IEEE 802.18 RR-TAG Plenary Agenda

1. IEEE 802.18 RR-TAGPlenary Agenda • Date: 12 - 14 March 2019 Authors: Jay Holcomb (Itron)

2. Call to Order / Administrative Items • Officers for the RR-TAG / IEEE 802.18: • Chair is Jay Holcomb (Itron) • Vice-chair, looking for someone • Secretary, looking for someone • Voters: 44 (9 on EC); Aspirant members: 14 • A quorum is met since this meeting was announced more then 45 days ago. • IEEE 802 Required notices: • Affiliation FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html • > Be sure to announce you name, affiliation, employer and clients the first time you speak. • Anti-Trust FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf • Ethics - https://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8.html • IEEE 802 WG Policies and Procedures - http://www.ieee802.org/devdocs.shtml • The 4 administration slides, reminder from your WG opening plenary  new 02jan18 • (note: call for essential patents is n/a, as the RR-TAG does not do standards) Jay Holcomb (Itron)

3. Jay Holcomb (Itron) Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings • All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. • Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. • Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. • Relative costs of different technical approaches that include relative costs of patent licensing terms may be discussed in standards development meetings. • Technical considerations remain the primary focus • Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. • Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. • Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object. --------------------------------------------------------------- For more details, see IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause 5.3.10 and Antitrust and Competition Policy: What You Need to Know at http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/antitrust.pdf

4. Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings • Participation in any IEEE 802 meeting (Sponsor, Sponsor subgroup, Working Group, Working Group subgroup, etc.) is on an individual basis • Participants in the IEEE standards development individual process shall act based on their qualifications and experience. (https://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws.pdf section 5.2.1) • IEEE 802 Working Group membership is by individual; “Working Group members shall participate in the consensus process in a manner consistent with their professional expert opinion as individuals, and not as organizational representatives”. (subclause 4.2.1 “Establishment”, of the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures) • Participants have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. A Participant’s obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders. • Participants shall not direct the actions or votes of any other member of an IEEE 802 Working Group or retaliate against any other member for their actions or votes within IEEE 802 Working Group meetings, see https://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws.pdf section 5.2.1.3 and the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, subclause 3.4.1 “Chair”, list item x. • By participating in IEEE 802 meetings, you accept these requirements. If you do not agree to these policies then you shall not participate. (and please leave the call or meeting.) Jay Holcomb (Itron)

5. Agenda for Plenary • Discussion items, few more details: • EU Items • General items, ETSI, CEPT, etc. • Ofcom Consultation on enabling opportunities for innovation, • Includes 2390-2400 MHz • General discussion items: • FCC Open meeting, 15 March, this Friday. • R&O - Spectrum Horizons, > 95 GHz including 300GHz • NPRM Expanding Broadband to the 896 / 935 MHz PLMR Band • FCC NPRM 18-295 , 6 GHz Reply Comments due Monday the 18th. • USDoT Next phases on DSRC Analysis. • Topics covered in Teleconferences since Jan. • Call to Order • Attendance server is open • Administrative items • Need a recording secretary, Peter E. • Approve agenda & last minutes • looking for an 802.18 Vice-Chair. • Discussion items • EU Items • Ofcom consultation • General Discussion Items • Agenda for Thursday • Teleconferences moving forward • Actions required • Anything new from this week • AOB and Adjourn Jay Holcomb (Itron) Agenda

6. Administrative – Motions and more • Motion: To approve the agenda as presented on previous slide • Moved by: • Seconded by: • Discussion? None • Vote: Unanimous consent • Motion: To approve the minutes from the IEEE 802.18 Interim meeting 15-17 January 2019 in document: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/19/18-19-0009-00-0000-minutes-stl-interim-15-17-jan-2019-rr-tag.docx Posted: 18-Jan-2019 10:20:19 ET • Moved by: • Seconded by: • Discussion? None • Vote: Unanimous consent • Is anyone able to help as the 802.18 Vice-Chair? • Needs to be a member of the IEEE and also the SA, needs a declaration of term commitment and affiliation letters to the EC. O • Is anyone able to help as the 802.18 Secretary? • Secretary must be IEEE SA member, though letters are not needed. Jay Holcomb (Itron)

