1. IEEE 802.18 RR-TAG Atlanta Interim Meeting Agenda
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January 2017
IEEE RR-TAG Atlanta Interim Meeting Agenda
Date:
Authors:
Rich Kennedy, HP Enterprise
John Doe, Some Company

2. Agenda Review and approve the agenda for the week.
January 2017
Agenda
Review and approve the agenda for the week.
Review Administration Items
Approve San Antonio minutes
Discussion items
Regulatory work in progress
Status of completed work
Actions required
TBD
AOB and Adjourn
Agenda
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3. January 2017
Approve the Agenda
Motion: To approve the meeting agenda in 18-17/0006r01, for the week. Moved by: Seconded by: Discussion? Vote: Unanimous consent
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4. Administrative Items Required notices Officers January 2017
Affiliation FAQ -
Be sure to state your name and affiliation the first time you speak.
Anti-Trust FAQ -
Ethics -
IEEE 802 WG Policies and Procedures -
Officers
Chair is Rich Kennedy (HP Enterprise)
Vice-chair is Jay Holcomb (Itron) and Acting Chair for this meeting
Secretary: Allan Zhu (Huawei)
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5. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
September 2016
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January 2017
Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws.
Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims.
Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions.
Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings.
Technical considerations remain primary focus
Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets.
Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation.
Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object.
See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details.
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Dorothy Stanley (HP Enterprise)

6. Approve the San Antonio Minutes
January 2017
Approve the San Antonio Minutes
Motion: To approve the minutes from the IEEE meeting at the San Antonio Plenary in document /0017r00 Posted: 15-Jan :58:52 ET Moved by: Seconded by: Discussion? Vote: Unanimous consent
Rich Kennedy, HP Enterprise

7. Discussion Items ETSI BRAN and ERM TG11 updates CEPT CPG PT-D
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Discussion Items
ETSI BRAN and ERM TG11 updates
CEPT CPG PT-D
EU Radio Equipment Directive Status
ACMA Consultations
Developing IEEE 802 positions for WRC-19
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John Doe, Some Company

8. January 2017
ETSI Updates
EN – 2.4 GHz
V2.1.1 has been approved and published in the OJEU
V2.2.1 in process
Receiver requirements tightening
EN GHz, still in ENAP Public Enquiry
Early indications are that the Adaptivity clause will have to change
NATO unhappy with -72 dBm ED level
Due to emerge from PE February 20th
Rich Kennedy, HP Enterprise

9. ETSI Updates [2] EN 301 598 (TVWS)
January 2017
ETSI Updates [2]
EN (TVWS)
Still in process.
Technical Reports on 5 GHz band sharing
TR EESS in the MHz to MHz band
Work stopped due to US/EU position that band cannot be shared
TR Radiolocation Systems in the MHz to MHz and MHz to MHz bands
Focusing on MHz band
TR Road Tolling and Intelligent Transport systems in the MHz to MHz band
To be completed in May
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10. CEPT CPG PT-D Second meeting held last week in Helsinki January 2017
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11. January 2017
Agenda Item 1.16
PTD revised the draft CEPT Brief on agenda item 1.16, in particular with the update of the background section to reflect the status of the latest sharing studies and the related ITU-R activities. PTD developed further its working document on sharing studies for agenda item 1.16 whose aim is to support the development of the CEPT Brief with the inclusion of relevant material on: Sharing between WAS/RLAN and radars; Sharing between WAS/RLAN and EESS; Sharing between WAS/RLAN and FSS; Sharing between WAS/RLAN and ITS. PTD will discuss further at its next meeting the possibility to develop CEPT contributions to ITU-R Working Party 5A on the sharing studies related to agenda item 1.16.
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12. Discussions on Draft CEPT Brief
January 2017
Discussions on Draft CEPT Brief
There were 5 input documents (Documents CPG PTD (17) 05, 11, 19, 22, 24) submitted to the meeting that addressed proposals for the Draft CEPT brief. The co- ordinator introduced Document 05 which showed the results of the last CPG meeting and it was agreed to use this document as the base document for the draft CEPT brief. The other input documents were then presented which between them proposed text to cover both specific and generic issues related to the agenda Item. After discussion of all of the proposals a way forward to produce a new Draft CEPT brief for approval was agreed. The new draft CEPT Brief for Agenda item 1.16 can be seen in ANNEX IV-16 to this report. wrc-19-agenda-item-116 In the MHz band, CEPT opposes any new allocation to the mobile service with a view to accommodating WAS/RLAN use unless the mitigation techniques (such as DFS for radars) can be shown to provide co-existence with EESS (all types of sensors) and compatibility with all radio determination systems (including Meteorological Radars), taking into account their feasibility (including real implementation at international level) and effectiveness.
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13. EU Radio Equipment Directive (RED)
January 2017
EU Radio Equipment Directive (RED)
The transition has already started
RED in THE LAW as of June 13, 2016
R&TTE expires June 12, 2017
After June 2017, all devices must meet the RED requirements, i.e. R&TTE certifications during the transition must be re-certified
Following the deadline, ALL equipment to be placed on the EU market must meet the RED provisions
EN published in the OJEU!
It appears that EN will not be not published in time
EC has approved use of v1.8.1 with note that v2.0.7 Receiver Requirements must also be met
Note also requires v2.1.1 to replace it once it is published
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14. ACMA Consultations Australia Communications and Media Authority
January 2017
ACMA Consultations
Australia Communications and Media Authority
Five-year spectrum outlook
projects/Mobile-broadband/five-year-spectrum-outlook
Comments due January 27, 2017
Reconfiguring the 890–915/935–960 MHz band
900-MHz-bands/reconfiguring-the mhz-band
australia-reconfiguring-900mhz-band-consultation-paper.docx
Comments due February
Looks to be focused on the 4G LTE mobile broadband.
Rich Kennedy, HP Enterprise

