IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER DCN: 21-09-0191-00-0000 Title: 802.11 Liaison Report for 2009-11 Date Submitted: November 19, 2009 Presented at IEEE 802.21 session in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on November 19, 2009 Authors or Source(s):   Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) Abstract: This document is the liaison report on 802.11

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802.11 Groups 802.11n – High Throughput >100Mbps 802.11mb – New Maintenance group (compilation of all approved amendments) Currently finishing changes that could not be completed in time for 802.11-2007 802.11p – WAVE Wireless Vehicle communication 802.11u – Interworking with External Networks MAC changes to accommodate, among others, 802.21; relies on 11k, 11r; scope agreement with 11v 802.11v – Wireless Network Management Management protocol additions; AP-AP negotiations; load balancing; access controls 802.11w – Protecting Management Frames Security for management frames, including broadcast frames; relies on 11k, 11r and 11u 802.11z – Direct Link Setup Enabling Direct Link with legacy APs 802.11aa - Video Transport Streaming Additions to support video 802.11ac – Very High Throughput <6GHz Successor to 802.11n at frequencies less than 6GHz 802.11ad – Very High Throughput 60GHz Successor to 802.11n at 60GHz

802.11 TGmb 802.11 Accumulated Maintenance Changes First Initial WG ballot on IEEE 802.11mb D1.0 closed June 27, 2009. Results: 155/23/29 87.08% 730 comments received: 491 technical, 239 editorial Working to resolve these comments; only a few comments left to resolve, but more to be voted on later Planning on a recirculation after the November meeting. Matthew Gast

802.11 TGn High Throughput Published 30 September 2009 Bruce Kraemer

802.11 TGp Wireless Access for the Vehicular Environment First initial Sponsor Ballot on draft 9.0 closes 22 November 2009 Lee Armstrong

802.11 TGs Mesh Networking Theodorus (Dee) Denteneer (Philips) was named as the new permanent chair of TGs Third Initial WG Ballot LB147 on draft 3.0 closed May 3, 2009. Results 132/35/34 79.04% Passed! 1195 comments received: 778 technical, 417 editorial Working on resolving comments from LB147, have resolved all but a few comments Estimating to go out for recirculation WG ballot after the November meeting Theodorus Denteneer

802.11 TGu InterWorking with External Networks First Sponsor ballot on draft 8.0 closed November 7, 2009. Results are 106/12/1/13 89.83%. TGu was named as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for IEEE 802.11u sponsor ballots 802.11u received 307 + 29 comments, 156 technical and 180 editorial, and the BRC is busy addressing the comments. 12 MIH specific comments: 6 accepted, 5 rejected, one to be decided. Expect to go out for recirculation sponsor ballot middle of December Stephen McCann

802.11 TGv Wireless Network Management First Sponsor ballot on draft 7.0 closed November 7, 2009. Results were 105/25/1/6 80.77% TGv was named as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for IEEE 802.11v sponsor ballots 802.11v received 327 comments, 180 technical, 24 general, and 123 editorial, and the BRC is busy addressing the comments. Expecting to go out for recirculation sponsor ballot in January 2010 Dorothy Stanley

802.11 TGw Protected Management Frames Published 29 October 2009 Jesse Walker

802.11 TGz Extensions to Direct Link Setup First Sponsor ballot on draft 6.0 closed November 6, 2009. Results are 103/15/0/7 87.29%. TGz was named as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for IEEE 802.11z sponsor ballots 802.11z received 218 comments; 174 technical, 11 general, and 33 editorial, and the BRC is busy addressing the comments. Expect to go out for recirculation sponsor ballot January 2010 Menzo Wentink

802.11 TGaa 802.11 Video Transport Streams Estimating having a draft ready for first WG ballot in March 2010 Ganesh Venkatesan (needs updating)

802.11 TGac Very High Throughput <6GHz Named three co-chairs each to four ad-hoc subgroups: MAC Ad Hoc: Matthew Fischer (Broadcom), Jae Seung Lee (ETRI), Allan Zhu (Samsung) PHY Ad Hoc: Raj Banerjea (Marvel), Minho Cheong (ETRI), Vinko Erceg (Broadcom) Coexistence Ad Hoc: Youhan Kim (Atheros), Eldad Perahia (Intel), Yasushi Takatori (NTT) MU-MIMO: Brian Hart (Cisco), Robert Stacey (Intel), Sameer Vermani (Qualcomm) A new revision of the Functional Requirements and Evaluation Methodology document (09/0451r9) was adopted. The TG agreed on an initial guideline for Ad Hoc scope (09/1175r1). Estimated to have draft ready for first WG ballot in November 2010 Osama Aboul-Magd

802.11 TGad Very High Throughput 60GHz Task group documents: 09/0935r2, Selection Procedure, Matt Fisher 09/1024r0, Selection Change Proposal, John Barr Channel Modeling (joint meeting between TGad and 802.15.3c) 09/995r0, 60 GHz Transmission and Reflection Measurements, Tian-Wei Huang 09/1011r0, Verification of Polarization Impact Model by Experimental Data, Alexander Maltsev 09/0936r1, Intra-cluster response model and parameter for channel modeling at 60GHz, Hirokazu Sawada Other submissions 09/960r0, WirelessHD Coexistence, Jeyhan Karaoguz Estimated to have draft ready for first WG ballot in December 2010 (PAR deadline) Eldad Perhia (needs updating)

802.11 QoS MAN Study Group Updated the PAR and 5 Criteria based on feedback from EC Working Group approved the modified PAR and 5 Criteria to submit to EC EC will vote on forming a Task Group Friday Michael Montemurro 15

802.11 TV White Space Study Group Updated the PAR and 5 Criteria based on feedback from EC Working Group approved the modified PAR and 5 Criteria to submit to EC EC will vote on forming a Task Group Friday Rich Kennedy 16

802.11 WNG Wireless Next Generations SC Three presentations at this meeting Continuous network discovery using Opportunistic Scanning (11-09-1207-01) – Marc Emmelmann Straw Poll: Should IEEE 802.11 WNG receive further presentations analyzing if existing mechanisms can be used to support seamless handoff for (highly) mobile users? Result: Yes - 21; No - 0; Abstain - 4. Time-based ranging technology for IEEE802.11 (11-09-1212-00) – Dong Kyoo Kim IEEE802.11 for High Speed Mobility (11-09-1000-02) – Hiroki Nakano Does WNG think that we need further presentations exploring the need for support for mobile communication. Result: Yes - 25; No - 0; Need More Discussion - 3; Don’t Care - 1. Clint Chaplin

JTC1/SC6 Ad-Hoc ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Chinese National Body has submitted WAPI to JTC1 for balloting. The Ad-Hoc reviewed, revised, and approved a letter from IEEE 802.11 to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 stating the plans of IEEE 802.11 to submit documents to JTC1/SC^ through the PSDO process. The Ad-Hoc reviewed, revised, and approved a letter that will be sent from Paul Nikolich (representing IEEE 802) to ISO/IEC JTC1 rebutting claims in the Chinese WAPI submission. The PSDO will probably not be changed, and in fact it will be extended to cover all SCs in JTC1. Andrew Myles

Dorothy Stanley (needs updating) IETF Ad-Hoc Did not meet Dorothy Stanley (needs updating)