IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER DCN: 21-08-00xx-00-0000 Title: 802.21, Session #25, Orlando Closing Plenary Date Submitted: Jan, 2008 Presented at IEEE 802.21 session #25 Orlando Authors or Source(s):   Vivek Gupta Abstract: Closing Plenary

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Agenda 802.21 Specification Timeline SB Comment Resolution Update Election Update Ad hoc teleconference update Liaison update (802.11, 802.16, IETF) Future Locations

Revised 802.21 Timeline (July 2007) IEEE 802.21 ECSG formed – March 2003 IEEE 802.21 WG formed – March 2004 Requirements development – September 2004 Call for Proposals – October 2004 Harmonized Single Proposal Confirmed by the WG – May 2005 Ongoing WG Comment Resolution started – July 2005 WG Comment Resolution completed – January 2006 Start of WG Letter Ballot – March 2006 Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot –(July-07) IEEE 802 Draft Standard sent to RevCom – March 2008 Ongoing Interaction with Other Standards Organization (3GPP, 3GPP2, IETF, 802.11, 802.16, 802.3) - adoption of it depends on the timeline of work items within these groups

Revised 802.21 Timeline (March 2008) IEEE 802.21 ECSG formed – March 2003 IEEE 802.21 WG formed – March 2004 Requirements development – September 2004 Call for Proposals – October 2004 Harmonized Single Proposal Confirmed by the WG – May 2005 Ongoing WG Comment Resolution started – July 2005 WG Comment Resolution completed – January 2006 Start of WG Letter Ballot – March 2006 Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot –(July-07) IEEE 802 Draft Standard sent to RevCom – July 2008 Ongoing Interaction with Other Standards Organization (3GPP, 3GPP2, IETF, 802.11, 802.16, 802.3) - adoption of it depends on the timeline of work items within these groups

Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot – (July 2007) Plan to meet 802.21 Timeline Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot – (July 2007) For RevCom Approval in March 2008 => Draft Approval Rating > 90% (minimum), preferably >95% SB: Starts Aug-17, Ends Sept 16: Return Ratio: 78% Approval Ratio 62% Comment Resolution for SB #1 (Sep-Nov) =>Recirculation SB Recirc #1 (recirculation 15 days): Starts Dec-20, Ends Jan-09: Return Ratio: 83%, Approval Ratio: 83% Comment Resolution for SB #1 (Jan meeting) =>Recirculation SB Recirc #2 (recirculation 15 days): Starts Feb 05, Ends Feb 22: Return Ratio: 84%, Approval Ratio: 88% Comment Resolution for SB #1 (Feb Adhoc/March) => RevCom Approval SB Recirc #3 (recirculation 15 days): Starts April ??, Ends April ??: Return Ratio: ??%, Approval Ratio: ??% Comment Resolution for SB #3 (May) => RevCom Approval

SB Recirculation-2 Voting Summary No of Members: 165 Received Votes: 140 Approve: 112 Disapprove: 15 Abstain: 13 Approval ratio = 112/(15+112) = 0.88 Return ratio = 140/165 = 0.84

SB Recirc-2 Comment Resolution Progress Section Resolved # Total Comments 1-4 7 5 17 6 15 50 8 46 Annex 118 Total: 253 Comments Includes Editorials (Total: 67)

3GPP Update SA2 for Rel-8: 24.302 (ANDSF Concept) CT1: 24.301 24.302 ANDSF accepted in home PLMN Visited PLMN to be considered for Rel-9 Contributions from ALU, Motorola and others at Athens meeting CT1: 24.301 24.302 Has more updates on ANDSF Few contributions 24.303

March-2008 Chair Election Vivek Gupta : 34 Abstain: 0

March 2008 Vice Chair Election Michael Williams: 11 Subir Das: 26

WG Motions

May 2008 Interim Meeting Motion the 802.21 WG to hold the interim meeting in May-2008 with or without the quorum Moved By: Ronny Seconded By: Junghoon Yes: 21 No: 0 Abstain: 0 Result: Motion Passes

Updated Draft D9.2 Motion the 802.21 WG to direct the WG Editor to produce an updated 802.21 draft D9.2 based on all comments resolved as part of SB-2 Re-circulation (as described in Commentary file 21-08-0061-06-0000_SB_Recirc_2_Comments.usr) and post it to the 802.21 web site Moved By: Qiaobing Seconded By: Marc Yes: 21 No: 0 Abstain: 0 Result: Motion Passes

WG LB on Draft D9.2 Motion the 802.21 WG to conduct a 10 day WG LB to approve draft D9.2 and produce draft D10.0 based on received comments related to Tony Jeffree’s comments in SB Recirculation-2. Moved By: Michael Seconded By: Subir Yes: 23 No: 0 Abstain: 0 Result: Motion Passes

Authorize 802.21 SB Recirculation Motion the 802.21 WG to authorize a SB Recirculation of draft D10.0 in April 2008 Moved By: Scott Seconded By: Junghoon Yes: 22 No: 0 Abstain: 0 Result: Motion Passes

Handovers with Broadcast Technologies SG Motion Motion the 802.21 WG to form a SG to examine issues related to supporting handovers with broadcast technologies Moved by: Burak Simsek Seconded by: Juan Carlos Yes: 13 No: 2 Abstain: 04 Result: Motion Passes

Emergency Services SG Motion Motion the 802.21 WG to form an ES SG to address Emergency Services issues in IEEE 802 networks Moved by: Michael Williams Seconded by: Reijo Salminen Yes: 13 No: 0 Abstain: 06 Result: Motion Passes

June 2008 Ad hoc Meeting Motion the 802.21 WG to hold an ad hoc meeting if required in June 2008 Moved By: Marc Seconded By: Alice Yes: 14 No: 0 Abstain: 7 Result: Motion Passes

