Title: LE TG Report for the opening plenary – Session #56 Document Number: P802.16h-08/014 Date Submitted: July 14, 2008 Source: Chair of LE TG: Mariana Goldhamer Voice:+972 3 645 6241 mariana.goldhamer@alvarion.com ALVARION 21a HaBarzel Street, Tel Aviv, Israel Venue: Session #56, 14-17 July, 2008 Base Document: Purpose: Notice This document does not represent the agreed views of the IEEE 802.16 Working Group or any of its subgroups. It represents only the views of the participants listed in the “Source(s)” field above. It is offered as a basis for discussion. It is not binding on the contributor(s), who reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor grants a free, irrevocable license to the IEEE to incorporate material contained in this contribution, and any modifications thereof, in the creation of an IEEE Standards publication; to copyright in the IEEE’s name any IEEE Standards publication even though it may include portions of this contribution; and at the IEEE’s sole discretion to permit others to reproduce in whole or in part the resulting IEEE Standards publication. The contributor also acknowledges and accepts that this contribution may be made public by IEEE 802.16. Patent Policy: The contributor is familiar with the IEEE-SA Patent Policy and Procedures:<http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6> and <http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3>. Further information is located at <http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html> and <http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat >.

Mariana Goldhamer, TG LE Chair Alvarion LE Task Group Report Mariana Goldhamer, TG LE Chair Alvarion

Letter Ballot #29c Balloted Draft IEEE P802.16h/D6 Comments resolved by the Comment Resolution Committee (CRC) Mariana Goldhamer Paul Piggin Xuyong Wu Harry Bims Shulan Feng John Sydor David Grandblaise Process of resolutions: Using two rounds of reply comments and two WEB tele-conferences

Letter Ballot #29c - Results Resulting data-base: 802.16-08/030r2 213 comments Comment statistics 164 Accepted 34 Accepted-Modified 4 Accepted-Clarified 4 Rejected 6 Superceeded 1 Withdrawn

Motion (June 18, 2008 at 7:25am PST): LB #29c – Motion in CRC Motion (June 18, 2008 at 7:25am PST): To approve the LB29c comment resolutions contained in data-base IEEE 80216-08/030r2.cmt Proposed: Paul Piggin Second: David Grandblaise. The motion was approved by individual voice vote 5:0:0.

LB#29c - Minutes Draft minutes by Harry Bims – up-loaded as 802.16h-08/013

Result of the LB#29d recirculation: Balloted Draft IEEE P802.16h/D7 Created based on the motion approved by the WG at the closing Plenary of Session#55 Excellent work of the LE TG Editor: Xuyong Wu Final data-base: IEEE 802.16-08/030r3 Result of the LB#29d recirculation: Zero comments!

Statistics after the LB#29d recirculation Approval ratio: 95% Only 5 not-satisfied comments: David Comstock: 231 Yanhong Wang: 140 Chengjie Xie: 186 Aik Chindapol: 079, 081 Please check and flip your vote!

Motion 1 To accept IEEE P802.16h/D7 as a Working Group draft and request approval from the IEEE 802 Executive Committee to forward IEEE P802.16h/D7 for Sponsor Ballot.

P802.16h PAR Extension PAR Expiration date: 2008-12-31 Not enough time to end the Sponsor Ballot The request for extension is due now! LE TG had an e-mail discussion of the extension request: Extension time: 1 year Why is the extension required and status The WG has approved the last draft - P802.16h/D7 - by a 95% approval rate and is ready to move to Sponsor Ballot. However, it is difficult to ensure that Sponsor Ballot will conclude by the time the current PAR expires

P802.16h PAR Extension - continuation Project plan: Start of IEEE Sponsor Ballot: 2008-07-31 Completion of the IEEE Sponsor Ballot 2009-02-28 Submission of the proposed standard to RevCom 2009-03-13

Motion 2 To authorize the LE Task Group to prepare an 802.16h PAR Extension request and authorize the WG Chair to submit it to the 802 EC, subject to review at the 802.16 Closing Plenary

Activity this week Monday after plenary Start the meeting today at 16:00 Room: Sandstone More slots will be used if needed Join 802.19 meetings on 802.16h voluntary Coexistence Assurance with 802.11y Room: Summit 25 Tuesday, 13:30-15:30 Wednesday, 16:00-18:00