IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER DCN: 21-09-0161-00-0000 Title: 802.11 Liaison Report for 2009-09 Date Submitted: September 25, 2009 Presented at IEEE 802.21 session #34 in San Francisco, California, USA on September 25, 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; 373 comments currently resolved, but more to be voted on later today Planning on a recirculation after the November meeting. Matthew Gast

802.11 TGn High Throughput IEEE SA Standards Board on September 11 approved IEEE 802.11n for publication. Will probably be published in October. 6.01 years between PAR approval and publication approval Bruce Kraemer

802.11 TGp Wireless Access for the Vehicular Environment Fourth recirculation WG ballot LB 154 on draft 8.0 closed August 5, 2009. Results: 163/20/28 89.07%. 15 unique comments received: 8 technical, 7 editorial TGp has resolved all the comments, including having some comments withdrawn, which caused a change in one letter in the draft. Draft 9.0 will go to recirculation after this meeting. Will expect to use results of next recirculation to show that conditional approval has been met. Lee Armstrong

Guido R. Hiertz (temporary) 802.11 TGs Mesh Networking 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 Donald Eastlake will be unable to continue as chair of the group; a permanent successor chair has been identified, but has not been finalized. Guido R. Hiertz (temporary)

802.11 TGu InterWorking with External Networks Fourth recirculation WG ballot LB 156 on draft 8.0 closed August 18, 2009. Results are 148/11/35 93.08%. 68 comments received: 24 technical, 44 editorial Expecting to use results of this letter ballot to show that the conditions for conditional approval have been met. Stephen McCann

802.11 TGv Wireless Network Management Third recirculation WG ballot LB 155 on draft 7.0 closed August 07, 2009. Results were 176/16/38 91.67% TGv received 24 comments from LB155, 12 technical and 12 editorial, and has addressed all of them. Expecting to use results of this letter ballot to show that the conditions for conditional approval have been met. Dorothy Stanley

802.11 TGw Protected Management Frames IEEE SA Standards Board on September 11 approved IEEE 802.11w for publication. Will probably be published in October. 4.48 years between PAR approval and publication approval Jesse Walker

802.11 TGz Extensions to Direct Link Setup Third recirculation WG LB157 on Draft 6.0 closed on August 26, 2009. Results are 187/8/38 95.90% Finished resolving the 27 comments received, 2 technical. Expecting to use results of this letter ballot to show that the conditions for conditional approval have been met. Menzo Wentink

802.11 TGaa 802.11 Video Transport Streams Did not meet Estimating having a draft ready for first WG ballot in March 2010 Ganesh Venkatesan

802.11 TGac Very High Throughput <6GHz A new revision of the TG Channel Models Addendum document was approved by the TG (09/0308r8). A new revision of the TGac Specification Framework document was presented. A motion passed to accept document 09/0992r2 as the starting point. Continue the discussion of OBSS issues as related to the task group activities. Motion passed to add Enterprise scenario with OBSS to the Functional Requirements and Evaluation Methodology document Home scenario with OBSS was presented. 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

802.11 QoS MAN Study Group Study group documents: Other submissions 11-09-0942-05-00qm-qosman-par-nescom-form-plus-5cs.doc Other submissions 11-09-0967-00-00qm-mgmt-qos-frames.ppt, Management Frame Priority SG Input 11-09-1061-01-00qm-management-frame-analysis.xls, Management Frame Analysis Estimated to have PAR and 5 Criteria draft ready for Executive Committee approval in November 2009 Michael Montemurro 15

802.11 TV White Space Study Group Study group documents: 11-09-0934-03-tvws-draft-par-and-5c.doc 11-09-0951-00-tvws-suggested-modification-to-the-draft-par-and-5c-document.pdf Other submissions 11-09-0749-03-0wng-802-11-in-the-tvws.ppt, 802.11 in the TV White Spaces PAR and 5 Criteria approved in the full working group, and will be forwarded to the Executive Committee for their approval Rich Kennedy 16

802.11 WNG Wireless Next Generations SC One presentation at this meeting 11-09-1000-01-0wng-ieee802-11-for-high-speed-mobility.ppt, IEEE802.11 for high speed mobility by Hitoshi Morioka 2 straw polls indicated that the group felt that more information on this topic is required and was not ready for study group creation. Stephen McCann

JTC1/SC6 Ad-Hoc ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Chinese National Body is trying to submit WAPI for balloting to JTC1. IEEE has stated that the draft infringes IEEE copyright. The PSDO will probably not be changed. The major issue was the lack of ability to close the loop on submitted comments returned during balloting. JTC1 is in the process of renegotiating the joint working agreement with ISO, which may remove the ability to close the loop on comments for all ballots. Andrew Myles

IETF Ad-Hoc Did not meet Dorothy Stanley