March 2006

Steve Shellhammer, Qualcomm

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March 2006 Opening Report

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Date: 2006-03-06

Name Company Address Phone E-mail Steve Shellhammer Qualcomm 5775 Morehouse Dr

San Diego, CA 92121 (858) 658-1874 Shellhammer@ieee.org

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March 2006

Steve Shellhammer, Qualcomm

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TAG Officers and Voters

Office OfficerChair Steve Shellhammer

Vice Chair Tom Siep

Secretary Steve Whitesell

Editor David Cypher

802.11 Liaison Sheung Li

802.15 Liaison Tom Siep

• There are 16 TAG Voting Members

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Summary of the January Session

• The 802.19 Study Group approved the PAR and 5C for a Recommended Practice on Methods for Assessing Coexistence of Wireless Networks– PAR subsequently approved by the TAG– Sent to EC for vote at March Plenary

• Review document on Coexistence Parameters• Presentation on Aggregation of Signal Energy

from multiple wireless networks• Held a joint meeting with 802.15 Task Group 4a

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Plans for the March Session

• Election of TAG Chair and Vice Chair• Address any comments received on the PAR• Joint meeting with IEEE P1900.2• Prepare a press release on new project• Discuss typical coexistence scenarios to be

covered in Recommended Practice• Prepare call-for-submissions for contributions on

Recommended Practice• Discuss Coexistence Parameters Document

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Meeting Times for the Week

Monday March 6, 2006 Tuesday March 7, 2006 Wed March 8, 2006

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM   Study Group Study Group

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break Break Break

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM   TAG TAG

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM   Lunch Break Lunch Break

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM      

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Break Break Break

4:00 PM - 6:00 PMJoint Meeting with IEEE

P1900.2   

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