1. IEEE 802 Wireless Coexistence Study Group Thursday Meeting
July 2001
doc.: IEEE
July 2001
IEEE 802 Wireless Coexistence Study Group Thursday Meeting
Jim Lansford
Chair, IEEE 802 Coexistence Study Group
(405)
Tim Blaney
Secretary/Editor
(530)
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation

2. Goals for this week Resolve outstanding issues
July 2001
doc.: IEEE
July 2001
Goals for this week
Resolve outstanding issues
Mission statement
Membership/voting
Engagement
Ratification of results
Does the SG propose a TAG or something else
Rules review
Determine if rules change will be needed
Present to ExCom on Friday
Meetings scheduled for this week:
Tuesday 8-10AM (Columbia)
Thursday 6:30-9:30PM (Salon A)
Extension of SG will be needed to resolve outstanding issues
Plan: Close on a proposal and ask for TAG formation at Nov plenary
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation

3. Agenda for Thursday PM Meeting
July 2001
Agenda for Thursday PM Meeting
TAG Definition
Statement of Purpose
Functional Charter
Impact to Existing Efforts
TAG Output
TAG Structure
Membership & Voting
Coordination with ExCom
Next steps
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation

4. What is a TAG? Rules: July 2001
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation

5. July 2001
Statement of Purpose
Goal is to have a group that can review and make coexistence recommendations to ExCom on current or proposed PARs within the established wireless WGs of the IEEE802 standards body
Similar in concept to the FCC OET, which makes recommendations to the commissioners about policy
The functional charter of this new group is to address the wireless coexistence issues across all wireless WGs
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation

6. Functional Charter Discussion
July 2001
Functional Charter Discussion
This group is responsible for reviewing all unlicensed band proposed PARs
The group generates a “guidance” report to ExCom relative to coexistence with published wireless standards and those in the development process
This “guidance” report shall be used by ExCom as a technical expert opinion for evaluating the proposed PAR
This group is responsible for generating a final review report of the Draft Standard prior to Sponsor Ballot
This report will be presented to the sponsoring WG and ExCom and a copy will be sent to the Chair of all other wireless WGs within IEEE802
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation

7. Impact to Existing Efforts
July 2001
Impact to Existing Efforts
The activities of remain unchanged. They can continue working on their specific tasks at hand.
The GSG remains unchanged. They can continue working on their specific tasks at hand.
The Coexistence activity for Licensed bands remains unchanged.
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation

8. July 2001
TAG Output
The output of the TAG is a written set of guidelines that should be adopted by the appropriate WG for inclusion in its relevant TG handling the coexistence issues.
In the case of coexistence issues between and , the guidelines could be a recommendation for to write a recommended practice based on the TAGs findings
In the case of coexistence issues within , the guidelines would be similar to
For all other cases, where there is no active TG to undertake the writing of the recommended practice, the guidelines would recommend to ExCom that the appropriate WG create a TG to address the work as outlined in the TAG’s guidelines
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation

9. 802 COEX TAG Structure July 2001
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation

10. 802 COEX TAG Procedures Membership & Voting Ratification of guidelines
July 2001
802 COEX TAG Procedures
Membership & Voting
Attendance at the 802 COEX Tag meetings is open to registered member of , or
Voting at the 802 COEX Tag meetings is limited to voting members of , or
Attendance at 802 COEX TAG meetings will count towards attendance at the individual’s primary WG
Ratification of guidelines
A guideline requires a 75% approval vote by the members of the 802 COEX TAG as outlined above
The guideline is then presented to ExCom and the appropriate wireless WG(s)
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation

11. Regulatory & Coexistence Complementary Charters
July 2001
Regulatory & Coexistence Complementary Charters
Regulatory TAG
Harmonize the IEEE 802 activities with the worldwide regulatory bodies
Coexistence TAG
Harmonize the IEEE 802 activities with the internal wireless WGs relative to unlicensed bands
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation

12. July 2001
Next Steps
Need to determine if a rule change is required for establishing voting rights
The TAG would like attendance at its meeting to count towards attendance in the individual’s primary WG
Coordinate activity with the Regulatory TAG to create a consistent message with ExCom
The Regulatory TAG is an outwardly focused activity targeted at influencing decisions of the worldwide regulatory agencies relative to IEEE 802 desired directions
The Coexistence TAG is an inwardly focused activity targeted at coordinating coexistence issues within and between the various wireless WGs in IEEE 802
Jim Lansford, Tim Blaney, Mobilian Corporation