[STDS-802-16] IEEE 802.16 Update: Important News since Session #33 Report
I have two brief updates to yesterday's report:
(1) The IEEE Sponsor Ballot review of P802.16e/D5 has opened and will
close on 4 November (11:59 pm US Eastern Time).
(2) I mistyped the URL to the current P802.16e PAR.
Roger
>Much has happened in the IEEE 802.16 world since the first edition
>of the Session #33 Report. New content, flagged with the word
>"Update", has now been added to the Report:
> http://ieee802.org/16/meetings/mtg33/report.html
>
>A lot of the news if of great significance, and much of it is very
>recent, so please have a look. Here is a synopsis:
>
>*IEEE Standard 802.16-2004 ("IEEE Standard for Local and
>metropolitan area networks Part 16: Air Interface for Fixed
>Broadband Wireless Access System") was published on 1 October 2004.
>This standard, which was approved on 24 June based on the draft
>entitled "P802.16-REVd/D5", is a revision of IEEE Standard
>802.16-2001 (as amended by IEEE Standard 802.16c-2002,and IEEE
>Standard 802.16a-2003). The three previous volumes are superceded by
>the new one. It may be ordered from IEEE; see the new "IEEE 802.16
>Published Standards and Drafts" page:
> http://ieee802.org/16/published.html
>The standard will be included on the annual IEEE 802 CD-ROM, to be
>distributed during Session #34.
>
>*The IEEE-SA Standards Board approved a modified project
>authorization (PAR) providing more flexibility for the P802.16e
>project, which has been developing mobility specifications for the
>802.16 air interface. The new PAR
> http://ieee802.org/16/docs/04/80216-04_33r6.pdf
>was approved on 23 September. The discussion involved the
>consideration of a statement from the Working Group and Task Group
>Chairs:
> http://ieee802.org/16/docs/04/80216-04_60.pdf
>as well as a set of supportive statements from industry:
> http://ieee802.org/16/docs/04/80216-04_61.pdf
>
>*On the P802.16e (mobile) project, Draft 5 completed the final round
>of its Working Group Letter Ballot, with an approval ratio of 100%:
> http://ieee802.org/16/tge/ballot14/report14.html
>This provided final Working Group approval to forward the draft for
>IEEE Sponsor Ballot.
>
>*The IEEE 802 Executive Committee approved (with 11 Approve and 4
>not voting) a motion to forward the P802.16e draft for IEEE Sponsor
>Ballot, conditional upon successful completion of the Working Group
>confirmation ballot. The conditions were met, as the confirmation
>ballot concluded successfully. IEEE Sponsor Ballot is expected to
>run from 5 October through 5 November, with comments to be
>considered at Session #34 in November. The schedule, which
>anticipates completion of the project in late 2004, remains on track.
>
>*P802.16f/D1, the first draft of the of MIB project in the Network
>Management Task Group, was released on 30 September. Working Group
>Letter Ballot #16, to review that draft, runs 1 October - 1 November:
> http://ieee802.org/16/netman/ballot16/report16.html
>
>*The Network Management Task Group issued a Call for Contributions
>concerning the P802.16g project:
> http://ieee802.org/16/netman/docs/80216g-04_02.pdf
>
>*The IEEE-SA Standards Board approved a PAR creating a corrigendum
>project "P802.16-2004/Cor 1" for maintenance of IEEE Standard 802.16:
> http://ieee802.org/16/docs/04/80216-04_41r2.pdf
>The Maintenance Task Group issued a Call for Comments on the topic:
> http://ieee802.org/16/maint/docs/80216maint-04_06.pdf
>
>*Working Group Letter Ballot #15:
> http://ieee802.org/16/le/ballot15/report15.html
>concluded with approval, pending comment resolution, of a motion to
>forward a PAR for license-exempt coexistence. A Call for Reply
>Comments was issued:
> http://ieee802.org/16/arc/802-16list2/msg02233.html
>with a deadline of 6 October.
>
>*IEEE Standard 802.16.2-2004 ("IEEE Recommended Practice for Local
>and metropolitan area networks- Coexistence of Fixed Broadband
>Wireless Access Systems") entered the Get IEEE 802 program, where it
>is now available for free download:
> http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.16.html
>
>*The Conformance Task Group issued its minutes:
> http://ieee802.org/16/tgc/docs/80216C-04_02.pdf
>The P802.16/Conformance04 working document is expected soon, for comments.
>
>*The attendance at IEEE 802.16 Session #33:
> http://ieee802.org/16/meetings/mtg33/report.html
>was revised upward to a new 802.16 interim-session record of 287.
>
>*The Working Group minutes from Session #33 are posted:
> http://ieee802.org/16/docs/04/80216-04_59.pdf
>
>*Preregistration for IEEE 802.16 Session #34:
> http://ieee802.org/16/meetings/mtg34
>ends on 29 October. Hotel reservations should be made immediately,
>as space is quite limited.
>
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Dr. Roger B. Marks <mailto:marks@nist.gov> +1 303 497 7837
National Institute of Standards and Technology/Boulder, CO, USA
Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access
<http://WirelessMAN.org>