IEEE 802.11 Regulatory AHC Draft Teleconference Plan April 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.19-09/xxxxr0 August 2009 IEEE 802.11 Regulatory AHC Draft Teleconference Plan Date: 2009-08-27 Authors: Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
April 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.19-09/xxxxr0 August 2009 Abstract This presentation is the plan for the August 27th 2009 IEEE 802.11 Regulatory Ad Hoc Committee teleconference. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Agenda Administrative items Introduction The regulatory summaries North America European Union Asia FOCUS: Input to ERM TG11 on EN 300 328 v1.8.1
Administrative Items Ad Hoc Committee rules (per Adrian) Introduce the ethics etc... slides in your meetings, you should not call for essential patents AHC, is a "committee of the whole" of the WG - i.e. any WG member can contribute; in practice, anybody who turns up can speak During f2f meetings, you can hold formal votes of only the voting members of 802.11; on a telecon you can take straw polls, but not formal votes Required notices Affiliation FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html Anti-Trust FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf Ethics - http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/about/CoE_poster.pdf IEEE 802.11 Working Group Policies and Procedures - https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/public-file/07/11-07-0360-04-0000-802-11-policies-and-procedures.doc Chair and Secretary Chair is Rich Kennedy (Research In Motion) Recording Secretary needed
Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings August 2009 Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. Technical considerations remain primary focus Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object. --------------------------------------------------------------- See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause 5.3.10 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Introduction Outputs from this group must go through 802.18 Purpose Improve the working relationship between the technical experts and the regulatory specialists, especially when it comes to critical technical issues Scope The group will review new regulatory changes or impending changes affecting 802.11 standards Each meeting will focus on the most critical issue at the time Critical Issue Focus Direct impact on IEEE 802.11 current and future products Response/Input deadlines Coordination with IEEE 802.18 (RR-TAG) Coordination with the Wi-Fi Alliance Outputs from this group must go through 802.18
Regulatory Summary – North America US Nationwide Broadband Plan – August Roadshow Defining “Broadband” ITU-R Recommendation F.1399: “Broadband Wireless Access is defined as wireless access in which connection(s) capabilities are higher than the primary rate (i.e., higher than 1 544 kbit/s).” The TV White Spaces – database specification soon? Canada Mexico
Regulatory Summary – European Union ERM TG11 - EN 300 328 revision See FOCUS slide EU Digital Dividend Consultation (Closes September 4th) WG SE21 - Radar Spurious Emissions EUMETNET asking for relaxation of -100dBc requirement EUMETNET suggested -60dBc It appears that their request will be rejected “Due to our and other's effort, it is already clear that Eumetnet will not get their proposed relaxation, so the position paper was less important at this moment.” WG SE24 - 5GHz RLANs OBA RLAN community has offered to block 5600 – 5650MHz band OBA Trying to close workitem before any additional concessions are needed
Regulatory Summary - Asia No updates at this time
FOCUS: Proposal for TG11 For operation under EN 300 328 rules: A technology neutral limit, based on the maximum average transmitted energy during a busy second, and assuming that peak transmit power limits are unchanged 10m W operation under EN 300 440 still allowed MU = Power in Milliwatt seconds per second, and the limit is MU < [4 Millijoules] measured at 1 meter 100 mW for 100 milliseconds = 10 millijoules per second 10 mW for 1 second = 10 millijoules per second 10 mW for 100 milliseconds = 1 millijoules per second 10 mW for 10 milliseconds = 0.1 millijoules per second Devices that do not meet the MU limit must incorporate additional sharing mechanisms, e.g. Listen Before Talk
August 2009 References FCC 09-31 Notice of Inquiry (http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-09-31A1.pdf) http://www.broadband.gov/ FCC 08-260 Second Report and Order and Memorandum and Order (http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-01-260A1.pdf) 18-09-0091-00-0000-ofcom-update-on-the-digital-dividend-cognitive 18-09-0089-00-0000-ofcom-update-on-ddr-cleared-award "Transforming the digital dividend opportunity into social benefits and economic growth in Europe“ (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/radio_spectrum/_document_storage/consultations/2009_digitaldividend/2009_0710_0904_digitaldividendconsultation.pdf ) Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion