TGm Work Plan Adhoc Report IEEE Presentation Submission Template (Rev. 9) Document Number: IEEE C802.16m-09/1181 Date Submitted: Source: Jose PuthenkulamVoice: Intel (Chair TGm Work Plan Adhoc) Venue: Cairo, Egypt Base Contribution: IEEE m Work Plan document (IEEE m-09/0019) Purpose: For discussion and adoption of specific updates to the Work Plan for IEEE m Standard & IMT-Advanced Submission Notice: This document does not represent the agreed views of the IEEE Working Group or any of its subgroups. It represents only the views of the participants listed in the “Source(s)” field above. It is offered as a basis for discussion. It is not binding on the contributor(s), who reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor grants a free, irrevocable license to the IEEE to incorporate material contained in this contribution, and any modifications thereof, in the creation of an IEEE Standards publication; to copyright in the IEEE’s name any IEEE Standards publication even though it may include portions of this contribution; and at the IEEE’s sole discretion to permit others to reproduce in whole or in part the resulting IEEE Standards publication. The contributor also acknowledges and accepts that this contribution may be made public by IEEE Patent Policy: The contributor is familiar with the IEEE-SA Patent Policy and Procedures: and. Further information is located at and.

Agenda Monday Session – 7:30PM-10:30PM: –Review TGm Work Plan 09/0019 –Discussion of TGm Input Contributions: 1160 (John Humbert), 0762r2 (Jose Puthenkulam) –Decision Discussion Wednesday Session – 1:30PM – 5:20PM –Decision Discussion Continued… Feature RG Timelines for Work Plan Update / Feature RG process TGm Timeline Updates – More details for Sponsor Ballot/RevCom steps ITU-R Liaison Group Update – Do we need to ballot IMT-Adv proposal? TGm Call for Comments/Contributions for July –Closing Summary

Monday Discussion & Decisions Monday Session : –Decision Discussion Feature RG process: Inclusion of Feature in SB – –Consensus: No features should be included during SB. Specific Feature Removal or Limiting scope of Feature – –Straw Poll#1 – Ready to drop features this meeting: Y= 11; N=8; A=2 –Straw Poll#2 – Allow limiting scope of features instead of dropping them: Y=10; N=8; A=3; –Consensus was to bring CRs to SRD and SDD to drop or modify features

Closing Summary Proposed Updates to the TGm Work Plan –Slides added to m-09/0019r1 Updated slide #5 to avoid introducing features during Sponsor Ballot (Slide #6 in this report) Added feature RG timelines as a new slide #7 (Slide #7 in this report) Updated Timeline slide #4 to reflect some more details of milestones (Slide #8 in this report) Draft CFC for July Session –Call for comments if LB is not started this session –Call for contributions for Femto Cell Feature RG. Draft cover letter was identified as needed for initiating letter ballot

TGm Work Plan Updates

6 Proposed Process for staging m Amendment feature development WG LB SB PHY/MAC features required for IMT- Advanced for a working system Feature 1 Feature 2 Feature N Feature N+1 Next Project (New PAR) AWD 50% 75% RG P802.16m draft RG Amendment Feature development: -Feature developed as a RG contribution to TGm -Finally included only as a complete proposal, not a partial one -Develop as a self contained clause/subclause unless it is essential -Do not put place holders in Amendment till the feature is ready. (SDD will still have all features) -RGs should track Amendment development for consistency -WG LB recirculation scope should allow feature addition -All features have to go thru at least one WG LB recirculation Feature inclusion vote 50% AWD = Amendment Working Doc RG = Rapporteur Group LB = Letter Ballot SB= Sponsor Ballot Final feature addition meeting RG

7 Proposed Amendment Feature RG timelines SDD Cha pter Features to be discussed in RGs Essential for IMT-Adv. at Amendmen t level detail CFC Issued for FeatureRG Target for completion 12Inter-Radio Access Technology Functions (No SDD text) NoNA LBSNoTo be decided in July’09WG LB Close 14E-MBSNoTo be decided in July’09WG LB Close 15RelayNoTo be decided in July’09WG LB Close 16Co-deployment and Co- existence (No SDD text. Section deleted this session) NoNA FemtocellNoMay’09Sept’09 18Self organizing networksNoTo be decided in July’09WG LB Close 20Interference MitigationNoMar’09Sept’09 22Inter-ABS Synchronization NoTo be decided in July’09WG LB Close

8 Proposed TGm Timelines Sep ’07* Jan’08* Jan 09* Letter BallotSponsor Ballot Nov ’09Nov ’08 Nov ’07 Jan ’09 IEEE m m Amendment IMT Advanced Proposal System Description System Requirements Evaluation Methodology ITU-R IMT Advanced IMT.TECH IMT.EVAL IMT.RSPEC Jun ’08 Oct ’08 Proposal Submission Jan’09 Circular Letter Jun ’08 Proposal Evaluation & Consensus BuildingDevelop Recommendation Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q Q1Q2Q3Q4 Apr May JunJul Aug SepOct Nov DecJan Feb MarApr May JunJul Aug SepOct Nov DecJan Feb MarApr May JunJul Aug SepOct Nov DecJan Feb MarApr May JunJul Aug SepOct Nov Dec Q1Q2Q3Q Oct ’09 Jun ’10 Final Proposal Sept ’09* *System Requirements and Evaluation Methodology, System Description, IMT-Advanced Proposal Documents may be further updated based on ITU output (shown by dotted lines). ITU based potential updates Refinements AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec IEEE ITU-R WP5D May ’10 ITU based Updates 3 Amendment Ready for IMT- Adv evaluation May ’09 Working Doc Amendment Feature Complete. EC Approval for SB. Amendment Ready for Industry Release. RevCom submission EC Conditional Approval for RevCom submission

Attendees TBD

Motions to TGm Motion: To adopt the proposed changes in this contribution C802.16m-09/1181 in slides 6,7 and 8 and update the work plan m-09/0019 (including any editorial corrections) and release it as m-09/0019r1 –Mover: –Second: