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ITU accepts WiMAX as 3G standard E-mail
by Stuart Corner   
Tuesday, 05 June 2007
Intense lobbying by the WiMAX industry has paid off with the ITU now set to accept WiMAX as a wireless standard within its 3G portfolio.

The 22nd meeting of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) Working Party 8F (WP 8F) in Kyoto, Japan last week reached a significant milestone when it forwarded for approval a new terrestrial radio interface for IMT-2000, "OFDMA TDD WMAN" as a specific subset of WiMAX.

In a statement, the ITU said: "This new terrestrial radio interface complements the existing family of IMT-2000 radio interfaces and is in direct response to the demands of ITU MEMBERS to address the continuously growing wireless marketplace." The next stage in the acceptance process will take place in Geneva in late June when the ITU Study Group 8 (SG8) will consider approval of the recommendation.

This acceptance means that WiMAX will be part of the IMT-2000 family when IMT spectrum allocation is being discussed at the ITU's World Radio Communications Conference (WRC-07) in October.

According to WiMAX Day, the newsletter of the WiMAX Spectrum Owners Association. "Spectrum allocation is crucial for WiMAX around the world. Inclusion in the IMT-2000 interface will enable WiMAX technologies to be eligible for radio spectrum otherwise reserved for IMT-2000 under previous classifications. In particular, the spectrum 2.5 ~ 2.69 GHz is reserved for use with IMT-2000 in many countries around the world, and is also a primary spectrum band for mobile WiMAX."

WiMAX Day also noted that the inclusion WiMAX in IMT-2000 also positions the technology for inclusion in the definition of IMT-Advanced, which seeks to define 4G technologies. "The ITU noted that its recommendation last week would "establish the foundation for IMT-Advanced, and call for additional spectrum for IMT. It has woven together a definition, a recipe, and a roadmap foreseeing the future beyond 3G that is comprised of a balance between a market and services view, a technology view, and a spectrum view."

 
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