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Session #62 802.16 Maintenance Task Group Opening Report July 13, 2009 Chair: Jon Labs

Rev2 Status IEEE P802.16/D9a approved on May 13, 2009 by IEEE-SA Standard Board IEEE Std 802.16™-2009 published on May 29, 2009 Thanks to Editorial Review Committee for the advanced review work with the IEEE Editor DONE! 

Liasion WiMAX Liasion Letter IEEE L802.16-09/0043 TWG Inter-Operability Problem Reports: IOPR 40990: General Clarifications on Ranging Regions IOPR 40838: Data mapping for optional AMC zones with 2 transmit antennas in DL IOPR 41119: Formulas for HO CINR Averaging All three issues and proposed remedies have been approved for the Maintenance Database Response to be drafted this week for WG approval at closing plenary WiMAX Liasion Letter IEEE L802.16-09/0058 IOPR 41111: Clarification of Bandwidth Request Header Usage for ertPS IOPR 41164: BS initiated idle mode IOPR 41762: Clarification on the allowed Service Flow Parameter TLVs in DSA-RSP for BS-Initiated DSA Review and draft Response this week for WG approval at the closing plenary.

Liasion WiMAX Liasion Letter IEEE L802.16-09/0070 TWG Inter-Operability Problem Reports: IOPR 44291: The operation in ertPS UL bandwidth allocation IOPR 43333: What kind of connection should be associated to a PSC IOPR 43301: MS and BS behavior when “Report Configuration Included” = 0 Review and draft Response this week for WG approval at the closing plenary.

Maintenance Database Latest revision: IEEE 802.16maint-09/007r3 (in Maint upload directory) Updated to include 3 IOPR’s from Liaison letter IEEE L802.16-09/0043 IEEE C802.16maint-09/0015 - Backward Compatibility in NBR-ADV Message Stats: 9 change requests 8 Ready for ballot 1 No change required

Proposed Maintenance Agenda Tuesday 13:00-18:00, Boardroom C Opening & Administration Approval of the Agenda Review IEEE-SA Patent Policy Approval of Session #61 Minutes (IEEE 802.16maint-09/0013r1) Review WiMAX Liasion Letter IEEE L802.16-09/0058 Review WiMAX Liasion Letter IEEE L802.16-09/0070 Wednesday 13:00-18:00, Pacific Concourse H Draft Response to WiMAX Liasion Letter IEEE L802.16-09/0043 Draft Response to WiMAX Liasion Letter IEEE L802.16-09/0058 Draft Response to WiMAX Liasion Letter IEEE L802.16-09/0070 Review late issues for Maintenance Closing

Other Business Thanks to John Humbert for filling in as acting chair at Session #61