1. IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER
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Title: Liaison Report for
Date Submitted: July 21, 2011
Contributed to IEEE on July 21, 2011
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  Clint Chaplin, Liaison (Samsung)
Abstract: This document is the liaison report on

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3. 802.11 Groups 802.11s – Mesh Networking
802.11mb – New Maintenance group (compilation of all approved amendments)
Currently finishing changes that could not be completed in time for
802.11aa - Video Transport Streaming
Additions to support video
802.11ac – Very High Throughput <6GHz
Successor to n at frequencies less than 6GHz
802.11ad – Very High Throughput 60GHz
Successor to n at 60GHz
802.11ae – QoS MAN
QoS of Management frames
802.11af – TVWS
TV White Space
802.11ah – Sub-1GHz
Sub-1GHz Operation
802.11ai – Fast Link Setup
Speed up initial link setup

4. 802.11 TGmb 802.11 Accumulated Maintenance Changes
Second Recirculation Sponsor ballot on IEEE mb D8.0 closed April 14, Results: 136/12/ %
863 comments received: 301 technical, 522 editorial, 40 general
Resolved all of the comments
Third Recirculation Sponsor ballot on IEEE mb D9.0 closed June 22, Results: 139/11/ %
216 comments received: 90 technical, 115 editorial, 11 general
Resolved all of the comments ???
Going out for Fourth Recirculation Sponsor ???
Dorothy Stanley (needs to be updated)

5. Theodorus (Dee) Denteneer
TGs Mesh Networking
Third Recirculation Sponsor Ballot on IEEE s D10.0 closed April 9, Results: 140/5/0/ %
246 comments received: 164 technical, 78 editorial, 4 general
Resolved all comments
Fourth Recirculation Sponsor Ballot on IEEE s D11.0 closed May 7, Results: 140/5/0/ %
300 comments received: 133 technical, 165 editorial, 2 general
Fifth Recirculation Sponsor Ballot on IEEE s D12.0 closed June 4, Results: 141/4/0/ % (two voters change from “no” to “yes” after ballot closed: 143/2/0/9)
1 comment received
Asking the EC Friday for unconditional approval to publish
Theodorus (Dee) Denteneer

6. 802.11 TGaa 802.11 Video Transport Streams
Third Recirculation WG Ballot LB175 on draft 4.0 closed April 9, Results 135/23/ %
802.11aa received 93 comments, 70 technical and 23 editorial, and the BRC addressed all comments.
Fourth Recirculation WG Ballot LB179 on draft 5.0 closed June 17, Results 142/15/ %
802.11aa received 132 comments, 70 technical and 62 editorial, and the BRC addressed all comments.
Planning on going out for recirculation after this meeting.
Ganesh Venkatesan stepped down as chair, a new chair will be selected.
Ganesh Venkatesan (needs to be updated)

7. 802.11 TGac Very High Throughput <6GHz
First Initial WG Ballot LB178 on draft 1.0 closed June 25, Results 148/52/ %: failed
802.11ac received 1821 comments, 1031 technical, 766 editorial, and 24 general, and the BRC is addressing the comments.
Planning on going out for Second Initial WG ballot in September or November
Osama Aboul-Magd

8. 802.11 TGad Very High Throughput 60GHz
First Recirculation WG Ballot LB174 on draft 2.0 closed April 4, Results 175/25/ %
802.11ad received 330 comments, 198 technical and 132 editorial, and the BRC has addressed all comments.
Elected Chris Hansen as Vice-Chair (previous Vice-Chair stepped down)
Second Recirculation WG Ballot LB177 on draft 3.0 closed June 1, Results 188/16/ %
802.11ad received 214 comments, 133 technical and 81 editorial, and the BRC has addressed ???.
Will to go out for Third Recirculation WG ballot ????
Eldad Perahia (needs to be updated)

