March 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.22-13/0077r0
IEEE P802.22
Wireless RANs
Date: 2013-3-18
Author(s):
Name / Company / Address / Phone / email
Zhang Xin / NICT /
Apurva Mody / BAE Systems / Merrimack, NH / 404-819-0314 / 603-809-0459 /
IEEE 802.22
Wireless Regional Area Networks
March 2013 Plenary
MINUTES
Monday PM1 (WG Opening Plenary)
Chairman Apurva Mody called the meeting to order at 1:30PM EST. 12 people were in the room at the opening of the session. Apurva Mody welcomed the participants.
Zhang Xin will act as a secretary for the P802.22.
1.2 Approval of Agenda
Motion #1 Approal of Agenda
Move to Approve the Agenda as shown in Document 22-13-0034 Rev1 (https://mentor.ieee.org/802.22/dcn/13/22-13-0034-01-0000-march-plenary-working-group-agenda.xls)
Move: Apurva Mody
Second: Chang-woo Pyo
For: 9
Against: 0
Abstain: 0
Motion Passes. Agenda is approved
1.3 Approval of the minutes of the last session
The minutes of the 802.22 January Interim Meeting can be found at:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.22/dcn/13/22-13-0039-00-0000-january-interim-wg-meeting-minutes.doc
Several typo errors were spotted before the approval of meeting minute, Chair decided to defer the approval at the Closing Plenary.
2. Administrative matters
Chair reviewed the usual administrative slides on Patent Policy, Letter of Assurance, etc.
Chair mentioned that the attendance recording is being done electronically as usual.
There were no new participants.
3. Update on 802.22 based propotype.
4. Dr Pyo from NICT is nominated for the position of 802.22 working group vice-chair. He gave a short speech for his candidancy.
Motion #2 Election of the IEEE 802.22 Working Group Vice Chair
12 people in the room, not including Dr. Pyo
Move to unanimously elect Dr Chang-woo Pyo as the IEEE 802.22 WG vice-chair with acclamation.
Move: Apurva Mody
Second: Peter Flynn
For: 9
Against: 0
The motion is passed unanimously. Dr Pyo has been elected as the Vice Chair of the 802.22 Working Group pending comfirmation from IEEE EC
5. Dr Hwang is nominated for the position of 802.22b task group vice chair. He gave a short speech on his candidancy.
Motion#3 Election of the IEEE 802.22b Task Group Vice Chair
12 people in the room not including Dr. Hwang
Move to unanimously elect Dr Sunghyun Hwang as the IEEE 802.22b Task Group vice-chair with acclamation.
Move: Apurva Mody
Second: Peter Flynn
For: 9
Against: 0
The motion is passed unanimously. Dr Hwang has been elected as the Vice Chair of the 802.22b Task Group pending comfirmation from IEEE EC
6. Motion #4 Conditional Approval to forward P802.22a to Sponsor Ballot
Move to authorize the 802.22 WG Chair to make a motion to the IEEE 802 Executive Committee Meeting for a (conditional) approval to forward the P802.22a Draft Amendment Standard on MIBs and Management Plane Procedures to the Sponsor Ballot and to launch the Sponsor Ballot based on the latest P802.22a Draft that has met all the conditions as stated in the IEEE 802 Operations Manual
Move: Apurva Mody
Second: Jerry Kalke
Discussion: None
For: 10
Against: 0
Abstain: 0
Motion Passes Unanimously
7. An update was given on IEEE BTS.
8. An update was given on 802.22b task group.
9. Brainstorming of new ideas.
· It was pointed out the current development of PHY modification in 802.11af.
