Session #61 802.16 Maintenance Task Group Closing Report IEEE 802.16 Presentation Submission Template (Rev. 9) Document Number: IEEE 802.16maint-09/0012 Date Submitted: 2009-05-19 Source: John Humbert Voice: +1 816 – 210-9611 Sprint E-mail: john.j.humbert@sprint.com Venue: Session #61 Maintenance Task Group Closing Report Base Contribution: N/A Purpose: For review 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: <http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6> and <http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3>. Further information is located at <http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html> and <http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat >.

Session #61 802.16 Maintenance Task Group Closing Report May 7, 2009 Acting Chair: John Humbert

Maintenance Agenda Maintenance Sessions Opening & Administration (Approval of the Agenda; Review IEEE-SA Patent Policy Approval of Session #60 Minutes (IEEE 802.16maint-09/0008) Review and draft response to WiMAX Liaison Letter IEEE L802.16-09/0043 Review Responses to 802.16 Rev editor’s comments Review late issues for Maintenance Closing Maintenance Sessions Tuesday 13:00 – 18:00 Wednesday 10 – 12 PM Wednesday 3:30 – 5 PM

Maintenance Database Updates WiMAX Liaison Letter IEEE L802.16-09/0043 TWG Inter-Operability Problem Reports (IOPRs 40838, 40990, 41119) Three issues (approved for inclusion in the maintenance database): IOPR on General Clarifications on Ranging Regions (IOPR40990) IOPR on Data mapping for optional AMC zones with 2 transmit antennas in DL (IOPR40838) IOPR on Formulas for HO CINR Averaging IEEE C802.16maint-09/0015 - Backward Compatibility in NBR-ADV Message

Responses to 802.16 Rev 2 editors comments Several reviewers provided comments to the 802.16 Rev2 editor prior to the meeting Maintenance Task Group was tasked with confirming the responses to the editor Maintenance Task Group was very impressed with the detailed nature of the editor’s comments All changes purely editorial Maintenance Task Group reviewed all 228 Comments Vast majority of the comments were confirmed by Maintenance Task Group. Results in 802.16maint-09/0010r3