Wimax Forum

Marketing & Member Services: Tradeshows - through the WiMAX Forum congress event series of global tradeshows and events, the WiMAX Forum is committed to furthering education, training and collaboration to expand the reach of the WiMAX Ecosystem. For more information, visit the tradeshow link at www.wimaxforum.org - WiMAX Forum Certified Program - the ultimate goal of the WiMAX Forum is to promote and accelerate the introduction of cost-effective broadband wireless access services into the marketplace. Standards-based, interoperable solutions enable economies of scale that in turn drive price and performance levels unachievable by proprietary approaches, making WiMAX Forum Certified Products the most competitive at delivering broadband services on a wide scale.

Events: the WiMAX Forum hosts 3-4 Face-to-Face events each year. These are for members to come together in the various work groups and work on previously set goals. The WiMAX Board also conducts its meetings at most of these events. Members all pay a fee to attend these events.

Certification & Work Groups: Regulatory Working Group - to promote worldwide access to spectrum Fit for Purpose for WiMAX Forum Certified Systems with sufficient harmonization of frequency ranges to facilitate significant economies of scale. To encourage adoption of appropriate regulatory frameworks based on principles of Technology and Service Neutrality allowing service providers to deploy the most appropriate solutions for their markets. To achieve these goals, the Regulatory Working Group is the central authority within the WiMAX Forum on spectrum and regulatory matters. Certification Working Group - the Certification Working Group manages the WiMAX Forum Certified program through the selection and oversight of certification test labs, the evaluation of testing options and the integration of key technical working group system profiles, pics, and TSS & TP deliverables to ensure that products are certified under the highest ethical and technical standards. Global Roaming Working Group - assure availability of global roaming service for WiMAX Networks in a timely manner as demanded by the marketplace. Network Working Group - create End-to-End networking specifications for fixed, nomadic, portable and mobile WiMAX systems, beyond what is defined in the scope of IEEE 802.16 The specifications shall be based on harmonized requirements from the Service Provider Working Group. Service Provider Working Group SPWG - it provides coordinated input from Service Providers to other Working Groups and the WiMAX Forum Board. Participation is open to all WiMAX Forum members. The SPWG is the single source for coordinated recommendations and requirements that drive the network and air interface specifications for WiMAX Networks and products. Technical Working Group TWG - the TWG's charter is to develop technical specifications for the WiMAX Forum Certification program which enable interoperability and conformance testing of products based on the IEEE 802.16 OFDMA MAC/PHY as driven by WiMAX Forum SPWG requirements. Smart Grid Working Group SGWG - the SGWG acts as a focal point for utility interest in WiMAX as a technology for Smart Grid applications, and will promote WiMAX as the premiere technology for Smart Grid applications on a global basis. The group's focus is to define utility requirements and technology profiles that drive the network and air interface specifications and certification for WiMAX networks and products to ensure the development of a healthy Ecosystem of interoperable Smart Grid centric product solutions. This provides a formal method for the utility industry to communicate with the marketing working group, technical working groups and WiMAX Forum Board of Directors.