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An overview of the standardisation in the area of the broadband fixed wireless access

Un Aperçu de la Normalisation dans le Domaine de L’accès Hertzien fixe à Large Bande

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The broadband fixed wireless access systems will be subject to an increasing development during the next years; these systems will allow to offer the subscriber a full set of services, from the conventional narrow band applications up to the emergent broadband services like Internet access, or leased lines. This rapid growth has carried several initiatives in the telecommunications standardisation bodies, like ETSI in Europe, IEEE in North America, or ITU at international level. These initiatives resulted in the creation of ad hoc groups, for instance the BRAN/Hiperaccess project of ETSI, the IEEE 802.16, or the jrg 8A-9B in ITU standards resulting from this activity are expected in 2000/2001. In parallel to this standardisation activity it appeared necessary to designate, or at least to recommend, dedicated frequency bands for fixed wireless access (fwa) or multimedia wireless systems (mws) applications. In order to satisfy this need the regulation authorities, especially the CEPT in Europe, are preparing decisions and recommendations which are expected to favour a certain level of harmonisation in the use of the spectrum by fwa or mws systems.

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Les systèmes d’accès hertzien fixe à large bande sont appelés à connaître un développement croissant dans les prochaines années; ils permettront d’offrir à l’abonné une gamme complète de services, depuis les applications classiques à bande étroite jusqu ’aux services émergents à large bande, tels que l’accès à Internet, et les lignes louées. Cette croissance rapide a suscité de nombreuses initiatives dans les organismes de normalisation dédiés aux télécommunications, en particulier I’etsi en Europe, les IEEE en Amérique du Nord et l’iut au niveau international. Ces initiatives ont abouti à la création de Groupes ad hoc, par exemple le projet BRAN/Hiperaccess à I’etsi, le projet ieee 802.16, et à l’uit, le gmr 8A-9B. Cette activité devrait déboucher sur la production de normes en 2000/2001. En parallèle à cette activité de normalisation, le besoin de désigner, ou au moins de recommander, des bandes de fréquence pour l’accès fixe radio et les systèmes multimédias sans fil, est apparu clairement. En réponse à ce besoin, les autorités de réglementation, en particulier la cept au niveau européen, préparent les décisions et recommendations qui devraient favoriser une certaine harmonisation des bandes de fréquence utilisées par ces applications.

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Bonin, JP. An overview of the standardisation in the area of the broadband fixed wireless access. Ann. Télécommun. 54, 490–496 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02996391

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