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2. ITU-R Liaison Group Report - Session #68 Opening Plenary
Reza Arefi
802.16’s ITU-R Liaison Official
IEEE Session #68
San Diego, USA, July 2010

3. Relevant Documents from Previous Sessions
IEEE L /0017r2
IEEE ITU-R Liaison Group Workplan
IEEE L /0057r1
ITU-R Liaison Group Report to Closing Plenary of Session #67
========== Also ===========
IEEE L /079
IEEE IMT-Advanced review process (IEEE /r6)

4. Input Documents for Session #68
Liaisons
IEEE L /0069 Notice of Approval of Rec. ITU-R M ( )
IEEE L /0071 Liaison Statement to Independent Evaluation Groups for Final Evaluation Reports ( )
Contributions
None.

5. Proposed Objectives for Session #67
per Workplan
Examination of finalized Independent Evaluation Group reports
Review outcome of WP 5D #8 w.r.t. IMT-Advanced evaluations and next steps
Prepare contribution to WP 5D on external evaluation matters including questions raised in ITU- R CG
Prepare input material for WP 5D Workshop on IMT for the Next Decade (October 2010)Note 1
Prepare a contribution to WP 5D on IMT.UPDATE
Prepare meeting X contribution for M Note 2
Review any IMT-Advanced related contributions to ITU-R with
Review any ITU-R liaison statements/contributions with
Approve any ITU Liaison and/or contributions including on IMT-Advanced at the EC
beyond Workplan
Review input contributions and take appropriate action
Review input liaison statements and prepare responses as appropriate, including initiation of development of a contribution to WP 5D on IMT.RSPEC
Update ITU LG workplan as appropriate
Note 1: This workshop has been postponed to a later date.
Note 2: To be postponed. This will not happen until 2011.

6. Proposed Agenda for the Week
Introduction, approval of the agenda
Review and follow workplan of IEEE L /0017r2
Review input contributions and liaisons and prepare responses and any other output documents to external organizations as necessary
Update workplan
Approve all outgoing documents
Other business

7. Proposed schedule for the Week (Room: Esquire 2)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday AM
09:00 to 13:00
1) Introduction, approval of the agenda
2) Review and follow workplan of IEEE L /0017
3) Review input contributions and liaisons and prepare responses and any other output documents to external organizations as necessary
4) Update Workplan
5) Approve all outgoing documents PM
14:30 to 19:00
6) Other business

8. Update on ITU-R IMT-Advanced process

9. Summary of Oct. 2009 ITU-R WP5D #6
Six proposals received by Oct 7, the IMT-Advanced proposal submission deadline
Proposal based on (from IEEE, Japan, TTA)
Proposal based on LTE-Advanced (from 3GPP, Japan, China*)
Reviewed all proposal submissions at the 6th ITU-R WP5D meeting of Oct in Dresden, Germany
Considered as two technologies
IEEE Technology (three proposals are technically identical)
3GPP Technology (three proposals are technically identical)
All proposals considered “complete submissions”
Step 3 (proposal submissions) completed and Step 4 (external evaluations) initiated
Correspondence Group (CG) formed to facilitate external evaluations
Evaluation Groups presented in 3rd IMT-Advanced Workshop
* China proposed only TDD component of LTE-Advanced (TD-LTE-Advanced)

10. Summary of Feb. 2010 ITU-R WP5D #7
12 IEGs submitted preliminary evaluation reports
IMT.RADIO – See C /0014
IMT.RSPEC – See C /0014
2nd IEEE IMT-Advanced Evaluation Group Coordination Meeting – 17 May 2010, Beijing, China

11. IMT-Advanced Process
We are here

12. Outcome of WP 5D #8
Evaluation Reports from external evaluation groups were presented and reviewed (see next slide)
WP 5D developed acknowledgments back to evaluation groups (IMT-ADV documents)
WP 5D agreed that steps 4 and 5 of the process are COMPLETE
WP 5D preliminary concluded that step 6 is also complete
Started filling out of M.2113 compliance templates which contains WP 5D view that both technologies meet the requirements
To be included in IMT.RADIO  to be finalized at 5D#9

13. Doc. # Source Comments 781 CEG 780 REG 779 WFEG 769 WINNER+ 763 ChEG
Complete set of evaluations for both IEEE and 3GPP Technologies Note: Contains weird DL FDD cell SE results, which can be said for both IEEE and 3GPP Technologies, i.e. 2x2 SU-MIMO results are better than 4x2 MU-MIMO results
780
REG
Presentation slides on [ 743 ]
779
WFEG
Complete set of evaluations only for IEEE Technology
769
WINNER+
Complete set of evaluations only for 3GPP Technology Note 1: Some conservative cell SE results can be found Note 2: Including some results for India OARM environment
763
ChEG
ChEG's evaluation results on TDD RIT of 3GPP Technology (TD-LTE-Advanced) for India OARM environment
760
Complete set of evaluations only for 3GPP Technology
757
TCOE India
Presents UMi/UMa/RMa/OARM results for both 3GPP and IEEE Technologies Note 1: 2x2 antenna configuration in DL (i.e. different from proponents' assumptions - 4x2 or 8x2 (only in 3GPP)) Note 2: MU-MIMO + CDR
750
WCAI EG
743
Almost complete set of evaluations for both IEEE and 3GPP Technologies Note: Including DL TDD/FDD cell/cell-edge SE results for India OARM environment
740
TTA PG707
Complete set of evaluations only for IEEE Technology Note: Including DL TDD cell/cell-edge SE results for India OARM environment
739
736
TIA TR-45
Complete set of evaluations for both IEEE and 3GPP Technologies
717
ATIS WTSC
Complete set of evaluations for 3GPP Technology
716
Complete set of evaluations for IEEE Technology
715
ETSI
Just an activity report, no evaluation results at all
710
Israeli EG
Partial evaluations for IEEE Technology Note: Only DL TDD RMa cell/cell-edge SE results in simulations are presented i.e. no results for other scenarios and no VoIP/Mobility results

