1. 1 IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER DCN: 21-07-0347-00-0000 Title: 802.21, Session #21, Big Island Closing Plenary Date Submitted: September, 2007 Presented at IEEE 802.21 session #22 Big Island Authors or Source(s): Vivek Gupta Abstract: Closing Plenary

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3. 3 Agenda 802.21 Specification Timeline SB Comment Resolution Update October Ad Hoc Update Ad hoc teleconference update Liaison update (802.11, 802.16, IETF) Future Locations

4. 4 Revised 802.21 Timeline (July 2007) IEEE 802.21 ECSG formed – March 2003 IEEE 802.21 WG formed – March 2004 Requirements development – September 2004 Call for Proposals – October 2004 Harmonized Single Proposal Confirmed by the WG – May 2005 Ongoing WG Comment Resolution started – July 2005 WG Comment Resolution completed – January 2006 Start of WG Letter Ballot – March 2006 Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot –(July-07) IEEE 802 Draft Standard sent to RevCom – March 2008 Ongoing Interaction with Other Standards Organization (3GPP, 3GPP2, IETF, 802.11, 802.16, 802.3) - adoption of it depends on the timeline of work items within these groups

5. 5 Plan to meet 802.21 Timeline Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot – (July 2007) For RevCom Approval in March 2008 => Draft Approval Rating > 90% (minimum), preferably >95% SB #1: Starts Aug-17, Ends Sept 16: Return Ratio: 78% Approval Ratio 62% Comment Resolution for SB #1 (Sep-Nov) =>Recirculation SB #1 (recirculation 15 days): Starts Dec??, Ends Dec??: Return Ratio: ??%, Approval Ratio: ??% Comment Resolution for SB #1 (Jan meeting) =>Recirculation SB #1 (recirculation 15 days): Starts Feb ??, Ends Feb ??: Return Ratio: ??%, Approval Ratio: ??% Comment Resolution for SB #1 (March) => RevCom Approval

6. 6 SB Voting Summary No of Members: 165 Received Votes: 129 Approve: 71 Disapprove: 43 with Comments, 2 without Comments Abstain: 13 Approval ratio = 71/(43+71) = 0.62 Return ratio = 129/165 = 0.78

7. 7 SB Comment Resolution Progress SectionStart #End #Resolved #Total Comments 1-41106 51071814074 618227391 7274424150 842550883 Annex509648139 Total: 648 Comments Includes Editorials (Total: 127) Many Duplicate comments ~100

8. 8 October 2007 Ad hoc Meeting Motion the 802.21 WG to hold an ad hoc meeting if required in October 2007 Moved By: Marc Seconded By:Qiaobing Yes: 13 No: 03 Abstain:08 Result: Motion passes From July 2007 San Francisco Meeting

9. 9 October 2007 Ad hoc Meeting Week of Oct 29: - 7 - 09 Week of Oct 22: - 5 - 09 Location: Santa Clara, CA – 7 9 New Jersey – 9 7 Budapest, Hungary – 6 3 Helsinki, Finland – 7 2 Week of Oct 29, New Jersey

10. 10 Teleconferences Oct 16 and Nov 1: 9 PM EST: MRPM SG Oct-11 and Nov 6: 9 PM EST: Security SG SB Comments: Oct 2: 9PM EST Oct 18 9PM EST Oct 25: 9PM EST

11. 11 Future Sessions

12. 12 Future Sessions - 2007 Plenary: Nov 11 th – 16 th,2007, Atlanta Co-located with all 802 groups

13. 13 Future Sessions - 2008 Interim: Jan 13 th – 18 th, 2008 (Taipei, Howard Plaza Hotel ) Meeting co-located with all 802 groups Plenary: March 16 th – 21st,2008, Orlando, Florida Co-located with all 802 groups Interim: May 11 th – 16 th, 2008 (Jacksonville) Meeting co-located with 802.11/15/18/19/20/22 Plenary: July 13 th – 18 th,2008, Denver, Colorado Co-located with all 802 groups Interim: Sept 7 th – 12 th,2008, ( Minneapolis ?? ) Meeting co-located with 802.11/15/18/19/20/22 Plenary: Nov 9 th – 14 th,2008, D allas, TX Co-located with all 802 groups

14. 14 Future Sessions - 2009 Interim: Jan ???? Meeting co-located with 802.11/15/18/19/20/22 Plenary: March Rome??? Co-located with all 802 groups Interim: May ???? Meeting co-located with 802.11/15/18/19/20/22 Plenary: July ???? Co-located with all 802 groups Interim: Sept ???? Meeting co-located with 802.11/15/18/19/20/22 Plenary: Nov ???? Co-located with all 802 groups