IEEE and The WiMAX Forum

IEEE and The WiMAX Forum

The IEEE is a standards body and operates in a purely technical capacity.

IEEE 802.16e-2005 defines the radio interface between the Mobile Station

and the network for BWA. The standard defines only Layer 1 (PHY) and

Layer 2 (MAC). Included in the standard are handoff definitions and descriptions

of mandatory and optional features.

http://www.ieee.org/portal/site

The WiMAX Forum is a non-profit industry body dedicated to promoting the

adoption of the IEEE 802.16 standard. The WiMAX Forum is responsible for

developing the end-to-end, all IP network architecture for WiMAX. The WiMAX

Forum is responsible for interoperability certification of vendor equipment and

operates test labs throughout the world. The WiMAX Forum defines system

profiles that define the feature set to be supported by WiMAX equipment.

http://www.wimaxforum.org/