WiMAX Forum Working Groups
Listed below are the Working Groups of WiMAX Forum. To see the organizational chart and charter of each working group, click on the links below.
Application Working Group (AWG)
Chairs: Tom Tofigh, AT&T
Define applications over WiMAX that are necessary to meet core competitive offerings and that are uniquely enhanced by WiMAX. AWG Organizational chart and charter...
Certification Working Group (CWG)
Chairs: Alan Ewing, Nokia;
Ed Agis, Intel
Handles the operational aspects of the WiMAX Forum Certified program. CWG Organizational chart and charter...
Evolutionary Technical Working Group (ETWG)
Chair: Robert Speidel, M/A-COM, Inc.
Maintains existing OFDM profiles, develops additional fixed OFDM profiles, and develops technical specifications for the evolution of the WiMAX Forum's OFDM based networks from fixed to nomadic to portable, to mobile. ETWG Organizational chart and charter...
Global Roaming Working Group (GRWG)
Chair: Hyung Kim, KT
Assures the availability of global roaming service for WiMAX networks in a timely manner as demanded by the marketplace. GRWG Organizational chart and charter...
Marketing Working Group (MWG)
Chair: Mohammad Shakouri, Alvarion
Promotes the WiMAX Forum, its brands and the standards which form the basis for worldwide interoperability of BWA systems. MWG Organizational chart and charter...
Network Working Group (NWG)
Chair: Prakash Iyer, Intel
Creates higher level networking specifications for fixed, nomadic, portable and mobile WiMAX systems, beyond what is defined in the scope of 802.16. NWG Organizational chart and charter...
Regulatory Working Group (RWG)
Chair: Tim Hewitt, BT
Influences worldwide regulatory agencies to promote WiMAX-friendly, globally harmonized spectrum allocations. RWG Organizational chart and charter...
Service Provider Working Group (SPWG)
Chair:
NK Shankar, AT&T
Gives service providers a platform for influencing BWA product and spectrum requirements to ensure that their individual market needs are fulfilled. SPWG Organizational chart and charter...
Technical Working Group (TWG)
Chairs: Wonil Roh, Samsung; Vladimir Yanover, Alvarion
The main goal of the TWG is to develop technical product specifications and certification test suites for the air interface based on the OFDMA PHY, complementary to the IEEE 802.16 standards, primarily for the purpose of interoperability and certification of Mobile Stations, Subscriber Stations and Base Stations conforming to the IEEE 802.16 standards.TWG Organizational chart and charter...