· Microsoft Africa Initiative
10. Discussion of a latest online article “White spaces networks are not ‘super’ nor even WIFI”.
11. The meeting was recessed at 15.05 PM.
Monday PM2 802.24
1. The meeting was called to order by Chair at 1600 hours.
2. Guideline of IEEE policy was presented.
3. The agenda of this face-to-face meeting was approved.
4. The meeting objective was introduced.
5. Minutes from Januray meeting (24-13-0008) was approved.
6. Action items from revious meeting were reviewed.
- 802.24 catalog of smart grid standard, updates to 24-12-0033-03
7. Response to ITU-R question 236/1(18-12-0052) was reviewed and approved.
8. There was a discussion regarding adding 802.15.4 as a reference.
The following strawpoll was carried out:
Should we include 802.15-2012 as a separate entry in 802 catalog of smart grid standards
for :3,
against: 16,
abstain: 11
Should we add text that says “IEEE STd 802.15-4g 2012 and IEEE std 802.15-4e2012 are amendment to the IEEE Std 802.15-4-2011 base standard”
for: 22,
against: 0
abstain: 7
Chair ask commenters to provide list of PHY feature in IEEE Std 802.15-4-2011 that makes sense in a smart grid content. Group’s worry is that by listing all of the EEE Std 802.15-4-2011, it dilutes the message by including PHY that are not appropriate for smart grid.
Should we add “and the O-QPSK PHY from IEEE Std 802.15-4-2011” as a separate entry.
for: 18
against: 0
abstain: 10
802.11 aa- could be relevant to some video applications in smart grid
ad- likely not relevant to smart grid
ae- could be relevant to smart grid application
It is suggested to add aa and ae in TBD method.
9. The meeting was recessed at 1740 PM.
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Tuesday AM2 802.22 Inputs to 802.24 for NIST PAP2, 802.22 inputs to 3550-3650 Band reply comments
The meeting was called to order by Apurva Mody at 1040am.
Discussion on Excel document “802.22 Input to 802.24”.
Motion #5 Forward 802.22 inputs to 802.24 for submission to SGIP PAP2
Move to authorize the 802.22 WG Chair to forward, Document 22-13-0046 Rev1 to 802.24 EC Smart Grid Task Group for review and forwarding to NIST SGIP PAP2. Allow 802.22 Chair or any other representative to make modifications based on the inputs from 802.24 or EC Members.
Move: Apurva Mody
Second: Jerry Kalke
Discussion: None
For: 9
Against: 0
Abstain: 0
Motion Passes Unanimously
Meeting was recessed at 1215AM.
Tuesday PM1 P802.22b Enhancements for Broadband Services and Monitoring Applications
1. The meeting was called to order by Chair at 1335 AM.
2. Chair reminded everyone to mark attendance.
3. The patent policy was read out as well as the Title, PAR and Purpose of 802.22b task group.
4. The agenda as contained in 22-13-0044-00-000b for the coming week was reviewed. The following motion was proposed to approve the agenda.
Motion:
Motion to approve 2013 Mar Orlando Plenary agenda for 802.22b task group as contained in 22-13-0044-00-000b
Move: Chang-woo Pyo
Second: Zhang Xin
No objection was heard. Motion passed.
5. Achievements in January meeting were reviewed. During the previous face-to-face meeting, 3 technical contributions were received and presented.
6. The timeline of creating draft document was discussed briefly.
7. Chair reviewed the face-to-face meeting minute as well as the teleconference minutes.
Motion:
Motion to approve 2013 Jan Vancouver meeting minute for 802.22b task group as contained in 22-13-0040-00-000b
Move: Chang-woo Pyo
Second: Hwang
No objection was heard. Motion passed.
Motion:
Motion to approve 802.22b task group teleconference minutes as contained in
22-13-0021-00-000b
22-13-0026-00-000b
22-13-0029-00-000b
22-13-0038-00-000b
22-13-0042-00-000b
Move: Chang-woo Pyo
Second: Zhang Xin
No objection was heard, Motion passed.
8. Discussion of time slots for each technical contribution. There were total 6 technical contribution for this face-to-face meeting.
Tuesday Mar 19th PM1: Technical Item, Dr Oodo
Tuesday Mar 19th PM2: Nework Configuration and Definition
Wednesday Mar 20th PM1: Technical Items, Dr Toh
Link Budget, Dr Gabriel
Wednesday Mar 20th PM2: Network Operation Dr Pyo
Technical Items, Dr Hwang
Thursday Mar 21st AM1: Network Operation Dr Pyo
9. The five categories of tehnical items were explained, namely, New Item (N) or Revision Item from 22 (R) or Not (N), Mandatory (M) or Optional (O), Requirement, Contributors and Editor.
