1. Closing Plenary Meeting Report for IG THz Group (1/3)
March 2013
Closing Plenary Meeting Report for IG THz Group (1/3)
Meeting was called to order at 1:30 pm on March 19 and finished at March 20 on 5.22 pm.
Number of meetings: 4
Total number of attendees :17
Total number of contributions: 5
Contributions on Tuesday PM1
Contribution #1 : Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig (Germany), “Launching a Study Group on THz”; (Document thz)
Contribution #2 : Hiroyo Ogawa, ARIB, (Japan), “Optical interconnection of data center”; (Document thz)
Contribution #3 : Sebastian Priebe, TU Braunschweig (Germany) ,“MAC Layer Concepts for THz Communications”; (Document thz)
Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig

2. Closing Plenary Meeting Report for IG THz Group (2/3)
March 2013
Closing Plenary Meeting Report for IG THz Group (2/3)
Contributions on Wednesday PM1
Contribution #4 : John d’ Ambrosio, Dell (USA), “Introduction: Industry Connections in IEEE 802”; (Document thz)
Contributions on Wednesday PM 2
Contribution #5 : Michael Grigat , Deutsche Telekom (Germany), “Propagation Aspects of Terahertz Outdoor Fixed Wireless Links”; (Document thz)
Work on the Technical Expectation Document (TED)“. The content of the TED has been discussed and updated (Document thz)
Contribution to SC WNG on Wednesday AM2
Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig (Germany), “Launching a Study Group on THz”; (Document thz
Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig

3. Closing Plenary Meeting Report for IG THz Group (3/3)
March 2013
Closing Plenary Meeting Report for IG THz Group (3/3)
Discussions
Update of the Technical Expectations Document (11/0745r7)
Discussion on spinning-off a Study Group on „ Beam switchable wireless point-to-point 40/100 Gbps links”
Several possibilities to increase interest from industry have been discussed
Going through Industry Connection may not help on short-term
Next steps until the Genenva Plenary
Direct approach of potential users for a presentation at Geneva or a at least in a Telco before the Geneva Meeting
For the data center application setting up a link with 802.3
Preparation of a more detailed presentation on wireless data centers for the Geneva meeting
At Geneva checking status to make a motion towards a Study Group
Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig