Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA) is a technology being developed by IEEE 802.20 and is aimed at wireless mobile broadband for operations from 75 to 220 mph (120 to 350 km/h). The 802.20 standard committee was first to define many of the methods which were later funneled into Mobile WiMAX, including high speed dynamic modulation and similar scalable OFDMA capabilities. It apparently retains fast hand-off, Forward Error Correction (FEC) and cell edge enhancements.
The Working Group was temporarily suspended in mid-2006 by the IEEE-SA Standards Board because it had been the subject of a number of appeals. A preliminary investigation of 
one of these "revealed a lack of transparency, possible 'dominance,' and other irregularities in the Working Group".[20]
In September 2006, the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved a plan to enable the working group to continue under new conditions, and the standard is now expected to be completed by Q2 2008.
Qualcomm, a leading company behind 802.20, has dropped support for continued development in order to focus on LTE. >>>>
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