TelesciCOM's Advanced Block Turbo Coding Scheme incorporated in IEEE 802.16.1 standard

The IEEE 802.16.1 Task group 1 - has accepted the advanced Block Turbo Coding (BTC) schemes, proposed by several companies led by TelesciCOM (Tel Aviv, Israel), for inclusion in the "Air Interface for the Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Standard". The BTC was accepted as an optional mode and a key ingredient of the advanced Physical layer.

Excerpt from Session #8 of the IEEE 802.16, La Jolla, CA, July 13, 2000: "The Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access, Task Group 1 (responsible for the development of the Air Interface for the LMDS Standard) accepted, as an optional mode, amendments to the PHY layer specifications. This included the Block Turbo Coding (BTC) schemes proposed by TelesciCOM."

The working group accepted a revised PHY 802.16.1-00/01r1 after considering several proposals on Forward Error Correction and a proposed major edit (802.16.1pc-00/38) of the previous draft; the changes were described in 802.16.1pc-00/42. The IEEE802.16.1 is the first international standard to adopt this powerful BTC technology as error control coding for its burst mode.

The formulation of the IEEE 802.16.1 air interface standard is rapidly approaching finality. Once complete this is expected to be widely accepted as the standard international reference for the air interface for fixed BWA systems.

TelesciCOM CEO Avi Nudler said. "We consider it to be a privilege to have contributed advanced Forward Error Correction technology that will assist in promoting BWA systems in the context of the excellent work being done by the IEEE.802.16. The fact that BTC technology gained acceptance indicates its future role in the development of BWA communications systems."

Edited by Winn Hardin
Managing Editor, Wireless Design Online