1. 2008-05-15IEEE 802.16m-08/021 802.16m Closing Report May 15, 2008 Macau Session #55

2. 2008-05-15IEEE 802.16m-08/021 802.16m Closing Report (Session #55) Into Session #55 –Call for Comments on SDD (all) 130 comments Approx 40 contributions –Call for SDD Contributions (approx 150) UL Pilots & Resource Allocation (37) Uplink Control (12) DL MIMO (57) Preambles (18) HARQ (29) –DL PHY Rapporteur Report Output (14) –DL Control Rapporteur Group Output (17) –Relay Ad Hoc Report C802.16m-08/500 (18)

3. 2008-05-15IEEE 802.16m-08/021 802.16m Closing Report (Session #55) Results for the week: –Resolve several comments on EMD – Done, revised EMD, 802.16m-002r2 to be issued –Review Relay Ad Hoc report in Joint Session with TGj (Tuesday AM) and make TGm Relay decision – Done – Multi-Hop (more than 2) Tree Architecture to be adopted, other methods to be investigated if benefits can be shown. Adopted some relay related text into SDD. –Resolve Comments on SDD – Done - accepted database 802.16m-08/018r2, and authorized editor to issue a revised SDD, 802.16m- 08/003r2

4. 2008-05-15IEEE 802.16m-08/021 802.16m Closing Report (Session #55) Results for the week: –Review Downlink PHY and DL Control Rapporteur Group outputs, decide on approach & SDD text (breakout sessions) – Done - Adopted the text contained in contributions C802.16m- 08/298r1 (DL control) and C802.16m-08/517 (DL PHY) for inclusion into revised SDD –Review contributions from SDD Call for Contributions and appoint Rapporteurs to initiate draft text activities for input to session #56 Partially done– Reviewed about 50% of the input contributions into each CFC area and established Rapporteur groups to harmonize all inputs –New Rapporteur Groups Charter and scope contained in 802.16m-08/023: HARQ – Sassan Ahmadi, Shashikant Maheshwari, Thierry Lestable Preamble – Dr. Chris Williams, Paul Cheng UL Control – Roshni Srinivasan, Andrea Bacioccola UL PHY- Ron Murias, Apostolos Papathanassiou, Changhoi Koo DL MIMO – Minnie Ho, Zhouyue (Jerry) Pi, Yong Sun

5. 2008-05-15IEEE 802.16m-08/021 802.16m Closing Report (Session #55) Issue Call for Contributions on following new subjects: –UL MIMO Schemes, HARQ (PHY aspects) –Link adaptation schemes, Interference Mitigation, Power Control –Upper MAC (limited to addressing, mobility and power management) Issue Call for Comments on newly adopted SDD text (only)