802.16 Session #62 Report

IEEE 802.16 Session #62 Report

IEEE 802.16's Session #62 was held 13-16 July 2009 in San Francisco, California, USA. This was an IEEE 802 LMSC Plenary Session and co-located with sessions of the other IEEE 802 Working Groups and Technical Advisory Groups. The attendance was 283.

Task Group m (TGm): Advanced Air Interface
Task Group m (TGm) met a major milestone by completing work toward its initial draft of the P802.16m amendment. The 802.16 Working Group agreed to accept that document (P802.16m/D1) as a Working Group Draft and to initiate a Working Group Ballot to review the draft, closing prior to Session #63. The Task Group will issue a request for input on specific technical topics (LBS, E-MBS, Relay, and SON), to be submitted prior to Session #63 and discussed at Session #63.5. The TG issued a closing report, with minutes following.

Update: The draft P802.16m/D1 was posted on 30 July. It is being reviewed in Working Group Letter Ballot #30 through 29 August. Comment resolution is scheduled for Session #63.

License-Exempt Task Group
Following comment resolution in the License-Exempt Task Group, the Working Group agreed to issue a new draft P802.16h/D10 for Sponsor Ballot recirculation, closing prior to Session #63. The TG issued a closing report, with minutes to follow.

Update: Sponsor Ballot recirculation of draft P802.16h/D10 opened on 10 August and runs through 25 August.

Maintenance Task Group
The Maintenance Task Group updated its maintenance database to point comments to IEEE Std 802.16-2009. As a followup to maintenance input received, a liaison statement was agreed for submittal to the WiMAX Forum. The TG issued a closing report and minutes to follow.

Working Group Ad Hoc Committee on Network Robustness and Reliability
The Working Group Ad Hoc Committee on Network Robustness and Reliability (NRR) met again. It presented a closing report and was renewed through Session #64.The Committee issued a closing report, with minutes to follow.

Liaison Activities
The ITU-R Liaison Group met through the week and prepared a number of documents. For more details, see the ITU-R Liaison Group Report. Following a call for contributions and correspondence activity, the ITU-R Liaison Group created a draft IMT-Advanced submission. In preparation for Session #63, it issued a Call for Comments and Contributions on those drafts.

Four draft ITU contributions were approved by the IEEE 802.16 WG, the IEEE 802.18 TAG, and the IEEE 802 Executive Committee, subject to suitable editorial revision:

IEEE L802.16-09/0074r1
Liaison to ITU-R WP 5D: Update of Section 5.6 in Revision 10 of Recommendation ITU-R M.1457
IEEE L802.16-09/0075
Letter to ITU-R SG5 Counselor: Certification of references and transposition for M.1457 Rev. 9, Section 5.6
IEEE L802.16-09/0076r1
Liaison to ITU-R WP 5A: Response to liaison statement from WP5A on update of Report M.2116
IEEE L802.16-09/0077r1
Letter to ITU-R WP 5D IMT-Advanced Workshop Convener: Intention to participate in 3rd Workshop on IMT-Advanced

Other liaison issues during Session #62 included:

The ITU-R Liaison Group Workplan was updated.
The WG issued a statement to the ARIB IMT-Advanced Subcommittee regarding an update on IMT-Advanced preparations.
The WG issued twos statements to TTA regarding an update on IMT-Advanced preparations.
The WG issued a Liaison Statement to the WiMAX Forum with an update on ITU-R related activities.

Working Group Treasury
The Working Group Treasurer, Scott Migaldi, provided a report.

Future Meetings

IEEE 802.16's Session #63 will take place on 31 August - 3 September in Jeju, Korea. This will be an Interim Session of the Working Group. The session is hosted by Hokyu Choi, with Samsung as Corporate Host. Registration, hotel reservation, and visa invitation letter services are open.
The WG Session #63.5 will take place on 21-24 September 2009 in Waikoloa on the Big Island of Hawaii, USA. The session will be co-located with sessions of other IEEE 802 wireless-oriented WGs and TAGs. Registration, hotel reservation, and visa invitation letter services are open.
IEEE 802.16's Session #64 will take place on 16-19 Nov 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Plenary Session.
The WG accepted a proposal to hold IEEE 802.16's Session #65 on 11-14 Jan 2010 in La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA. The IEEE 802 LMSC serves as Host. Additional sponsors are welcome to participate; contact the Member Host, Lei Wang, with suggestions.
IEEE 802.16's Session #66 will take place on 15-18 March 2010 in Orlando, Florida, USA in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Plenary Session.
IEEE 802.16's Session #67 will take place in May 2010. This will be an Interim Session of the Working Group. Proposals to hold the session in Istanbul, Turkey and in Israel were discussed. The WG Chair was authorized to make suitable arrangements.
IEEE 802.16's Session #68 will take place on 12-15 July 2010 in San Diego, California, USA in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Plenary Session.
IEEE 802.16's Session #69 will take place in September 2010. The site is to be determined during Session #64. Proposals are solicited. Please see the IEEE 802.16 Interim Session Guidelines.

Working Group Minutes
The Working Group Session #62 minutes, as recorded by Secretary Herbert Ruck, were posted on 30 July.

IEEE 802 Executive Committee Actions
The results of the Working Group's requests at the 802 LMSC Executive Committee meeting of 17 July are available.

Documents
The Session #62 Document Guide includes references to all session 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 enhancing the WirelessMAN® Standard for wireless metropolitan area networks. IEEE 802.16 is a unit of the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee, the premier transnational forum for wired and wireless networking 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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With the approval of the IEEE 802.16 Working Group, this report (19 July 2009) was drafted and edited by:

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

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