IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER DCN: 21-13-0078-00-0000-802-21m-Draft-Agenda Title: 802.21m Draft Agenda Date Submitted: May 13th 2013 To be presented at IEEE 802.21m TG, Kona Wireless Interim Authors or Source(s): Charlie Perkins Abstract: This contribution proposes an agenda for the meeting of the 802.21m task group 21-13-0078-0000 802-21m-Agenda

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802.21m charter and mission 802.21m is chartered to update the 802.21-2008 specification by incorporating amendments and carrying out other changes that may be deemed necessary for currency and clarity 802.21m work will proceed co-continuously with work in the 802.21.1 task group 802.21-2008 will be reviewed for: Protocol Protocol Mandates State machine Gap analysis Compatibility with service orientation of 802.21.1 Method for including 802.21a, 802.21b, 802.21c, and 802.21d 21-13-0078-0000 802-21m-Agenda

Session #56 802.21m Agenda Proposals for new Table of Contents Discussion of Protocol Mandates Gap Analysis Teleconference schedule, next steps 21-13-0078-0000 802-21m-Agenda

Proposals for new Table of Contents Review alternate proposals Review existing ToC 21-13-0078-0000 802-21m-Agenda

Discussion of Protocol Mandates Review of Annex M of document “802.21-2008-Updated” Determination of meaning of the following PICS sentence: “The supplier of a protocol implementation that is claimed to conform to IEEE Std 802.21, shall complete the following protocol implementation conformance statement (PICS) proforma.” Proposal: determine a minimal set of protocol mandates, and create groupings for optional commands 21-13-0078-0000 802-21m-Agenda

Gap Analysis What has prevented deployment? Are there missing features, or too many mandatory features? How to solicit input from other 802 wireless task groups? 21-13-0078-0000 802-21m-Agenda

Teleconference schedule, next steps 21-13-0078-0000 802-21m-Agenda