1. IEEE 802.16n-11/0002 1 Session #72 802.16n GRIDMAN TG Closing Report IEEE 802.16 Presentation Submission Template (Rev. 9) Document Number: IEEE 802.16n-11/0002 Date Submitted: 2011-03-17 Source: Tim GodfreyVoice: EPRIE-mail: tim.godfrey@ieee.orgtim.godfrey@ieee.org Chair IEEE 802.16n GRIDMAN Task Group Venue: IEEE 802.16 Session #72 Base Contribution: N/A Purpose: Session #72 Closing report for GRIDMAN TG Notice: This document does not represent the agreed views of the IEEE 802.16 Working Group or any of its subgroups. It represents only the views of the participants listed in the “Source(s)” field above. It is offered as a basis for discussion. It is not binding on the contributor(s), who reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor grants a free, irrevocable license to the IEEE to incorporate material contained in this contribution, and any modifications thereof, in the creation of an IEEE Standards publication; to copyright in the IEEE’s name any IEEE Standards publication even though it may include portions of this contribution; and at the IEEE’s sole discretion to permit others to reproduce in whole or in part the resulting IEEE Standards publication. The contributor also acknowledges and accepts that this contribution may be made public by IEEE 802.16. Patent Policy: The contributor is familiar with the IEEE-SA Patent Policy and Procedures: and.http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Further information is located at and.http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.htmlhttp://standards.ieee.org/board/pat 1

2. IEEE 802.16n-11/0002 2 802.16n GRIDMAN Closing Report Session #72, Singapore 17 March 2011

3. IEEE 802.16n-11/0002 3 GRIDMAN Status before session #72 SRD: 802.16n SRD with SARM Annex IEEE 802.16n-10/0048 Amendment Working Draft (AWD) Table of Contents IEEE 802.16n-10/0049 Call for Contributions for AWD 3

4. IEEE 802.16n-11/0002 4 Goals for session #72 Presentation of contributions for Task Group discussion Establish Rapporteur Groups – Harmonize proposals before Session #73 4

5. IEEE 802.16n-11/0002 5 Activities this week Appointment of Anh Tuan as interim TG Editor. Presentation of 46 of 60 contributions Established Rapporteur Groups – Group DC – co-chairs: Suncheol Chang & Ming-Tuo Zhou Direct Communication, Mobile Discovery, Frame Structure, Synchronization, PHY/MAC, Self-Coexistence, Mobile Forwarding, Standalone Network – Group MM – co-chairs: Anh Tuan & Eunkyung Kim Multi-Mode, Relay, Relay Forwarding, Multicast, Path Management – Security topics to be handled with ad-hoc groups 5

6. Teleconference Schedule Times (duration 1.5 hours) – Time Slot 1: 7pm Eastern US, 4pm Pacific, 8am Japan/Korea – Time Slot 2: 9am Eastern US, 6am Pacific, 10pm Japan/Korea Dates (US) – Apr 4 (Time Slot 1)Group DC – Apr 12 (Time Slot 2) Group MM – April 25 (Time Slot 1)Group DC – May 3 (Time Slot 2)Group MM 6 IEEE 802.16n-11/0002

7. 7 Output from this meeting Commentary will be used for ongoing development of AWD and SRD Call for Contributions after Session #72 – Contributions of proposals for Amendment Working Document Contributions should address the approved System Requirements Document Contributions should be submitted as comments of the 802.16n AWD table of contents document. 49r1 will be updated with line numbers – Comments on SRD/SARM Contributions should be submitted as comments of the 802.16n AWD table of contents document. 48r1 will be updated with line numbers 7

8. IEEE 802.16n-11/0002 8 Output Documents Closing Report – 802.16n-11/0002 Minutes of Session #72 – 802.16n-11/0004 8

9. IEEE 802.16n-11/0002 TGn Timetable Approved SRD Nov 2010 SARM finalized, AWD ToC approvedJan 2011 Contributions for AWDMar 2011 Contributions for AWD, initial AWD DraftMay 2011 Process comments on initial AWD, Set BaselineJuly 2011 Process comments on Baseline, Issue WG LBSept 2011 Recirc 1 Nov 2011 Recirc 2 Jan 2012 Sponsor Mar 2012 Approved Std Nov 2012 9