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IEEE 802.20

IEEE 802.20orMobile Broadband Wireless Access(MBWA) was a specification by thestandard associationof theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE) formobile broadbandnetworks. The main standard was published in 2008.[1]MBWA is no longer being actively developed.

IEEE 802.20
InventorArrayComm
Current supplierKyocera
An iBurst desktopwireless modemby Kyocera in 2008 for IEEE 802.20 which provides anEthernetinterface

Thiswireless broadbandtechnology is also known and promoted asiBurst(orHC-SDMA,High Capacity Spatial Division Multiple Access). It was originally developed byArrayCommand optimizes the use of itsbandwidthwith the help of smart antennas.Kyocerais themanufacturerof iBurst devices.

Description

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iBurst is a mobile broadband wireless access system that was first developed by ArrayComm, and announced with partnerSonyin April 2000.[2] It was adopted as the High Capacity – Spatial Division Multiple Access (HC-SDMA) radio interface standard (ATIS-0700004-2005) by theAlliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions(ATIS). The standard was prepared by ATIS’ Wireless Technology and Systems Committee's Wireless Wideband Internet Access subcommittee and accepted as an American National Standard in 2005.[3]

HC-SDMA was announced as considered byISOTC204 WG16 for the continuous communications standards architecture, known asCommunications, Air-interface, Long and Medium range(CALM), which ISO is developing forintelligent transport systems(ITS). ITS may include applications forpublic safety,network congestionmanagement during traffic incidents, automatic toll booths, and more. An official liaison was established between WTSC and ISO TC204 WG16 for this in 2005.[3]

The HC-SDMA interface provides wide-area broadband wireless data-connectivity for fixed, portable and mobile computing devices and appliances. The protocol is designed to be implemented withsmart antennaarray techniques (calledMIMOfor multiple-input multiple-output) to substantially improve theradio frequency(RF) coverage, capacity and performance for the system.[4] In January 2006, the IEEE 802.20 Mobile Broadband Wireless Access Working Group adopted a technology proposal that included the use of the HC-SDMA standard for the 625kHzMulti-Carriertime-division duplex(TDD) mode of the standard. One Canadian vendor operates at 1.8 GHz.

Technical description

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The HC-SDMA interface operates on a similar premise ascellular phones,with hand-offs between HC-SDMA cells repeatedly providing the user with a seamless wirelessInternet accesseven when moving at the speed of a car or train.

The standard's proposed benefits:

  • IP roaming & handoff (at more than 1 Mbit/s)
  • New MAC and PHY with IP and adaptive antennas
  • Optimized for full mobility up to vehicular speeds of 250 km/h
  • Operates in Licensed Bands (below 3.5 GHz)
  • Uses Packet Architecture
  • Low Latency

Some technical details were:

  • Bandwidths of 5, 10, and 20 MHz.
  • Peak data rates of 80 Mbit/s.
  • Spectral efficiency above 1 bit/sec/Hz usingmultiple input/multiple output technology(MIMO).
  • Layered frequency hopping allocates OFDM carriers to near, middle, and far-away handsets, improving SNR (works best for SISO handsets.)
  • Supports low-bit rates efficiently, carrying up to 100 phone calls per MHz.
  • Hybrid ARQ with up to 6 transmissions and several choices for interleaving.
  • Basic slot period of 913 microseconds carrying 8 OFDM symbols.
  • One of the first standards to support both TDM (FL, RL) and separate-frequency (FL, RL) deployments.

The protocol:

  • specifies base station and client device RF characteristics, including output power levels, transmit frequencies and timing error,pulse shaping,in-band and out-of band spurious emissions, receiver sensitivity and selectivity;
  • defines associated frame structures for the various burst types including standard uplink and downlink traffic, paging and broadcast burst types;
  • specifies the modulation, forward error correction, interleaving and scrambling for various burst types;
  • describes the various logical channels (broadcast, paging, random access, configuration and traffic channels) and their roles in establishing communication over the radio link; and
  • specifies procedures for error recovery and retry.

The protocol also supportsLayer 3(L3) mechanisms for creating and controlling logical connections (sessions) between client device and base including registration, stream start, power control, handover, link adaptation, and stream closure, as well as L3 mechanisms for client device authentication andsecure transmissionon the data links. Currently deployed iBurst systems allow connectivity up to 2 Mbit/s for each subscriber equipment. Apparently there will be future firmware upgrade possibilities to increase these speeds up to 5 Mbit/s, consistent with HC-SDMA protocol.[citation needed]

History

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The 802.20 working group was proposed in response to products using technology originally developed byArrayCommmarketed under theiBurstbrand name. TheAlliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutionsadopted iBurst as ATIS-0700004-2005.[5][3] The Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA) Working Group was approved byIEEEStandards Board on December 11, 2002, to prepare a formal specification for a packet-based air interface designed forInternet Protocol-based services. At its height, the group had 175 participants.[6]

On June 8, 2006, the IEEE-SA Standards Board directed that all activities of the 802.20 Working Group be temporarily suspended until October 1, 2006.[7] The decision came from complaints of a lack of transparency, and that the group's chair, Jerry Upton, was favoringQualcomm.[8] The unprecedented step came after other working groups had also been subject to related allegations of large companies undermining the standard process.[9] IntelandMotorolahad filed appeals, claiming they were not given time to prepare proposals. These claims were cited in a 2007 lawsuit filed byBroadcomagainst Qualcomm.[10]

On September 15, 2006, the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved a plan to enable the working group to move towards completion and approval by reorganizing.[11] The chair at the November 2006 meeting was Arnold Greenspan.[12] On July 17, 2007, the IEEE 802 Executive Committee along with its 802.20 Oversight Committee approved a change to voting in the 802.20 working group. Instead of a vote per attending individual, each entity would have a single vote.[13][14]

On June 12, 2008, the IEEE approved the base standard to be published.[1] Additional supporting standards included IEEE 802.20.2-2010, a protocol conformance statement, 802.20.3-2010, minimum performance characteristics, an amendment 802.20a-2010 for aManagement Information Baseand some corrections, and amendment 802.20b-2010 to supportbridging.[15]

802.20 standard was put to hibernation in March 2011 due to lack of activity.[citation needed]

In 2004 another wireless standard group had been formed asIEEE 802.22,for wireless regional networks using unused television station frequencies.[16] Trials such as those in the Netherlands byT-MobileInternational in 2004 were announced as "Pre-standard 802.20". These were based on anorthogonal frequency-division multiplexingtechnology known as FLASH-OFDM developed by Flarion[17](since 2006 owned by Qualcomm). However, other service providers soon adopted 802.16e (the mobile version of WiMAX).[18]

In September 2008, theAssociation of Radio Industries and BusinessesinJapanadopted the 802.20-2008 standard as ARIB STD-T97. Kyoceramarkets products supporting the standard under the iBurst name. As of March 2011,Kyocera claimed 15 operators offered service in 12 countries.[5]

Commercial use

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Various options are already commercially available using:

  • Desktop modem withUSBand Ethernet ports (with external power supply)
  • PortableUSBmodem (using USB power supply)
  • Laptop modem (PC card)
  • Wireless Residential Gateway
  • Mobile Broadband Router

iBurst was commercially available in twelve countries in 2011 includingAzerbaijan,Lebanon,andUnited States.[5][19][20]

iBurst (Pty) Ltd started operation inSouth Africain 2005.[21]

iBurst Africa International provided the service inGhanain 2007, and then later inMozambique,Democratic Republic of the CongoandKenya.[22]

MoBif Wireless Broadband Sdn Bhd, started service inMalaysiain 2007, changing its name to iZZinet.[23]The provider ceased operations in March 2011.

