UL Control Drafting Group Report

Document Number:IEEE C80216m/09_0376r1

Date Submitted:2009-11-15

Source:Jong-Kae (JK) Fwu

TGm UL Control Drafting Group Chair jong-kae.fwu@intel.com

Jinyoung ChunLGE

Venue:IEEE Session #59, San Diego

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UL Control DG Report SummaryUL Control had two sessions

Monday, 7:00pm – 10:00pm

Thursday, 8:00am – 9:45am

All 26 amendment contributions related to UL Control were presented except one (see slide 3).

Some straw polls were conducted to determine the group’s preference for a framework for a first draft of amendment text (see slide 4).

Need Chair’s guidance regarding constitution and scope of the drafting group (DG)

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Contribution ListThe Chairs provided a list of 26 contributions that were determined to be within the scope of UL Control

The latest version of the following contributions were presented and reviewed.

066, 198, 222, 223, 224, 225, 238, 239, 240, 241, 243, 248, 254, 271, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 335, 346, 348, 349

One contribution was not reviewed (253) and the author is OK with it

Straw Polls for Forming DG

The following straw polls related to drafting group formation were conducted

Formation of UL Control Drafting Group (DG) after Jan. IEEE meeting

12 (in favor) vs. 2 (opposed)

DG to be formed with one lead participant from each UL Control proposal. Additional support from co-authors is allowed to cover different subjects (CQICH, HARQ ACK/NACK, BW REQ, Ranging, Sounding)

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Going ForwardRecommend that the Drafting Group continues after the Jan. IEEE meeting with the charter to produce amendment text for the March meeting

The text should include reasonable design details

Include details of how it fits with other part of the system (PHY Structure, [MIMO feedback], etc)

DG’s tentative DG plan and schedule are:

2 CCs per week

Monday 2-4 PM PST

Thursday 7:30-9:30 PM PST

Chair will send out detailed plan and schedule within one week