Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14
DOCUMENT #:
GSC14-PLEN-078R1
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SOURCE:
IEEE
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6.7
CONTACT(S):
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IEEE
IP over Broadband Access in Support
of Convergence
Dr. W. Charlton Adams,
President, IEEE Standards Association
Geneva, 13-16 July 2009
Fostering worldwide interoperability
IP over Broadband Access
IEEE 802
.3av – Optical Networking
.11ad – High thruput wireless connectivity for fixed,
portable, and moving stations within a local area
.16 – Broadband wireless access
.20 - Mobile broadband wireless access
.22 – Wireless regional area network employing TV
whitespace frequency spectrum
IEEE P1901 Broadband Over Power line Networks
IEEE P 1903 Next Generation Service Overlay
Network
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Passive Optical Networking
10GEPON—Fiber Optics
IEEE 802.3av
Standard for Information Technology—Telecommunications and Information
Exchange Between Systems—Local and Metropolitan Area Networks—Specific
Requirements Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
(CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications Amendment:
Physical Layer Specifications and Management Parameters for 10Gb/s Passive
Optical Networks
Scope: The scope of this project is to amend IEEE Std 802.3 to
add physical layer specifications and management parameters for
symmetric and/or asymmetric operation at 10 Gb/s on point-tomultipoint passive optical networks.
Purpose: The purpose of this document is to significantly
increase performance of point-to-multipoint architecture (Ethernet
Passive Optical Network) to support emerging bandwidthintensive services while considering equipment, operation,
upgrade, and maintenance costs.
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IEEE 802.11
IEEE Standard for Information Technology—Telecommunications and
Information Exchange Between Systems—Local and Metropolitan Area
Networks—Specific Requirements—Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium
Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
Scope: The scope of this standard is to define one medium access
control (MAC) and several physical layer (PHY) specifications for
wireless connectivity for fixed, portable, and moving stations
(STAs) within a local area.
Purpose: The purpose of this standard is to provide wireless
connectivity for fixed, portable, and moving stations within a local
area. This standard also offers regulatory bodies a means of
standardizing access to one or more frequency bands for the
purpose of local area communication.
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Wireless Access Very High Throughput
IEEE 802.11ad
IEEE Standard for Information Technology—Telecommunications and Information Exchange
Between Systems—Local and Metropolitan Area Networks—Specific Requirements—Part 11:
Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications—
Amendment: Enhancements for Very High Throughput in the 60 GHz Band
Scope: This amendment defines standardized modifications to
both the 802.11 physical layers (PHY) and the 802.11 Medium
Access Control Layer (MAC) to enable operation in the 60 GHz
frequency band (typically 57-66 GHz) capable of very high
throughput. The MAC and PHY specified in this amendment:
• Enables a maximum throughput of at least 1 Gbps, as measured
at the MAC data service access point (SAP) • Enables fast session
transfer between PHYs • Maintains the 802.11 user experience
• Provides mechanisms that enable coexistence with other
systems in the band including IEEE 802.15.3c systems
Purpose: The purpose of the amendment is to improve the
802.11 user experience by providing significantly higher
throughput for local area networking.
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Broadband Wireless Access
IEEE 802.16
IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks—
Part 16: Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access Systems
Scope: This standard specifies the air interface, including the
medium access control layer (MAC) and physical layer (PHY), of
combined fixed and mobile point-to-multipoint broadband wireless
access (BWA) systems providing multiple services. The MAC is
structured to support multiple PHY specifications, each suited to a
particular operational environment.
Purpose: This standard enables rapid worldwide deployment of
innovative, cost-effective, and interoperable multivendor
broadband wireless access products, facilitates competition in
broadband access by providing alternatives to wireline broadband
access, encourages consistent worldwide spectrum allocation, and
accelerates the commercialization of broadband wireless access
systems.