Comment: During the implementation phase, it is found that there is error in the base standard; it was suggested to add a column about the corrections in the base standard, because it is not the scope of 802.22b to correct the base standard.
10. Document number: 22-13-0024-03-000b-00bMAC_Technical _Item was presented.
11. Document 22-13-31-02-000b was presented from NICT.
12. The meeting was recessed at 310 PM.
Tuesday PM2 P802.22b Enhancements for Broadband Services and Monitoring Applications
1. The meeting was called to order by Chair at 4:02 PM.
2. Network configuration (document no: 22-13-0037-01-000b) was presented.
It was suggested to add text from 22-13-0037-01-000b to the working document.
There was a debate on the number of hops we should support in 802.22b. Currently, in the presented proposal, 2 hops will be supported.
3. The meeting was recessed at 5:50 PM.
Tuesday PM3 802.22a MIBs and Management Plan Procedures
1. The meeting was called to order by Dr. Apurva at 7:38 PM.
2. Range joined from teleconference.
3. Today’s agenda is comment resolution.
4. The meeting was recessed at 8:21PM after all the comments were resolved.
Wednesday AM1
This session was cancelled.
Wednesday AM2 802.22.1 Advanced Beaconing
The meeting was called to order by Dr Apurva at 10:41AM.
The agenda today is to continue the discussion of 802.22 input to 802.18.
The meeting was recessed at 12:30 PM.
Wednesday PM1 P802.22b Enhancements for Broadband Services and Monitoring Applications
1. The meeting was called to order by Chair at 1:30 PM.
2. “Link Budget Analysis for Devices with Low-height Antenna” (22-13-0050-r0) was presented.
The major difference between this contribution and the previous two contributions lies in the channel model and also the assumption of transmitting power. In this presentation, we emphased on low antenna heights for both H-CPE and L-CPE.
3. “Technical Items (MAC)” (22-13-0048-00-000b) was presented.
4. “Technical Items (PHY)” (22-13-0049-00-000b) was presented.
5. The meeting was recessed at 3:09 PM.
Wednesday PM2 P802.22b Enhancements for Broadband Services and Monitoring Applications
1. The meeting was called to order by Chair at 4:06 PM.
2. “Technical Items (PHY)” (22-13-27-01-000b) was presented.
3. “Technical Item (PHY)” (22-13-32-01-000b) was presented.
4. “Network Operations” (22-13-51-00-000b) was presented.
5. The meeting was recessed at 5:30 PM.
Thursday AM1 P802.22b Enhancements for Broadband Services and Monitoring Applications
1. The meeting was called to order by Chair at 9:03 AM.
2. The discussion of “Network Definition” (22-13-0051-00-000b) was continued.
Several questions were asked on the understanding related to the procedures presented for different communication links.
3. The meeting was recessed at 9:51 AM.
Thursday AM2 P802.22b Enhancements for Broadband Services and Monitoring Applications
1. The meeting was called to order by Chair at 10:33 AM.
2. The future plan was discussed. We plan to combine all the technical items and more discussion of technical document will be expected.
3. Teleconferences beween face-to-face meeting are scheduled as below:
28th Mar, 4th April, 11th April, 18th April, 25th April, 9th May,
7 PM EST (Japan/Korean Time 10 AM). Everyone agrees to the timing.
Chair request everyone to provide some detailed content for the technical item excel sheet until the first teleconference.
4. A new excel document was created which combined all the technical items excel sheet presented during this face-to-face meeting, document no: 22-13-0052-00-000b.
5. The meeting was adjourned at 11:14 AM.
Thursday PM1 Closing Plenary
The meeting was called to order by Apurva at 1:25PM.
11 People in the room, 7 voting members
MOTION #6
Approving the Modified Agenda
Any objection to approving the modified agenda?
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.22/dcn/13/22-13-0034-03-0000-march-plenary-working-group-agenda.xls
Move: Zhang Xin
Second: Sunghyun Hwang
No objection. Motion Approved.
