IEEE Std 802.16™-2004
`(Revision of IEEE Std 802.16-2001)
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`802.16™
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`IEEE Standard for
`Local and metropolitan area networks
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`Part 16: Air Interface for Fixed
`Broadband Wireless Access Systems
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`IEEE Computer Society
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`IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
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`Sponsored by the
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`IEEE Std 802.16™-2004
`(Revision of
`IEEE Std 802.16-2001)
`
`IEEE Standard for
`Local and metropolitan area networks
`Part 16: Air Interface for Fixed
`Broadband Wireless Access Systems
`
`Sponsor
`LAN/MAN Standards Committee
`of the
`IEEE Computer Society
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`and the
`IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
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`Approved 24 June 2004
`IEEE-SA Standards Board
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`Specifications, © Copyright 1999, Cable Television Laboratories.
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`Baseline Privacy Plus Interface Specification, © Copyright 1999, Cable Television Laboratories.
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`Abstract: This standard specifies the air interface of fixed broadband wireless access (BWA)
`systems supporting multimedia services. The medium access control layer (MAC) supports a
`primarily point-to-multipoint architecture, with an optional mesh topology. The MAC is structured
`to support multiple physical layer (PHY) specifications, each suited to a particular operational
`environment. For operational frequencies from 10–66 GHz, the PHY is based on single-carrier
`modulation. For frequencies below 11 GHz, where propagation without a direct line of sight
`must be accommodated, three alternatives are provided, using OFDM, OFDMA, and single-
`carrier modulation. This standard revises and consolidates IEEE Std 802.16-2001, IEEE Std
`802.16a™-2003, and IEEE Std 802.16c™-2002.
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`Keywords: fixed broadband wireless access network, metropolitan area network, microwave,
`millimeter wave, WirelessMAN® standards
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`Introduction
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`(This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 802.16-2004, IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area
`networks—Part 16: Air Interface for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems.)
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`This standard specifies the air interface of fixed broadband wireless access (BWA) systems supporting
`multimedia services. The medium access control layer (MAC) supports a primarily point-to-multipoint
`architecture, with an optional mesh topology. The MAC is structured to support multiple physical layer (PHY)
`specifications, each suited to a particular operational environment. For operational frequencies from 10–66
`GHz, the WirelessMAN-SC PHY, based on single-carrier modulation, is specified. For frequencies below 11
`GHz, where propagation without a direct line of sight must be accommodated, three alternatives are provided:
`WirelessMAN-OFDM (using orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing), WirelessMAN-OFDMA (using
`orthogonal frequency-division multiple access), and WirelessMAN-SCa (using single-carrier modulation).
`This standards revises and consolidates IEEE Standards 802.16-2001, 802.16a-2003, and 802.16c-2002.
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`Participants
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`This document was developed by the IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access, which
`develops the WirelessMAN® Standard for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks.
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`IEEE 802.16 Working Group Officers
`Roger B. Marks, Chair
`Kenneth Stanwood, Vice Chair
`Dean Chang, Secretary
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`Primary development was carried out by the Working Group’s Task Group d:
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`TGd Officers
`Gordon Antonello, Chair
`Itzik Kitroser, Chief Technical Editor
`Robert Nelson, Assistant Editor
`Brian Eidson, SCa PHY Editorial Contributor
`Nico van Waes, Former Chief Technical Editor
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`The following members of the IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access participated in
`the Working Group Letter Ballot in which the draft of this standard was prepared and finalized for IEEE
`Ballot:
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`Aditya Agrawal
`Gordon Antonello
`Reza Arefi
`Eli Avivi
`Dean Chang
`Naftali Chayat
`Rémi Chayer
`Brian Eidson
`Carl Eklund
`Marc Engels
`Avraham Freedman
`G. Jack Garrison
`Marianna Goldhammer
`Zion Hadad
`David Johnston
`Panyuh Joo
`Tal Kaitz
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`Phil Kelly
`Ofer Kelman
`Brian Kiernan
`Itzik Kitroser
`Changhoi Koo
`Jonathan Labs
`Yigal Leiba
`Barry Lewis
`Lingjie Li
`John Liebetreu
`Lars Lindh
`Hui-Ling Lou
`Heinz Lycklama
`Roger B. Marks
`Russell McKown
`Andrew Middleton
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`Ronald Murias
`Robert Nelson
`Kamlesh Rath
`Gene Robinson
`Yossi Segal
`Radu Selea
`James Simkins
`Kenneth Stanwood
`Carl Stevenson
`Shawn Taylor
`Rainer Ullmann
`Nico van Waes
`Eyal Verbin
`Arthur Wang
`Lei Wang
`Stanley Wang
`Vladimir Yanover
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`The following members of the IEEE Balloting Committee voted on this standard. Balloters may have voted
`for approval, disapproval, or abstention.
