1. IEEE 802 Wireless Coexistence BoF Wednesday Meeting
July 2001
doc.: IEEE
March 2002
IEEE 802 Wireless Coexistence BoF Wednesday Meeting
Jim Lansford
(405)
Tim Blaney
Secretary/Editor
(530)
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Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation

2. Agenda for Wednesday Meeting
March 2002
Agenda for Wednesday Meeting
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3. Coexistence TAG Study group officially lapsed at last plenary
March 2002
Coexistence TAG
Study group officially lapsed at last plenary
So this is a BoF
Motion will be made to create a TAG on Friday
Today’s presentations are informational
Keeps activities going
Highlights issues that the TAG may need to address when created
Jim Lansford, Mobilian Corporation

4. Background 802.15 has TG2 coexistence group
March 2002
Background
has TG2 coexistence group
802.11b and Bluetooth(TG1) coexistence
BWA in unlicensed bands uses same spectrum as WLAN
has an internal coexistence TG
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5. Today’s Presentations
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Today’s Presentations
The meaning of “Coexistence”
Coexistence vs. Interoperability
Simultaneous transmission: Another coexistence issue
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6. March 2002
What is a TAG?
Rules:
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7. March 2002
Statement of Purpose
Goal is to have a group that can review and make coexistence recommendations to ExCom on current or proposed PARs within the established wireless WGs of the IEEE802 standards body
Similar in concept to the FCC OET, which makes recommendations to the commissioners about policy
The functional charter of this new group is to address the wireless coexistence issues across all wireless WGs
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8. Impact to Existing Efforts
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Impact to Existing Efforts
The activities of remain unchanged. They can continue working on their specific tasks at hand.
No impact on h
DFS is a coexistence mechanism
The Coexistence activity for Licensed bands remains unchanged.
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9. Possible 802 COEX TAG Structure
March 2002
Possible 802 COEX TAG Structure
Membership by WG rules
Credit for own WG attendance, if WG chair allows
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10. 802 COEX TAG Procedures Membership & Voting Ratification of guidelines
March 2002
802 COEX TAG Procedures
Membership & Voting
Attendance at the 802 COEX Tag meetings is open to anyone
Attendance at first meeting grants membership
TAG follows WG rules after that
Attendance at 802 COEX TAG meetings will count towards attendance at the individual’s primary WG
WG chairs would have to agree to this
Ratification of guidelines
A guideline requires a 75% approval vote by the members of the 802 COEX TAG as outlined above
The guideline is then presented to ExCom and the appropriate wireless WG(s)
Minority opinion summary would be included
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11. Regulatory & Coexistence Complementary Charters
March 2002
Regulatory & Coexistence Complementary Charters
Regulatory TAG
Harmonize the IEEE 802 activities with the worldwide regulatory bodies
Coexistence TAG
Harmonize the IEEE 802 activities with the internal wireless WGs relative to unlicensed bands
Jim Lansford, Mobilian Corporation

12. March 2002
Summary
Next steps
Finalize TAG proposal based on feedback from this meeting
Make motion to create TAG at SEC meeting on Friday
Jim Lansford, Mobilian Corporation