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IEEE 802.16 IMT-Advanced Candidate Proposal

The IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access

IEEE 802.16 IMT-Advanced Candidate Proposal Page

This page is being developed to provide information and communications regarding the IEEE 802.16 IMT-Advanced proposal. Information on IMT-Advanced is available at the ITU-R's IMT-Advanced submission and evaluation process page.

IEEE 802.16 IMT-Advanced Evaluation Group Coordination Meeting
The IEEE 802.16 Working Group invites the independent evaluation groups to the IEEE 802.16 IMT-Advanced Evaluation Group Coordination Meeting on 13 January 2010 in San Diego, California, USA. Follow this link to register.

Plans for Step 4 of IMT-Advanced development process
As announced in Document 5D/542 ("Submission of a candidate IMT-Advanced RIT based on IEEE 802.16"), the IEEE 802.16 Working Group hopes to engage with the independent evaluation groups during Step 4 of the IMT-Advanced development process ("Evaluation of candidate RITs or SRITs by evaluation groups"), assisting in their evaluations and providing clarifying information. Furthermore, in the spirit of harmonization and consensus building, the Working Group hopes to benefit from insights gained by the independent evaluation groups, applying that knowledge to the refinement and improvement of the IEEE 802.16m draft standard.

In order to aid in communications with the independent evaluation groups, IEEE offers to provide those groups with access to the updated drafts. In general, the IEEE 802.16 Working Group expects to produce an updated draft following each of its bimonthly sessions. The Working Group welcomes each independent evaluation group to register its interest and identify a specific contact individual. The Working Group will then provide an update, in the form of a liaison statement to the independent evaluation groups, following each session. The statement will provide access to the most recent draft and will request comment from independent evaluation groups. Any comments received will be considered in the ongoing ballot comment resolution process. A calendar of upcoming sessions of the IEEE 802.16 Working Group is available.

Please communicate to the contact officials designated below.

Milestones
23 October 2009
Acknowledgement of Candidate Submission from IEEE under Step 3 of the IMT-Advanced Process (IEEE Technology)
On 23 October 2009, ITU-R Working Party 5D issued Document IMT-ADV/4 acknowledging IEEE's contribution ITU-R 5D/542. This document, which includes the content of ITU-R 5D/542, provided WP 5D views on the contribution and states that:

Working Party 5D acknowledges the receipt of the candidate technology submission referenced above from IEEE. WP 5D has reviewed this candidate submission under the IMT-Advanced process and has determined that the submission is "complete" per Section 4 of Report ITU-R M.2133.

14-21 October 2009
ITU-R Working Party 5D Meeting #6, Dresden, Germany

15 October 2009
3rd Workshop on IMT-Advanced
ITU-R's 3rd Workshop on IMT-Advanced included a presentation on the IEEE 802.16 Candidate Proposal for IMT-Advanced.

3 October 2009
IEEE 802.16 IMT-Advanced Candidate Proposal
On 3 October 2009, the IEEE submitted to ITU-R Working Party 5D a "Candidate IMT-Advanced RIT based on IEEE 802.16". The proposal became the contribution ITU-R 5D/542 (see L802.16-09/010Xr5). The proposal had been developed in the IEEE 802.16 Working Group, which approved it, on 24 September, during a Joint Plenary with the IEEE 802.18 TAG.

Related activity:

Early Activity
IMT-Advanced Workshop Participation
IEEE participants have notified ITU-R WP 5D members of 802.16m progress toward IMT-Advanced by participation in three Workshops:
Contact: Go to IEEE 802.16 Working Group