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Re: [STDS-802-16] News: IEEE 802.16 joins IMT-2000



Congratulations! 
It is an important achievement for the whole WiMAX industry.
Many thanks to Roger and individual members of 802.16 WG and WiMAX Forum which made it happen

Vladimir 


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Dr. Vladimir Yanover
Standards Strategy Director, Alvarion Ltd.
Chair, WiMAX Forum Technical Work Group
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-----Original Message-----
From: Roger B. Marks [mailto:r.b.marks@IEEE.ORG] 
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 6:29 AM
To: STDS-802-16@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: Re: [STDS-802-16] News: IEEE 802.16 joins IMT-2000

This result would not have been possible without the diligent help of  
many people, including a number of 802.16 WG members. The WG is  
deeply indebted to its ITU-R Liaison Official, Dr. José Costa, for  
his generosity in sharing his deep expertise, brilliant insight, and  
boundless energy.

Roger


> Dear Colleagues and Friends of IEEE 802.16,
>
> I write inform you that the ITU Radiocommunication Assembly has  
> just granted final approval, by consensus, of an update to  
> Recommendation ITU-R M.1457, the IMT-2000 specification. The update  
> includes a new sixth radio interface, "IMT-2000 OFDMA TDD WMAN",  
> that is based on a normative reference to IEEE Std 802.16. In other  
> words, IEEE Std 802.16 is now part of the IMT-2000 family.
>
> The RA also approved, by consensus, updates to two other  
> recommendations (M.1580 and M.1581) to include recommendations on  
> unwanted emissions from IMT-2000 OFDMA TDD WMAN base stations and  
> mobile stations. In all three cases, the RA added additional non- 
> technical notes to the recommendations. The note to the M.1457  
> revision includes a statement from one Member State indicating that  
> it did not agree to the approval. During the discussions, many  
> Member States spoke out in strong support of the new radio interface.
>
> This has been a long process, beginning over a year ago. I  
> acknowledge and appreciate the diligent and painstaking efforts of  
> many 802.16 members and friends to get us to this point.
>
> Congratulations to the 802.16 community on this important recognition!
>
> Cheers!
>
> Roger
>
> Roger B. Marks  <r.b.marks@ieee.org>
> Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access  
> <http://WirelessMAN.org>



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