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`John Adams
`Gordon Antonello
`Eladio Arvelo
`John Barnett
`Dean Chang
`Naftali Chayat
`Aik Chindapol
`Todor Cooklev
`Guru Dutt Dhingra
`Thomas Dineen
`Sourav Dutta
`Brian Eidson
`Avraham Freedman
`Theodore Georgantas
`Andrew Germano
`Mariana Goldhamer
`Zion Hadad
`Andreas Hutter
`Raj Jain
`Tony Jeffree
`David Johnston
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`Tal Kaitz
`Stuart Kerry
`Brian Kiernan
`Itzik Kitroser
`Jonathan Labs
`Yigal Leiba
`Jan-Ray Liao
`Randolph Little
`Gregory Luri
`Roger B. Marks
`Kevin Marquess
`John McKown
`Russell McKown
`Ingolf Meier
`Steve Methley
`George Miao
`Yinghua Min
`Robert R Nelson
`Michael Newman
`Charles Ngethe
`Roger Pandanda
`
`Subbu Ponnuswamy
`Vikram Punj
`Klaus Rapf
`Durga Satapathy
`Yossi Segal
`Neil Shipp
`Gil Shultz
`Yoram Solomon
`Kenneth Stanwood
`Carl Stevenson
`Shawn Taylor
`Scott Valcourt
`Nico van Waes
`Stanley Wang
`Cor van de Water
`Hung-yu Wei
`Vladimir Yanover
`Huanchun Ye
`Oren Yuen
`Surong Zeng
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`When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this standard on 24 June 2004, it had the following
`membership:
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`Don Wright, Chair
`Steve M. Mills, Vice Chair
`Judith Gorman, Secretary
`Raymond Hapeman
`Richard J. Holleman
`Richard H. Hulett
`Lowell G. Johnson
`Joseph L. Koepfinger*
`Hermann Koch
`Thomas J. McGean
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`Daleep C. Mohla
`Paul Nikolich
`T. W. Olsen
`Ronald C. Petersen
`Gary S. Robinson
`Frank Stone
`Malcolm V. Thaden
`Doug Topping
`Joe D. Watson
`
`Chuck Adams
`H. Stephen Berger
`Mark D. Bowman
`Joseph A. Bruder
`Bob Davis
`Roberto de Boisson
`Julian Forster*
`Arnold M. Greenspan
`Mark S. Halpin
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`*Member Emeritus
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`Also included are the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaisons:
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`Satish K. Aggarwal, NRC Representative
`Richard DeBlasio, DOE Representative
`Alan Cookson, NIST Representative
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`Michelle D. Turner
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`CONTENTS
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`1.
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`Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 1
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`1.1 Scope............................................................................................................................................ 1
`1.2 Purpose......................................................................................................................................... 1
`1.3 Frequency bands .......................................................................................................................... 1
`1.3.1
`10–66 GHz licensed bands .............................................................................................. 1
`1.3.2 Frequencies below 11 GHz.............................................................................................. 2
`1.3.3 License-exempt frequencies below 11 GHz (primarily 5–6 GHz) .................................. 2
`1.3.4 Air interface nomenclature and PHY compliance ........................................................... 2
`1.4 Reference model .......................................................................................................................... 3
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`2.
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`3.
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`4.
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`5.
