802.11af Liaison Report Date: 2011-07-21 Authors: July 2011 Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.19-11-0090-00-0000 July 2011 802.11af Liaison Report Date: 2011-07-21 Authors: Notice: This document has been prepared to assist IEEE 802.19. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Prabodh Varshney, Nokia John Doe, Some Company

Abstract Liaison report from 802.11af as presented to 802.19. Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.19-11-0090-00-0000 July 2011 Abstract Liaison report from 802.11af as presented to 802.19. Prabodh Varshney, Nokia John Doe, Some Company

802.11af Status before July Meeting Comment resolution going on… Group had telcos on May 24th, June 7th, 14th, 21st, and July 5th and 12th to resolve comments. Teleconferences minutes are in documents 11-11/0847r0, 11-11/0868r0, 11-11/889r0, 11-11/909r0, 11-11/945r0, and 11-11/952r0 respectively. Created the LB171 comment spreadsheet in 11-11/277r12 Created speculative draft D1.02 Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

July 2011 Current 802.11af Status Approved comment spreadsheet (277r12) and speculative draft 1.02 as working draft. Presentations related to comment resolution mainly dealing with following MAC issues: Contact Verification Signal Enablement procedure for TVWS band. Channel Availability Query. Channel Schedule Management. White Space Map. Network Channel Control. Receiver Level Input Level. Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

July 2011 Current 802.11af Status Discussion about “Should location requirement (device moved by more then 100m and its new location) included in the specification? Possible solutions: 11v, something from Monday night tutorial, etc. No decision yet. Proposal for grouping of PHY comments Partial overlap between 5 and 10 MHz; Use 11ac; Unequal modulation; Add 11b; Different GI; Spectral flatness; Channelization; Mask limit; Single preamble; Change to support outdoor; Maximum input level; Symbol duration difference/packet detection problem; Stable 11ac expected by end of year. PHY contributions based on 11ac invited. Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

July 2011 Current 802.11af Status Approximately 350 technical comments (out of 800) are expected to have TG approved resolution after this meeting. All editorial (408) have TG approved resolution. Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

Plans till September Meeting July 2011 Plans till September Meeting Continue comment resolution in: Telcos on Tuesdays (22:00 ET for up to 2 Hrs.) Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

Official TGaf Timeline July 2011 Official TGaf Timeline Initial Working Group Letter Ballot: January 2011 Second Working Group Letter Ballot: September 2011 Recirculation Letter Ballot: November 2011 Form Sponsor Ballot Pool: February 2012 Initial Sponsor Ballot: March 2012 Recirculate Sponsor Ballot: May 2012 Final WG/EC Approval: July 2012 RevCom/Standards Board Approval: September 2012 Prabodh Varshney, Nokia