802.16m Closing Report

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802.16m Closing Report

• May 15, 2008
• Macau
• Session 55

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802.16m Closing Report (Session 55)

• Into Session 55
• Call for Comments on SDD (all)
• 130 comments
• Approx 40 contributions
• Call for SDD Contributions (approx 150)
• UL Pilots Resource Allocation (37)
• Uplink Control (12)
• DL MIMO (57)
• Preambles (18)
• HARQ (29)
• DL PHY Rapporteur Report Output (14)
• DL Control Rapporteur Group Output (17)
• Relay Ad Hoc Report C802.16m-08/500 (18)

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802.16m Closing Report (Session 55)

• Results for the week
• Resolve several comments on EMD Done, revised
  EMD, 802.16m-002r2 to be issued
• Review Relay Ad Hoc report in Joint Session with
  TGj (Tuesday AM) and make TGm Relay decision
  Done Multi-Hop (more than 2) Tree Architecture
  to be adopted, other methods to be investigated
  if benefits can be shown. Adopted some relay
  related text into SDD.
• Resolve Comments on SDD Done - accepted
  database 802.16m-08/018r2, and authorized editor
  to issue a revised SDD, 802.16m- 08/003r2

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802.16m Closing Report (Session 55)

• Results for the week
• Review Downlink PHY and DL Control Rapporteur
  Group outputs, decide on approach SDD text
  (breakout sessions) Done - Adopted the text
  contained in contributions C802.16m-08/298r1 (DL
  control) and C802.16m-08/517 (DL PHY) for
  inclusion into revised SDD
• Review contributions from SDD Call for
  Contributions and appoint Rapporteurs to initiate
  draft text activities for input to session 56
  Partially done Reviewed about 50 of the input
  contributions into each CFC area and established
  Rapporteur groups to harmonize all inputs
• New Rapporteur Groups Charter and scope contained
  in 802.16m-08/023
• HARQ Sassan Ahmadi, Shashikant Maheshwari,
  Thierry Lestable
• Preamble Dr. Chris Williams, Paul Cheng
• UL Control Roshni Srinivasan, Andrea Bacioccola
  
• UL PHY- Ron Murias, Apostolos Papathanassiou,
  Changhoi Koo
• DL MIMO Minnie Ho, Zhouyue (Jerry) Pi, Yong Sun

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802.16m Closing Report (Session 55)

• Issue Call for Contributions on following new
  subjects
• UL MIMO Schemes, HARQ (PHY aspects)
• Link adaptation schemes, Interference Mitigation,
  Power Control
• Upper MAC (limited to addressing, mobility and
  power management)
• Issue Call for Comments on newly adopted SDD text
  (only)