1. 802.21 Liaison Report Date: 2006-07-19 Author: July 2006 Month Year
doc.: IEEE /0745r0
July 2006
Liaison Report
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David Hunter, Panasonic
David Hunter, Panasonic

2. 802.21 Media Independent Handover (MIH)
Month Year
doc.: IEEE /0745r0
July 2006
Media Independent Handover (MIH)
Goal
Optimize handovers across heterogeneous networks
Transition glue between and other network technologies
Including: 802.3
Overview
Thorough tutorial last night described and its prime target interfaces:
802.11
802.16
IETF (MIPSHOP)
3GPP
Copy will be at
David Hunter, Panasonic
David Hunter, Panasonic

3. MIH Architecture for 802.11 July 2006 No New Mobility Protocols
Does Not handle Handover Execution
Does Not Redesign Existing PHY/MAC
New items in scope
David Hunter, Panasonic

4. 802.21 History & Timeline Currently Resolving Comments from LB #1
Month Year
doc.: IEEE /0745r0
July 2006
History & Timeline
1H 2004
2H 2004
1H 2005
2H 2005
1H 2006
2H 2006
1H 2007
2H 2007
WG Created
14 Initial Proposals
Letter Ballot
Letter Ballot
Sponsor Ballot
Deployment
Initiate Amendments to u, g, 3GPP, IETF (MIPSHOP) on L3
Spec Ratified
Call For Proposals
Downselection Initial Draft Text
Currently Resolving Comments from LB #1
(Total 1323, ~950 resolved before this week)
David Hunter, Panasonic
David Hunter, Panasonic

5. P802.21 Current State Members Letter Ballot 1 Interworking with 802.11
July 2006
P Current State
Members
72 voters; 5 nearly voters; about 50 aspirants
Letter Ballot 1
26% approval ratio; 1323 comments received
June comment resolution ad-hoc in Singapore
Completing comment resolution this week
Interworking with
Joint meeting with u this morning
is a charter subject area
Full MIH-related proposal will come to vote tomorrow
Close cooperation – several members in common
Tracking r
David Hunter, Panasonic

6. P802.21 Next Steps Letter Ballot 2 Plans September Interim Meeting
July 2006
P Next Steps
Letter Ballot 2 Plans
New draft complete by 28 July
20-day recirculation ballot
Perhaps August ad-hoc meeting to resolve new comments
Will vote on this tomorrow
September Interim Meeting
Same venue as : September 17-22, 2006 in Melbourne
Comment resolution
Probably ad-hoc meeting in October
Another vote tomorrow
David Hunter, Panasonic

7. References Details Overview http://www.ieee802.org/21
July 2006
References
Details
All submissions are open to the public
Current draft in members-only area
Overview
Tutorial last night:
(but text not yet up on this server)
David Hunter, Panasonic