Vivek Gupta vivek.g.gupta@intel.com Closing Report IEEE 802.21 Media Independent Handover Services Session #35 Atlanta, Georgia Vivek Gupta vivek.g.gupta@intel.com

802.21 WG Status Update Base Specification Security TG (802.21a) Published in Jan 2009. Security TG (802.21a) Call for Proposals issued in March-2009 Proposals discussed in Nov along with document structure Handovers with Broadcast Services TG (802.21b) Call for Proposals issued in July-2009 Two proposals discussed in Nov Single Radio Handovers PAR approved by 802Ec and up for approval at Dec-2009 NesCom meeting. Other Presentations Discussions on Management of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks Study Group created Future Interim location 802.21 would be co-locating with 802.16 WG for all interims starting with Jan-2010. Jan-2010 interim at San Diego.

802.21a Security TG Revised TG Timeline Document structure discussion Continue harmonization discussion in January 2009 Down-selection in March 2010 Document structure discussion Produced tentative structure (21-09-0179-01) Discussed open issues (21-09-0169 & 21-09-0185) Use of TLS for MIH-level security needs more input There were comments that Work Item #1 architecture/solution should generally be applicable to different authentication protocols Protection by MIH transport layer vs. protection within MIH protocol is still open Key distribution & MIA/MSA discussions The architecture is understood except that clarification on what EAP lower-layer for MIA is needed and whether pull key does not require any change to existing link-layer standards and implementations A deployment concern is expressed on media-independent authenticator

802.21b Broadcast Handovers TG Progress Call for proposals issued in July Two proposals received in November’s meeting Hongseok Jeon (ETRI) Catherine Livet (InterDigital) Next Steps Proposals to be revised and presented again in January based on feedback received Proposals require detailed text for January’s meeting

Single Radio Handovers Par and 5C Approved by 802Ec and forwarded to NesCom for further consideration http://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/dcn/09/21-09-0146-05-SingleRadioHandovers-Par-5c.doc

Future Sessions - 2010 Interim: Jan, 2010 Location San Diego- La Jolla Meeting co-located with 802.16 Plenary: March 14-19, 2010, Caribe Royale, Orlando Co-located with all 802 groups Interim: May, 2010, Bangalore India Plenary: July 11-16, 2010, Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA Interim: Sept, 2010 Location TBD Plenary: Nov 7-12, 2010, Hyatt Regency, Dallas, Texas