol transmissions, 802.16 can handle data, voice, and even digital cable. Within the subscriber's building, the subscriber station might be bridged to an existing telephone system, local area network, or even an 802.11a/b wireless LAN. IEEE 802.16 spec could disrupt wireless landscape: 802.11 and/vs 802.16; Proxim, Alvarion, Nokia, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Radiant(=Cisco), Intel and others on the 802.16 WirelessMAN list..... WiMax Forum has stepped in to serve the 802.16-based BWA industry much in the way the Wi-Fi Alliance (formerly known as " WECA " ) in the 802.11 has advanced the wireless LAN space. The WiMax Forum will conduct interoperability testing and certification for 802.16-based products as they become available.....and more
Wi-LAN W-OFDM incorporated into Standard 802.16a
February 4, 2003 -- Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX:WIN - News), a global provider of broadband wireless communications products and technologies, today announced that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "WirelessMAN" Standard 802.16a, incorporates Wi-LAN's patented W-OFDM (Wide-band Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) technology. Wi-LAN is first to market with Standard 802.16a-like products and is dedicated to advancing the implementation of this standard. Wi-LAN encourages all interested parties, including semiconductor companies, intellectual property providers and other broadband wireless equipment providers, to join Wi-LAN in the implementation of IEEE Standard 802.16a.
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