7. Responsibilities of WG Vice Chair • 3.4.2 Vice Chair(s) • The responsibilities of the Vice Chair(s) shall include: • a) Carrying out the Chair's duties if the Chair is temporarily unable to do so or chooses to recuse himself or herself (i.e., to give a technical opinion) or chooses to delegate specific duties. • b) Being knowledgeable in IEEE standards processes and parliamentary procedures and assisting the Chair in ensuring that the processes and procedures are followed. • c) Being familiar with training materials available through IEEE Standards Development Online. • Needs to be a member of the IEEE SA. • Declaration of term commitment and affiliation letters to the EC. • Expected to be in attendance at all face to face meetings and most all the teleconferences. • Should consider to attend sunday wireless chair meeting and rules, EC open and EC close meetings during a plenary. • Stand in for the Chair or Secretary if one of them is not able to attend a meeting or call or activity • e.g. at the Plenary EC opening and closing meetings if the Chair can not make it. • Learn how, and be able to update the website and attendance / approved voters process. • Support the Chair and secretary in general • Including feedback to the chair and secretary on improved processes, e.g. meetings, calls, docs, procedures, etc. • Currently amount of time is not anticipated too much on the day to day basis • Though busier if some research is needed for a topic, help on comments, etc. • Maybe once a month or so. It will vary. • There may be helping/supporting the Chair with prep for the face to faces and occasionally for teleconferences. • Would look at a periodic touch point with the chair depending on activity. Jay Holcomb (Itron)

8. Responsibilities of WG Secretary • 3.4.3 Secretary • The responsibilities of the Secretary include: • a) Scheduling meetings in coordination with the Chair and distributing meeting notices. • b) Distributing meeting agenda (as per 6.0). Notification of the potential for action shall be included on any distributed agendas for meetings. • c) Recording minutes of each meeting according to Clause 6.5 and IEEE guidelines (see http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/stdslaw.pdf), and publishing them within 60 calendar days of the end of the meeting. • d) Creating and maintaining the Working Group membership roster and submitting it to the IEEE Standards Association annually. • e) Being responsible for the management and distribution of Working Group documentation. • f) Maintaining lists of unresolved issues, action items, and assignments. • g) Recording attendance of all attendees. • h) Maintaining a current list of the names of the voting members and distributing it to the members upon request. • i) Forwarding all changes to the roster of voting members to the Chair. • j) Being familiar with training materials available through IEEE Standards Development Online. • Expected to be in attendance at all face to face meetings and most all the teleconferences. • Support the Chair and Vice Char in general • Including feedback to the chair and vice chair on improved processes, e.g. meetings, calls, docs, procedures, etc. • Currently amount of time is not anticipated too much on the day to day basis • Though busier if after a meeting to do minutes. • There may be helping/supporting the Chair with prep for the face to faces and occasionally for teleconferences. • Would look at a periodic touch point with the chair depending on activity. Jay Holcomb (Itron)

9. EU items to share -1 • General EU info: <ojeu><HStds> • ETSI – <BRAN>next meeting #102, 18-21 June, Sophia Antipolis , • Last week: Consultant approved the 5 GHz standard and then an EC staff member opposed. • Bran (19)102003 has an adaptivity document on NR-U, good one to review for next week’s Plenary. 802.11 Co-ex SC liaison has not been sent yet. • ETSI - ERM - <TG-11>next meeting #55, 27-28 June, Sophia Antipolis • ETSI – ERM - <TG-UWB>next meeting #49, __ Jay Holcomb (Itron)

10. EU items to share -2 • CEPT – ECC <SE45>next meeting #7, 24-25 Apr, Copenhagen  • Public consultation is in process, its due date confirmed on 01 April • CEPT – ECC <FM57>next meeting #5, 12-13 March, Maisons-Alfort (This week) Jay Holcomb (Itron)

