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Session #51 802.16 Relay TG Opening Remarks and Session Agenda

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IEEE 802.16j-07/025Date Submitted: 2007-09-17

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Venue:IEEE 802.16 Session #51, Malaga, Spain

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Purpose:TG Meeting organization

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Session #51 802.16 Relay TG Opening Remarks and Session Agenda

9th Task Group Meeting on Multi-hop Relay in IEEE 802.16

Relay TG Chair Mitsuo NoharaVice Chair Peiying ZhuTechnical Editor/Secretary Jung Je Son

Technical Editor Mike Hart

IEEE802.16 Relay TG Meeting17-20 Sept., 2007, Malaga, Spain

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WG Letter Ballot #28 Summary• WG Letter Ballot on Initial Draft, IEEE P802.16j/D1

• Opened 10 Aug., 2007 *• Closed 9 Sept., 2007 *• Call for Reply Comment to be Closed 16 Sept., 2007 *

(Monday 2 pm in Malaga)* in

AOE

Result:• Approve 178, Disapprove 87 (Approved Ratio: 178/(178+87) = 67% < 75%)• Abstain 28• Total 293 out of 350 Members (Return Ratio: (178+87+28)/350 = 84% > 50%)(Approval Conditions Met: No)• Pending comment resolution and recirculation.

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WG Letter Ballot #28 on Initial Draft• WG Letter Ballot on Initial Draft, IEEE P802.16j/D1Result:• Disapprove 87, Approve with comment 9

• Each Disapprove shall be associated with comment

• Comments (IEEE 802.16-07/045)• Editorial: 427 (24 disapprove)• Technical: 624 (336 disapprove)• General: 4 (2 disapprove)• No type: 4• Total: 1,059 (362 disapprove)

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Objectives of this 9th TG Meeting

• To advance the development of the P802.16j Draft Standard (IEEE P802.16j/D1, Aug. 2007)

– Through the Comment resolutions (IEEE 802.16-07/045,)

• To enter 2nd working group letter ballot after Session #51.

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Agenda1. Session #50 802.16 Relay TG Minutes Review (IEEE

802.16-07/024) 2. Meeting Organization3. Comment Resolutions * in reply to the WG Letter Ballot #28 (IEEE 802.16-

07/043r1) on:• P802.16j Initial Draft (IEEEP802.16j/D1)

3. Schedule towards the 2nd WG letter ballot4. AOB

*For IEEE SA Patent Policy, see: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt

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Agenda by Calendar1. Mon PM

• Opening, agenda and minutes review• Summary of WG Letter Ballot and inputs to meeting • Process for expediting resolution of editorial comments• Start technical comment resolution

2. Tue • Comment resolution

3. Wed • Batch resolution of editorial comments• Comment resolution

4. Thu• Comment resolution• Closing (from 17:00)

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Tentative Schedule (as of 17 Sept., 2007)Year Month 802.16 Session Actions

2007 May #49 Interim 7th TG meeting

July #50 Plenary 8th TG meeting, Comment ResolutionsPreparation for the Initial WG Letter Ballot

Initial Draft Completion, 1st WG Letter Ballot

September #51 Interim 9th TG meeting, Comment ResolutionsPreparation for the 2nd WG Letter Ballot

2nd WG Letter Ballot

November #52 Plenary 10th TG meeting, Comment ResolutionsPreparation for the 1st Sponsor Ballot

1st Sponsor Ballot

2008 January #53 Interim 11th TG meeting,Sponsor Ballot Comment Resolutions

Sponsor Recirculation

March #54 Plenary12th TG meeting,Sponsor Ballot Comment ResolutionsEC Approval to Submit to RevCom

RevCom Approval*SA Approval

*Submission for RevCom approval will come after REV2 completed.

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Motions expected to come at Relay TG Closing

1. To authorize the Technical Editors to revise the initial draft (P802.16j/D1) to accommodate the comment resolutions in 802.16-07/045r1.

2. To authorize the TG Chair to request the working group approve P802.16j/D2 as revised draft and to proceed to the 2nd working group letter ballot.

Motions expected to come at 802.16WG Closing1. To approve P802.16j/D2 (to be issued by the Relay TG Editors) as the

revised working group draft and to authorize the WG Chair to open 2nd WG Letter Ballot on p802.16j/D2 to close on 5 Nov., 2007 AOE.

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Relay-TG Meeting Calendar This Week

15:00 - 20:00*, Mon. 17 Sept. @(Arlequin)09:00 - 20:00*, Tue. 18 Sept. @(Arlequin)09:00 - 18:00, Wed. 19 Sept. @(Arlequin)09:00 - 18:00, Thu. 20 Sept. @(Arlequin)*Note: Evening sessions on Mon. and Tue. may be extended.

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