14. Expectations for WP 5D Meeting #9
Expect to complete Step 6 and Step 7
Step 6: Review to assess compliance with minimum requirements
Step 7: Consideration of evaluation results, consensus building and decision
Finalize IMT.RADIO
Announce final decision on IMT-Advanced technologies

15. ITU-R Action/Deliverable/Milestone
Activity
Start
Stop
ITU-R Action/Deliverable/Milestone
WP 5D Meeting #8
9 Jun. 10
16 June 10
Liaison to External Organizations on the procedural details and detailed timelines for the completion of draft new Rec. ITU‑R M.[IMT.RSPEC].
RIT/SRIT Proponents -
Due to ITU-R by 6 Oct. 10
Delivery to ITU-R by RIT/SRIT Proponents of Form A.
See Item 4 (Table 3).
WP 5D Meeting #9
13 Oct. 10
20 Oct. 10
WP 5D takes note of the Form A’s in order to determine the structure of draft new Rec. ITU-R M.[IMT.RSPEC].
WP 5D provides liaisons to RIT/SRIT Proponents and GCS Proponents.
GCS Proponents
Due to ITU-R by 2 Mar. 11
Delivery to ITU-R by the GCS Proponents of the Overview and either titles and synopsis of the GCS, or the Directly Incorporated Specification when GCS is not utilized. See Item 1(Table 2).
Delivery to ITU-R of the Global Core Specifications by the GCS Proponents. Detailed transposition references would not be required at this point. See Item 2 (Table 2).
Delivery to ITU-R of Certification B by GCS Proponents. See Item 5 (Table 3).
WP 5D Meeting #10
9 Mar. 11
16 Mar. 11
WP 5D takes note of the Certification B’s. WP 5D finalizes and preliminarily agrees draft new Rec. ITU-R M.[IMT.RSPEC] (not necessarily including the detailed transposition references).
WP 5D Liaison of the preliminary WP 5D agreed draft new Rec. ITU-R M.[IMT.RSPEC] to the relevant GCS Proponents and authorized Transposing Organizations for their use in developing their inputs of the detailed references.
WP 5D Meeting #11
15 Jun. 11
22 Jun. 11
WP 5D addresses responses from External Organizations on draft new Rec. ITU-R M.[IMT.RSPEC]
Transposing Organization (in the case of a GCS being utilized)s
Due to ITU-R by 21 Sep. 11
Delivery to ITU-R of transposition references by each Transposing Organization for incorporation into the WP 5D preliminary agreed draft new Rec. ITU-R M.[IMT.RSPEC] See Item 3 (Table 2).
Delivery to ITU-R of Certification C by each Transposing Organization. See Item 6 (Table 3).
WP 5D Meeting #12
12 Oct. 11
19 Oct. 11
WP 5D reviews and agrees the completed draft new Rec. ITU-R M.[IMT.RSPEC] (which now includes all transposition references) and forwards to Study Group 5
Radiocommunication Bureau
14 Nov. 11
Submission by Counsellor for SG 5 of completed draft new Rec. ITU-R M.[IMT.RSPEC] (with all transposition references) to SG 5, based on currently anticipated SG 5 meeting schedule
Study Group 5
21 Nov. 11
22 Nov. 11
Study Group 5 considers adoption of the new Rec. ITU-R M.[IMT.RSPEC] for forwarding to the Radiocommunication Assembly for approval.
Radiocommunication Assembly
16 Jan. 12
20 Jan. 12
Radiocommunication Assembly considers approval of Rec. ITU-R M.[IMT.RSPEC]

16. Evaluation Groups – Evaluation plans as of now
ARIB Evaluation Group: No plans for further evaluation work
ATIS WTSC: Both technologies, submitted prel. report
Canadian Evaluation Group (CEG): Both technologies, submitted prel. report
Chinese Evaluation Group (ChEG): Both technologies, submitted prel. report
ETSI: ?
Israeli Evaluation Group (IEG): Both technologies but priority with IEEE technology
Russian Evaluation Group (REG): IEEE technology, submitted prel. report
TCOE India: Both technologies, submitted prel. report
TR-45: Both technologies, submitted prel. report
TTA PG707: Both technologies but only FDD for LTE-Advanced, submitted prel. Report
WiMAX Forum Evaluation Group (WFEG): priority with IEEE technology, submitted prel. report
Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI EG): Both technologies, will start with IEEE first, submitted prel. report
WINNER+: LTE-Advanced, submitted prel. report

17. Feb 17-24, 2010 – 7th ITU-R WP5D Meeting in Turin, Italy
Key Milestones
Dec 17-18, 2009 – 3GPP Workshop on LTE- Advanced Evaluation in Beijing, China
Jan 13, 2010 – IEEE IMT-Advanced Evaluation Group Coordination Meeting in San Diego, USA
Feb 17-24, 2010 – 7th ITU-R WP5D Meeting in Turin, Italy
EGs to submit “preliminary” evaluation results
Jun 9-16, 2010 – 8th ITU-R WP5D Meeting in Vietnam
EGs to submit “final” evaluation results
Oct 13-20, 2010 – 9th ITU-R WP5D Meeting in China
Complete “Step 7” of IMT-Advanced Process