1. Month Year
doc.: IEEE yy/xxxxr0
May 2019
Comments on Proposal to Submit IEEE ax and EUHT to ITU for IMT-2020
Date:
Authors:
Hassan Yaghoobi (Intel)
John Doe, Some Company

2. Outline Background from IEEE 802 EC 5G SC
Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1093r2
May 2019
Outline
Background from IEEE 802 EC 5G SC
Information about IMT-Adv and IMT-2020 submissions
Comments on joint EUHT and submission to IMT-2020
Summary and Recommendations
Hassan Yaghoobi (Intel)

3. Background from IEEE 802 EC 5G SC and AANI (1/2)
Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1093r2
May 2019
Background from IEEE 802 EC 5G SC and AANI (1/2)
EC 5G SC Action B3 Adopted (EC GSG): IMT Proposal, External Proposal
Support development of a 3GPP proposal for IMT-2020 incorporating references to integration of IEEE or an IEEE 802 Access Network.
This is confirmed by the straw poll results (25 July)
LS to 3GPP ( /1101r10): LS from to 3GPP RAN and SA on IMT-2020
GPP RAN TSG and the IEEE WG to work together to improve WLAN aggregation and overall network performance
Improving WLAN aggregation to assist 3GPP in providing complimentary ways of meeting some IMT-2020 use case requirements, potentially leading towards inclusion in an IMT submission.
Hassan Yaghoobi (Intel)

4. Background from IEEE 802 EC 5G SC and AANI 2/2)
Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1093r2
May 2019
Background from IEEE 802 EC 5G SC and AANI 2/2)
Proposed Submission of based mmWave system to IMT-2020 (IEEE /1067r2)
AANI discuss the proposal and some prep work was conduced between Nov 2017-Jan 2018
AANI Straw Polls ( /0228r1): showed lack of majority support for submission.
Motion in approved ( /0228r1): The AANI SC is unable to recommend an IMT submission for the January 2018 meeting but intends to continue to consider the open issues until the end of the March meeting.
Despite 3GPP lack of interest in collaboration with IEEE 802, the overall level of interest remains very low and therefore a competing submission is not recommended.
Hassan Yaghoobi (Intel)

5. Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1093r2
May 2019
Past Example: Schedule for the development of IMT-Advanced radio interface Recommendations
Hassan Yaghoobi (Intel)

6. IEEE Submission of IEEE 802.16 for IMT-Advance
Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1093r2
May 2019
IEEE Submission of IEEE for IMT-Advance
Self Evaluation by WiMAX Forum Evaluation Group (WFEG)
Total of 9 company members active during the internal self evacuation and calibration as well as external evaluation and consensus building during
Three support evaluation groups (ARIB, TTA, WCA & WFEG) amongst total of around 14 evaluation groups
Three transposing organizations ARIB, TTA & WiMAX Forum
Reference: IMT-Advanced submission and evaluation process
Hassan Yaghoobi (Intel)

7. Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1093r2
May 2019
Schedule for the development of IMT-2020 radio interface Recommendations
Hassan Yaghoobi (Intel)

8. 3GPP Submission of 5G NR for IMT-2020
Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1093r2
May 2019
3GPP Submission of 5G NR for IMT-2020
3GPP Self Evaluation Group started on September 2017 (RAN#77)
Total of 20 member companies actively working on self evaluation calibration of 12 Categories based on 5 Test environment (3GPP RT ).
3GPP is targeting final submission of Rel-15&16 at RAN#84 in June 2019 (RP )
Coordination with Evaluation Groups (total of 12 for IMT-2020)
IMT-2020 submission and evaluation process
Test Environment
Configurations
Indoor Hotspot - eMBB
Configuration A
Configuration B
Configuration C
Carrier frequency for evaluation
4 GHz
30GHz
70GHz
Rural - eMBB
Configuration C (LMLC)
700 MHz
4 GHz
Dense Urban - eMBB
1 layer (Macro) with 4 GHz
1 layer (Macro) with 30 GHz
Urban Macro - mMTC
Inter-site distance
500 m
1732 m
Urban Macro - URLLC
Hassan Yaghoobi (Intel)

9. Support Organization in IEEE 802 for Submission to IMT-2020
May 2019
Support Organization in IEEE 802 for Submission to IMT-2020
Industry wide self evaluation and calibration is critical (in early stages of submission as well as external evaluation and consensus building) in success of submission
Less than two month to the deadline for Step 3 submission, IEEE 802 has not organized any systematic evaluation group and/or calibration procedure
This requires sufficient knowledge and deep understanding of the protocol as related to various components of (S)RIT (EUHT and ax) collectively by members of the proponent organization
Partial self evaluation conducted by NuFront (HUET) plus some earlier work on ax
No external evaluation organization formed or expressed interest in supporting a submission by IEEE 802; no coordination is conducted
No plan or interest with regards to transposing organization for adoption of the technology
As it can be seen from previous straw polls (feasibility) and it is evident from the current status of logistics in IEEE, it is not feasible to go through proper processes and submit a candidate technology to IMT-2020
Hassan Yaghoobi (Intel)

10. Comments on joint EUHT and 802.11 submission to IMT-2020
May 2019
Comments on joint EUHT and submission to IMT-2020
Past discussion in did not identify enough support or value in making a submission to IMT-2020 – we believe this to still be the case today
However, even in the unlikely event this has changed, any submission to IMT-2020 should only include technologies that are familiar to the membership
Fair to say that the majority of members are not familiar with the EUHT technology
EUHT was not developed using the IEEE 802 process and open to contributions from any member
It is not appropriate for IEEE 802 to endorse a non-standard, proprietary technology – would create a precedence for the future.
In the past, IEEE 802 expressed several concerns with regards to the EUHT technology as documented in jtc [1]
Assuming an optimistic case where such a joint submission to IMT-2020 were to be successful in obtaining IMT designation, there is the possibility that the Wi-Fi market would need to support an unfamiliar technology (i.e., EUHT) in their products
Hassan Yaghoobi (Intel)

11. Summary and Recommendations
May 2019
Summary and Recommendations
The idea of IEEE 802 submission to IMT-2020 has been extensively and repeatedly discussed in IEEE 802
There are major concerns about the merit of such submission, feasibility and interest in IEEE
Moreover, there are significant implications if IEEE 802 were to accept to make a joint submission with EUHT to IMT-2020
Therefore, we do not support or recommend a joint submission of EUHT and ax to IMT-2020
Hassan Yaghoobi (Intel)

12. Month Year
doc.: IEEE yy/xxxxr0
May 2019
References
[1] , IEEE Perspectives on document 6N14746 (NB of China’s contribution on the MAC and PHY Specs for Wireless high data rate application in 6N14603 WG 1 Agenda), 2011
Hassan Yaghoobi (Intel)
John Doe, Some Company