11. Ofcom_Enabling-opportunities-for-innovation_2.4GHz • OFCOM asked the industry to respond to is at: • https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/enabling-opportunities-for-innovation • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/19/18-19-0034-00-0000-ofcom-enabling-opportunities-for-innovation-2-4ghz.pdf • Response due by March 12th, completed using  consultation responses form (RTF, 1.5 MB). • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/19/18-19-0035-00-0000-ofcom-enabling-opportunities-consultation-form-2-4ghz.rtf • The 2390-2400 MHz discussion starts around page 35 • Handsets 23 dBm, base stations to 42 dBm, some other IOT considerations • Does IEEE 802 consider sending in comments late? Jay Holcomb (Itron)

12. General Discussion Items • FCC Open meeting, 15 March, This Friday • Spectrum Horizons • The Commission will consider a First Report and Order that would adopt rules to make available 21.2 GHz of spectrum above 95 GHz for unlicensed operations and create a new class of experimental licenses for the 95 GHz to 3 THz spectrum range. (ET Docket No. 18-21; RM-11795) • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/19/18-19-0027-00-0000-draft-first-r-o-18-21-spectrum-horizons-95-ghz.pdf • Expanding Broadband to the 900 MHz Band • The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would propose to reconfigure the 900 MHz band to create a broadband segment to facilitate technologies and services for a wide variety of businesses, including critical infrastructure, as well as seek comment on various transition mechanisms to achieve this goal. (WT Docket No. 17-200) • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/19/18-19-0028-00-0000-draft-nprm-17-200-expanding-broadband-to-896-935-mhz.pdf • This is for the 896-901/935-940MHz land mobile licenses band today. Jay Holcomb (Itron)

13. General Discussion Items • FCC NPRM 18-295, 6 GHz • Comments in: • https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/filings?proceedings_name=18-295&sort=date_disseminated,DESC • Reply comments due 18 March, Monday after our Plenary. • There are 112 entities, into 88 unique filings, 1500+… pages • Anything to share this week: • US DoT Next phases for DSRC Analysis / testing Jay Holcomb (Itron)

14. General Discussion Items • With different audience from teleconference I will review (quickly) what has transpired since the last f2f. • U.S. DoT Releases RFC on V2X Communications • Comments: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DOT-OST-2018-0210-0001 • Status of our comments: 133 on the DoT site above. (our date is 2/22) • ACMA - Proposed updates to class licensing arrangements supporting 5G and other technology innovations • For more details see IFC 45/2018 Class licensing updates: Supporting 5G and other technology innovations • Status of our comments: 18 comments now on line, link above. • 5GAA claims their test report is incorrect. • They announced their devices did not utilize receive antenna diversity... • (no mention though the test report was for 10 MHz and they asked for 20 MHz.) • But they say their conclusions are still valid... … … Jay Holcomb (Itron)

15. Recess • Actions required: • AOB before Recess to Thursday AM1. • We recessed until Thursday AM1, at 11:_____local Jay Holcomb (Itron)

16. Thursday Agenda • Reminder of IEEE policies we are under. • Attendance server is open. • Remember to state your name, affiliation, employer and/or clients first time you speak. • Call for a recording secretary: Peter Ecclesine • Items from Tuesday or new. • Teleconferences moving forward • Actions Required • AOB • Adjourn Jay Holcomb (Itron)

17. Teleconferences • Motion: The 802.18 Chair or Vice Chair is directed to conduct, as necessary, teleconferences on Thursdays at 15:00 ET through 29 July 2019 • Moved by: • Seconded by: • Discussion? None • Passed by Unanimous Consent Jay Holcomb (Itron)

18. Actions Required • Nothing specific at this time. • Info: • Latest Cisco VNI 2018-2022 networking trends, updated 21Feb19. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/service-provider/visual-networking-index-vni/white-paper-c11-738429.pdf Jay Holcomb (Itron)

19. Any Other Business • None • Straw Poll • How many people would like to come back to this venue? • Yes -- • No – • Like the Social – • Disliked the Social – • Did not go to Social – • #2 – is it worth exploring Australia for a meeting in the future? (meeting costs and all.) • Yes – • No -- Jay Holcomb (Itron)