InAustralia,Veritel and Personal Broadband Australia (a subsidiary of Commander Australia Limited), offered iBurst services however both have since been shut down after the increase of 3.5G and 4G mobile data services.BigAiracquired Veritel's iBurst customers in 2006,[24]and shut down the service in 2009.[25] Personal Broadband Australia's iBurst service was shut down in December 2008.

iBurstSouth Africaofficially shut down on August 31, 2017.[26]Users were given a choice to keep their @iburst.co.za or @wbs.co.za. iBurst still keeps support staff available, however this is also expected to be shut down by the end of 2017 (no information about support remaining for the email addresses from iBurst has been given).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ab"IEEE Approves Standard for Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA)".News release.IEEE Standards Association. June 12, 2008. Archived fromthe originalon June 20, 2008.RetrievedAugust 19,2011.
  2. ^Geneva Sapp (May 1, 2000)."The Wireless Advantage".Computerworld.RetrievedAugust 21,2011.
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  5. ^abcRadhakrishna Canchi (March 11, 2011)."Mobile Broadband Wireless Access Systems Supporting Vehicular Mobility"(PDF).RetrievedAugust 21,2011.
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  9. ^Loring Wirbel (June 26, 2006)."Voting exposes cracks in IEEE process".EE Times.RetrievedAugust 19,2011.
  10. ^Loring Wirbel (April 13, 2007)."Broadcom cites Qualcomm's standards moves in new lawsuit".EE Times.RetrievedAugust 19,2011.
  11. ^"IEEE-SA Adopts Plan to Move 802.20 Broadband Wireless Standard Forward".News release.IEEE Standards Association. Archived fromthe originalon December 10, 2008.RetrievedAugust 19,2011.
  12. ^Yvette Ho Sang (November 12–17, 2006). "Draft Meeting Minutes, 802.20 Plenary Meeting - Session #21, Dallas, Texas, USA".{{cite web}}:Missing or empty|url=(help)
  13. ^Loring Wirbel (July 18, 2007)."IEEE adopts 'one entity, one vote' for 802.20 mobile broadband".EE Times.RetrievedAugust 21,2011.
  14. ^Stephen Lawson (July 22, 2007)."Wireless Standards Group Changes Rules for Parity".PC World.Archived fromthe originalon January 31, 2013.RetrievedAugust 21,2011.
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  16. ^"IEEE Starts Standard to Tap Open Regions in the TV Spectrum for Wireless Broadband Services".News release.IEEE Standards Association. October 12, 2004. Archived fromthe originalon February 7, 2009.RetrievedAugust 19,2011.
  17. ^Mobile Pipeline News (September 8, 2004)."Pre-standard 802.20 broadband trial starts in Holland".EE Times.RetrievedAugust 19,2011.
  18. ^Patrick Mannion (April 15, 2004)."Navini dumps 802.20 mobile broadband for WiMax".EE Times.RetrievedAugust 19,2011.
  19. ^"iBurst in Azerbaijan".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-30.Retrieved2016-03-27.
  20. ^iBurst in LebanonArchived2016-03-23 at theWayback Machine
  21. ^"About iBurst: The iBurst way".Provider web site.Archived fromthe originalon September 2, 2011.RetrievedAugust 21,2011.
  22. ^"iBurst Africa: Wireless Internet Service Provider (ISP) in DRC".Provider web site.RetrievedAugust 21,2011.
  23. ^Rudolph Muller."iBurst now available in Malaysia".MyBroadband.South Africa.RetrievedAugust 21,2011.
  24. ^"BigAir acquires iBurst customers".Computerworld.June 8, 2006.RetrievedAugust 21,2011.
  25. ^Tim Lohman (March 16, 2010)."BigAir touts wireless market opportunities".Computerworld.RetrievedAugust 21,2011.
  26. ^"RIP iBurst".MyBroadband.August 31, 2017.RetrievedMay 3,2018.
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