802.16 Session #104 Report

IEEE 802.16 Session #104 Report

IEEE 802.16's Session #104 was held on 26-28 July 2016 in San Diego, CA USA in conjunction with an IEEE 802 Plenary. The attendance list is posted.

GRIDMAN Task Group and Narrowband Activity

The P802.16s project, which addresses fixed and mobile wireless access in channel bandwidth up to 1.25 MHz, was formally authorized on 2016-06-30. The GRIDMAN Task Group (TG) met to progress the work. The TG report summarizes the activity and progress. The TG reviewed contributions and discussed options for structuring the new profiles to be specified in the project. Key parameters for the profile were identified. The TG updated the System Requirements Document (SRD) draft. The TG discussed the project development process and developed a Call for Contributions toward Session #105. The TG tentatively scheduled a teleconference for 26 August.

Future Meetings

A GRIDMAN TG Teleconference will tentatively take place on 26 August 2016.
Session #105 will take place on 13-15 September 2016 in Warsaw, Poland USA in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Wireless Interim Session.
Session #106 will take place on 8-10 November 2016 in San Antonio, TX USA in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Plenary Session.
Session #107 will take place on 17-19 January 2017 in Atlanta, GA, USA in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Interim Session.
Session #108 will take place on 14-16 March 2017 in Vancouver, BC, Canada in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Plenary Session.
The Upcoming Sessions and Teleconferences list includes future session and teleconference information.

Working Group Minutes
See the draft Working Group Session #104 Minutes.

Documents
Draft standards are available with a working group password or by purchase from IEEE-SA. Most IEEE 802.16 standards are available for free download via the Get IEEE 802® program. See the 802.16 publication list for details of published standards and drafts.

About IEEE 802.16
The IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access Standards has developed and is responsible for maintaining the WirelessMAN® standards of IEEE 802.16 and 802.16.1 for wireless metropolitan area networks. The IEEE 802.16 Working Group is a unit of the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee, the premier transnational forum for wired and wireless network standardization. A list of IEEE 802.16 standards and drafts is available on-line, as is an archive of previous Session Reports. The IEEE 802.16 Interactive Calendar includes sessions and deadlines.

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This report 29 July 2016 release) is by:

Roger Marks (r.b.marks@ieee.org), EthAirNet Associates
Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access Standards

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