Session #63.5 802.16 Maintenance Task Group Opening Report IEEE 802.16 Presentation Submission Template (Rev. 9) Document Number: IEEE 802.16maint-09/0022 Date Submitted: 2009-09-21 Source: Jon Labs Voice: +1 514 684 0200 x325 Wavesat, Inc. E-mail: jlabs@wavesat.com 1375 Trans-Canada Hwy Dorval, QC H9P 2W8 Venue: Session #63.5 Maintenance Task Group Opening Report 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 >.

Session #63.5 802.16 Maintenance Task Group Opening Report September 21, 2009 Chair: Jon Labs

LB #30 Resolved two Maintenance comments at Session #63 submitted to P802.16m Letter Ballot (LB30): Comment 038 (Phil Barber) Comment 1611 (Jon Labs) Resolution of comment 1611: Include in P802.16m the change requests from the Maintenance Database, IEEE 802.16maint-09/0007r4. This means the CR’s will now be balloted.

Liasion IEEE L802.16-09/0089 Response to be drafted at Session #63.5 IOPR 43346: Full Duplex FDD MSs behavior during sleep operations  added to Maint DB, ‘ready for ballot’ IOPR 43930: Requested Downlink Burst Profile TLV in RNG-REQ message added to Maint DB, ‘ready for ballot’ IOPR 43936: SLM opens  added to Maint DB, ‘reviewed’ Response to be drafted at Session #63.5

Review of Change Requests Latest Revision: IEEE 802.16maint-09/0007r5 Technical: 18 Editorial: 2 Total: 20 2 contributions 3 new CR’s are associated with the issues in the WiMAX Forum Liasion Letters IEEE L802.16-09/0089. Resolution summary: 18 Ready for Ballot (consensus on proposed remedy) 1 Reviewed 1 No change required Intent to change the status of the CR marked as “Reviewed” to “Ready for Ballot” after an improvement to the proposed remedy

Proposed Maintenance Agenda Tuesday 1:00-6:00, Water’s Edge BR Opening & Administration Approval of the Agenda Review IEEE-SA Patent Policy Approval of Session #63 Minutes (IEEE 802.16maint-09/0020) Provide a complete proposed remedy to Comment 0020 in Maint Database 802.16maint-09/0007r5 Draft a response to Liaison Letter L802.16-09/0089 from the WiMAX Forum on 802.16 clarifications Wednesday 1:00-6:00, Water’s Edge BR Review late issues for Maintenance Closing