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2. Session #59 NRR Working Group Ad Hoc Committee Opening Report January 13, 2009

3. A call for interest has been issued at the closing plenary during the November meeting in Dallas The 802.16 Working Group has approved the creation of a WG Ad Hoc Committee with the objective of promoting discussion on robustness and reliability A Committee reflector has been created: –http://dot16nrr-reflector.wirelessman.orghttp://dot16nrr-reflector.wirelessman.org A dedicated folder is available in the Member’s upload area: –http://dot16nrr.wirelessman.orghttp://dot16nrr.wirelessman.org NRR Ad Hoc Committee

4. Scope of the Committee The purpose is to analyze supplementary functionalities for fixed and mobile 802.16 systems For civil and professional applications (public safety, company & airport communications, surveillance, backhauling, etc) The Committee is focused on the following items –High resilience and robustness (PMP architecture) –Increased reliability level –High security levels –Spectrum issues –Very high speed mobility –Dynamic group management

5. In-between sessions 58# & 59# Committee reflector –Start of the discussion –15 messages have been exchanged –42 members Conference call (December 4th, 2008) –21 attendees –Discussion on the scope of the Committee Conference call (January 6th, 2009) –16 attendees –Initialization of the Baseline Document

6. Proposed agenda Tuesday, 7:00-9:00pm, Aventine DE –Opening and administration Approval of the Agenda Appointment of a secretary Review of the Guidelines for IEEE meetings Review of the Opening Report –Presentation of technical contributions Public Safety usage model: Arnaud Tonnerre (THALES) Backhauling usage model: Djamal Meddour (France Telecom) Public Safety bands in the US under 1GHz: Ranga Reddy (US Army) –Discussion on the NRR Draft Report –AOB

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