1. Title: LE TG Closing Report for Session #60 Document Number: P802.16h-09/0007 Date Submitted: March 12, 2009 Source: Chair of LE TG: Mariana GoldhamerVoice:+972 3 645 6241 mariana.goldhamer@alvarion.commariana.goldhamer@alvarion.com ALVARION 21a HaBarzel Street, Tel Aviv, Israel Venue: Session #60, 9-12 March 2009 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: and.http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6- 7.html#6http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Further information is located at and.http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.htmlhttp://standards.ieee.org/board/pat

2. LE Task Group activity –WG Review - Comment resolution Data-base 802.16-09/0012r1 173 comments –All the comments are resolved 140 - Agree 23 - Principle (Accepted-Modified) 9 – Disagree 1 – Un-resolvable

3. Summary of the comment resolutions Frequency keying signaling (preamble based) was deleted and the text aligned with the deletion –The rest of the document has no dependency on this mechanism Document improved for consistency –No major changes done

4. Sponsor Ballot status Approval conditions were met –94 approve –12 disapprove voters Approve ratio: 88% –5 emails with commitments to change Disapprove votes This will bring the approval ratio above 90% –4 abstain

5. Outstanding disapprove comments First Ballot –BALLOT OPENED: 6-Aug-2008 BALLOT CLOSED: 5-Sep-2008 –Resulting data-base: IEEE 80216-08/047r3.zip 24 outstanding comments First Recirc. –BALLOT OPENED: 4-Dec-2008 BALLOT CLOSED: 25-Dec-2008 –Resulting data-base: IEEE 80216-08/065r3.zip 4 outstanding comments

6. Industry needs 802.16h a.s.a.p. European regulations for 5 GHz in force from April 1, 2009 (EN 301 893 V1.4) require a Medium access protocol –“A medium access protocol is a mechanism designed to facilitate spectrum sharing with other devices in the wireless network.” 5 GHz is used for Fixed applications High-speed backhauling of 802.11 or 802.16 networks LE TG desire to have two re-circulations by the May meeting –To speed-up finalization of the standard

7. Plan for going forward D9 and 2 nd Recirc start: March 22 –Recirc. End: April 5 Comment resolution –Resolve the comments by correspondence –Comment Resolution Committee Mariana Goldhamer Xuyong Wu Harry Bims John Sydor Shulan Feng D10 and 3d recirc start: April 15 3d recirc end: April 30

8. Motion 1 “To authorize the LE TG Editor to create the WG draft IEEE P802.16h/D9 based on IEEE P802.16h/D8a and the comment resolutions recorded in the data-base IEEE 802.16- 09/0012r1, and to initiate a Sponsor Ballot recirculation using the comment resolutions recorded in IEEE 802.16-08/065r5 and IEEE 802.16-09/0012r1”

9. Motion 2 To authorize the LE TG Comment Resolution Committee (Mariana Goldhamer, Xuyong Wu, Harry Bims, John Sydor, Shulan Feng) to resolve the comments in SB Recirculation by correspondence, to authorize the LE TG Editor to create the next SB Draft based on the comment resolutions, and to initiate an additional recirculation of the 802.16h Sponsor Ballot.

10. Motion 3 To authorize the WG Chair to request Conditional Approval from the IEEE 802 Executive Committee to forward the IEEE P802.16h Draft to RevCom.