IEEE 802.16

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IEEE 802.16 is a family of broadband wireless access standards, commonly associated with WiMAX, that defines high-speed wireless metropolitan area networks.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf IEEE 802 standard
broadband wireless access standard
wireless communication standard
alsoKnownAs WiMAX
applicationDomain last-mile broadband access
metropolitan area networks
competesWith 3G cellular technologies
4G cellular technologies
DSL broadband access
cable modem broadband access
defines wireless metropolitan area networks
definesLayer MAC layer
physical layer
developedBy IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
firstStandardized 2001
focusesOn broadband wireless access
hasAmendment IEEE 802.16a
IEEE 802.16c
IEEE 802.16d
IEEE 802.16e
IEEE 802.16f
IEEE 802.16g
IEEE 802.16h
IEEE 802.16j
IEEE 802.16m
headquartersCountryOfStandardBody United States
partOf IEEE 802 family of standards
relatedTo WiMAX Forum
securityFeature authentication
encryption
standardizes air interface for fixed broadband wireless access
air interface for mobile broadband wireless access
supports IP-based services
high-speed data transmission
video services
voice services
supportsFrequencyBand 10 GHz to 66 GHz bands
2 GHz to 11 GHz bands
licensed spectrum
unlicensed spectrum
supportsMobility mobile broadband access
useCase enterprise broadband access
rural broadband connectivity
wireless backhaul
uses OFDM
OFDMA
orthogonal frequency-division multiple access
orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing

Referenced by (22)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
IEEE 802.16 ("IEEE 802.16a")
IEEE 802.16 ("IEEE 802.16c")
IEEE 802.16 ("IEEE 802.16d")
IEEE 802.16 ("IEEE 802.16e")
IEEE 802.16 ("IEEE 802.16f")
IEEE 802.16 ("IEEE 802.16g")
IEEE 802.16 ("IEEE 802.16h")
IEEE 802.16 ("IEEE 802.16j")
IEEE 802.16 ("IEEE 802.16m")
hasAmendment
IEEE 802.20 ("IEEE 802.16e")
IEEE 802.20 ("Mobile WiMAX")
LTE ("WiMAX")
competesWith
IEEE 802 family of standards
IEEE 802 family of standards ("IEEE 802.16e")
IEEE 802 family of standards ("IEEE 802.16m")
includesStandard
IEEE 802.16 ("WiMAX")
alsoKnownAs
IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee
hasStandardFamily
IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee
hasWorkingGroup
IEEE standards
includesExample
IEEE 802.20
relatedTo
IEEE 802.21 ("IEEE 802.16 WiMAX")
supportsNetworkType
IEEE 802.18
supportsStandard

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