The assembly also said that WiMax-derived technology is in the framework of the International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 (IMT-2000) set of standards.
IMT-2000 is an initiative of ITU for a service that will provide radio access to the global telecommunications.
This approval paves the way for the deployment of a range of voice, data, and multimedia services to both stationary and mobile devices, just as it significantly opened the door to mobile Internet, catering to demand in both urban and rural markets.
At the meeting, the RA-07 formally recognized technology derived from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE 802.16) standards by incorporating it as the sixth terrestrial IMT-2000 radio interface.
Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau, Valery Timofeev, noted that this is the first addition to IMT-2000 since the original five were adopted years ago as part of the Third Generation (3G) radio standards being used globally and significantly pushes the technological envelope of IMT-2000 capabilities.
He also said that IMT-2000 is a global standard defined by ITU in a set of interdependent ITU recommendations, which include the specifications for the radio interfaces of advanced wireless communications systems such as 3G mobile.
An initial application for the IMT-2000 advanced standard, he said, was made at the ITU-R WP8F meeting in Kobe, Japan, in January this year, adding that the adoption of the latest radio interface was the culmination of tireless effort among administrations, industry and ITU experts.
“It gives me great satisfaction to observe that the ITU Radiocommunication Sector continues to be responsive to the most pressing needs of the wireless industry in the deployment of innovative technological solutions,” said Timofeev said.
The director equally said that the successful approval of the two new resolutions and four draft recommendations dealing with IMT technologies represents a pinnacle in the recent technical achievements of the sector.
Speaking on this, President, WiMAX Forum, Mr. Ron Resnick, said, the WiMAX technology currently has the potential to reach 2.7 billion people, stressing that this announcement expands the reach to a significantly larger global population.
The new technology will facilitate delivery of broadband wireless services at lower cost and include multiple wireless broadband Internet services, including VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol).
The specific terminology of the IEEE 802.16 standard in ITU-R M.1457 recommendation is ‘IMT-2000 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) is a multi-user version of the popular OFDM digital modulation scheme aligned to Time Division Duplexing (TDD) and Wireless Metropolitan Area Network WMAN.’
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