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`References............................................................................................................................................ 5
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`Definitions ........................................................................................................................................... 7
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`Abbreviations and acronyms ............................................................................................................. 13
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`Service-specific CS............................................................................................................................ 17
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`5.2.4
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`5.1 ATM CS..................................................................................................................................... 17
`5.1.1 CS service definition...................................................................................................... 17
`5.1.2 Data/Control plane ......................................................................................................... 17
`5.1.2.1
`PDU formats .................................................................................................. 17
`5.1.2.2 Classification ................................................................................................. 18
`5.1.2.3
`PHS ................................................................................................................ 18
`5.1.2.4
`Signaling procedure ....................................................................................... 19
`5.2 Packet CS ................................................................................................................................... 20
`5.2.1 MAC SDU format.......................................................................................................... 21
`5.2.2 Classification ................................................................................................................. 21
`5.2.3 PHS ................................................................................................................................ 23
`5.2.3.1
`PHS operation ................................................................................................ 23
`5.2.3.2
`PHS signaling ................................................................................................ 26
`IEEE Std 802.3/Ethernet-specific part........................................................................... 27
`5.2.4.1
`IEEE Std 802.3/Ethernet CS PDU format ..................................................... 27
`5.2.4.2
`IEEE Std 802.3/Ethernet CS classifiers......................................................... 27
`IEEE Std 802.1Q-1998 virtual local area network (VLAN) specific part..................... 28
`5.2.5.1
`IEEE Std 802.1Q-1998 VLAN CS PDU format............................................ 28
`5.2.5.2
`IEEE Std 802.1Q-1998 CS classifiers ........................................................... 28
`IP specific part ............................................................................................................... 28
`5.2.6.1
`IP CS PDU format ......................................................................................... 28
`5.2.6.2
`IP classifiers................................................................................................... 29
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`5.2.5
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`5.2.6
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`6.
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`MAC common part sublayer.............................................................................................................. 31
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`6.1 PMP ........................................................................................................................................... 31
`6.2 Mesh........................................................................................................................................... 32
`6.3 Data/Control plane ..................................................................................................................... 33
`6.3.1 Addressing and connections .......................................................................................... 33
`6.3.1.1
`PMP ............................................................................................................... 33
`6.3.1.2 Mesh............................................................................................................... 34
`6.3.2 MAC PDU formats ........................................................................................................ 35
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`6.3.2.1 MAC header formats ..................................................................................... 35
`6.3.2.2 MAC subheaders and special payloads ......................................................... 39
`6.3.2.3 MAC Management messages ........................................................................ 42
`6.3.3 Construction and transmission of MAC PDUs............................................................ 121
`6.3.3.1 Conventions ................................................................................................. 121
`6.3.3.2 Concatenation .............................................................................................. 123
`6.3.3.3
`Fragmentation .............................................................................................. 123
`6.3.3.4
`Packing......................................................................................................... 124
`6.3.3.5 CRC calculation ........................................................................................... 127
`6.3.3.6
`Encryption of MAC PDUs........................................................................... 127
`6.3.3.7
`Padding ........................................................................................................ 128
`6.3.4 ARQ mechanism.......................................................................................................... 128
`6.3.4.1 ARQ Block Usage ....................................................................................... 128
`6.3.4.2 ARQ Feedback IE format ............................................................................ 130
`6.3.4.3 ARQ parameters .......................................................................................... 132
`6.3.4.4 ARQ procedures .......................................................................................... 132
`6.3.4.5 ARQ-enabled connection setup and negotiation ......................................... 133
`6.3.4.6 ARQ operation............................................................................................. 133
`6.3.5 Scheduling services...................................................................................................... 138
`6.3.5.1 Outbound transmission scheduling .............................................................. 139
`6.3.5.2 Uplink request/grant scheduling .................................................................. 139
`6.3.6 Bandwidth allocation and request mechanisms ........................................................... 141
`6.3.6.1 Requests ....................................................................................................... 141
`6.3.6.2 Grants........................................................................................................... 142
`6.3.6.3
`Polling.......................................................................................................... 142
`6.3.6.4 Contention-based focused Bandwidth Requests for WirelessMAN-
`OFDM.......................................................................................................... 147
