WiMAX Forum is industry wide body involved in promoting 802.16 technologies.
WiMAX Forum has also proposed various "system profiles" for interoperatability and certification purposes. These systems profiles mention applicability of various MAC features, values of PHY parameters etc. Refer Mobility profile document for details.
Forum has various working groups taking care of interfacing with IEEE, detailing profiles/certification requirements, network specifications etc. Refer Policy documents for details.
WiMAX Forum has proposed a network architecture wherein Base Stations are connected to a Gateway. These gateways can be connected to multiple networks (typically provided by operator) or can directly interwork with Internet. Operator can have multiple connected networks. Please refer WiMAX Network architecture document for details.
All above documents are open to all, but marked proprietary and so not detailed here.
This complete the overview of WiMAX. Planning to put more articles on MAC procedures, but it may take a while.
References: Fundamentals of WiMAX by Andrews, Ghosh, and Muhamed, WiMAX forum web site, WiMAX Network architecture, WiMAX Mobility profile document, WiMAX Policy documents.
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