1. Vivek Gupta vivek.g.gupta@intel.com
Closing Report IEEE Media Independent Handover Services Session #35 Atlanta, Georgia
Vivek Gupta

2. 802.21 WG Status Update Base Specification Security TG (802.21a)
Published in Jan 2009.
Security TG (802.21a)
Call for Proposals issued in March-2009
Proposals discussed in Nov along with document structure
Handovers with Broadcast Services TG (802.21b)
Call for Proposals issued in July-2009
Two proposals discussed in Nov
Single Radio Handovers
PAR approved by 802Ec and up for approval at Dec-2009 NesCom meeting.
Other Presentations
Discussions on Management of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
Study Group created
Future Interim location
would be co-locating with WG for all interims starting with Jan Jan-2010 interim at San Diego.

3. 802.21a Security TG Revised TG Timeline Document structure discussion
Continue harmonization discussion in January 2009
Down-selection in March 2010
Document structure discussion
Produced tentative structure ( )
Discussed open issues ( & )
Use of TLS for MIH-level security needs more input
There were comments that Work Item #1 architecture/solution should generally be applicable to different authentication protocols
Protection by MIH transport layer vs. protection within MIH protocol is still open
Key distribution & MIA/MSA discussions
The architecture is understood except that clarification on what EAP lower-layer for MIA is needed and whether pull key does not require any change to existing link-layer standards and implementations
A deployment concern is expressed on media-independent authenticator

4. 802.21b Broadcast Handovers TG
Progress
Call for proposals issued in July
Two proposals received in November’s meeting
Hongseok Jeon (ETRI)
Catherine Livet (InterDigital)
Next Steps
Proposals to be revised and presented again in January based on feedback received
Proposals require detailed text for January’s meeting

5. Single Radio Handovers Par and 5C
Approved by 802Ec and forwarded to NesCom for further consideration

6. Future Sessions - 2010 Interim: Jan, 2010 Location San Diego- La Jolla
Meeting co-located with
Plenary: March 14-19, 2010, Caribe Royale, Orlando
Co-located with all 802 groups
Interim: May, 2010, Bangalore India
Plenary: July 11-16, 2010, Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA
Interim: Sept, 2010 Location TBD
Plenary: Nov 7-12, 2010, Hyatt Regency, Dallas, Texas