15. IEEE 802 positions for WRC-19
January 2017
IEEE 802 positions for WRC-19
Regulators in developing countries are interested in the IEEE 802 positions, to help them formulate their inputs
Applicable agenda items
1.12 ITS harmonization -
1.13 IMT -
1.14 HAPS -
GHz -
GHz -
Issue
Formal “Position Paper”
Do we want to submit as a sector member
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16. Thursday Agenda Review the agenda, any updates? Review the week
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Thursday Agenda
Review the agenda, any updates?
Review the week
Possible actions
Actions required …
AOB and Adjourn
Motion: To approve the updated meeting agenda in 18-17/0006r02.
Moved by:
Seconded by:
Discussion?
Vote: Unanimous consent
Rich Kennedy, HP Enterprise
John Doe, Some Company

17. Actions Required Possible actions Actions required
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Actions Required
Possible actions
Actions required
WRC-19 position paper …
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John Doe, Some Company

18. Any Other Business Globalstar again ITU documents uploaded
January 2017
Any Other Business
Globalstar again
Now looking to enable global high-power LTE in the 2.4 GHz band; their TLPS spectrum
ITU documents uploaded
Regulatory calendar is being worked on
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19. Adjourn Teleconferences: Next face to face meeting:
January 2017
Adjourn
Teleconferences:
Thursdays at 2:30pm ET through May 4, 2017
Next Teleconference: February 2nd
Next face to face meeting:
14 – 16 March, 2017, at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver, BC
Motion: To adjourn the Atlanta January 2017 RR- TAG meeting at _______ ET.
Moved by:
Seconded by:
Rich Kennedy, HP Enterprise

