IEEE Standard 802.16 sets stage for growth of Metropolitan Area Networks. (The Commercial Market).

Microwave Journal, February, 2002

The Standard Board of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standard Association (IEEE-SA) formally approved IEEE Standard 802.16 ("Air Interface for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems"). The approval sets the stage for the widespread development of 16 to 66 GHz wireless metropolitan area networks as an economical method of high speed "last mile" connection to public networks.

The global IEEE 802.16 wirelessMAN air interface standard is the first broadband wireless access standard from an accredited standards body. It was published in January 2002. The approved draft can be found in the IEEE catalog at http://WirelessMAN.org/published.html.

"The new WirelessMan standard is a ground breaking development that changes the landscape...

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