July 2012
doc.: 18-12/0058
RR-TAG Opening Report
Date: July 16, 2012
Authors:
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Michael
Lynch
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Submission
Slide 1
Michael Lynch, MJ Lynch & Associates LLC
July 2012
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Overview
• This document reports on the regulatory matters considered and
outputs from the Waikoloa and the May wireless interim in Atlanta..
• Specific documents/actions were approved by the RR-TAG in
response to the regulatory proceedings reviewed and inputs from
various WGs.
• The RR-TAG is input driven. The attendance varies depending on the
topics & documents being considered. E.g. one session in Atlanta had
25 people from different WGs helping draft an output.
• It has been suggested that 802.18 outputs be made available to the EC
48 hours in advance. Also suggested is that 802.18 outputs do not go to
the closing EC plenary but be reviewed and submitted (802.18
documents) or approved by a 10 day EC ballot (802 documents). The
48 rule would make it difficult for those WGs with mid week
plenaries. Either may cause missed filing dates. Shortening the number
of 802.18 sessions would further complicate matters.
Submission
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Michael Lynch, MJ Lynch & Associates LLC
July 2012
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FCC Proceedings Considered in March at
Waikoloa
• THE FCC WTB AND THE OFFICE OFENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY SEEK COMMENT ON PROGENY’S M-LMS
FIELD TESTING REPORT (Docket No. 11-49) (18-12/21r1)
Comment Date: March 15, 2012, Comment Date: March 30, 2012 .
– The RR-TAG approved 18-12-0033-02 to say that Progeny has failed to meet the
FCC’s waiver requirements. The EC approved and the RR-TAG chair made the
necessary edits and filed it with the FCC.
• FCC SEEKS COMMENT ON CERTAIN WIRELESS SERVICE
INTERRUPTIONS. (DA No. 12-311). (Dkt No 12-52 ) FCC seeks
comment on concerns and issues related to intentional interruptions of
wireless service by government authorities for the purpose of ensuring
public safety. Comments Due: 04/30/2012. Reply Comments Due:
05/30/2012(18-11/101r0).
– The RR-TAG recognized that in this proceeding the fact that many phones have a
Wi-Fi capability that would allow them to continue to operate. It was decided to
keep silent on that fact as it could impact IEEE 802.11 technology.
Submission
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Michael Lynch, MJ Lynch & Associates LLC
July 2012
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ITU-R Items Considered in March at Waikoloa
• The RR-TAG chair presented to the opening EC plenary data on
Question ITU-R 236/1 which is likely to have an impact on several
IEEE 802 technologies. The question is contained in doc 18-12-0025
and is being considered in ITU-R WP1A, Spectrum Engineering
Techniques, whose parent group is ITU-R SG1, Spectrum
Management.
• While the question was originally developed to deal with PLC/PLT
issues it has been expanded to include wireless as well as wired
technologies and asks:
• “What are the technical and operating features and the characteristics
of wireless technologies and devices in support of power grid
management systems?”
•
“What are the data rates, bandwidths, frequency bands and spectrum
requirements needed in support of power grid management systems?”
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Michael Lynch, MJ Lynch & Associates LLC
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ITU-R Items Considered in March at Waikoloa
(2)
• “What are the interference considerations to radiocommunications
associated with the implementation of wireless and wired technologies
and devices used in support of power grid management systems?”
• “How will spectrum availability be affected by interference associated
with widespread deployment of such technologies and devices?”
• The outcome of this question will be the identification of spectrum,
technologies, bandwidths and data rates for wireless Smart Grid
management.
• The RR-TAG chair recommended to the EC that IEEE 802 make
an initial input to the June, 2012 meeting of ITU-R WP1A. While the
EC has taken initial steps to form an EC SG unless the wireless WGs
step forward at their May Interim and develop an initial input IEEE
802 will miss the 2012 opportunity. The 2013 opportunity will be to
find a way to counter what others, such as the IMT-Advanced/LTE
interests, will have input to WP1A. The choice is clear – lead, follow
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Michael Lynch, MJ Lynch & Associates LLC
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ITU-R Items Considered in March in Waikoloa
(3)
or get out of the way. The latter would mean to ignore the ITU-R
wireless related Smart Grid work and trust others to look after IEEE
802’s interests. The current pace seems to suggest that IEEE 802 will
at best “follow” what develops in ITU-R WP1A rather than lead.
• On Thursday the RR-TAG reviewed, edited and approved three
documents from IEEE 802.16. There were two going to ITU-R WP5D
(IMT-Systems) and one to ITU-R WP5A (Land mobile service above
30 MHz (excluding IMT); wireless access in the fixed service; amateur
and amateur-satellite services). Their parent group is ITU-R SG5
(Terrestrial Services). IEEE 802.16 is the only WG with any
interest/connection with ITU-R WP5D. All three were approved by the
EC and will be edited if needed and submitted by the RR-TAG chair in
his additional role of IEEE SA Technical Liaison to ITU-R.
• The documents were:
Submission
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Michael Lynch, MJ Lynch & Associates LLC
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ITU-R Items Considered in March in Waikoloa
(4)
• 18-12 -0028-01, “Update of WireLESSMAN-ADVANCED RADIO
INTERFACE of Recommendation ITU-R M.2012. To be sent to
WP5D.
• 18-12-0031-01, “OFDMA TDD WMAN Submission Toward Revision
11 of Recommendation ITU-R M.1457 (Meeting x+2). To be sent to
WP5D.
