IEEE Forms IEEE 802.16 Gridman Study Group To Explore Amendment Of IEEE 802.16 Standard

Study group targets WirelessMAN enhancements for Smart Grid and other applications

Piscataway, NJ - The IEEE has formed a new study group to investigate synergies among IEEE 802.16 wireless metropolitan area network technologies aimed at Smart Grid, public safety, avionics, airport surface communication, and surveillance applications.

The new "Greater Reliability In Disrupted Metropolitan Area Networks" (GRIDMAN) Study Group will endeavor to develop a project authorization request (PAR) and supporting material for approval by IEEE 802 at the March 2010 IEEE 802 session. The work follows previous work done in an IEEE 802.16 ad hoc committee on "Network Robustness and Reliability" (NRR).

The first meeting of the new study group will take place at IEEE 802.16's Session #65 in San Diego, CA, USA. For more details on the group, please contact 802.16 WG Chair Roger Marks at r.b.marks@ieee.org or Study Group Chair Mat Sherman at matthew.sherman@baesystems.com.

About IEEE 802
The IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee develops LAN and metropolitan area network (MAN) standards. The most widely used standards are for the Ethernet family, Token Ring, Wireless LAN, Wireless PAN, Wireless MAN, Bridging and Virtual Bridged LANs. An individual working group provides the focus for each area. Decisions by the IEEE 802 task groups and working groups will shape communications for years to come. For more information about the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee, see http:// ieee802.org.

SOURCE: IEEE