Session #64 802.16 NRR Committee Closing Report IEEE 802.16 Presentation Submission Template (Rev. 9) Document Number: IEEE 802.16-09/0069r1 Date Submitted: 2009-11-19 Source: Arthur Wang Voice: +1-323-924-1502 LinQuest E-mail: arthur.wang@linquest.com Acting Chair of Session #64 NRR Ad Hoc Committee Venue: IEEE 802.16 Session #64 Base Contribution: N/A Purpose: For review Notice: This document does not represent the agreed views of the IEEE 802.16 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 802.16. Patent Policy: The contributor is familiar with the IEEE-SA Patent Policy and Procedures: <http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6> and <http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3>. Further information is located at <http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html> and <http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat >. 1

Session #64 NRR Working Group Ad Hoc Committee Closing Report Nov 19, 2009

NRR Ad Hoc Committee In November 2008, the 802.16 Working Group has approved the creation of a WG Ad Hoc Committee with the objective of promoting discussion on robustness and reliability In Session #62, the 802.16 WG authorized NRR Ad Hoc Committee work toward a PAR. Gauge the potential interest of the WG to launch a new standardization activity for a highly-reliable and highly-robust 802.16 system Committee reflector and document upload area http://dot16nrr-reflector.wirelessman.org http://dot16nrr.wirelessman.org 3

Activities of the week Participation Attendees : 10 Represented companies: LinQuest, France Telecom, InterDigital, Alvarion, BAE Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, and I2R Draft PAR completed for presentation to WG IEEE 802.16-09/0068r2 Prepared a Motion to WG 4

Decisions The NRR ad hoc group has drafted PAR and 5C as the basis for future discussion. The draft PAR reflects new elements from the discussion of 802.16 WG Project Planning Ad Hoc meeting of 17 Nov 2009. The ad hoc suggests creation of a study group to further explore the synergies between technologies aimed at Smart Grid and NRR applications. The study group goal would be to present an updated PAR and 5C to the WG by the end of Session #65. 5

Proposed WG Motion Motion: To create a study group to study the synergies among metropolitan area network technologies aimed at Smart Grid, Public Safety, Avionics, Airport Surface Communication and Surveillance applications, chartered with a goal to draft and submit a PAR to the 802.16 WG by the end of Session #65. Title: Greater Reliability In Disrupted Metropolitan Area Networks (GRIDMAN) Chair: Mat Sherman Move Second Decision 6