IEEE 802.16 Published Standards and Drafts

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Projects in Pre-Draft Stage

• Project P802.16q: Multi-Tier Amendment (to be an Amendment to IEEE Std 802.16)
• Project P802.16r: Small Cell Backhaul with Ethernet (to be an Amendment to IEEE Std 802.16)
• Project P802.16.3: Mobile Broadband Network Performance Measurements (to be an independent standard)

Drafts Under Development

(none currently available)

Active Standards

• IEEE 802.16-2012: Revision of IEEE Std 802.16, including IEEE Std 802.16h, IEEE Std 802.16j, and IEEE Std 802.16m (but excluding the WirelessMAN-Advanced radio interface, which was moved to IEEE Std 802.16.1)
  Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board, 2012-06-08; published 2012-08-17
• IEEE Std 802.16p (First Amendment to IEEE Std 802.16-2012): Enhancements to Support Machine-to-Machine Applications
  Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board, 2012-09-30; published 2012-10-08
• IEEE Std 802.16n (Second Amendment to IEEE Std 802.16-2012): Higher Reliability Networks
  Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board, 2013-03-06; in pre-publication
• IEEE 802.16.1-2012: WirelessMAN-Advanced Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access Systems
  Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board, 2012-06-08; published 2012-09-07
• IEEE Std 802.16.1b (First Amendment to IEEE Std 802.16.1-2012): Enhancements to Support Machine-to-Machine Applications
  Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board, 2012-09-30; published 2012-10-10
• IEEE Std 802.16.1a (Second Amendment to IEEE Std 802.16.1-2012): Higher Reliability Networks
  Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board, 2013-03-06; in pre-publication
• IEEE Std 802.16.2-2004 (Reaffirmed for five years, 2010-03-25)
• IEEE Std 802.16/Conformance04-2006
• IEEE Std 802.16k-2007

Superceded Standards

• IEEE Std 802.16-2009, as amended by
  • IEEE Std 802.16j-2009 (amendment to IEEE 802.16-2009)
  • IEEE Std 802.16h-2010 (amendment to IEEE 802.16-2009)
  • IEEE Std 802.16m-2011 (amendment to IEEE 802.16-2009)
• IEEE Std 802.16-2004, as amended by
  • IEEE Std 802.16g-2007 (amendment to IEEE 802.16)
  • IEEE Std 802.16f-2005 (amendment to IEEE 802.16)
  • IEEE Std 802.16e-2005 (amendment to IEEE 802.16)
  • IEEE Std 802.16-2004/Cor1-2005 (corridendum to IEEE 802.16, published along with IEEE 802.16e-2005)
• IEEE Std 802.16-2001 , as amended by
  • IEEE Std 802.16a-2003
  • IEEE Std 802.16c-2002
• IEEE Std 802.16.2-2001

Standards administratively withdrawn after five-year lifespan

• IEEE Std 802.16/Conformance01-2003 (withdrawn 2009-01-26)
• IEEE Std 802.16/Conformance02-2003 (withdrawn 2009-01-26)
• IEEE Std 802.16/Conformance03-2004 (withdrawn 2010-01-09)

Projects Terminated prior to Completion

• IEEE Draft P802.16d
• IEEE Draft P802.16-2004/Cor2
• IEEE Draft P802.16i

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