Commercialized in Korea earlier than any other part of the world, WiBro awaits the ITU decision on the 3G global standard upcoming this month.
Unlike CDMA and WCDMA, Mobile WiMAX based on wireless IP network supports Internet access on the move and accommodates a large number of subscribers on minimum investment, which strengthens the prospects of WiBro as the global standard, according to the Ministry of Information and Communication of Korea.
After the 22nd Meeting of ITU-R Working Party 8F held in May in Kyoto, Japan, forwarded the proposal to include IP-OFDMA (Mobile-WiMAX/WiBro) in the existing IMT-2000 standard for approval, WiBro made a big stride to the wider world, explained the Korean information ministry. The final decision will be made at the meeting of SG8, a higher decision-making body than WP8F within ITU-R.
The Korean ministry expects the inclusion of IP-OFDMA in IMT-2000 will boost the use of WiBro and enhance Korea’s leadership in the next generation mobile technology.
The ministry also said ITU World Radio Communication Conference 2007 (WRC-07) in October will fix the 4G frequency allocation. The global standard for IMT-Advanced will be selected by the end of 2010 among candidate-technologies proposed by member countries by July 2009.
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