IMT-2020 Contribution Content Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/1844r0 November 2017 IMT-2020 Contribution Content Date: 2017-12-10 Authors: Name Affiliations Address Phone email Roger Marks EthAirNet Associates Denver, CO, USA 1-802-capable roger@ethair.net Marks, EthAirNet

Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/1844r0 November 2017 Abstract This contribution, intended for presentation to the IEEE 802.11 Advanced Access Network Interface Standing Committee (AANI), discusses possible content of IMT-2020 contributions to ITU-R Working Party 5D (WP 5D). Marks, EthAirNet

Background IEEE 802.11 WG motion of 2017-11-08: Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/1844r0 November 2017 Background IEEE 802.11 WG motion of 2017-11-08: “Invite AANI to prepare draft documents meeting the 31 Jan 2018 requirements for submission of 11 to ITU-R Working Party 5D as an IMT-2020 5G RIT and Bring the documents for consideration and approval at the January IEEE 802.11 interim meeting.” Moved: Jon Rosdahl Seconded: Harry Bims Result: 51-23-52 Passes Per IEEE 802.11-17/1560r5 Marks, EthAirNet

Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/1844r0 November 2017 What to submit? Invitation in motion is “to prepare draft documents meeting the 31 Jan 2018 requirements for submission of 11 to ITU-R Working Party 5D as an IMT-2020 5G RIT.” What documents are needed to meet those requirements? Answer is in ITU-R IMT-2020/2 (Rev.1): Step 2: “Development of candidate RITs and SRITs”): to Meeting #32 (July 2019) Step 3: (“Submission/Reception of the RIT and SRIT proposals and acknowledgement of receipt”): to Meeting #32 (July 2019) “The final deadline for submissions is 1600 hours UTC, 7 calendar days prior to the start of the 32nd meeting of WP 5D in July 2019.” No specification or expectation of submissions earlier. Marks, EthAirNet

Indications of AANI Intentions Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/1844r0 November 2017 Indications of AANI Intentions 11-17/1836r0 - Draft for ITU-R Submission - Rakesh Taori (PHAZR). This presentation provides a skeleton for a presentation to ITU, similar to the presentations made by 3 GPP and DECT during the IMT-2020 workshop. The following outline is proposed:… The chair asks whether this good outline for the document intended for the WG. There are no comments. Rakesh is willing to lead the effort. People are invited to contact him directly or via reflector. The chair mentions an email exchange that suggest using publicly available 802.11 presentation material to describe the operation of 802.11 to ITU. The chair briefly reviews the material and agrees that part of this may be included in the final presentation to the WG. The chair reminds the group that we are continuing to seek volunteers. The short-term goal now is a presentation rather than finalized templates. Per IEEE 802.11-17/1838r0 [“AANI Conference Call Minutes,” 2017-12-04] Marks, EthAirNet

Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/1844r0 November 2017 IMT-2020 Workshop Objectives of workshop on IMT-2020 terrestrial radio interfaces (2017-10-04): to promote information sharing on IMT-2020; to facilitate dialog among ITU-R WP 5D, the possible proponents and the evaluation groups; and in particular to provide information on the ITU-R WP 5D process for IMT-2020 standardization including minimum technical performance requirements and evaluation guidelines; to invite possible proponents of IMT-2020 RIT/SRIT to present current and future development aspects about IMT-2020 RITs/SRITs; and to invite registered independent evaluation groups to present information about their evaluation group and planned actions. Marks, EthAirNet

IMT-2020 Workshop Presentation Status Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/1844r0 November 2017 IMT-2020 Workshop Presentation Status Presentations to IMT-2020 Workshop are: informative NOT contributions toward IMT-2020 NOT contributions to ITU-R WP 5D NOT filed as contributions to ITU-R WP 5D NOT considered by ITU-R WP 5D Marks, EthAirNet

IMT-2020 Workshop as a Template? Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/1844r0 November 2017 IMT-2020 Workshop as a Template? In presuming that presentations to the IMT-2020 Workshop are a template for contributions to ITU-R Working Party 5D, issues arise: Workshop materials were formatted as slide-show presentations, to be presented by a speaker. ITU-R Working Party 5D contributions are documents of sentences and paragraphs, typically proposing action of the Working Party. ITU-R Working Party 5D contribution template is mandatory and available only in .docx format. ITU-R Working Party 5D contributions are not presentations and are not “presented” as lectures. Contributors or others are typically invited to “introduce” the document and its purpose. Marks, EthAirNet

Conclusions and Observations Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/1844r0 November 2017 Conclusions and Observations The IMT-2020 process does not require or expect RIT proposals prior to July 2019. The IMT-2020 process allows for RIT and SRIT proposals to be submitted earlier but does not specify any particular consequential actions prior to the July 2019 deadline. Preparation of pre-submittal materials serves no purpose but interferes with thoughtful consideration of a feasible approach to a qualified proposal meeting requirements. ITU-R WP 5D has not considered the IMT-2020 Workshop presentations, and will not do so. Submission of documentation based on IMT-2020 Workshop presentations as a template is outside the processes of ITU-R WP 5D. Marks, EthAirNet

Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/1844r0 November 2017 Recommendations Interpret the WG invitation to “prepare draft documents meeting the 31 Jan 2018 requirements for submission of 11 to ITU-R Working Party 5D as an IMT-2020 5G RIT” with the understanding that such requirements are null and that the requirements can be met by submitting no document to the January/February meeting of WP 5D. Reject proposals to prepare slide-show presentations for ITU-R WP 5D. Instead of rushing to complete documentation on one or two test environments, focus on the high-level issue of ascertaining the feasibility of qualifying for IMT-2020, which requires all five test environments. Marks, EthAirNet