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Mobile Broadband Access
IEEE 802.20
IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks—
Part 20: Air Interface for Mobile Broadband Wireless Access
Systems Supporting Vehicular Mobility—Physical and Media
Access Control Layer Specification
Scope: This standard specifies the physical and medium access
control layers of an air interface for interoperable mobile
broadband wireless access systems, operating in licensed bands
below 3.5 GHz. The system is optimized for IP-data transport,
with peak data rates per user in excess of 1 Mbps.
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IP over Broadband Access
IEEE 802.22
Draft Standard for Information Technology—Telecommunications and
information exchange between systems—Wireless Regional Area Networks
(WRAN)—Specific requirements—Part 22: Cognitive Wireless RAN Medium
Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications: Policies &
procedures for operation in the TV Bands
Scope: This standard specifies the air interface, including the
medium access control layer (MAC) and physical layer (PHY), of
fixed point-to- multipoint wireless regional area networks
operating in the VHF/UHF TV broadcast bands between 54 MHz
and 862 MHz.
Purpose: This standard is intended to enable deployment of
interoperable 802 multivendor wireless regional area network
products, to facilitate competition in broadband access by
providing alternatives to wireline broadband access and extending
the deployability of such systems into diverse geographic areas,
including sparsely populated rural areas, while preventing harmful
interference to incumbent licensed services in the TV broadcast
bands.
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Broadband over Power Line Networks
IEEE P1901
Scope: The project will develop a standard for high speed (>100 Mbps at the physical layer)
communication devices via alternating current electric power lines, so called Broadband over Power
Line (BPL) devices. The standard will use trannsmission frequencies below 100 MHz. This standard
will be usable by all classes of BPL devices, including BPL devices used for the first-mile/last-mile
connection (<1500m to the premise) to broadband services as well as BPL devices used in
buildings for LANs and other data distribution (<100m between devices). This standard will focus
on the balanced and efficient use of the power line communications channel by all classes of BPL
devices, defining detailed mechanisms for coexistence and interoperability between different BPL
devices, and ensuring that desired bandwidth and quality of service may be delivered. The standard
will address the necessary security questions to ensure the privacy of communications between
users and allow the use of BPL for security sensitive services. This standard is limited to the
physical layer and the medium access sub-layer of the data link layer, as defined by the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Basic
Reference Model. The effort will begin with an architecture investigation, and this will form the
basis for detailed scope of task groups that will work within P1901 to develop the components of
the final standard.
Purpose: New modulation techniques offer the possibility to use the power lines for high speed
communications. This new high speed media is open, and locally shared by several BPL devices.
Without an independent, openly defined standard, BPL devices serving different applications will
conflict with one another and provide unacceptable service to all parties. The standard will provide
a minimum implementation subset which allows the fair coexistence of the BPL devices. The full
implementation will provide the interoperability among the BPL devices, as well as interoperability
with other networking protocols, such as bridging for seamless interconnection via 802.1. It is also
the intent of this effort to quickly progress towards a robust standard so powerline applications
may begin to impact the marketplace. The standard will also comply with EMC limits set by national
regulators, so as to ensure successful coexsitence with wireless and telecommunications systems.
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Next Generation Service Overlay Network
IEEE P1903
Scope: Describes a framework of Internet Protocol(IP)-based
service overlay networks and specifies context-aware, (e.g., such
as required Quality of Service(QoS) level, type of service such as
real-time vs. data, nature of data stream such as I-frame vs. Bframe, and type of terminal such as TV monitor vs. Personal
Digital Assistant) dynamically adaptive (e.g., using locally derived
information to discover, organize, and maintain traffic flows in the
network within a local area network), and self-organizing
networking capabilities (e.g., developing network structures based
on the needs of the customers and the capabilities of existing
network structures), including advanced routing and forwarding
schemes, and that are independent of underlying transport
networks.
Purpose: To enable network operators, service/content providers,
and end-users to provide and consume collaborative services by
the deployment of context-aware, dynamically adaptive, and selforganizing networking capabilities.
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