802.16 Session #74 Report

IEEE 802.16 Session #74 Report

IEEE 802.16's Session #74 was held on 18-21 July 2011 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 82.

GRIDMAN Task Group

The Working Group's GRIDMAN Task Group met to discuss activity under the P802.16n project. The project is amending IEEE Std 802.16 to provide for "Higher Reliability Networks." Comment resolution led to decisions leading to an update of the Amendment Working Document. The TG issued a closing report, with minutes to follow.

Machine-to-Machine Task Group

The Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Task Group met to address the P802.16p project, which is amending IEEE Std 802.16 to provide "Enhancements to Support Machine-to-Machine Applications." Based on comment resolution, updates to the 802.16p System Requirements Document and Evaluation Methodology Document were agreed. A closing report and minutes were issued.

Maintenance Task Group

The Maintenance Task Group discussed plans to develop two newly-authorized maintenance projects: the P802.16Rev3 revision project and the P802.16.1 project to create a new standalone standard based on the WirelessMAN-Advanced radio interface currently specified in IEEE Std 802.16m. Initial baselines for the P802.16Rev3 and P802.16.1 drafts are being created by a professional editor and should be available for review in a call for comments beginning in August. Maintenance comments were reviewed, with recommendations entered into uploaded databases for use in the upcoming standardization projects. The TG issued a closing report and minutes.

Project Planning Committee

The WG's Project Planning Committee did not have business to address and did not meet.

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. Highlights include the following:

The group drafted three contributions to ITU-R Working Party 5D, including update information regarding the IMT-2000 standard and definitions related to IMT. The contributions were agreed by IEEE 802.
The group drafted a contribution to ITU-R Working Party 5A regarding WP 5A activities on wide-area sensor and/or actuator network (WASN) systems. The contribution was agreed by IEEE 802.
A liaison statement was issued to the WirelessMAN-Advanced Transposing Organizations (WATO) that are coordinating the transposition of the WirelessMAN-Advanced air interface into national and international standards. The statement references a report of the second WATO meeting, which was held on 19 July and included representation from ARIB, TTA, the WiMAX Forum, and IEEE.

Future Meetings

Session #75 will take place on 19-22 September 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Updated information on the session was provided in C802.16-11/0005. Kitti Wongthavarawat will serve as host, with the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) as sponsor.
IEEE 802.16's Session #76 will take place on 7-10 November 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Plenary Session.
IEEE 802.16's Session #77 is planned for 9-12 January 2012. Proposals are solicited. Please see the IEEE 802.16 Interim Session Guidelines.
IEEE 802.16's Session #78 will take place on 12-15 March 2012 in Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA in conjunction with the IEEE 802 Plenary Session.
IEEE 802.16's Session #79 is planned for May 2012. 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 document number of the Working Group Session #74 Minutes is IEEE 802.16-11/0022.

IEEE 802 Executive Committee Actions
The Working Group's issues at the 802 LMSC Executive Committee meeting of 22 July were approved.

Documents
The Session #74 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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This report (22 July 2011) is by:

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

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