20. Adjourn • Next teleconference: 21 Mar 2019 – 15:00 – <15:55 ET • Call in info: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/16/18-16-0038-11-0000-teleconference-call-in-info.pptx(or latest) • Note: If the call-in link doesn’t work send the Chair an email right away. • All changes/cancellations will be sent out to the 802.18 list server. • Adjourn: • Agenda complete, any objection to Adjourn. • None heard, we are Adjourned at 08:____ local • The next face to face meeting of the 802.18 RR-TAG will be at the IEEE 802 14 – 16 Wireless Interim in Atlanta, GA, USA at the Grand Hyatt in Buckhead • Time slots, Tuesday AM2 and Thursday AM1 • Safe Travels Jay Holcomb (Itron)

21. Jay Holcomb (Itron) Thank You • Reference, links to EU sites: • Bran: https://portal.etsi.org/tb.aspx?tbid=287&SubTB=287 • ERM TG-11: https://portal.etsi.org/tb.aspx?tbid=442&SubTB=442 • CEPT SE45: https://cept.org/ecc/groups/ecc/wg-se/se-45/client/introduction/ • CEPT FM57: https://cept.org/ecc/groups/ecc/wg-fm/fm-57/client/introduction/ • OJEU: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/oj/direct-access.html • HS: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/european-standards/harmonised-standards/ Back up and/or previous slides follow

22. Responsibilities of Working Group Officers • 3.0 Officers • There shall be a Chair and a Secretary, and there should be a Vice Chair. The office of Treasurer is suggested if significant funds are involved in the operation of the Working Group and/or its subgroups or if the group has multiple financial reports to supply to the IEEE Standards Association. A person may simultaneously hold the positions of Secretary and Treasurer. • The Chair and Vice Chair(s) shall each be IEEE members of any grade, except Student grade, or IEEE Society affiliates, and also be members of IEEE-SA. • 3.4 Responsibilities of Working Group Officers • When carrying out the duties of an officer described in IEEE’s policies and procedures, officers of the Working Group: • a) shall not act: • 1) in bad faith; • 2) to the detriment of IEEE-SA; • 3) to further the interest of any party outside IEEE over the interest of IEEE; or • 4) in a manner that is inconsistent with the purposes or objectives of IEEE, and; • b) shall use best efforts to ensure that participants of the working group conduct themselves in accordance with applicable policies and procedures including, but not limited to, SASB Bylaws 5.2.1. • The officers of the Working Group shall manage the day-to-day operations of the Working Group. The officers are responsible for implementing the decisions of the Working Group and managing the activities that result from those decisions. Jay Holcomb (Itron)

23. General Discussion Items -4 • Sharing and license-exempt • A study on feasibility and next steps toward a Next Generation Spectrum Management (NGSM). • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-1386-00-0wng-ngsm-next-generation-spectrum-management.pptx • 802.11 San Diego WGN proposal on Future of Unlicensed Spectrum • https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/18/ec-18-0155-00-00EC-push-to-bi-directional-spectrum-sharing.pptx • A perspective on regardless of everything we do to develop new, better, faster wireless technologies, the available spectrum has a hard limit • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/18/18-18-0060-02-0000-a-future-for-unlicensed-spectrum.pptx • Bi-directional sharing • https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/18/ec-18-0155-00-00EC-push-to-bi-directional-spectrum-sharing.pptx • This came up in the IEEE 802 LeaderCon session in July and the 802.18 chair along with others have an action item to look at this more. Jay Holcomb (Itron)

24. General Discussion Items -4a of 6 • Phase I testing of prototype U-NII-4 devices-1 of 3 • The Commission’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) is requesting comment on the report for Phase I of tests performed to evaluate potential sharing solutions between the proposed Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices and Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) operations in the 5850-5925 MHz (U-NII-4) frequency band. The attached report provides a detailed summary of the testing methodology, measurements, and observations. • Request for comments: • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/18/18-18-0140-00-0000-phase-i-testing-of-prototype-u-nii-4-devices.docx • Report: • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/18/18-18-0141-00-0000-phase-i-testing-of-prototype-u-nii-4-devices-report.pdf • Proceeding: • https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/filings?proceedings_name=13-49&sort=date_disseminated,DESC • https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-requests-comment-59-ghz-phase-i-testing-data • Comment Date: 28 November 2018 • EC vote 16nov, or do reply comments. • Reply Comments Date: 13 December 2018 Jay Holcomb (Itron)

