802.16 Session #107 Report

IEEE 802.16 Session #107 Report

IEEE 802.16's Session #107 took place on 17-19 January 2017 in Atlanta, GA, USA, in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Wireless Interim Session and co-located with sessions of other IEEE 802 Working Groups. The attendance list is posted.

GRIDMAN Task Group

The P802.16s project project addresses fixed and mobile wireless access in channel bandwidth up to 1.25 MHz. The GRIDMAN Task Group (TG) met to progress the project. The TG completed its System Description Document (SDD). The WG adopted the first draft (P802.16s/D1) of the amendment project and agreed to initiate a Working Group Letter Ballot. Accordingly, WG Letter Ballot #40 was initiated. The TG scheduled a teleconference for 23 February 2017 at 14:00 ET.

Maintenance

The WG awaits approval of the P802.16Rev4 project, which is to merge the three current amendments (IEEE Std 802.16p, IEEE Std 802.16n, and IEEE Std 802.16q ) into the base standard IEEE 802.16-2012. IEEE-SA approval in anticipated in February 2017. Once the project is authorized, an integrated draft will be reviewed in Working Group and IEEE-SA ballots.

Future Meetings

A GRIDMAN TG Teleconference is scheduled for 23 February 2017.
Session #108 will take place on 14-16 March 2017 in Vancouver, BC, Canada in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Plenary Session.
Session #109 is scheduled for 31 May - 1 June 2017 in Palo Alto, CA.
Session #110 will take place on 11-13 July 2017 in Berlin, Germany 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 #107 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 24 January 2017 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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