IEEE 802.16 Session #67 Report

Attendance
The attendance list includes 136 individuals.

Task Group m (TGm): Advanced Air Interface
Task Group m (TGm) met and completed resolution of comments in Working Group Letter Ballot Recirculation #31a, in which draft P802.16m/D5 was under review. The Working Group decided to prepare P802.16m/D6 for a final confirmation recirculation and make a request to the IEEE 802 Executive Committee for conditional approval to proceed to IEEE Sponsor Ballot. The TG issued a closing report, with minutes to follow.

Maintenance Task Group
The Maintenance Task Group met to address maintenance change requests. The TG issued a closing report and minutes.

GRIDMAN Study Group
The IEEE 802.16 GRIDMAN Study Group (on "Greater Reliability In Disrupted Metropolitan Area Networks") met for the third time. The group is awaiting approval of the P802.16n PAR, which is on the NesCom agenda of 16 June and stands to be approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board the following day. The SG drafted an outline for an 802.16n System Requirements Document. It issued a closing report and minutes.

Project Planning Committee
The WG's Project Planning Committee met and reviewed contributions. It concluded a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Study Report and draft an M2M PAR. The WG agreed to forward the M2M PAR to the 802 EC. The Project Planning Committee agreed to initiate the development of study reports for Hierarchical Networks and for coexistence with non-802 TDD systems. The committee prepared a closing report.

License-Exempt Task Group
The License-Exempt Task Group did not meet. The P802.16h draft is on the RevCom agenda of 16 June and stands to be approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board the following day.

Liaison Activities
The ITU-R Liaison Group met through the week. Its work is summarized in the ITU-R Liaison Group Report. In particular:

• IEEE L802.16-10/0054
  A contribution to ITU-R WP 5D was developed on "Roadmap for Updates of Recommendation ITU-R M.1457" and subsequently approved in the IEEE 802 process.
• IEEE L802.16-10/0048r3
  A contribution to ITU-R WP 5D was developed on "Proposed Structure and Timeline of Recommendation ITU-R M.[IMT.RSPEC]" and subsequently approved in the IEEE 802 process. This information was conveyed to TTA, ARIB, and the WiMAX Forum.

IMT-Advanced Evaluation Group Coordination Meeting
The Second IEEE 802.16 IMT-Advanced Evaluation Group Coordination Meeting was held successfully on 17 May in Beijing, China. 50 individuals participated, with participation from 12 of the 14 Independent Evaluation Groups involved in IMT-Advanced evaluations. All the meeting documents, including the meeting report, are available at the meeting web page.

Future Sessions

• Session #68 will take place on 12-15 July 2010 in San Diego, California, USA in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Plenary Session.
• Session #68.5 is definitively planned as a Special Interim Session, for TGm only, on 16-19 August 2010 in Calgary, Canada.
• Session #69 will take place on 13-16 September 2010 in St. Petersburg, Russia. This Interim Session is sponsored by Yota and by Intel Russia. The Member Host is Alexander Maltsev.
• Session #70 will take place on 8-11 Nov 2010 in Dallas, Texas, USA in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Plenary Session.
• Session #71 will take place on 10-13 January 2011 in Taipei. This Interim Session is sponsored by ITRI. The Member Host is Ching-Tarng Hsieh.
• Session #72 will take place on 14-17 March 2011 in Singapore in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Plenary Session.
• Session #73 will take place on 16-19 May 2011 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The Member Host is Ron Murias. Corporate sponsorship is solicited.
• Session #74 will take place on 18-21 July 2011 in San Francisco, California, USA in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Plenary Session.
• Session #75 will take place on 19-22 September 2011. The site is to be determined no later than Session #70. Proposals are solicited. Please see the IEEE 802.16 Interim Session Guidelines.
• The Future Sessions list and the WirelessMAN Interactive Calendar include all session information through 2012.

Working Group Minutes
The Working Group Session #67 minutes, as recorded by Secretary Scott Probasco, are available as IEEE 802.16-10/0038.

Documents
The Session #67 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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Roger Marks (r.b.marks@ieee.org)
Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access Standards