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IEEE n-11/ n GRIDMAN Closing Report Session #73, Lake Louise 19 May 2011

IEEE n-11/ Goals for session #73 Comment resolution for SRD comment in 80216n-11_0006 – 1 comment Comment resolution for AWD comments in 80216n-11_0007 – 49 comments 3

IEEE n-11/ Accomplishments this week Accepted 1 SRD comment Resolved 49 AWD comments – 37 accepted or accepted modified – 1 rejected – 8 superseded – 3 withdrawn Anh Tuan appointed as permanent TG Editor. SRD comment resolution results in change to SRD – TGn approved motion for editor to make change to SRD – TGn is bring WG motion for approval of SRD change 4

Approved SRD Change (80216n-11_0006r1.cmt, cmt 1) Change 1: section 8.1, page 8, line 259, add connection blocks HR-MS to HR-MS with connection type Ralt to Figure 1, connected with dashed line. Change 2: section 8.1, page 8, line 269, add the following text: The Reference Points designated Ralt consists of PHY and MAC protocols and procedures between mobile stations that are alternate connections specified in non-IEEE standards. 16n will not specify non interfaces. Instead, 16n will be aware of non interfaces and provide functions to utilize them in achieving high reliability. Change 3: section 8.2, page 1, line 299, edit Table 1 as follows: edit Column 3, Row 4 (HR-MS to HR-MS) from '16n' to '16n /alt ' IEEE n-11/0008 5

SRD Figure 1 IEEE n-11/0008 6

WG Motion Motion to authorize the TGn editor to update the n SRD/SARM (80216n-10_0048r1.pdf) based on the instructions in the resolution for commentary database 80216n-11_0006r1.cmt, comment 1. – The resulting document to become the new n SRD/SARM. TG vote – Moved George Cummings, Second Ahn Tuan. Passed 9:0:0 IEEE n-11/0008

8 Output from this meeting TGn Editor will incorporate comment resolutions into AWD within 1 week. – Editor will forward AWD draft to TG chair, who will upload AWD as TG document TGn chair will issue Call For Comments on AWD draft, with deadline one week before Session #74 (7/11). – Commentary Database to uploaded 7/12. – Reply comments to be submitted during week before meeting – Updated commentary database (with reply comments) to be uploaded at start of Session #74 (Monday 7/19) 8

IEEE n-11/ Output Documents Closing Report – 80216n-11_0008.ppt80216n-11_0008.ppt GRIDMAN SRD Commentary Database at end of Session #73: 80216n-11_0006r1.cmt80216n-11_0006r1.cmt GRIDMAN AWD Commentary Database at end of Session #73: 80216n-11_0007r1.cmt80216n-11_0007r1.cmt Minutes of Session #73 – n-11/0009 9

TGn Timetable Approved SRD Nov 2010 SARM finalized, AWD ToC approvedJan 2011 Contributions for AWDMar - July 2011 AWD Doc internal ballot (baseline)Sept 2011 WG LB issued Nov 2011 Recirc 1 Jan 2012 Recirc 2 Mar 2012 Sponsor July 2012 Approved Std Jan 2013 IEEE n-11/0008