`6.3.6.5 Contention-based CDMA Bandwidth Requests for WirelessMAN-
`OFDMA ....................................................................................................... 147
`6.3.6.6 Optional Mesh topology support ................................................................. 148
`6.3.7 MAC support of PHY .................................................................................................. 151
`6.3.7.1
`FDD ............................................................................................................. 151
`6.3.7.2
`TDD ............................................................................................................. 152
`6.3.7.3 DL-MAP ...................................................................................................... 152
`6.3.7.4 UL-MAP ...................................................................................................... 152
`6.3.7.5 Map relevance and synchronization ............................................................ 154
`6.3.7.6 Optional MAC AAS Support of WirelessMAN-SCa, OFDM, and
`OFDMA ....................................................................................................... 162
`6.3.8 Contention resolution................................................................................................... 165
`6.3.8.1
`Transmission opportunities.......................................................................... 167
`6.3.9 Network entry and initialization .................................................................................. 167
`6.3.9.1
`Scanning and synchronization to the downlink ........................................... 169
`6.3.9.2 Obtain downlink parameters........................................................................ 169
`6.3.9.3 Obtain uplink parameters............................................................................. 171
`6.3.9.4 Message flows during scanning and uplink parameter acquisition ............. 173
`6.3.9.5
`Initial ranging and automatic adjustments ................................................... 174
`6.3.9.6 Ranging parameter adjustment .................................................................... 178
`6.3.9.7 Negotiate basic capabilities ......................................................................... 182
`6.3.9.8
`SS authorization and key exchange ............................................................. 184
`6.3.9.9 Registration.................................................................................................. 184
`6.3.9.10 Establish IP connectivity ............................................................................. 187
`6.3.9.11 Establish time of day.................................................................................... 187
`6.3.9.12 Transfer operational parameters .................................................................. 188
`6.3.9.13 Establish provisioned connections............................................................... 190
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`6.3.9.14 Network Entry and synchronization in Mesh mode .................................... 190
`6.3.10 Ranging ........................................................................................................................ 199
`6.3.10.1 Downlink burst profile management ........................................................... 199
`6.3.10.2 Uplink periodic ranging ............................................................................... 202
`6.3.10.3 OFDMA-based ranging ............................................................................... 204
`6.3.11 Update of channel descriptors...................................................................................... 213
`6.3.12 Assigning SSs to multicast groups............................................................................... 215
`6.3.13 Establishment of multicast connections....................................................................... 218
`6.3.14 QoS .............................................................................................................................. 218
`6.3.14.1 Theory of operation ..................................................................................... 218
`6.3.14.2 Service flows................................................................................................ 219
`6.3.14.3 Object model................................................................................................ 221
`6.3.14.4 Service classes ............................................................................................. 222
`6.3.14.5 Authorization ............................................................................................... 222
`6.3.14.6 Types of service flows ................................................................................. 223
`6.3.14.7 Service Flow Creation ................................................................................. 224
`6.3.14.8 Dynamic service flow modification and deletion ........................................ 226
`6.3.14.9 Service flow management............................................................................ 226
`6.3.15 DFS for license-exempt operation ............................................................................... 263
`6.3.15.1 Introduction.................................................................................................. 263
`6.3.15.2 Testing channels for primary users .............................................................. 263
`6.3.15.3 Discontinuing operations after detecting primary users .............................. 264
`6.3.15.4 Detecting primary users ............................................................................... 264
`6.3.15.5 Scheduling for channel testing..................................................................... 264
`6.3.15.6 Requesting and reporting of measurements................................................. 264
`6.3.15.7 Selecting and advertising a new channel ..................................................... 265
`6.3.16 MAC Management message tunneling in Mesh Mode ............................................... 265
`6.3.17 MAC support for H-ARQ ............................................................................................ 266
`6.3.17.1 Subpacket generation................................................................................... 268
`6.3.17.2 DL/UL ACK/NAK signaling....................................................................... 268
`6.3.17.3 H-ARQ parameter signaling ........................................................................ 268
`6.3.17.4 CQICH Operations ...................................................................................... 268
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`7.
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`Security sublayer.............................................................................................................................. 271
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`7.1 Architecture ............................................................................................................................. 271
`7.1.1 Packet data encryption ................................................................................................. 271
`7.1.2 Key management protocol ........................................................................................... 271
`7.1.3 Security Associations................................................................................................... 272
`7.1.4 Mapping of connections to SAs................................................................................... 273
`7.1.5 Cryptographic Suite ..................................................................................................... 273
`7.2 PKM protocol .......................................................................................................................... 273
`7.2.1 SS authorization and AK exchange overview ......