1. IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT SERVICES DCN: 21-18-0078-00-0000
Title: Proposal for SG Activities
Date Submitted: December 18, 2018
Presented at IEEE Teleconference
Authors or Source(s):  Seo, Dong-Il Dillon (VoleR Creative)
Jeong, Sangkwon Peter (JoyFun)
Abstract: The purpose of this document is to inform the current status of SG and to discuss how the SG is going to be developed and what directions the SG should move forward in the future with the WG members.

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3. Progress Report
‘Network Enablers for Seamless HMD based VR Content Service’ IG has been officially ended in the last November Bangkok meeting and the EC has approved the formation of SG under the same name during the EC closing plenary meeting.
During the approval process, other WG chairs such as and were concerned that the scope of this SG may be too broad as some of the use cases were related to their WG scopes and the members of WG members are too small to carry the SG under WG.
Subir explained the past activities of IG under WG and informed other EC members that the SG can accept any participants from other 802 WGs. However, Subir was able to convince the EC members that the SG should be formed under SG.
In order to dispel the concerns raised in the EC closing plenary, the scopes of SG need to be properly defined and structured so that other 802 professionals are interested in joining.

4. WG Name Change
Current name for IEEE WG is ‘MEDIA INDEPENDENT SERVICES ’ and the standard paper for the WG has been already published. For the further development and standard and accommodation of future demand, the WG may need to change the name so that it can cover variety of future topics.
The name change may allow the services including both wired and wireless network requirements and allow other 802 WG professionals to join.
The network services for the newly rising technology may demand more convergence of both wired and wireless network; hence, the new name may be drafted to accommodate these demands.
If WG can make the scope broader by changing the name, it could help to dispel some of the concerns that other 802 WG chairs raised during the EC plenary and allow WG to become a bigger group.

5. SG Operation Plan
Name Change of the current SG (Network Enablers for Seamless HMD based VR Content Service)
Perhaps we can come up with a shorter name?
SG follows the regulations and guidelines set by the WG
SG will set up 4 sessions for IEEE 802 meetings
For the interim, SG should set up a joint session with when necessary
For the plenary, SG should set up a joint session with when necessary
SG will define the scopes and draft at least one PAR but it is not only limited to one PAR

6. Discussion Points
We would like to discuss the issues raised in both slide #3 and slide #4 with the rest of the WG members and prepare the first SG meetings during the St. Louis interim.