July 2001

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Submission

Midweek Report of Radio Regulations to Plenary Working

Group meetingsJuly 2001 meeting

Regulatory 802.11 ad-hoc Chairman (Vic Hayes)

http://ieee802.org/Regulations/

July 2001

Vic Hayes, Agere SystemsSlide 2

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Submission

Objectives for Portland meeting

• Establish Regulatory Group as Permanent Group with a Charter

• Work on PAR rules amendment• Submit Comment on FNPRM 99-231• To prepare and submit other position

statements if needed– e.g. Spectrum requirement 5 GHz

band

July 2001

Vic Hayes, Agere SystemsSlide 3

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Submission

Items not discussed yet

• Additional requirements for Wireless PARs

• Rules for 802 level Regulatory work

July 2001

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Submission

NPRM Comments

• Improved sharing capabilities– Input delayed due to Tele-com problems– Still waiting for input when available before 5

PM Wednesday

• No Comment about smaller aperture antennas, processing gain (subject to text availability today at 5 PM)

• Alternative text for FWA withdrawn

July 2001

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Submission

NPRM comments

• New digital transmission technologies– 2.45 GHz power levels: identify problem, no

proposal; for levels– 5.7 GHz, agree with:

• 75 hops as lowest limit

• keeping the power levels equal,

• agree with 25 MHz additional spectrum

July 2001

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Submission

5 GHz issues

• Reviewed BRAN Liaison statement to 802.11 Chair– response generated stating

• support of mobile applications for 5150-5250 MHz and 5460-5725 MHz, in concert with the WRC 2003 agenda

• Promotion of FWA in addition to the mobile/nomadic use in the 5725-5850 MHz band

July 2001

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Submission

Other output documents

• Submission to the IWG5 and US JRG 8A-9B, indicating US industry desire to support the mobile allocation in the bands of agenda item 1.5 (resolves 1 of resolution 736 WRC 2000)

July 2001

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Submission

Summary

• Be prepared for review of the following external documents– Comment to FCC on NPRM 99-231– Liaison to BRAN– Submission to US groups on WRC 2003

July 2001

Vic Hayes, Agere SystemsSlide 9

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Submission

Meeting schedule this week

• Thursday 8 AM - 10 AM (MCC) editing

• Thursday 1 - 3 PM closing meeting