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Congratulations!
From: Roger Marks [r.b.marks@ieee.org] Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:24 AM To: STDS-802-16@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [STDS-802-16] WirelessMAN-Advanced formally declared as IMT-Advanced by ITU Dear 802.16 Participants,
This week, the ITU (in the ITU Radiocommunication Assembly) concluded its approval of the IMT-Advanced specification. This means that the WirelessMAN-Advanced air interface is now officially accorded the official designation of IMT-Advanced. Please see the
ITU's announcement.
The WirelessMAN-Advanced air interface was first specified in IEEE Std 802.16m and is currently being developed into the standalone IEEE Std 802.16.1. The standard has also been adopted by ARIB, TTA, and the WiMAX Forum.
The ITU notes that approval followed "a detailed evaluation against stringent technical and operational criteria." The ITU Secretary-General called the announcement "a landmark development in mobile technology."
Congratulations to all those members and supporters who worked tirelessly since 2006 to bring IEEE 802.16 into IMT-Advanced, beginning with the 2006 802.16m PAR development activities and the Nov 2006 IEEE 802 Tutorial entitled
IEEE 802.16 and IMT-Advanced.
Regards,
Roger
Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access <http://WirelessMAN.org>
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