IEEE 802.20
E91670
IEEE 802.20 is a wireless broadband standard designed to support high-mobility mobile Internet access over metropolitan-scale networks.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IEEE 802.20 canonical | 2 |
| IEEE 802.20 Mobile Broadband Wireless Access | 1 |
| IEEE 802.20 Working Group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T767813 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE 802.20 Context triple: [IEEE 802 family of standards, includesStandard, IEEE 802.20]
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A.
IEEE 802.22
IEEE 802.22 is a wireless regional area network (WRAN) standard that uses cognitive radio techniques to provide broadband access over TV white spaces in rural and remote areas.
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B.
IEEE 802.18
IEEE 802.18 is the Radio Regulatory Technical Advisory Group within the IEEE 802 standards community that focuses on spectrum and regulatory issues affecting wireless LAN and MAN technologies.
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C.
IEEE 802.16
IEEE 802.16 is a family of broadband wireless access standards, commonly associated with WiMAX, that defines high-speed wireless metropolitan area networks.
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D.
IEEE 802.21
IEEE 802.21 is a standard that defines mechanisms to enable seamless handover and interoperability between heterogeneous network types, such as Wi-Fi, cellular, and Ethernet.
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E.
IEEE 802.24
IEEE 802.24 is an IEEE working group focused on developing and coordinating standards and guidance for vertical applications of IEEE 802 networking technologies, such as smart grid, smart cities, and industrial IoT.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE 802.20 Target entity description: IEEE 802.20 is a wireless broadband standard designed to support high-mobility mobile Internet access over metropolitan-scale networks.
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A.
IEEE 802.22
IEEE 802.22 is a wireless regional area network (WRAN) standard that uses cognitive radio techniques to provide broadband access over TV white spaces in rural and remote areas.
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B.
IEEE 802.18
IEEE 802.18 is the Radio Regulatory Technical Advisory Group within the IEEE 802 standards community that focuses on spectrum and regulatory issues affecting wireless LAN and MAN technologies.
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C.
IEEE 802.16
IEEE 802.16 is a family of broadband wireless access standards, commonly associated with WiMAX, that defines high-speed wireless metropolitan area networks.
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D.
IEEE 802.21
IEEE 802.21 is a standard that defines mechanisms to enable seamless handover and interoperability between heterogeneous network types, such as Wi-Fi, cellular, and Ethernet.
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E.
IEEE 802.24
IEEE 802.24 is an IEEE working group focused on developing and coordinating standards and guidance for vertical applications of IEEE 802 networking technologies, such as smart grid, smart cities, and industrial IoT.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IEEE standard
ⓘ
mobile broadband standard ⓘ wireless communication standard ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | MBWA ⓘ |
| characteristic |
optimized for high user mobility
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supports QoS for data services ⓘ supports handoff between base stations ⓘ |
| competesWith |
3G cellular technologies
ⓘ
IEEE 802.16 ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 802.16e
IEEE 802.16 ⓘ
surface form:
Mobile WiMAX
early 4G systems ⓘ |
| defines |
MAC layer for mobile broadband wireless access
ⓘ
PHY layer for mobile broadband wireless access ⓘ |
| designedFor |
cellular-like mobile broadband deployments
ⓘ
metropolitan-scale networks ⓘ |
| developedBy |
IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee
ⓘ
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ |
| field |
broadband wireless access
ⓘ
mobile communications ⓘ wireless networking ⓘ |
| focus |
all-IP mobile access network
ⓘ
mobile broadband wireless access below 3.5 GHz ⓘ |
| fullName |
IEEE 802.20
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 802.20 Mobile Broadband Wireless Access
|
| intendedUse |
broadband access for users in fast-moving vehicles
ⓘ
wide-area mobile Internet access ⓘ |
| layer |
data link layer
ⓘ
physical layer ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
IEEE 802 family of standards
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 802
|
| primaryGoal |
provide IP-based mobile broadband over wide areas
ⓘ
support high-mobility mobile Internet access ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
metropolitan area network
ⓘ
mobile broadband wireless access ⓘ wireless MAN ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
IEEE 802.11
ⓘ
IEEE 802.16 ⓘ |
| standardizationBody | IEEE Standards Association ⓘ |
| standardType | air interface specification ⓘ |
| supports |
IP-based services
ⓘ
high-speed mobility ⓘ packet-based data services ⓘ vehicular mobility ⓘ |
| supportsServiceType |
Internet access
ⓘ
broadband data ⓘ multimedia services ⓘ |
| targetEnvironment |
metropolitan area networks
ⓘ
wide-area cellular-like topologies ⓘ |
| uses | licensed spectrum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IEEE 802.20 Description of subject: IEEE 802.20 is a wireless broadband standard designed to support high-mobility mobile Internet access over metropolitan-scale networks.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
IEEE 802.20 Mobile Broadband Wireless Access
this entity surface form:
IEEE 802.20 Working Group