9. TGae QoS MAN
Second Recirculation WG Ballot LB176 on draft 3.0 closed April 26, Results 163/21/ %
802.11ae received 142 comments, 58 technical and 84 editorial, and the BRC addressed all the comments.
Third Recirculation WG Ballot LB180 on draft 4.0 closed June 18, Results 180/8/ %
802.11ae received 77 comments, and the BRC addressed all the comments.
Already started Fourth Recirculation WG ballot; ends August 4.
Asking the EC Friday for conditional approval to go out for Sponsor Ballot.
Michael Montemurro 9

10. Rich Kennedy (needs to be updated)
TGaf TV White Space
May
Settled on architecture and security modifications to track regulatory changes
Selected P802.11ac as PHY focus
Adjusted timeline accordingly
Resolved 481 comments
408 of 410 Editorial (accepted into draft 1.01)
73 of 892 Technical (voted Thursday AM2)
Revised the P802.11af timeline
Planned for July ad hoc, and weekly teleconferences
Still begin Tuesdays at 22:00 ET
July
Rich Kennedy (needs to be updated) 10

11. Dave Halaz (needs to be updated)
TGah Less than 1GHz
May 2011
Worked on Channel model document
General agreement on outdoor channel model
Discussions on indoor channel
Have not yet reached agreement on document
Requirements and evaluation methodology started
Still need to make progress on Requirements and Evaluation Methodology
Change of leadership roles
Yongho Seok: Vice Chair
Minyoung Park: Editor
Secretary is open
Dave Halaz (needs to be updated) 11

12. 802.11 TGai Fast Initial Authentication
May 2011
Reviewed and Approved the Singapore and Teleconference meeting minutes
Approved Use Case Scenario documentation
Approved TGai requirement documentation
Approved Process for creating TGai draft
Approved Weekly Teleconference schedule
Approved Plan for July
Discussion and approve Evaluation methodology
Submission of Initial technical contribution
General submission
Submission of Presentation
0619/00 Use case: network mobility / Jihyun Lee (LG Electronics)
0746/00 Discussion on How Many APs to Cover/ Dwight Smith (Motorola Mobility)
0238/17 Use-Case-Reference-List-for-TGai / Tom Siep (CSR)
0750/01 Use-Case-Document-Definitions /Tom Siep (CSR)
0739/01 HIP DEX for Fast Initial Authentication in /Konstantinos Georgantas, (Helsinki Institute for Information Technology)
0756/00 IP address assignment in FIA/ Robert Moskowitz (Verizon)
0797/00 Use Case: Mobile hotspot / Jhyun Lee (LG)
0745/05 TGai Functional Requirements / Marc Emmelmann (Fraunhofer FOKUS & Root )
0748/04 process-for-Creating-TGai-Draft / Tom Siep (CSR)
Hiroshi Mano (needs to be updated) 12

13. 802.11 WNG Wireless Next Generation SC
Two presentations at May 2011 meeting
WNG Presentation: 6-9GHz extensions to ( wng-6-9ghz-extensions-to ppt) – Jim Lansford
DSA system for 2.4GHz ISM Band ( wng-dsa-system-for-2-4ghz-ism-band.pptx) – Shoichi Kitazawa
Three presentations at July 2011 meeting
Improving the Case for Wireless LAN Transmit Power Control— including to better service Mobile Telephones? ( wng-improving-tpc-case.ppt) – Lawrence Zuckerman
Channel Contention with a Large Number of Devices ( wng-channel-contention-with-a-large-number-of-devices.ppt) – Ed Reuss
PTC Radio and System Architecture ( wng-positive-train-control-radio-and-system-architecture.ppt) – Jia-Ru Li
Clint Chaplin

14. JTC1/SC6 Ad-Hoc ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6
May 2011
July 2011
Andrew Myles (needs to be updated)

15. Rich Kennedy (needs to be updated)
Regulatory Ad-Hoc
May 2011
Discussed regulatory summaries from North America, the EU and Asia
FCC TVBD test plan issues
Update on 5 GHz TDWR activities
Received Draft Spectrum Allocation plan from India
Generated input on P802.11af for information document to ITU-R
Rich Kennedy (needs to be updated)