25. General Discussion Items -4b of 6 • Phase I testing of prototype U-NII-4 devices-2 of 3 • As summarized in the report, we found the prototype devices reliably detected DSRC signals. The report includes the results of the evaluation of the Wi-Fi sharing techniques since one of the proposed band sharing methods would require re-channelization of the DSRC spectrum. In brief, the test results show that the prototype U-NII-4 devices were able to detect a co-channel DSRC signal and implement post detection steps as claimed by the submitters. • Knowing history, can we get agreement on points to comment on? • What would they be? • Detect and vacate mentioned above, is not covering if there is any harmful interference. • Mitigation seems to still be open. • DOT will be the judge on safety of transportation. They get the say what is needed. The report is just a testing report, and not on the safety of transportation. • O’Reily’s comment does not consider there is CV2X, C-V2X, …. …. coming along now, that is being discussed elsewhere. • In the end for those on the earlier call, not looking like there is interest for IEEE 802 to comment. Jay Holcomb (Itron)

26. General Discussion Items -4c of 6 • Phase I testing of prototype U-NII-4 devices-3 of 3 • Statement of commissioner Michael O’Rielly on 5.9 GHz phase I testing data • DOC-354831A1.docxDOC-354831A1.pdfDOC-354831A1.txt • While I appreciate release of the 5.9 GHz Phase I testing data, the results are not all that surprising given the simple questions posed. The reality is that the entire debate has gravitated away from the type of sharing regime envisioned in the testing.  Instead, the Commission should move past this and initiate a rulemaking to reallocate at least 45 megahertz of the band, which is completely unused today for automobile safety • Commissioner Rosenworcel on phase I test report of prototype U-N-II-4 devices. • DOC-354830A1.docxDOC-354830A1.pdfDOC-354830A1.txt • “Nearly two years after the deadline for completing a three-phase test plan to determine whether auto safety and Wi-Fi can share the 5.9 GHz band, this agency is releasing the results of its lab testing. These results are long overdue. But we need to do more than just make our work public. We need to start a rulemaking to take a fresh look at this band and its real possibilities.” Jay Holcomb (Itron)

27. Potential reference document when doing comments • Note: in the 802.19 co-existence <1 GHz meeting it was brought up for IEEE 802 as a whole to put together a document on basic spectrum parameters that would be good for all IEEE 802 standards to co-exist (less interference….) • Actually, need to have this for all IEEE 802 to just work in the spectrum, e.g. BWs needed. Not just coexistence. • Point being that 802.18 can refer to / use when responding to regulators on different consultations, to encourage regulators in general to configure their spectrum to allow all the IEEE 802 standards in a more consistent/friendly way. • For the many in attendance, it was felt many regulators would appreciate at least knowing this. • Additional point to add to the doc, duty cycle is not for the protocol/standard/amendment being discussed, it is a regulation to allow others (and their packet lengths) to have access to the spectrum. Jay Holcomb (Itron)

28. Fellowship Request • Fellowship request on reaching out to all regulators. • Enhancing Collaboration between IEEE 802 and World Regulators on unlicensed spectrum regulations • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-0580-01-coex-enhancing-collaboration-between-ieee-802-and-world-regulators-on-unlicensed-spectrum-regulations.pptx • Thursday: • A start is to keep in touch with the fellowship attendees. • They are welcome to our meetings and calls. • Could something be added to the IEEE newsletter/communication for the regulators, to answer the news letter input? • Can IEEE be more pro-active with some of the other (e.g. regional) regulators? • The challenge is to ID which we can, and being a volunteer / individual organization, the time and money from the volunteers? • Many regulators don’t have IEEE has a point of contact like they do with WFA or other implementing orgs do. Jay Holcomb (Itron)