Session #64 802.16 Maintenance Task Group Closing Plenary Report

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Session #64 802.16 Maintenance Task Group Closing Plenary Report

November 19, 2009

• Chair: Jon Labs

Activities of the Week

• 2 session (University): – Tuesday 13:30 – 16:00

– Thursday 13:30 – 15:00

• Attendance: 4 people

Activities of the Week

• Administrative:– Approved agenda (IEEE 802.16maint-09/0027).– Approved minutes from Session #63.5 (IEEE 802.16maint-09/0024r2)– Reviewed the IEEE Patent Policy: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-

slideset.pdf– Recorded minutes → IEEE 802.16maint-09/0028 (uploaded to Maintenance

directory)• Resolved two Maintenance Comments in LB#30a database (IEEE 802.16-

09/0058r3)– A0037 (Accepted-modified)– A0038 (Accepted-modified)

• Reviewed again liaison letter from the WiMAX Forum:– IEEE L802.16-09/0123

• IOPR 43936: SLM opens added to Maint DB, comments 0021, 0022, 0023 (“Ready for Ballot”)

• IOPR 46043: MS Frequency Corrections added to Maint DB, comment 0024 (“No Change Required”)

• IOPR 47353: SLM start frame added to Maint DB, comment 0025 (“Ready for Ballot”)– Response drafted (IEEE L802.16-09/0137)

Motion

• TG Chair has been authorized by the task group (3/0/0) to make the motion:

“To forward L802.16-09/0137 as the proposed Liaison statement to the WiMAX Forum in response to L802.16-09/0123 and authorize the WG Chair to make any necessary editorial modifications.”

Review of Change Requests• IEEE 802.16maint-09/0007r6 (in Maint upload dir)

– Technical: 23– Editorial: 2– Total: 25– 3 contributions – 5 new CR’s are associated with the issues in the WiMAX Forum Liasion

Letters IEEE L802.16-09/0123.

• Resolution summary:– 22 Ready for Ballot (consensus on proposed remedy)– 0 Reviewed– 1 Superceded– 2 No change required

CR’s in LB30

• Resolution of comment 1611: Include in P802.16m the change requests from the Maintenance Database, IEEE 802.16maint-09/0007r4.– Editors note in LB #30 DB (IEEE 802.16-

09/0047r6): “Editor is not clear on what to do with comments marked "Ready for Ballot".

• Individual comments for each CR to be submitted in LB#30b recirc, with specific editorial instruction.