1. IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER
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Title: , Session #25, Orlando Closing Plenary
Date Submitted: Jan, 2008
Presented at IEEE session #25 Orlando
Authors or Source(s):
  Vivek Gupta
Abstract: Closing Plenary

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3. Agenda 802.21 Specification Timeline SB Comment Resolution Update
Election Update
Ad hoc teleconference update
Liaison update (802.11, , IETF)
Future Locations

4. Revised 802.21 Timeline (July 2007)
IEEE ECSG formed – March 2003
IEEE WG formed – March 2004
Requirements development – September 2004
Call for Proposals – October 2004
Harmonized Single Proposal Confirmed by the WG – May 2005
Ongoing WG Comment Resolution started – July 2005
WG Comment Resolution completed – January 2006
Start of WG Letter Ballot – March 2006
Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot –(July-07)
IEEE 802 Draft Standard sent to RevCom – March 2008
Ongoing Interaction with Other Standards Organization (3GPP, 3GPP2, IETF, , , 802.3) - adoption of it depends on the timeline of work items within these groups

5. Revised 802.21 Timeline (March 2008)
IEEE ECSG formed – March 2003
IEEE WG formed – March 2004
Requirements development – September 2004
Call for Proposals – October 2004
Harmonized Single Proposal Confirmed by the WG – May 2005
Ongoing WG Comment Resolution started – July 2005
WG Comment Resolution completed – January 2006
Start of WG Letter Ballot – March 2006
Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot –(July-07)
IEEE 802 Draft Standard sent to RevCom – July 2008
Ongoing Interaction with Other Standards Organization (3GPP, 3GPP2, IETF, , , 802.3) - adoption of it depends on the timeline of work items within these groups

6. Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot – (July 2007)
Plan to meet Timeline
Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot – (July 2007)
For RevCom Approval in March 2008
=> Draft Approval Rating > 90% (minimum), preferably >95%
SB:
Starts Aug-17, Ends Sept 16: Return Ratio: 78% Approval Ratio 62%
Comment Resolution for SB #1 (Sep-Nov) =>Recirculation
SB Recirc #1 (recirculation 15 days):
Starts Dec-20, Ends Jan-09: Return Ratio: 83%, Approval Ratio: 83%
Comment Resolution for SB #1 (Jan meeting) =>Recirculation
SB Recirc #2 (recirculation 15 days):
Starts Feb 05, Ends Feb 22: Return Ratio: 84%, Approval Ratio: 88%
Comment Resolution for SB #1 (Feb Adhoc/March) => RevCom Approval
SB Recirc #3 (recirculation 15 days):
Starts April ??, Ends April ??: Return Ratio: ??%, Approval Ratio: ??%
Comment Resolution for SB #3 (May) => RevCom Approval

7. SB Recirculation-2 Voting Summary
No of Members: 165
Received Votes: 140
Approve:
Disapprove:
Abstain:
Approval ratio = 112/(15+112) = 0.88
Return ratio = 140/165 = 0.84

8. SB Recirc-2 Comment Resolution Progress
Section
Resolved #
Total Comments
1-4 7 5 17 6 15 50 8 46
Annex
118
Total: 253 Comments
Includes Editorials (Total: 67)

9. 3GPP Update SA2 for Rel-8: 24.302 (ANDSF Concept) CT1: 24.301 24.302
ANDSF accepted in home PLMN
Visited PLMN to be considered for Rel-9
Contributions from ALU, Motorola and others at Athens meeting
CT1:
24.301
24.302
Has more updates on ANDSF
Few contributions
24.303

10. March-2008 Chair Election
Vivek Gupta : 34
Abstain: 0

11. March 2008 Vice Chair Election
Michael Williams: 11
Subir Das: 26

12. WG Motions

13. May 2008 Interim Meeting
Motion the WG to hold the interim meeting in May-2008 with or without the quorum
Moved By: Ronny
Seconded By: Junghoon
Yes: 21
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Result: Motion Passes

14. Updated Draft D9.2
Motion the WG to direct the WG Editor to produce an updated draft D9.2 based on all comments resolved as part of SB-2 Re-circulation (as described in Commentary file _SB_Recirc_2_Comments.usr) and post it to the web site
Moved By: Qiaobing
Seconded By: Marc
Yes: 21
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Result: Motion Passes

15. WG LB on Draft D9.2
Motion the WG to conduct a 10 day WG LB to approve draft D9.2 and produce draft D10.0 based on received comments related to Tony Jeffree’s comments in SB Recirculation-2.
Moved By: Michael
Seconded By: Subir
Yes: 23
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Result: Motion Passes

16. Authorize 802.21 SB Recirculation
Motion the WG to authorize a SB Recirculation of draft D10.0 in April 2008
Moved By: Scott
Seconded By: Junghoon
Yes: 22
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Result: Motion Passes

17. Handovers with Broadcast Technologies SG Motion
Motion the WG to form a SG to examine issues related to supporting handovers with broadcast technologies
Moved by: Burak Simsek
Seconded by: Juan Carlos
Yes: 13
No: 2
Abstain: 04
Result: Motion Passes

18. Emergency Services SG Motion
Motion the WG to form an ES SG to address Emergency Services issues in IEEE 802 networks
Moved by: Michael Williams
Seconded by: Reijo Salminen
Yes: 13
No: 0
Abstain: 06
Result: Motion Passes

19. June 2008 Ad hoc Meeting
Motion the WG to hold an ad hoc meeting if required in June 2008
Moved By: Marc
Seconded By: Alice
Yes: 14
No: 0
Abstain: 7
Result: Motion Passes

20. 802.21 THANKS Michael Williams
Moved: To recognize with appreciation the contributions of Michael Williams as the Founding Vice Chair of the IEEE Working Group and acknowledge his service to the WG from 2004 to 2008.
Moved By: Scott Henderson
Seconded By: Ajay Rajkumar
Yes:
No:
Abstain:
Result: Passes by Unanimous Consent

21. Teleconferences April-22: April-10: Security SG
IMT-Advanced: 6:00 PM PST
April-10:
SB Recirculation Comments: 6:00 PM PST
Security SG
April 2, 16, and 30, 2008 (Wednesday, 10AM EST)

22. Future Sessions

23. Future Sessions - 2008 Interim: May 11th – 16th , 2008 (Jacksonville)
Meeting co-located with /15/18/19/20/22
Plenary: July 13th – 18th,2008, Denver, Colorado
Co-located with all 802 groups
Interim: Sept 7th – 12th ,2008, (Big Island, Hawaii)
Plenary: Nov 9th – 14th,2008, Dallas, TX

24. Future Sessions - 2009 Interim: Jan (San Antonio)
Meeting co-located with /15/18/19/20/22
Plenary: March (Vancouver)
Co-located with all 802 groups
Interim: May (Montreal)
Plenary: July (San Francisco)
Interim: Sept (Big Island, Hawaii)
Plenary: Nov (Atlanta)

25. EC Motions

26. Election Report
WG carried out WG elections on Monday March-17
A secret ballot was used with paper ballot forms
In the election for WG Chair, Vivek Gupta was the only candidate and was elected unanimously (with 34 votes).
There were 2 candidates for WG Vice Chair, Michael Williams and Subir Das. Subir Das was elected as Vice Chair by vote of

27. LMSC Motion
Motion: To confirm the elections of Vivek Gupta and Subir Das as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of the IEEE Working Group
Moved: Vivek Gupta
Second: Tony Jeffree
LMSC Vote:

28. Request to form 802.21 Security SG
Security-related signaling can add significant delays to Handovers and in many cases service continuity can not be met, in particular, for real-time applications
Various presentations on this problem in the group over last year
- by Yoshi Ohba et al
by Jesse Walker
by Madjid Nakhjiri
WG Motion to request EC Approval for formation of Security SG
28-0-2
Yoshi Ohba/Clint Chaplin (as potential SG Chair candidates)

29. Security SG Renewal
Motion: Move that the EC extend (second extension) the Security Study Group through the July 2008 Plenary Meeting
Moved: Vivek Gupta
Second: Tony Jeffree
LMSC Vote:

30. MRPM SG Renewal
Motion: Move that the EC extend (second extension) the Multi-Radio Power Conservation Management Study Group through the July 2008 Plenary Meeting
Moved: Vivek Gupta
Second: Shellhammer
LMSC Vote:

31. Request to form Emergency Services SG
802 Networks need to support Emergency Services. Specifically they would need to address L2 issues related to prioritization, pre-emption and geo-location of caller to support these services
Various presentations on this topic over last year
– CFI by Stephen McCann (Nov 2007)
- Tutorial by Scott, Stephen et al (March 2007)
- Stephen (March 2008)
WG Motion to request EC Approval for formation of Emergency Services SG
13-0-2
Stephen McCann/Scott Henderson (as potential SG Chair candidates)

32. Motion to form 802.21 Emergency Services SG
Request the IEEE 802 Executive Committee to create an IEEE Study Group to address Emergency Services issues in 802 networks with the intent to create necessary PAR and 5 Criteria.
Moved: Vivek Gupta
Seconded: Pat Thaler
Approve:
Disapprove
Abstain:
Result: To be done over

33. Request to form Handovers with Broadcast Technologies SG
DVB is an emerging technology in Europe and elsewhere. There are potential handover scenarios between DVB (and other broadcast technologies) and / WG has been invited to give a Tutorial to DVB Consortium in June and DVB to reciprocate in July. Possibility of liasion between IEEE and DVB Consortia in June-July timeframe.
Some presentations on this topic over last year
– Burak Simsek et al (Nov 2007)
- Grigat, Stupor, Simsek et al (Jan 2008)
– Burak Simsek (March 2008)
WG Motion to request EC Approval for formation of Handovers with Broadcast Technologies SG:
Burak Simsek/Juan Carlos Zunniga (as potential SG Chair candidates)

34. Motion to form 802.21 Handovers with Broadcast Technologies SG
Request the IEEE 802 Executive Committee to create an IEEE Study Group to address issues related to Handovers between Broadcast Technologies and other 802 networks with the intent to create necessary PAR and 5 Criteria.
Moved: Vivek Gupta
Seconded:
Approve:
Disapprove:
Abstain:
Result: To be done over