Eklund, C.
, Marks, R.
, Stanwood, K.
and Wang, S.
(2002),
IEEE Standard 802.16: A Technical Overview of the WirelessMAN<sup>TM</sup> Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access, IEEE Communications Magazine, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=16581
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IEEE Standard 802.16: A Technical Overview of the WirelessMANTM Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access
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Carl Eklund, , K. L. Stanwood, S X. Wang
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The broadband wireless access industry, which provides high-rate network connections to stationary sites, has matured to the point at which it now has a standard for second-generation wireless metropolitan area networks. IEEE Standard 802.16, with its WirelessMANTM air interface, sets the stage for widespread and effective deployments worldwide. This paper overviews the technical medium-access control and physical layer features of this new standard.Citation
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broadband wireless access, internet, local area networks, metropolitan area networks, standards, wireless communications
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Created May 31, 2002, Updated October 12, 2021