1. IEEE 802.11 Regulatory AHC Draft Teleconference Plan
April 2009
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August 2009
IEEE Regulatory AHC Draft Teleconference Plan
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Authors:
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

2. April 2009
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August 2009
Abstract
This presentation is the plan for the August 27th 2009 IEEE Regulatory Ad Hoc Committee teleconference.
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

3. Agenda Administrative items Introduction The regulatory summaries
North America
European Union
Asia
FOCUS: Input to ERM TG11 on EN v1.8.1

4. Administrative Items Ad Hoc Committee rules (per Adrian)
Introduce the ethics etc... slides in your meetings,  you should not call for essential patents
AHC,  is a "committee of the whole" of the WG - i.e. any WG member can contribute; in practice, anybody who turns up can speak
During f2f meetings,  you can hold formal votes of only the voting members of ; on a telecon you can take straw polls,  but not formal votes
Required notices
Affiliation FAQ -
Anti-Trust FAQ -
Ethics -
IEEE Working Group Policies and Procedures -
Chair and Secretary
Chair is Rich Kennedy (Research In Motion)
Recording Secretary needed

5. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
August 2009
Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws.
Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims.
Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions.
Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings.
Technical considerations remain primary focus
Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets.
Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation.
Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object.
See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details.
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

6. Introduction Outputs from this group must go through 802.18 Purpose
Improve the working relationship between the technical experts and the regulatory specialists, especially when it comes to critical technical issues
Scope
The group will review new regulatory changes or impending changes affecting standards
Each meeting will focus on the most critical issue at the time
Critical Issue Focus
Direct impact on IEEE current and future products
Response/Input deadlines
Coordination with IEEE (RR-TAG)
Coordination with the Wi-Fi Alliance
Outputs from this group must go through

7. Regulatory Summary – North AmericaUS
Nationwide Broadband Plan – August Roadshow
Defining “Broadband”
ITU-R Recommendation F.1399: “Broadband Wireless Access is defined as wireless access in which connection(s) capabilities are higher than the primary rate (i.e., higher than kbit/s).”
The TV White Spaces – database specification soon?
Canada
Mexico

8. Regulatory Summary – European Union
ERM TG11 - EN revision
See FOCUS slide
EU Digital Dividend Consultation (Closes September 4th)
WG SE21 - Radar Spurious Emissions
EUMETNET asking for relaxation of -100dBc requirement
EUMETNET suggested -60dBc
It appears that their request will be rejected
“Due to our and other's effort, it is already clear that Eumetnet will not get their proposed relaxation, so the position paper was less important at this moment.”
WG SE24 - 5GHz RLANs OBA
RLAN community has offered to block 5600 – 5650MHz band OBA
Trying to close workitem before any additional concessions are needed

9. Regulatory Summary - Asia
No updates at this time

10. FOCUS: Proposal for TG11
For operation under EN rules: A technology neutral limit, based on the maximum average transmitted energy during a busy second, and assuming that peak transmit power limits are unchanged
10m W operation under EN still allowed
MU = Power in Milliwatt seconds per second, and the limit is MU < [4 Millijoules] measured at 1 meter
100 mW for 100 milliseconds = 10 millijoules per second
10 mW for 1 second = 10 millijoules per second
10 mW for 100  milliseconds = 1 millijoules per second
10 mW for 10 milliseconds = 0.1 millijoules per second
Devices that do not meet the MU limit must incorporate additional sharing mechanisms, e.g. Listen Before Talk

11. August 2009
References
FCC Notice of Inquiry (
FCC Second Report and Order and Memorandum and Order (
ofcom-update-on-the-digital-dividend-cognitive
ofcom-update-on-ddr-cleared-award
"Transforming the digital dividend opportunity into social benefits and economic growth in Europe“ ( )
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion