The IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access Standards

IEEE 802.16 Working Group Officials

IEEE 802.16 Officers

Chair
Roger B. Marks, WiMAX Forum
Appointed on 11 March 1999; elected on 9 July 1999; re-elected on 6 March 2000 to serve until March 2002; re-elected on 11 March 2002 to serve until March 2004; re-elected on 15 March 2004 to serve until March 2006; re-elected on 6 March 2006 to serve until March 2008; re-elected on 17 March 2008 to serve until March 2010
Vice Chair
Jose Puthenkulam, Intel Corporation
Elected on 20 July 2006 to serve until March 2008; re-elected on 17 March 2008 to serve until March 2010
Secretary
Herbert M. Ruck, Herbert M. Ruck, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Appointed 26 July 2009, after serving as Acting Secretary at Sessions #60-62

IEEE-SA Liaison

IEEE-SA Liaison for IEEE 802
Michael D. Kipness, IEEE-SA

Former IEEE 802.16 Officers

Former Vice Chair
Ken Stanwood, Cygnus Multimedia Communications
Elected on 21 July 2003 to serve until March 2004; re-elected on 15 March 2004 to serve until March 2006; re-elected on 9 March 2006 to serve until March 2008; resigned effective 20 July 2006
Former Vice Chair
Carl Eklund, Nokia Research Center
Elected on 13 January 2003 to serve until March 2004; resigned effective 25 July 2003
Former Vice Chair
Paul F. Struhsaker, Raze Technologies
Elected on 15 March 2002 to serve until March 2004; resigned September 2002
Former Vice Chair
Brian G. Kiernan, InterDigital Communications Corp.
Elected on 6 November 2000 to serve through 15 March 2002; finished term and did not seek re-election
Former Vice Chair
Louis Olsen, Teligent, Inc.
Elected on 9 July 1999; re-elected on 6 March 2000 to serve through March 2002; resigned 15 September 2000
Former Secretary
Peiying Zhu, Nortel
Secretary 9 March 2006 - 6 March 2009
Former Acting Secretary
Andy Sago, BT
Acting Secretary for Sessions #40, #41, and #42 (Nov 2005 - Mar 2006)
Former Acting Secretary
Andy Sago, BT
Acting Secretary for Sessions #40, #41, and #42 (Nov 2005 - Mar 2006)
Former Secretary
Dean Chang, Aperto Networks
Appointed 30 November 2001; resigned 21 Feb 2006
Former Secretary
Carl Bushue, Sprint
Appointed on 18 May 2001 and affirmed by the Working Group; resigned 29 Nov 2001
Former Secretary
J. Scott Marin, Motorola, Inc.
Appointed on 9 July 1999 and confirmed by vote of membership; resigned on 14 December 2000

Task Group m (Advanced Air Interface)

Chair:
Brian G. Kiernan
Vice Chair:
Phillip Barber
Vice Chair:
Jong-Kae (JK) Fwu
Secretary:
Hokyu Choi
Chief Editor, Draft Standard:
Ron Murias
Editor, System Description Document (SDD):
Shkumbin Hamiti
Editor, System Requirements Document (SRD):
Mark Cudak
Editor, Evaluation Methodolody Document (EMD):
Roshni M. Srinivasan
Former Vice Chair:
Carl Eklund
Former Secretary (until November 2008):
Avi Freedman

Maintenance Task Group

Chair:
Jonathan Labs, Wavesat Inc.
Chief Technical Editor:
Joe Schumacher, Motorola
Former Chair (4 August - 14 December 2004):
Ken Stanwood, Cygnus Multimedia Communications
Technical Editor, 802.16/Cor1:
Itzik Kitroser, Runcom Technologies Ltd.

License-Exempt Task Group

Chair:
Mariana Goldhamer, Alvarion Ltd.
Vice Chair:
Paul Piggin , NextWave Wireless Inc.
Editor:
Wu Xuyong , Huawei
Secretary:
Harry Bims , Apple, Inc.
Former Vice Chair:
Barry Lewis, Redline Communications Inc.

Liaison Officials

See Liaison Page

Former Task Groups

Task Group 1 (Expired with completion of IEEE Std 802.16)

Chair and Technical Editor:
Roger Marks, NIST
MAC Chair:
Carl Eklund, Nokia Research Center
PHY Chair:
Jay Klein, Ensemble Communications, Inc.
Former Editor:
Glen E. Sater, Motorola Inc.

