Standards Board MEETING 802'20 status

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Standards Board MEETING802.20 status

• Piscataway, NJ
• Arnie Greenspan, Chair
• 802.20
• June 7, 2007

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Chairs View of the progress of 802.20

• DALLAS STATUS
• Disbanded Balloting Constituency
• Documents in question and under attack
• Letter Ballot Draft Standard
• 2 recirculation's over 700 comments
• Review and adjudication by select group
• Multiple appeals over multiple issues
• New appointed Chair

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PROGRESS OF 802.20 contd

• MONTREAL STATUS
• Collegial and polite discussion of views
• Documentation set of 802.20 reviewed and modified
• New work plan for 802.20 approved and call for
  proposals issued
• Plan approved for merging the new proposals with
  the prior draft standard

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PROGRESS OF 802.20 contd

• MONTREAL contd
• Practice ballot approach for new
  merged/harmonized draft
• Process for review and resolution of comments,
  recommendations, now done in open working group
  environment
• 700 prior comments on initial draft standard
  reviewed and resolved resulting in 2 technical
  comments unresolved and 10 irresolvable
  non-compliant submissions unresolved
• Two new Vice-Chairs approved by working group and
  endorsed by Standards Board
• Active participation of 802.20 Task Group in
  support of 802.18 efforts to develop technical
  input to ITU-R (IMT-Advanced) meeting

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Results of Practice Ballot

• A total of 76 ballots were submitted, 65 ballots
  were to approve the draft, 9 disapprove and 2
  abstain. Thus of 146 voting members in 802.20 52
  responded 86 approved 8 voted no and 3
  abstained.

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FURTHER BREAKDOWN of PRACTICE BALLOT

• 378 Comments Received
• 2/3 or 262 Editorial All resolved
• 1/3 or 116 Technical All but 28 resolved
  covering 8 issues

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DEEPER LOOK

• Of the 76 votes on the first Practice Ballot
• Approve
• 43 votes Company A or affiliates
• 12 votes Company B
• 10 votes Miscellaneous voters
• Disapprove
• 6 votes Company C
• 1 vote Company D
• 2 Votes Company E
• Abstain
• 2 votes Company F

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STATISTICS

• Company A held 57 of total votes of the 85
  approval total
• Company C held 8 of total votes to disapprove
• Company F represents 28 of the negative dominant
  voting membership only cast 2 votes to abstain

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SUMMARY

• From where we were to where we are
• TREMENDOUS PROGRESS

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Signs of Remaining problems

• Confusion over 802.20 efforts in support of
  802.18 posted on 802.20 reflector
• Letter sent to 802 Oversight Committee
• Concern in Editorial Task Group over how Practice
  Ballot draft baseline was formed

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SUMMARY

• Consensus across the working group has not been
  achieved.
• The goal of 802.20 produce a good consensus
  standard for the marketplace to judge still
  faces some problems and issues.
• The chair of 802.20 will continue to see if the
  concerns of the membership can be addressed in a
  manner consistent to achieving the goals of 802.20

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NEW GOALS

• Review the harvest of the first practice ballot
  and begin the evolution of the initial draft
• Develop the next draft by
• Developing text on resolved technical issues.
• Work clearing items on open issues list
• Implement schedule/plan for the next practice
  ballot
• Develop plan for progress to WG letter ballot

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SUBSEQUENT GOALS

• When we are ready go to letter ballot.
• Requires 75 approval by Working Group
• When we are ready go to Sponsor Ballot.
• Requires 75 approval by Working Group
• Publish the STANDARD