20. January 2017
Adjourn
Motion: To adjourn the Atlanta January 2017 RR- TAG meeting at _______ ET.
Moved by:
Seconded by:
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21. January 2017
Backup slides
WRC Agenda Item 1.12: to consider possible global or regional harmonized frequency bands, to the maximum extent possible, for the implementation of evolving Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) under existing mobile-service allocations, in accordance with Resolution 237 (WRC-15);
WRC Agenda Item 1.13: to consider identification of frequency bands for the future development of International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), including possible additional allocations to the mobile service on a primary basis, in accordance with Resolution 238 (WRC- 15);
WRC Agenda Item 1.14: to consider, on the basis of ITU-R studies in accordance with Resolution 160 (WRC-15), appropriate regulatory actions for high-altitude platform stations (HAPS), within existing fixed-service allocations
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22. January 2017
Backup slides
WRC Agenda Item 1.15: to consider identification of frequency bands for use by administrations for the land- mobile and fixed services applications operating in the frequency range GHz, in accordance with Resolution 767 (WRC-15);
WRC Agenda Item 1.16: to consider issues related to wireless access systems, including radio local area networks (WAS/RLAN), in the frequency bands between MHz and MHz, and take the appropriate regulatory actions, including additional spectrum allocations to the mobile service, in accordance with Resolution 239 (WRC-15);
WRC Agenda Item 9.1.5: Resolution 764 (WRC-15) Consideration of the technical and regulatory impacts of referencing Recommendations ITU R M and ITU R M in Nos F and 5.450A of the Radio Regulations
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23. Backup slides January 2017 Rich Kennedy, HP Enterprise Created (ET) ▼
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Author (Affiliation)
Uploaded (ET)
17-Jan-2017 ET 18
PRELIMINARY DRAFT REVISION OF REPORT ITU-R SM
ITU-R WP1A (ITU-R)
17-Jan :49:40 ET
16-Jan-2017 ET 15 2
CHARACTERISTICS FOR USE OF VISIBLE LIGHT*
16-Jan :24:20 ET
15-Jan-2017 ET 16
Preliminary information on fixed service applications associated
ITU-R WP5C (ITU-R)
16-Jan :43:03 ET 14
Study on Question ITU-R 210-3/1 "Wireless power transmission" and WRC-19 agenda item 9.1, issue in response to Res. 958 (WRC- 15) Annex item 1
ITU-R WP1B
16-Jan :30:00 ET 13
Characteristics of terrestrial IMT systems for frequency sharing / interference analysis in the frequency range between GHz and 86 GHz
ITU-R WP5D (ITU-R)
16-Jan :54:48 ET 12
Preliminary information on land mobile service applications associated with work on WRC-19 agenda item 1.15
ITU-R WP5A (ITU-R)
16-Jan :04:30 ET 11
Request for Information on Machine Type Communications (MTC)
16-Jan :12:00 ET 10
REQUEST FOR INPUT FOR A REVISION OF
16-Jan :35:25 ET 9
Operational requirements and technical characteristics of systems in the land mobile service excluding IMT in the frequency band GHz
16-Jan :48:12 ET 8
Technical and operational characteristics of digital land mobile radios for specific use
ITU-R WP5A (ITU)
16-Jan :52:35 ET 7
Technical and operational characteristics and implementation of railway radiocommunication systems between train and trackside (RSTT)
16-Jan :57:46 ET
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24. January 2017
Backup slides
Having received FCC approval for its revised low-power mobile broadband plans (see ), a chief Globalstar focus now is getting similar regulatory approval in other countries, with the aim of creating a global LTE band at 2.4 GHz. Going for similar approval, rather than pursuing its original plans that combined licensed and unlicensed spectrum, represents probably the lowest-risk, high-speed outcome, Chairman-CEO Jay Monroe said in a call with analysts Friday. "We have fewer conflicts doing that.”
Monroe said the company has begun talks with regulators in a number of unspecified nations and expects to begin making filings there "in the next quarter or so." Such approvals should come much faster than the FCC proceeding since that was “blazing new ground," Monroe said, saying agency approval should help smooth the path to international approvals.
The international potential of Globalstar's 11.5 MHz in the 2.4 GHz band is one of its key strengths as the company aims to use it for high-density dedicated small cell deployments, said John Dooley, managing director at Globalstar consultant Jarvinian Ventures. He said a wireless industry frustration has been a lack of bands harmonized globally, with the 11.5 MHz being perhaps the first that would be both harmonized globally and -- thanks to Globalstar's worldwide satellite network -- commanded by a single entity.
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25. January 2017
Backup slides
Much of the call involved Globalstar's case for the potential of the spectrum, such as its physical characteristics and its compatibility with existing chipset architectures. The spectrum in the 2.4 GHz band used for small cell density is "grossly overpopulated and polluted" with other traffic, while the Globalstar spectrum has the same propagation characteristics but "is a very pristine resource," Dooley said. He said the FCC putting no buildout requirements on its approval makes the 11.5 MHz well suited for being dedicated solely to small cell deployment.
How to commercialize the spectrum -- such as through leases, building and leasing capacity, or selling the spectrum outright -- "are questions we are thinking about every day," Monroe said.
"It's difficult to imagine a true go-it-alone strategy" due to the company's size and finances, he said. He said due to the holiday, the company hasn't had "significant conversations" with third parties since the FCC approval, but there are numerous ones that could end up being partners on spectrum deployment, including some that had previously been opponents of Globalstar's plans. He said on-and-off talks with potential partners previously took place but never went anywhere pending the outcome of the FCC proceeding.
Globalstar revised its terrestrial low-power services plans after conversations with technology companies and potential partners about maximizing the use of the 11.5 MHz spectrum, Monroe said. Dooley said Globalstar's licensed/unlicensed spectrum plans, when put to the FCC in 2012, reflected the available technology of the time. Improved transceiver technology since then allowed using just the 11.5 MHz, he said.
The FCC order deferred action on the company's rulemaking request about deployment of high-power terrestrial service in the L- and S-bands, saying it would be addressed separately. Monroe said the company's focus will be on its plans for the 11.5 MHz spectrum. "I wouldn't expect any activity [on the high-power LTE] in the near term," he said.
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