IEEE 802.20 Kyocera “iBurst” (“HC-SDMA) Approved
>> iBurst Becomes IEEE Standard
MyBroadband
18 June, 2008
mybroadband.co.za
iBurst-based technology approved as new standard for mobile broadband wireless access
In a recent statement, the IEEE - a globally-recognised standards setting body – said that it has approved a new standard for mobile broadband wireless access (MBWA).
The statement reads: “IEEE Std 802.20, ‘Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Standard Air Interface for Mobile Broadband Wireless Access Systems Supporting Vehicular Mobility - Physical and Media Access Control Layer Specification,’ will enable the worldwide deployment of cost-effective, spectrum-efficient, ubiquitous, always-on and interoperable multi-vendor mobile broadband wireless access networks.”
Kyocera, the developers of the iBurst technology, said that it is pleased that its iBurst-based technology proposal was approved as a new standard for IEEE 802.20 by the IEEE Standards Association.
“Having been a draft standard since January 2006, Kyocera is gratified that iBurst has finally been approved as an 802.20 standard by the IEEE Standards Association,” said Masashi Yano, general manager of the corporate communication system equipment division at Kyocera.
“With this industry standard approval, we are expecting to expand the iBurst service area to more and more countries.”
The IEEE 802.20 standard specifies physical and medium access control layers of an air interface for interoperable mobile broadband wireless access systems, operating in licensed bands below 3.5GHz, and optimised for IP-data transport, with peak data rates per user in excess of 1Mbps.
It supports various vehicular mobility classes up to 250Km/h in a metropolitan area network (MAN) environment and targets spectral efficiencies, sustained user data rates and numbers of active users that are all significantly higher than achieved by existing mobile systems.
iBurst, or HC-SDMA, has been commercially rolled out in more than ten countries and has been approved as a standard by American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Telecommunication Union Radio Communication Sector ( ITU-R).
In South Africa iBurst is used by WBS to provide fixed wireless broadband services to consumers, competing head on with established technologies such as ADSL and HSDPA. ###
>> Approval for Kyocera's iBurst Mobile Broadband Wireless Access Standard
Arvind Arora
TMCnet
June 17, 2008
Kyocera Corporation today announced that the IEEE Standards Association, headquartered at Piscataway, New Jersey, has approved its iBurst-based technology proposal as a new standard for mobile broadband wireless access.
Masashi Yano, general manager of Kyocera’s corporate communication system equipment division, said that having been a draft standard since January 2006, the company is gratified that iBurst has finally been approved as an 802.20 standard by theIEEE Standards Association. He said that the company expects to expand the iBurst service area to more and more countries, with this industry standard approval received.
The American National Standards Institute and International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector already have approved Kyocera’s mobile broadband wireless access system, known as “iBurst” or “HC-SDMA,” as a standard, and it has been commercially launched in more than 10 countries.
Company officials say iBurst has high capacity, a quality they say is essential for mobile broadband wireless access services, and that it distributes its high data rates to many mobile PC users.
Operators that use iBurst globally have formed the iBurst Association, a not-for-profit organization that works for the promotion and development of iBurst technology as a preferred MBWA solution, company officials say.
The IEEE Standards Association is engaged in development of global industry standards in a number of industries, including Power and Energy, Transportation, Biomedical and Healthcare, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, and Information Assurance.
The established standards development program by IEEE-SA provides balance, openness, due process, and consensus. IEEE-SA conducts more than 200 standards ballots annually, wherein proposed standards are voted upon for technical reliability and soundness, according to the association. IEEE-SA also develops the standards for intelligent highway systems and vehicular technology, Distributed generation renewable energy and Voting Equipment Electronic Data Interchange. ###
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