1. 802.21 Liaison Report Date: 2007-9-19 Author: Sept 2007 Month Year
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David Hunter, Panasonic
David Hunter, Panasonic

2. 802.21 Media Independent Handover (MIH)
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Media Independent Handover (MIH)
Charter
Develop standards to enable handover and interoperability between heterogeneous networks, including both 802 and non-802 networks
Transition glue between and other network technologies
Including: 802.3, , cellular
Overview
Tutorial in July 2006 IEEE 802 Plenary Session
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David Hunter, Panasonic

3. P802.21 Scope Interfacing between 802 and other technologies
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P Scope
Interfacing between 802 and other technologies
Great variety of designs, parameters, interfaces, addresses, names
Wider constituency than rest of 802
Every 802 MAC/PHY technology
Cellular SDOs: 3GPP, 3GPP2
Cellular and other network developers
Network operators
Regulatory bodies, government agencies and initiatives
European Commission Ambient Networks
IMT Advanced
Parameters on multiple layers of networks
PHY, MAC, Data Link, IP, Applications, Services all are relevant
David Hunter, Panasonic

4. P802.21 Progress Initial Sponsor Ballot Issued Aug 2007
Sept 2007
P Progress
Initial Sponsor Ballot Issued Aug 2007
165 Sponsor Members
Note: much larger than the Work Group (!)
Ballot Progress
Completed Sept 17, 2007
Approval Ratio 62%
650 comments
Comments
Large number of comments from members: Good
Some impossible to satisfy comments: Bad
Example: “Document needs to be a recommended practice.”
Example: “Define conformance criteria.”
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5. 802.21 Current Tasks Involvement in 802.11
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Current Tasks
Involvement in
Members now working in u, r, k, v
Continuing close cooperation with u
Joint meeting with this morning primarily u802.21
3GPP
Working to accommodate requirements from 3GPP (GSM cellular)
IMT Advanced
Joint meeting last night
Multi-Radio Power Conservation Management
New MRPM Study Group started this session
Behcet Sarikaya (Huawei) elected Study Group Chair
Security Signaling
New Security Study Group started this session
Yoshi Ohba (Toshiba) elected Study Group Chair
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David Hunter, Panasonic

6. P802.21 Current State and Timeline
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P Current State and Timeline
WG Members: 69 voters
6 nearly voters
18 aspirants
Initial Sponsor Ballot completed Sept 2007
Sept 2007 Session
Draft D1.0 comment resolution
Roughly half of 650 comments resolved this week
Second Sponsor Ballot after Nov 2007 session
Still Plan to Submit to RevCom March 2008
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David Hunter, Panasonic

7. References This document All Documents http://www.ieee802.org/21
Sept 2007
References
This document
Thanks to Vivek Gupta, Chair of
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All submissions are open to the public
Current draft is in the members-only area
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