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DG activities between Session 60-61 Received 20 contributions from session 60 5 conference calls and offline email discussions for harmonization DG working draft revision #5 Developed DG baseline draft C802.16m-09/0846 (baseline draft after Conf Call #4) C802.16m-09/0847r1 ( aka. C80216m-09_QoS_r5: new harmonized text after Conf Call #5; markup with all remaining comments)

Current ToC 15.2.x Connection Management 15.2.x.1 Management connections 15.2.x.2 Transport connections 15.2.y Bandwidth Request and Allocation Mechanism 15.2.y.1 Bandwidth Request 15.2.y.1.1 Contention-based random access bandwidth request 15.2.y.1.2 Standalone Bandwidth Request Signaling 15.2.y.1.3 Piggybacked Bandwidth Request 15.2.y.1.4 Bandwidth Request using FFB 15.2.y.1.5 Bandwidth request message format 15.2.y.1.5.1 quick access message format 15.2.y.1.5.2 bandwidth request header format 15.2.y.1.5.3 Piggyback bandwidth request extended header format 15.2.y.2 Grant 15.2.z Quality of Service (QoS) 15.2.z.1 Service classes 15.2.z.2 Service Flow Management 15.2.z.3 Scheduling services 15.2.z.3.1 Adaptive granting and polling service 15.2.z.4 Emergency Service Flow 15.2.z.4.1.1 Emergency Service Notification during initial ranging 15.2.z.4.1.2 Emergency Service Notification during connected state

Plan for the week Comment resolution (break-session expected) Remaining comments in C802.16m-09/0847r1 New reply comments on C802.16m-09/0846 Develop updated AWD baseline text C802.16m-09/0846r? Motion to approve the updated AWD baseline doc in TGm closing.