IEEE C802.16-08/027
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Date
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Re:
IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless Access Working Group <
Proposal for Submission #1 for IMT-Advanced
2008-11-12
Jose Puthenkulam
Intel Corporation
ITU-R Liaison Group http://ieee802.org/16
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Abstract
Purpose
Notice
Release
This contribution proposes a draft text for an introductory submission to IMT-Advanced for updating ITU-R
WP 5D about the developments in 802.16m project, however it does not constitute a part of the candidate RIT submission package.
For discussion and adoption towards Submission #1 (a introductory contribution) to ITU-R for IMT-
Advanced
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1.
Introduction
The IEEE 802.16 Working Group (WG) would like to update ITU-R WP 5D on the developments within the IEEE P802.16m project intended as an candidate RIT submission for IMT-Advanced. This is a follow-up from our liaison contribution to WP
5D in January 2007 (Document 8F/1083-E also L80216-06/034r1 ).
The 802.16 WG has progressed in its development of a candidate RIT and this contribution provides more details on its progress and also shares the plans going forward towards the final submission. However, this contribution does not constitute any specific components of the candidate RIT submission being contemplated by the IEEE 802.16
WG and therefore is for information purposes only.
2.
Background
The IEEE 802.16 Working Group has been developing the IEEE Std 802.16 in stages since 1999. The standard development has been focused on supporting an IP based air interface that is capable of MIMO-OFDMA since the 2003 time frame.
Presently, the ITU-R Recommendation M.1457 includes the OFDMA TDD WMAN air interface based on the IEEE Std. 802.16 and includes a implementation profile developed by the WiMAX Forum. Also other ITU-R recommendations F.1763 and M.1801 include
IEEE Std 802.16.
The IEEE 802.16 Working Group meets six times a year, around the globe. Presently the
WG has around over [500] Members. We have worldwide participation and the members addresses include the following countries Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, France,
Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Sweden,
Taiwan, UK, USA.
Today IEEE Std 802.16 based implementations are being deployed the world over by and is supported a healthy ecosystem of chip vendors, system vendors and service providers.
The popularity and interest generated in the IEEE P802.16m project is testament to keen industry following of the ITU-R IMT-Advanced and hopefully we can contribute to its success in enabling adoption of broadband wireless technologies worldwide.

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3.
IEEE 802.16m Project Overview
IEEE P802.16m Project PAR [1] was approved in by IEEE-SA in Dec 2006. The PAR title is : “
Air Interface for Fixed and Mobile Broadband Wireless Access Systems –
Advanced Air Interface
” and the scope states the following:
“
This standard amends the IEEE 802.16 WirelessMAN-OFDMA specification to provide an advanced air interface for operation in licensed bands. It meets the cellular layer requirements of IMT-Advanced next generation mobile networks. This amendment provides continuing support for legacy WirelessMAN-OFDMA equipment.
”
The Task Group M (TGm) in the IEEE 802.16 WG was tasked to develop the P802.16m
Standard. TGm first created a work plan for their work identifying the following documents as work items to be developed.
- Project 802.16m System Requirements Document (SRD) [2]
- Project 802.16m Evaluation Methodology Document (EMD) [3]
- Project 802.16m System Description Document (SDD) [4]
- Project 802.16m Draft Standard (Amendment)
- Project 802.16m IMT-Advanced Candidate RIT Proposal
The System Requirements Document (SRD) [2] intended to capture high level system requirements was initiated in January 2007 and completed in September 2007. Taking into account the completion of the ITU-R WP 5D IMT-Advanced requirements in
IMT.TECH in February 2008, the SRD was updated in July 2008.
The Evaluation Methodology Document (EMD) [3] intended to capture link-level and system-level simulation models and parameters was also initiated in Jan 2007 and it was completed in Nov 2007. It has also been updated taking into account the IMT.TECH and
IMT.EVAL documents finalized in WP 5D.
TGm started development of the System Description Document (SDD) [4] in November
2007 and the work is progressing in a expeditious manner in TGm.
TGm has also initiated the work on the P802.16m Draft Standard in November 2008.
4.
IEEE 802.16m intended technology capabilities towards IMT-Advanced
The Table 1 below shows how 802.16m supports the features desired in IMT-Advanced
Systems [ref].
IMT-Advanced Key Features IEEE 802.16m support
Commonality of functionality worldwide IEEE 802.16m is being developed with worldwide participation to address the features desired for global application of the technology.

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Flexibility for supporting wide range of services
Cost efficient technology
Compatibility within IMT and fixed networks
Interworking with other radio systems
IEEE 802.16m is being designed to support
Internet Protocol (IP) based applications that have the desired flexibility to support a wide range of services.
The IEEE 802.16m technology is being developed with a desire to reduce costs for implementations.
IEEE 802.16m is being designed to be backwards compatible with previous
WirelessMAN OFDMA specifications that have been adopted within IMT and BWA recommendations in ITU-R.
IEEE 802.16m is being designed to support interworking with other radio systems.
High-quality mobile services The air interface is being designed to provide handover capabilities as per the
IMT.TECH requirements to enable high quality mobile services
User equipment suitable for worldwide use We anticipate the IEEE 802.16m technology will be implemented in user equipment designed for global use.
User-friendly applications, services and equipment
Worldwide roaming capability
The air interface being IP based, enables a wide variety of user friendly applications, services and equipment.
The security and mobility technology being designed in IEEE 802.16m is expected to provide global roaming capability.
100 Mbits/s for high mobility
1 G bits/s for low mobility
Presently IEEE 802.16m air interface target requirements are designed to meet 100
Mbits/s data rates
The IEEE 802.16m technology is being designed to support 1 G bits/s speeds using aggregation of carriers using multi-carrier implementations.
Table 1 : 802.16m Capabilities for supporting IMT-Advanced features
5.
IEEE 802.16m Work Plan for IMT-Advanced Contributions
The following figure highlights the work plan and details of the IEEE 802.16 WG development timelines for the ITU-R IMT-Advanced Candidate RIT proposal. The timelines are subject to change based on the progress of the SDD and P802.16m
Amendment development in the WG.

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802.16m ITU-R IMT-Advanced Candidate RIT Development Timeline
IEEE 802.16
System
Description
2008
Q4 Q1
2009
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
2010
Q3 Q4 Q1
2011
Q2 Q3 Q4
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
802.16m
Amendment
Technology
Description
Link Budget
Services
Compliance
Spectrum
Compliance
Performance
Compliance
Self Evaluation
Submission
Package
Mar ’ ’ 09
Jan ’ ’ 09
Sep ’ ’ 09
Self Eval .
.
Oct ’ ’ 09
Mar ’ ’ 10
IMT
Advanced
Jan ’ ’ 09 Oct ’ ’ 09
Jun ’ ’ 10
Co ordination, Assessment, Consensus Building & Decision
Oct ’ ’ 10
Feb ’ ’ 11
ITU-R WP5D Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Document completion milestones and timelines subject to change (shown by dotted lines).
6.
References
[1] IEEE 802.16m PAR, http://standards.ieee.org/board/nes/projects/802-16m.pdf
[2] IEEE 802.16m-08/003r5, “802.16m System Description Document”
[3] IEEE 802.16m-07/002r6, “802.16m System Requirements”
[4] IEEE 802.16m-08/004r2, “802.16m Evaluation Methodology”