1. March 2018
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Specialized Networks (WSNs)
Submission Title: [Liaison Report on for March 2018]
Date Submitted: [08 March 2018]
Source: [Jay Holcomb ] Company [Itron, Inc.]
Address [Liberty Lake (Spokane), WA 99019]
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Re: [Liaison Report on for March, 2018]
Abstract: [Liaison Report on for March, 2018]
Purpose: [Informative]
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Jay Holcomb (Itron)

2. Items Reviewed/Discussed in the RR-TAG
Month Year
doc.: 15-13/0083r0
March 2018
Items Reviewed/Discussed in the RR-TAG
Fellowship Program visitors
Had an tutorial with the Fellowship visitors Monday PM2.
They were in attendance and introduced at the meeting.
UWB presentation
In-band interference effects on UWB
Jay Holcomb (Itron)
John Doe, Some Company

3. New FCC Actions & Issues
Month Year
doc.: 15-13/0083r0
March 2018
New FCC Actions & Issues
NPRMs announced at February’s FCC Open Meeting
Open 95 to 3000 GHz for unlicensed use, including new licensing regimes
Revision of Section 7 on expediting access for new technologies
New National Broadband map
broadbandmap.fcc.gov now available, but is it accurate or useful?
Announced that NTIA studying repurposing MHz band for wireless services
Jay Holcomb (Itron)
John Doe, Some Company

4. Month Year
doc.: 15-13/0083r0
March 2018
Additional
Activism with regulators on behalf of people with poor or no Internet connectivity
3.8B people are not connected
Developing nations
Rural United States
Native American areas
Other suggestions?
Experimental licensing changes – time grants, etc.
Lite-licensing, coordinating with incumbents
Can we define “harmful” interference?
Is there anything IEEE 802 can do to contribute to help?
Jay Holcomb (Itron)
John Doe, Some Company

5. Approved Documents Approved
March 2018
Approved
Documents Approved
Agenda for the week
Irvine minutes
Elected, to be confirmed at the Friday EC session;
For Chair: Jay Holcomb
For Vice-Chair: open
Jay Holcomb (Itron)

6. Next Americas - NPRMs mentioned EMEA Continue monitoring: APAC
March 2018
Next
Americas
- NPRMs mentioned
EMEA
Continue monitoring:
6 GHz license exempt sharing
60 GHz SR Doc. etc.
APAC
Anything new that comes up.
Ongoing:
Monitor / support ITU contributions, FCC activities, etc.
Jay Holcomb (Itron)

7. 802.18 Meeting Close The RR-TAG adjourned AM2 Tuesday, this week.
March 2018
Meeting Close
The RR-TAG adjourned AM2 Tuesday, this week.
Will hold weekly, as needed, teleconferences, 14:30 ET Thursdays.
Scheduled through 30 August 2018
Watch for updates.
Next teleconference planed for 22 March 2018, 1430et/1130pt
Call in information: 18-16/ (or latest)
All notices are sent through the list server reflector.
The next face to face meeting of the RR-TAG will be at the Interim May 6-11, 2018, Warsaw Marriott, Warsaw, Poland
Jay Holcomb (Itron)