Issued by: Teleconformity
Number: TCMY-026
Publication date: 2011-03-11
Author: CEO

Broadband Wireless Access (BWA), background & Technology

Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) technologies provide broadband data access by wireless means to consumer and business markets. The most common example of BWA is Wireless LAN, but efforts are intensively continuing to deliver ubiquitous broadband network access by deploying adequate radio technologies like Metropolitan Area Networks, 3G and Wireless LAN which can even be combined in one single device to ensure seamless operation. Broadband Wireless Access is also an attractive option to Operators in areas that do not have a wired access network available. Savings in speed of deployment and in installation costs will ensure that interest in BWA Standards continues.

Within ETSI, the BRAN, ERM and ATTM communities are active in developing and enhancing BWA, whereas the 3GPP, DECT and RT comminities also work on specifications.

HiperMAN standards published by ETSI (Europe):

TS 102 177: Physical (PHY) layer
TS 102 178: Data Link Control (DLC) layer
TS 102 385: Conformance Testing for WiMAX/HiperMAN 1.2.1
TS 102 545: Conformance Testing for WiMAX/HiperMAN 1.3.1
TS 102 624: Conformance Testing for the Network layer of the HiperMAN/WIMAX terminal devices

Regulatory standards published by ETSI (Europe):

EN 300 328: 2.4 GHz (ISM) wideband (modulated) data transmission systems (HS, R&TTE article 3.2)
EN 302 544 series: 2.5~2.69 GHz Broadband Data Transmission Systems
EN 302 623: 3.4~3.8 GHz Broadband Wireless Access Systems
EN 301 893: 5 GHz high performance RLAN (HS, R&TTE article 3.2)
TR 102 439: Test Report Template for testing to EN 301 893 V1.3.1 (R&TTE)
EN 302 502: 5.8 GHz fixed broadband data transmitting systems (HS, R&TTE article 3.2)
EN 302 567: 60 GHz Multiple-Gigabit WAS/RLAN Systems
EN 302 217 series: Fixed Radio Systems, Characteristics & requirements for P2P equipment & antennas
EN 302 326 series: Fixed Radio Systems, Multipoint Equipment and Antennas

Other Regulatory Standards to be used in conjunction (Europe):

EN 301 489-X Series: EMI/EMC
EN 50371, EN 62311, etc.: EMF/Health
EN 60950-1: Safety

Miscellaneous articles about Broadband published by Telconformity:

Major organizations/groups working on/with BWA:

• HiperMAN/WiMAX Testing
• WiMAX Forum
• WiFi Alliance
• DECT Forum
• UMTS Forum
• Plugtest
• MMAC Forum
• ITU-T SG15 - ETSI BRAN Liaison Statements
• ITU-R F.1399-1 - Vocabulary of terms for wireless Access
• Wiki BWA
• IEEE Wireless MAN (Working Group on BWA Standards)
• Wireless Broadband Allicance

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