• 18-12-0032-02, LIAISON STATEMENT TO ITU-R WP 5A ON
“WORKING DOCUMENT TOWARDS A PRELIMINARY DRAFT
NEW REPORT ITU-R [LMS.CRS2]”. To be sent to WP5A.
Submission
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Michael Lynch, MJ Lynch & Associates LLC
July 2012
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Other Items From the March Waikoloa Meeting
• On Thursday PM1 IEEE 802.22 presented a document (18-12-003002) titled “THE IEEE 802 LAN/MAN STANDARDS COMMITTEE
POSITION ENDORSING WORLD-WIDE LICENSE-EXEMPT
USAGE OF THE TELEVISION BAND WHITESPACES”. It was
narrowly approved in the RR-TAG (3/2/1). During discussion at the
EC Closing Plenary the IEEE 802.22 chair withdrew the document. It
may, in some other form be presented at the July IEEE 802 Plenary.
• Important note; Many of the wireless WGs have difficulty developing a
final document to bring to 802.18 prior to Thursday afternoon. In the
past those documents approved by 802.18 were sent to the EC on
Thursday after 802.18 completed the work. For various reasons that
did not happen this time. A review of my email log shows that
proposals for the EC to consider were still being submitted on Friday
morning. While 802.18 will adhere to the “24 hour” rule it may be
useful to return to the policy where the EC allowed 802.18 final
approval on all 802.16 IMT related correspondence with WP5D.
Submission
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Michael Lynch, MJ Lynch & Associates LLC
July 2012
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Other Items From the March Waikoloa Meeting
• On Thursday PM1 IEEE 802.22 presented a document (18-12-003002) titled “THE IEEE 802 LAN/MAN STANDARDS COMMITTEE
POSITION ENDORSING WORLD-WIDE LICENSE-EXEMPT
USAGE OF THE TELEVISION BAND WHITESPACES”. It was
narrowly approved in the RR-TAG (3/2/1). During discussion at the
EC Closing Plenary the IEEE 802.22 chair withdrew the document. It
may, in some other form be presented at the July IEEE 802 Plenary.
• Important note; Many of the wireless WGs have difficulty developing a
final document to bring to 802.18 prior to Thursday afternoon. In the
past those documents approved by 802.18 were sent to the EC on
Thursday after 802.18 completed the work. For various reasons that
did not happen this time. A review of my email log shows that
proposals for the EC to consider were still being submitted on Friday
morning. While 802.18 will adhere to the “24 hour” rule it may be
useful to return to the policy where the EC allowed 802.18 final
approval on all 802.16 IMT related correspondence with WP5D.
Submission
Slide 9
Michael Lynch, MJ Lynch & Associates LLC
July 2012
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RR-TAG activity between meetings in April
• IEEE 802.18 held two conference calls to complete the action on the
802.22 contribution that was started at the March IEEE 802 plenary.
• The first call was held on Monday, April 23rd, at 10:30 a.m. CDT.
There was quite a lot of discussion on the purpose of the 802.22
contribution to the FCC. The purpose was to encourage the FCC to
allow a mix of both licenses exempt (also known as unlicensed) and
licensed spectrum in the TV white spaces. After 1.5 hours of
discussion the chair recessed the call until 10:30 on April 28th. It was
hoped that the various parties would talk offline .
• The meeting reconvened on April 25th. After considerable discussion
and further editing the chair called for a vote. A motion was made to
approve the text and have the 802.18 chair forward the document to
the 802 EC for approval. The vote within 802.18 to approve was 5/0/0,
however there were a total of 20 interested persons (not all were
802.18 voters) participating. The EC approved the document and the
802.18 chair filed it electronically with the FCC.
Submission
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Michael Lynch, MJ Lynch & Associates LLC
July 2012
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ITU-R Items Considered in May in Atlanta
• The RR-TAG only approved one document during the May wireless
interim. The baseline document for that ITU-R contribution was Doc.
18-12-0041-04 titled “IEEE 802 Comments Supporting License
Exempt Usage of TV Band White Spaces – ITU-R” This was a mildly
edited version of the document that IEEE 802 submitted to the FCC..
• Again there was much discussion about the relevance of this
document, especially since it didn’t directly address the referenced
document, 18-12-0025-00 which contains Question ITU-R 236/1 titled
“Impact on radiocommunication systems from wireless and wired data
transmission technologies used for the support of power grid
management systems”.
• After further discussion of the actual ITU-R WP1A document it was
decided to limit this initial IEEE 802 response to only a portion of the
questions asked by the ITU-R. This input was approved as 18-120041-09.
• After approval by an EC ballot it was submitted to the ITU-R.
Submission
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Michael Lynch, MJ Lynch & Associates LLC
July 2012
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RR-TAG Items for June and July include:
• .Submission of by the RR-TAG (as the IEEE SA Technical Liaison to
ITU-R) of three previously approved IEEE 802 contributioins.
– June – 1 contribution to ITU-R WP5A
– July – 2 contributions to ITU-R WP5D
• For the July IEEE 802 plenary there are:
– Responses (or not) to at least 4 if not 5 liaisons received from ITU-R
– Comments/contributions to the FCC or other national regulatory bodies as brought
forward by the WGs.
• Further contributions to ITU-R, FCC and other bodies as needed.
• Don’t forget that for the most part you can maintain your
voting rights in your home group when you participate in
the RR-TAG (and, of course, log your attendance
correctly!).
Submission
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Michael Lynch, MJ Lynch & Associates LLC