N-WEST News #22
National Wireless Electronic Systems Testbed (N-WEST)
January 7, 2000
Topics:
- 802.16 SESSION #5 GENERATES LARGE INTEREST
- DRAMATIC CONSOLIDATION OF IEEE 802.16.1 AIR INTERFACE PROPOSALS
- FIRST IEEE 802.16.1 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT POSTED
- IEEE 802.16 BALLOTING POOL FORMATION UNDERWAY
- WEB USAGE REFLECTS STRONG AND GROWING INTEREST IN IEEE 802.16
- N-WEST IN THE NEWS
- NEW N-WEST SUPPORTING COMPANIES
802.16 SESSION #5 GENERATES LARGE INTEREST
108 people have preregistered for 802.16 Session #5,
to be held January 10-14, 2000 in Richardson (Dallas), Texas, USA.
The agenda includes:
- Detailed PHY and MAC proposals for the 802.16.1 air interface
- Consideration of 802.16.1 modeling and evaluation methods
- Development of 802.16.1 coexistence document
- Initial meeting of "Sub10" Study Group on standards for below 10 GHz
DRAMATIC CONSOLIDATION OF IEEE 802.16.1 AIR INTERFACE PROPOSALS
The development plan for the 802.16.1 broadband wireless access air
interface sought to solicit proposed standards and foster
consolidation of the proposals. So far, the results have been
dramatic.
For Session #4, 802.16.1 scheduled the presentation of 18 physical
layer (PHY) and 13 medium access control (MAC) proposals. Of these,
12 PHY and 11 MAC proposers were invited to submit for Session #5. By
voluntary consolidation, the number of submissions under
consideration at Session #5 has dropped to only 3 PHY and 2 MAC.
The Session #5 PHY proposals are described in the following documents:
- Jeff Foerster, Newbridge Networks
- Arun V. Arunachalam Nortel Networks
- George Stamatelos, Nortel Networks
- Farid Elwailly, Newbridge Networks
- Jung Yee, Newbridge Networks
- Phil Guillemette, SpaceBridge Networks Corporation
- Moshe Ran, TelesciCOM
- Wayne Hunter, Crosspan, A Raytheon Company
- Leland Langston, Crosspan, A Raytheon Company
- William Myers, Spectrapoint Wireless, LLC
- Scott Marin, Spectrapoint Wireless, LLC
- George Fishel, Communications Consulting Services
- Ray W. Sanders, CircuitPath Network Systems
- Karl Stambaugh, Motorola
- Glen Sater, Motorola
- Chet Shirali, Phasecom
- Thomas H. Williams, Holtzman Inc.
- Jay Klein, Ensemble Communications, Inc.
- Lars Lindh, Nokia Research Center
- Carl Eklund, Nokia Research Center
- Petri Bergholm, Nokia Networks
- Naftali Chayat, BreezeCOM
The Session #5 MAC proposals are described in the following documents:
- Submitted by the same group that submitted IEEE 802.16.1pc-00/02
- James Mollenauer, Technical Strategy Associates
- Ken Standwood, Ensemble Communications, Inc.
- Jay Klein, Ensemble Communications, Inc.
- Brian Petry, 3Com Corp.
- Carl Eklund, Nokia Research Center
- Juha Pihlaja, Nokia Research Center
- Kari Rintanen, Nokia Networks
- Leonid Shousterman BreezeCOM
,
- Vladimir Yanover BreezeCOM
FIRST IEEE 802.16.1 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT POSTED
On December 17, 1999, IEEE 802.16 posted 802.16.1 Functional
Requirements, Rev. 1,
which provides functional requirements for developing an
interoperable 802.16.1 air interface. The document had been approved
by 802.16 during Session #4.
IEEE 802.16 BALLOTING POOL FORMATION UNDERWAY
On December 28, 1999, IEEE 802.16 began formation of a Sponsor
Balloting Pool. Future 802.16 draft standards will be balloted by a
Balloting Group drawn from members of the Balloting Pool. Any
interested parties are invited to join the balloting pool; the form
is on-line.
WEB USAGE REFLECTS STRONG AND GROWING INTEREST IN IEEE 802.16
A compilation of the 802.16 web site usage statistics shows strong
interest in the Working Group:
| Month | # of Files Served |
| 99/03 | 262 |
| 99/04 | 6687 |
| 99/05 | 13999 |
| 99/06 | 19243 |
| 99/07 | 22077 |
| 99/08 | 22616 |
| 99/09 | 23804 |
| 99/10 | 36258 |
| 99/11 | 67942 |
| 99/12 | data unavailable |
As of December 3, the average 802.16.1 PHY contribution from Session
#4 had been downloaded 547 times; the average MAC contribution had
been downloaded 456 times.
N-WEST IN THE NEWS
A November 29, 1999 Electronic Engineering Times article (pp.
87-88) entitled LMDS, MMDS Race for Low-Cost Implementation discussed BWA
standards and 802.16.
On December 7, 1999, Roger Marks received the United States
Department of Commerce Silver Medal Award from Secretary of Commerce
William M. Daley "for creating N-WEST, an entrepreneurial vehicle for
industry to develop standards needed to jumpstart a fast-moving
wireless communication service".
On December 9, 1999, the United States Department of Commerce hosted
the Digital Divide Summit. Roger Marks
attended.
On December 15, 1999, Roger Marks and Lou Olsen, 802.16 Chair and
Vice Chair respectively, participated in an invitation-only
roundtable session on "Information Society and the Wireless World."
The session was held at the Embassy of Finland in Washington, DC and
was co-sponsored by the European Institute. The speakers were:
- Jorma Ollila, Chairman and CEO, Nokia Corp.
- Mark Bregman, General Manager for Pervasive Computing, IBM
- Richard Jolly, Special Advisor, United Nations Development Program
- Jaakko Laajava, Ambassador of Finland to the United States
- Kimmo Sasi, Minister of Foreign Trade, Finland
- David Aaron, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
- Elliot Maxwell, Special Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce
for the Digital Economy
- Antti Kasvio, Director, Information Society Research Center,
University of Tampere
On December 31, 1999, a letter on standards by Roger Marks was
carried in David S. Isenberg's SMART Letter #31 (see "Smart Comments from
SMART People on NEW ECONOMY").
NEW N-WEST SUPPORTING COMPANIES
We now have 81 N-WEST Supporting Companies as we welcome:
Dr. Roger Marks (marks@nist.gov)