doc.: IEEE /1239r0 Agenda September 2011 Rich Kennedy, Research In MotionSlide 1 IEEE Regulatory SC Okinawa DRAFT Meeting Plan and Agenda Date: Authors:
doc.: IEEE /1239r0 Agenda September 2011 Rich Kennedy, Research In MotionSlide 2 Abstract This presentation is the plan for the September 20, 2011 IEEE Regulatory Standing Committee meeting in Okinawa.
doc.: IEEE /1239r0 Agenda Assign a recording secretary Administrative items –Required notices Introduction –Group status change: Now a Standing Committee The regulatory summaries Critical issues actions –The end of free spectrum for unlicensed use? –UHT/EUHT September 2011 Slide 3Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
doc.: IEEE /1239r0 Agenda 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 ; on a telecon you can take straw polls, but not formal votes Required notices –Affiliation FAQ - –Anti-Trust FAQ - –Ethics - –IEEE Working Group Policies and Procedures - file/07/ policies-and-procedures.dochttps://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/public- file/07/ policies-and-procedures.doc Chair and Secretary –Chair is Rich Kennedy (Research In Motion) –Peter Ecclesine will act as Recording Secretary September 2011 Slide 4Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
doc.: IEEE /1239r0 Agenda Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings l All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. l Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. l Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. l Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. l Technical considerations remain primary focus l Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. l Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. l Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details. September 2011 Slide 5Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
doc.: IEEE /1239r0 Agenda Introduction 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 standards –Each meeting will focus on the most critical issue at the time Critical Issue Focus –Direct impact on IEEE current and future standards –Response/Input deadlines –Coordination with IEEE (RR-TAG) –Coordination with the Wi-Fi Alliance Outputs from this group must go through September 2011 Slide 6Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
doc.: IEEE /1239r0 Agenda Regulatory Summary – North America US –FCC 5 GHz rules changes update – industry input for NPRM –OMB approved spending for Part 15 Subpart H Establishment of database(s) only remaining hurdle –Forty-five day geo-location database trial begun September 19 th Canada –TVWS Consultation SMSE Consultation on a Policy and Technical Framework for the Use of Non-Broadcasting Applications in the Television Broadcasting Bands Below 698 MHz –Radio Advisory Board of Canada (RABC) meetings to discuss TVWS Mexico September 2011 Slide 7Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
doc.: IEEE /1239r0 Agenda Regulatory Summary – European Union Ofcom –Geo-location database planning –Results of consultation on “Implementing Geolocation” –Next steps Consult on and publish Statutory Instrument (SI) to license- exempt TVBDs Cooperate with industry partners to enable information on licensed services Continue engagement with industry and EU regulatory and standards groups to developed harmonized approach –Trials running in three locations in the UK September 2011 Slide 8Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
doc.: IEEE /1239r0 Agenda Regulatory Summary - Asia China 5 GHz band –Open only for EUHT? –See Critical Action Issues September 2011 Slide 9Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
doc.: IEEE /1239r0 Agenda Critical Issues Actions Bills in Congress regarding spectrum use –The Matsui bill –The Republican draft bill Asks Congress to authorize the auctioning of several pieces of spectrum, two of which are the ones in the Matsui bill. They are 1915 MHz to 1920 MHz and 2020 MHz to 2025 MHz (the AWS-2 H Block), 1755 MHz to 1780 MHz and 2155 MHz to 2180 MHz (the AWS-3 band), 5350 MHz to 5470 MHz and 5850 MHz to 5925 MHz, 1670 MHz to 1710 MHz and 2070 MHz to 2110 MHz, and 1780 MHz to 1800 MHz and 2180 MHz to 2200 MHz Appears to have support September 2011 Rich Kennedy, Research In MotionSlide 10
doc.: IEEE /1239r0 Agenda Critical Issues Actions UHT/EUHT Standards in China –UHT = Ultra-High Throughput (802.11n equivalent) –EUHT = Enhanced Ultra-High Throughput (802.11ac equivalent) –CCSA approval then application for ISO recognition –Claim to coexist with Wi-Fi –EUHT is LTE-like (TDD) September 2011 Rich Kennedy, Research In MotionSlide 11