IEEE 802 Wireless Coexistence Study Group Tuesday Meeting

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IEEE 802 Wireless Coexistence Study GroupTuesday
Meeting
Jim Lansford Chair, IEEE 802 Coexistence Study
Group Jim.Lansford_at_mobilian.com (405)
377-6170 Tim Blaney Secretary/Editor Timb_at_mobilia
n.com [phone]
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Goals for the week

• Resolve outstanding issues
• Mission statement
• Membership/voting
• Engagement
• Ratification of results
• Does the SG propose a TAG or something else
• Rules review
• Determine if rules change will be needed
• Present to ExCom on Friday
• Meetings scheduled for this week
• Tuesday 8-10AM (Columbia)
• Thursday 630-930PM (Salon A)
• Extension of SG will be needed to resolve
  outstanding issues
• Plan Close on a proposal and ask for COEX
  formation at Nov plenary

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Goals of COEX

• A committee that can review and make coexistence
  recommendations to ExCom on current or proposed
  PARs within the established wireless WGs of the
  IEEE802 standards body
• Similar in concept to the FCC OET, which makes
  recommendations to the commissioners about policy
• The functional charter of this new group is to
  address the wireless coexistence issues across
  all wireless WGs

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Functional Charter Discussion

• This group is responsible for reviewing all
  unlicensed band proposed PARs
• The group generates a guidance report to ExCom
  relative to coexistence with published wireless
  standards and those in the development process
  (not a Recommended Practice)
• This guidance report shall be used by ExCom as
  a technical expert opinion for evaluating the
  proposed PAR
• This group is responsible for generating a final
  review report of the Draft Standard prior to
  Sponsor Ballot
• This report will be presented to the sponsoring
  WG and ExCom and a copy will be sent to the Chair
  of all other wireless WGs within IEEE802

This does not affect existing coexistence TGs
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802 COEX Proposed Procedures

• Membership Voting
• Attendance at the 802 COEX meetings is open to
  registered member of 802.11, 802.15 or 802.16
• Voting at the 802 COEX meetings is limited to
  voting members of 802.11, 802.15 or 802.16
• Attendance at 802 COEX meetings will count
  towards attendance at the individuals primary WG
• Ratification of guidelines
• A guideline requires a 75 approval vote by the
  members of the 802 COEX as outlined above
• The guideline is then presented to ExCom and the
  appropriate wireless WG(s)

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Regulatory Coexistence Complementary Charters

• Regulatory TAG
• Harmonize the IEEE 802 activities with the
  worldwide regulatory bodies
• Coexistence TAG
• Harmonize the IEEE 802 activities with the
  internal wireless WGs relative to unlicensed bands

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Next Steps

• Rules change for organization and voting
• See Vic Hayes presentation
• Coordinate activity with the Regulatory to create
  a consistent message within ExCom
• The Regulatory TAG is an outwardly focused
  activity targeted at influencing decisions of the
  worldwide regulatory agencies relative to IEEE
  802 desired directions
• The Coexistence TAG is an inwardly focused
  activity targeted at coordinating coexistence
  issues within and between the various wireless
  WGs in IEEE 802
• Motion to extend to November

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Motion

• Motion to extend the Coexistence Study Group
  until the November 2001 Plenary with the original
  goals as previously adopted
• Moved
• Seconded
• Vote