IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER DCN: 21-09-0132-00-0000 Title: 802.21, Session #33, San Francisco Closing Report Date Submitted: July, 2009 Presented at IEEE 802.21 session #33 San Francisco Authors or Source(s): Vivek Gupta Abstract: Closing Report

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July San Francisco Plenary Meeting Updates Task Group Update Ad hoc Group Update Teleconference update Liaison update (802.11, 802.16, IETF) Future Locations

802.21 Task Group Reports 802.21a Security Task Group https://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/dcn/09/21-09-0127-00-0sec-security-tg-closing-note.ppt Task Group Chair is reminded not to unilaterally plan for teleconference capabilities at F2F sessions. 802.21b Broadcast Handovers Task Group https://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/dcn/09/21-09-0130-02-bcst-802-21b-closing-report.ppt

802.21 Revision Par Ad Hoc Update 802.21 Next Steps Presentation https://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/dcn/09/21-09-0118-00-0000-802-21-next-steps.ppt 802.21 Revision Par Update

802.21 Emergency Services Ad Hoc Update ES PAR/5C withdrawn and ECSG created ES ad hoc Report: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/dcn/09/21-09-0125-01-0000-emergency-services-ad-hoc-report.ppt PAR Supporting Information https://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/dcn/09/21-09-0122-02-00es-emergency-services-par-supporting-information.doc Updated PAR and 5C https://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/dcn/09/21-09-0027-09-00es-emergency-services-par-and-5c.doc

Wireless Mesh Ad hoc Update https://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/dcn/09/21-09-0120-02-0000-wireless-backhauls-with-802-21.ppt

FMCA Update https://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/dcn/09/21-09-0124-00-0000-fmca-plugfest-overview.ppt

Teleconferences 802.21 a Teleconferences August 5 (Wed) 10am-noon Eastern Time August 19 (Wed) 10am-noon Eastern Time September 2 (Wed) 10am-noon Eastern Time

WG Motions

ES PAR/5C Motion Motion the 802.21 WG to withdraw the ES PAR and 5C and *not* submit it to 802EC for further consideration in July-2009 meeting By: Scott Henderson Second: Farrokh Khatibi Yes: 8 No: 1 Abstain: 1 Motion Passes

ES ECSG Motion That the WG Chair make a motion in the EC meeting Friday, July-17, to form a EC SG for Emergency Services. Moved: Scott Henderson Seconded: Burak Simsek For: 8 Against: 0 Abstain: 1 Motion Passes

802.21b Motion Move the 802.21 WG to approve document 21-09/112r1 as the official proposal submission guidelines for 802.21b technical proposals Moved by: Juan Carlos Zuniga Seconded: Burak Simsek Result: 7/0/1 Motion passes 21-09/130r2 13 13

802.21b Motion Move the 802.21 WG to approve document 21-09/129r1 and issue a Call for 802.21b Proposals in accordance to documents 21-09/41r4 and 21-09/112r1 Moved by: Clint Chaplin Seconded: Burak Simsek Result: 7/0/0 Motion Passes 21-09/130r2 14 14

Future Sessions

Future Sessions - 2009 Interim: Sept 20-25, 2009, Hilton Waikola Village, Big Island, Hawaii Meeting co-located with 802.11/15/18/19/20/22 Plenary: Nov 15-20, 2009, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, GA Co-located with all 802 groups

Future Sessions - 2010 Interim: Jan, 2010 Location San Diego- La Jolla Meeting co-located with 802.16 Plenary: March 14-19, 2010, Caribe Royale, Orlando Co-located with all 802 groups Interim: May, 2010, Location TBD (Istanbul/Israel) Plenary: July 11-16, 2010, Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA Interim: Sept, 2010 Location TBD Plenary: Nov 7-12, 2010, Hyatt Regency, Dallas, Texas

EC Motions

Emergency Services PAR/5C Based on the comments received from different EC members the IEEE 802.21 WG passed a motion to withdraw the 802.21.1 PAR on Emergency Services WG Vote: 8/1/1 Several EC members have suggested need to create an ECSG to further study issues related to Emergency Services

Motion to form Emergency Services ECSG Request the IEEE 802 Executive Committee to create an IEEE 802 ECSG to address Emergency Services issues in IEEE 802 networks with the following objectives: Develop a proposal (scope(s) and purpose(s)) as to how to fit Emergency Services requirements into the IEEE 802 architecture (i.e, state the problem in terms that we can deal with) Define, in conjunction with upper layer SDOs, L2 requirements (including regulatory requirements) to support ES for IEEE 802 technologies Develop a set of PAR/5C to satisfy the above requirements Moved: Vivek Gupta Seconded: Pat Thaler Result: 14-0-0 ECSG Chair: Geoff Thompson

Additional Requests On approval by the EC (if the ECSG is approved), to immediately create liaison relationships with IETF ECRIT, 3GPP and ETSI EMTEL. Coordinate meeting time with IEEE 802 WGs in their upcoming interim and plenary sessions Assign an EC sponsor