IEEE 802.16 Published Standards and Drafts

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Drafts Under Development

P802.16Rev3 Project: Revision of IEEE Std 802.16, including P802.16h, P802.16j, and P802.16m (but excluding the WirelessMAN-Advanced radio interface, which is to be moved to a standalone standard).
project approved 2011-05-17; expires 2015-12-31
P802.16p Project (Amendment to P802.16Rev3): Enhancements to Support Machine-to-Machine Applications
project approved 2010-09-30; expires 2014-12-31

P802.16.1 Project: New Standalone version of WirelessMAN-Advanced radio interface
project approved 2011-06-16; expires 2015-12-31
P802.16.1b Project (Amendment to P802.16.1): Enhancements to Support Machine-to-Machine Applications
project approved 2011-12-07; expires 2015-12-31

Projects in Pre-Draft Stage

P802.16n Project: Higher Reliability Networks (assigned to GRIDMAN Task Group)

project approved 2010-06-17; expires 2014-12-31

P802.16.1a Project (Amendment to P802.16.1): Higher Reliability Networks

project approved 2011-12-07; expires 2015-12-31

Active Standards

• IEEE Std 802.16-2009, as amended by
  • IEEE Std 802.16j-2009 (amendment to IEEE 802.16-2009)
  • IEEE Std 802.16h-2010 (amendment to IEEE 802.16-2009)
  • IEEE Std 802.16m-2011 (amendment to IEEE 802.16-2009)
• IEEE Std 802.16.2-2004 (Reaffirmed for five years, 2010-03-25)
• IEEE Std 802.16/Conformance04-2006
• IEEE Std 802.16k-2007

Superceded Standards

• IEEE Std 802.16-2004, as amended by
  • IEEE Std 802.16g-2007 (amendment to IEEE 802.16)
  • IEEE Std 802.16f-2005 (amendment to IEEE 802.16)
  • IEEE Std 802.16e-2005 (amendment to IEEE 802.16)
  • IEEE Std 802.16-2004/Cor1-2005 (corridendum to IEEE 802.16, published along with IEEE 802.16e-2005)
• IEEE Std 802.16-2001 , as amended by
  • IEEE Std 802.16a-2003
  • IEEE Std 802.16c-2002
• IEEE Std 802.16.2-2001

Standards administratively withdrawn after five-year lifespan

• IEEE Std 802.16/Conformance01-2003 (withdrawn 2009-01-26)
• IEEE Std 802.16/Conformance02-2003 (withdrawn 2009-01-26)
• IEEE Std 802.16/Conformance03-2004 (withdrawn 2010-01-09)

Projects Terminated prior to Completion

• IEEE Draft P802.16d
• IEEE Draft P802.16-2004/Cor2
• IEEE Draft P802.16i

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