MOTION #7 Telecons
Move to allow the 802.22 WG Chair to schedule the telecons as he sees fit to conduct the Working Group business from now until July 2013 Plenary meeting
Move: Apurva Mody
Second: Jerry Kalke
Discussion: None
For: 9
Against: 0
Abstain: 0
Motion Passes Unanimously
Motion #8 – 802.22a Re-circulation Ballot
Move to allow the Chair to issue P802.22a Draft 4.0 and initiate a re-circulation ballot, on or before April 15th. 2013 based on the resolutions of the Draft 3.0 comments.
Move: Apurva Mody
Second: Peter Flynn
For: 9
Against: 0
Abstain: 0
Motion Passes
Motion #9 – Jan Vancouver
The IEEE 802.22 Working Group authorizes the WG Chair to seek Conditional Approval from the IEEE 802 Executive Committee to forward P802.22a/D3.0 to the IEEE SA Sponsor Ballot.
Move: Ivan Reede
Second: Peter Flynn
For: 7
Against: 0
Abstain: 0
Motion passes unanimously
Closing Report
- 802.22b task group
We had several technical contributions. Also, we have scheduled several teleconferences in between. We had a great achievement in this face-to-face meeting.
- 802.22a
All the comments are resolved during this face-to-face meeting.
- 802.19
Finish all the comment resolvation. And go into recirculation.
- IETF
We are trying to establish a connection with ITF. One good thing about them is the sponsorship.
Survey of the location:
How many people like this location? 0
Food at the social was good. Social was lame.
Chinese restaurant across the street was good. Chunyi Song.
Motion #10 – Orlando
Motion to Adjourn
Move: Apurva Mody
Second: Chang-woo Pyo
Any objection? No.
We are adjourned.
Motion passes unanimously
IEEE 802 EC Meeting
During the 2013 IEEE 802 March Plenary Meeting, Dr. Apurva N. Mody presented the following motions to the EC as contained in the Closing Report that were approved.
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.22/dcn/13/22-13-0067-00-0000-802-22-march-plenary-closing-report.ppt
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.22/dcn/13/22-13-0054-00-0000-march-plenary-ec-closing-motions.ppt
Meeting was adjourned at 2:00pm.
802.22 Attendance List January, 2013 Interim
El Ezabi / Ayman / U. of CairoFranklin / Antony / ETRI
Flynn / Peter / Texas Instruments
Huh / Jae Doo / ETRI
Bims / Harry
Gurley / Tom / IEEE BTS
Hoang / VinhDien / NICT
Hwang / Sunghyun / ETRI
Harada / Hiroshi / NICT, Japan
Hou / Victor / Broadcom
Hwang / Sung Hyun / ETRI, Korea
Inoko / Takuya / Niigaata University
Jeong / Byung Jang / ETRI, Korea
Kalke / Jerome J. / CBS
Kang / Hynduk / ETRI
Kim / Kihong / Self
Ko / Gwangzeen / ETRI, Korea
Lee / Donghun / ETRI, Korea
Lei / Zhongding / I2R, Singapore
Lin / Pin-Hsun / NICT, Japan
Lu / Liru / NICT
Lynch / Michael / MJLA LLC
Mody / Apurva / BAE Systems
Murai / Shinji / Hitachi
Nafie / Mohammad / U. of Cairo
Nguyen / An / Department of Homeland Security
Oodo / Masayuki / NICT, Japan
Ping Ping / Xu / SEU.edu
Nakamura / Akira / Tamilab
Pyo / Chang-Woo / NICT, Japan
Rahman / Mohammad / NICT, Japan
Sasaki / Shigenobu / Niiagata University
Seki / Hiroyuki / Fujitsu
Shellhammer / Steve / Qualcomm
Song / Chunyi / NICT, Japan
Takahashi / Nobuyuki / Niigaata
Tawil / Victor / NAB
Toh / Keat, Beng / Hitachi
Wang / Junyi / NICT, Japan
Watanabe / Hidenori / Niigaata University
Villardi / Gabriel / NICT, Japan
Zhang / Xin / NICT, Japan
Zhao / Bingxuan / Niigaata University
Note: Participants who had voting status appear in bold.