1. IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER
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Title: Liaison Report for
Date Submitted: November 19, 2009
Presented at IEEE session in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on November 19, 2009
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  Clint Chaplin, Liaison (Samsung)
Abstract: This document is the liaison report on

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3. 802.11 Groups 802.11n – High Throughput
>100Mbps
802.11mb – New Maintenance group (compilation of all approved amendments)
Currently finishing changes that could not be completed in time for
802.11p – WAVE
Wireless Vehicle communication
802.11u – Interworking with External Networks
MAC changes to accommodate, among others, ; relies on 11k, 11r; scope agreement with 11v
802.11v – Wireless Network Management
Management protocol additions; AP-AP negotiations; load balancing; access controls
802.11w – Protecting Management Frames
Security for management frames, including broadcast frames; relies on 11k, 11r and 11u
802.11z – Direct Link Setup
Enabling Direct Link with legacy APs
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

4. 802.11 TGmb 802.11 Accumulated Maintenance Changes
First Initial WG ballot on IEEE mb D1.0 closed June 27, Results: 155/23/ %
730 comments received: 491 technical, 239 editorial
Working to resolve these comments; only a few comments left to resolve, but more to be voted on later
Planning on a recirculation after the November meeting.
Matthew Gast

5. TGn High Throughput
Published 30 September 2009
Bruce Kraemer

6. 802.11 TGp Wireless Access for the Vehicular Environment
First initial Sponsor Ballot on draft 9.0 closes 22 November 2009
Lee Armstrong

7. TGs Mesh Networking
Theodorus (Dee) Denteneer (Philips) was named as the new permanent chair of TGs
Third Initial WG Ballot LB147 on draft 3.0 closed May 3, Results 132/35/ % Passed!
1195 comments received: 778 technical, 417 editorial
Working on resolving comments from LB147, have resolved all but a few comments
Estimating to go out for recirculation WG ballot after the November meeting
Theodorus Denteneer

8. 802.11 TGu InterWorking with External Networks
First Sponsor ballot on draft 8.0 closed November 7, Results are 106/12/1/ %.
TGu was named as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for IEEE u sponsor ballots
802.11u received comments, 156 technical and 180 editorial, and the BRC is busy addressing the comments.
12 MIH specific comments: 6 accepted, 5 rejected, one to be decided.
Expect to go out for recirculation sponsor ballot middle of December
Stephen McCann

9. 802.11 TGv Wireless Network Management
First Sponsor ballot on draft 7.0 closed November 7, Results were 105/25/1/ %
TGv was named as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for IEEE v sponsor ballots
802.11v received 327 comments, 180 technical, 24 general, and 123 editorial, and the BRC is busy addressing the comments.
Expecting to go out for recirculation sponsor ballot in January 2010
Dorothy Stanley

10. 802.11 TGw Protected Management Frames
Published 29 October 2009
Jesse Walker

11. 802.11 TGz Extensions to Direct Link Setup
First Sponsor ballot on draft 6.0 closed November 6, Results are 103/15/0/ %.
TGz was named as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for IEEE z sponsor ballots
802.11z received 218 comments; 174 technical, 11 general, and 33 editorial, and the BRC is busy addressing the comments.
Expect to go out for recirculation sponsor ballot January 2010
Menzo Wentink

12. 802.11 TGaa 802.11 Video Transport Streams
Estimating having a draft ready for first WG ballot in March 2010
Ganesh Venkatesan (needs updating)

13. 802.11 TGac Very High Throughput <6GHz
Named three co-chairs each to four ad-hoc subgroups:
MAC Ad Hoc: Matthew Fischer (Broadcom), Jae Seung Lee (ETRI), Allan Zhu (Samsung)
PHY Ad Hoc: Raj Banerjea (Marvel), Minho Cheong (ETRI), Vinko Erceg (Broadcom)
Coexistence Ad Hoc: Youhan Kim (Atheros), Eldad Perahia (Intel), Yasushi Takatori (NTT)
MU-MIMO: Brian Hart (Cisco), Robert Stacey (Intel), Sameer Vermani (Qualcomm)
A new revision of the Functional Requirements and Evaluation Methodology document (09/0451r9) was adopted.
The TG agreed on an initial guideline for Ad Hoc scope (09/1175r1).
Estimated to have draft ready for first WG ballot in November 2010
Osama Aboul-Magd

14. 802.11 TGad Very High Throughput 60GHz
Task group documents:
09/0935r2, Selection Procedure, Matt Fisher
09/1024r0, Selection Change Proposal, John Barr
Channel Modeling (joint meeting between TGad and c)
09/995r0, 60 GHz Transmission and Reflection Measurements, Tian-Wei Huang
09/1011r0, Verification of Polarization Impact Model by Experimental Data, Alexander Maltsev
09/0936r1, Intra-cluster response model and parameter for channel modeling at 60GHz, Hirokazu Sawada
Other submissions
09/960r0, WirelessHD Coexistence, Jeyhan Karaoguz
Estimated to have draft ready for first WG ballot in December 2010 (PAR deadline)
Eldad Perhia (needs updating)

15. QoS MAN Study Group
Updated the PAR and 5 Criteria based on feedback from EC
Working Group approved the modified PAR and 5 Criteria to submit to EC
EC will vote on forming a Task Group Friday
Michael Montemurro 15

16. 802.11 TV White Space Study Group
Updated the PAR and 5 Criteria based on feedback from EC
Working Group approved the modified PAR and 5 Criteria to submit to EC
EC will vote on forming a Task Group Friday
Rich Kennedy 16

17. 802.11 WNG Wireless Next Generations SC
Three presentations at this meeting
Continuous network discovery using Opportunistic Scanning ( ) – Marc Emmelmann
Straw Poll: Should IEEE WNG receive further presentations analyzing if existing mechanisms can be used to support seamless handoff for (highly) mobile users?
Result: Yes - 21; No - 0; Abstain - 4.
Time-based ranging technology for IEEE ( ) – Dong Kyoo Kim
IEEE for High Speed Mobility ( ) – Hiroki Nakano
Does WNG think that we need further presentations exploring the need for support for mobile communication.
Result: Yes - 25; No - 0; Need More Discussion - 3; Don’t Care - 1.
Clint Chaplin

18. JTC1/SC6 Ad-Hoc ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6
Chinese National Body has submitted WAPI to JTC1 for balloting.
The Ad-Hoc reviewed, revised, and approved a letter from IEEE to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 stating the plans of IEEE to submit documents to JTC1/SC^ through the PSDO process.
The Ad-Hoc reviewed, revised, and approved a letter that will be sent from Paul Nikolich (representing IEEE 802) to ISO/IEC JTC1 rebutting claims in the Chinese WAPI submission.
The PSDO will probably not be changed, and in fact it will be extended to cover all SCs in JTC1.
Andrew Myles

19. Dorothy Stanley (needs updating)
IETF Ad-Hoc
Did not meet
Dorothy Stanley (needs updating)