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[STDS-802-16] IEEE 802.16 Session #39 Report, and other IEEE 802.16 updates



Session #39 of the IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless 
Access took place on 12-15 September 2005 in Taipei, Taiwan. 226 
people attended. The IEEE 802.16 Session #39 Report summarizes the 
outcome:
	http://ieee802.org/16/meetings/mtg39/report.html

This announcement has been delayed so as to include some recent 
updates regarding the progress of IEEE 802.16 standards development. 
Please take note of the following important results:

*The final ballot recirculation of P802.16e/D12 closed on 1 November, 
without comment. The approval ratio was 99%. The draft is now 
awaiting a recommendation at the 6 December meeting of IEEE-SA 
Standards Board's Review Committee (RevCom). Following RevCom action, 
final approval by the Board would be expected the following day.

*P802.16-2004/Cor1/D5 was reviewed by RevCom, which voted unanimously 
on 27 October to recommend final approval. This recommendation has 
been forwarded to the IEEE-SA Standards Board for a 10-day ballot 
regarding final approval, expected by 11 November.

*P802.16f/D6 (the Management Information Base [MIB] for fixed 
operation) was approved as IEEE Std 802.16f-2005, an amendment to 
IEEE Standard 802.16-2004, by the IEEE-SA Standards Board on 22 
September 2005.


Session #40 will be held on 14-17 November 2005 at the Fairmont Hotel 
Vancouver in Vancouver, BC, Canada in conjunction with the IEEE 802 
LMSC Plenary Session. On-line registration is open. See:
	http://ieee802.org/16/meetings/mtg40

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Dr. Roger B. Marks  <mailto:marks@nist.gov> +1 303 497 7837
National Institute of Standards and Technology/Boulder, CO, USA
Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access
        <http://WirelessMAN.org>