doc.: IEEE /0185r0 Submission September 2012 Prabodh Varshney, NokiaSlide af Liaison Report Notice: This document has been prepared to assist IEEE It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Date: Authors:

doc.: IEEE /0185r0 Submission September 2012 Prabodh Varshney, NokiaSlide 2 Abstract Liaison report from af as presented to

doc.: IEEE /0185r0 Submission September 2012 Prabodh Varshney, NokiaSlide af Status before September Meeting LB189 started on July 20 th and ran for 30 days, ending at 23:59:59 ET on August 19 th The second letter ballot passed with 79.1% approval –998 comments (316 Editorial, 87 General and 595 Technical) Goal is to resolve all 998 comments and create a Draft 3.0 before the end of the November meeting in San Antonio.

doc.: IEEE /0185r0 Submission September 2012 Prabodh Varshney, NokiaSlide 4 Current af Status Approved the TGaf minutes from the July Plenary in San Diego, and August 21 st and 28 th, and September 4 th and 11 th teleconferences in documents r0, r0, r0, r0 and 11-12/1099r0 respectively. Approved the comment resolution spreadsheet in 11-12/1017r5 as the working document. Resolved 303 editorial and 98 technical comments (by end of Thursday AM1).

doc.: IEEE /0185r0 Submission September 2012 Prabodh Varshney, NokiaSlide 5 Regulatory update FCC: To vote on incentive auction on Sept 28. DL will be below channel 37 and it will be available nation wide. UL will be different in different markets and will be at higher frequency as compared to DL. There will be guard band between the TVWS channels and the spectrum auctioned (both DL and UL) for cellular purpose. Auctions will be in 5 MHz channel width. Ofcom: Final rules published in July. Multiband operation is possible af draft need to be modified accordingly. ETSI BRAN (EN v0.0.7): Most of clause 4 (technical requirement) is completed. It should be available on member portal this week. Will have teleconference between now and December and F2F in December. Plan is to complete this by December (v1.1). Singapore and Korea moving ahead with TVWS.

doc.: IEEE /0185r0 Submission September 2012 Prabodh Varshney, NokiaSlide 6 Plan for November meeting Approve Indian Wells and Teleconferences minutes Complete comment resolution from Letter Ballot 189. –Requested TEN 2-hour meeting blocks Produce draft 3.0 and request RLB. Plan for January and Teleconferences. Teleconferences: Weekly on Tuesdays through November 20. Time: 21:00 ET for up to 2 hours.

doc.: IEEE /0185r0 Submission September 2012 Prabodh Varshney, NokiaSlide 7 Official TGaf Timeline Initial Working Group Letter Ballot: January 2011 Second Working Group Letter Ballot: July 2012 Recirculation Letter Ballot: November 2012 Form Sponsor Ballot Pool: June 2013 Initial Sponsor Ballot: July 2013 Recirculate Sponsor Ballot: November 2013 Final WG/EC Approval: March 2014 RevCom/Standards Board Approval: June 2014