Task Group a (Expired with completion of IEEE Std 802.16a)

Chair:
Brian G. Kiernan, InterDigital Communications Corp.
Secretary:
Dean Chang, Aperto Networks
Technical Editor:
Nico Van Waes, Nokia Networks

Task Group 3 (expired; merged into TGa)

Chair:
Brian G. Kiernan, InterDigital Communications Corp.
Vice Chair:
Carl Bushue, Sprint
Secretary:
Dean Chang, Aperto Networks
MAC Chair:
Subir Varma, Aperto Networks

Task Group 4 (expired; merged into TGa)

Chair:
Dr. Durga P. Satapathy, Sprint
Vice Chair:
Sanjay Moghe, RF Solutions
Secretary/Editor/MAC Chair:
Ken Peirce, Malibu Networks
PHY Chair:
John M. Liebetreu, Intersil Corporation
Coexistence Liaison:
David C. Chauncey, Clearwire Technologies Inc.

Task Group C (Conformance)

Chair:
Gordon Antonello, Wi-LAN Inc.
Vice Chair:
Herbert Ruck, Navini Networks
Former Chair (19 August 2002 - 2 August 2004):
Ken Stanwood, Cygnus Multimedia Communications
Technical Editor, IEEE Std 802.16/Conformance01:
Carl Eklund, Nokia Research Center
Technical Editor, IEEE Std 802.16/Conformance02:
Carl Eklund, Nokia Research Center
Technical Editor, IEEE P802.16/Conformance03:
Lars Lindh, Nokia Research Center
Technical Editor, IEEE P802.16/Conformance04:
Herbert Ruck, Navini Networks

Task Group c (Expired with completion of IEEE Std 802.16c)

Chair:
Ken Stanwood (Chair), Ensemble Communications Inc.
Technical Editor and Secretary:
Carl Eklund, Nokia Research Center

Task Group d (Expired with completion of IEEE Std 802.16-2004)

Chair:
Gordon Antonello, Wi-LAN Inc.
Technical Editor:
Itzik Kitroser, Runcom Technologies Ltd.

Task Group e (Expired with completion of IEEE Std 802.16e-2005)

Chair:
Brian G. Kiernan, InterDigital Communications Corp.
Technical Editor:
Ron Murias

Task Group 2 (Expired with completion of IEEE Std 802.16.2-2001)

Chair:
Philip Whitehead, Radiant Networks PLC
Vice Chair:
Rémi Chayer, Harris Corporation
Technical Editor:
Roger Marks, NIST
Former Chair:
Leland Langston, Crosspan, A Raytheon Company
Former Chair:
Andy McGregor, Nortel Networks
Former Editor:
Muya Wachira, Nortel Networks
Former Editor:
Vito Scaringi, Alcatel
Former Editor:
Rebecca S.M. Chan, Industry Canada

Task Group 2 (Expired with completion of IEEE Std 802.16.2-2004)

Chair:
Philip Whitehead, Radiant Networks PLC
Vice Chair:
Rémi Chayer, Harris Corporation
Technical Editor:
Roger Marks, NIST
Former Editor:
Nico Van Waes, Nokia Networks
Former Editor:
Reza Arefi, ArrayComm Inc.

Network Management (NetMan) Task Group (Expired following completion of IEEE Std 802.16f-2005, IEEE Std 802.16g-2007, and IEEE Std 802.16k-2007, and transfer of P802.16i draft into draft of IEEE Std 802.16-2009)

Chair:
Phillip Barber, Broadband Mobile Technologies
Technical Editor, IEEE 802.16f, P802.16i:
Joey Chou, Intel Corp.
Technical Editor, P802.16g:
Jose Puthenkulam, Intel Corp.
Technical Editor, P802.16k:
David Johnston, NextWave Wireless, Inc.

Relay Task Group (Expired with completion of IEEE Std 802.16j-2009)

Chair:
Mitsuo Nohara, KDDI
Vice Chair:
Peiying Zhu, Nortel
Editor/Secretary:
Mike Hart, UK Broadband
Editor/Secretary:
Jung Je Son (Editor/Secretary), Samsung Electronics
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