ANSI, U.S. standard body, approved iBurst as standard.

8 November, 2005

The iBurst, the wireless broadband system, was approved as the new standard for the WWINA (Wireless Wideband Internet Access) at the ANSI (American National Standards Institute) on September 14, 2005.

The iBurst was defined as “HC-SDMA” (High Capacity Spatial Division Multiple Access) at the ANSI. The iBurst was adopted as a standard technology in the U.S., a country of leading communication technologies. We hope this will drive further global adoption of the iBurst at the ISO/TC204/WG16, standardization for ITS wide area communication technology, currently being in discussion, and some international standardizations, such as ITU and IEEE802.20 where high level of performances, e.g., high mobility and high spectrum reuse, will be required.

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ANSI is a leading and independent standardization body in the U.S., and was founded in 1918 for unification and standardization of various standards in industrial fields. The major role is to discuss and approve standards set at various groups in the U.S. Also, this organization represents the U.S. at the ISO (International Organization for Standardization), IEC (International Electro-technical Commission), and other standard bodies.