802.21 THANKS Michael Williams Moved: To recognize with appreciation the contributions of Michael Williams as the Founding Vice Chair of the IEEE 802.21 Working Group and acknowledge his service to the 802.21 WG from 2004 to 2008. Moved By: Scott Henderson Seconded By: Ajay Rajkumar Yes: No: Abstain: Result: Passes by Unanimous Consent

Teleconferences April-22: April-10: Security SG IMT-Advanced: 6:00 PM PST April-10: SB Recirculation Comments: 6:00 PM PST Security SG April 2, 16, and 30, 2008 (Wednesday, 10AM EST)

Future Sessions

Future Sessions - 2008 Interim: May 11th – 16th , 2008 (Jacksonville) Meeting co-located with 802.11/15/18/19/20/22 Plenary: July 13th – 18th,2008, Denver, Colorado Co-located with all 802 groups Interim: Sept 7th – 12th ,2008, (Big Island, Hawaii) Plenary: Nov 9th – 14th,2008, Dallas, TX

Future Sessions - 2009 Interim: Jan (San Antonio) Meeting co-located with 802.11/15/18/19/20/22 Plenary: March (Vancouver) Co-located with all 802 groups Interim: May (Montreal) Plenary: July (San Francisco) Interim: Sept (Big Island, Hawaii) Plenary: Nov (Atlanta)

EC Motions

802.21 Election Report 802.21 WG carried out WG elections on Monday March-17 A secret ballot was used with paper ballot forms In the election for WG Chair, Vivek Gupta was the only candidate and was elected unanimously (with 34 votes). There were 2 candidates for WG Vice Chair, Michael Williams and Subir Das. Subir Das was elected as Vice Chair by vote of 26-11-0.

LMSC Motion Motion: To confirm the elections of Vivek Gupta and Subir Das as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of the IEEE 802.21 Working Group Moved: Vivek Gupta Second: Tony Jeffree LMSC Vote: 15-0-0

Request to form 802.21 Security SG Security-related signaling can add significant delays to Handovers and in many cases service continuity can not be met, in particular, for real-time applications Various presentations on this problem in the group over last year http://www.ieee802.org/21/doctree/2007-07_meeting_docs/21-07-0122-04-0000-Security_proposal.ppt - by Yoshi Ohba et al http://www.ieee802.org/21/doctree/2007-01_meeting_docs/21-07-0024-00-0000-Security_Issues_in_Transition.ppt by Jesse Walker http://www.ieee802.org/21/doctree/2007-03_meeting_docs/21-07-0127-00-0000-Hokey_802.21.ppt by Madjid Nakhjiri WG Motion to request EC Approval for formation of Security SG 28-0-2 Yoshi Ohba/Clint Chaplin (as potential SG Chair candidates)

802.21 Security SG Renewal Motion: Move that the EC extend (second extension) the 802.21 Security Study Group through the July 2008 Plenary Meeting Moved: Vivek Gupta Second: Tony Jeffree LMSC Vote: 16-0-0

802.21 MRPM SG Renewal Motion: Move that the EC extend (second extension) the 802.21 Multi-Radio Power Conservation Management Study Group through the July 2008 Plenary Meeting Moved: Vivek Gupta Second: Shellhammer LMSC Vote: 16-0-0

Request to form Emergency Services SG 802 Networks need to support Emergency Services. Specifically they would need to address L2 issues related to prioritization, pre-emption and geo-location of caller to support these services Various presentations on this topic over last year http://www.ieee802.org/802_tutorials/nov07/IEEE%20802%20Emergency%20Services%20CFI.ppt – CFI by Stephen McCann (Nov 2007) http://www.ieee802.org/802_tutorials/july07/802-emergency-services-tutorial.ppt - Tutorial by Scott, Stephen et al (March 2007) https://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/file/08/21-08-0085-00-0000-emergency-services.ppt - Stephen (March 2008) WG Motion to request EC Approval for formation of Emergency Services SG 13-0-2 Stephen McCann/Scott Henderson (as potential SG Chair candidates)

Motion to form 802.21 Emergency Services SG Request the IEEE 802 Executive Committee to create an IEEE 802.21 Study Group to address Emergency Services issues in 802 networks with the intent to create necessary PAR and 5 Criteria. Moved: Vivek Gupta Seconded: Pat Thaler Approve: Disapprove Abstain: Result: To be done over email

Request to form Handovers with Broadcast Technologies SG DVB is an emerging technology in Europe and elsewhere. There are potential handover scenarios between DVB (and other broadcast technologies) and 802.16/802.11. 802.21 WG has been invited to give a Tutorial to DVB Consortium in June and DVB to reciprocate in July. Possibility of liasion between IEEE and DVB Consortia in June-July timeframe. Some presentations on this topic over last year https://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/file/07/21-07-0360-01-0000-dvb-presentation.ppt – Burak Simsek et al (Nov 2007) https://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/file/08/21-08-0020-00-0000-dvb-presentation.ppt - Grigat, Stupor, Simsek et al (Jan 2008) https://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/file/08/21-08-0089-02-0000-dvb-h-presentation.ppt#306,3,Summary – Burak Simsek (March 2008) WG Motion to request EC Approval for formation of Handovers with Broadcast Technologies SG: 13-2-4 Burak Simsek/Juan Carlos Zunniga (as potential SG Chair candidates)

Motion to form 802.21 Handovers with Broadcast Technologies SG Request the IEEE 802 Executive Committee to create an IEEE 802.21 Study Group to address issues related to Handovers between Broadcast Technologies and other 802 networks with the intent to create necessary PAR and 5 Criteria. Moved: Vivek Gupta Seconded: Approve: Disapprove: Abstain: Result: To be done over email