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Re: [802SEC] +++EC Email Ballot+++Urgent motion to approve 802.18 doc+++tentative tally



Approve.

Roger


At 10:17 -0500 2004-11-24, Paul Nikolich wrote:
>Dear EC members,
>
>The email ballot on the below motion to approve the attached FCC comments
>closes the sooner of 24hrs after all EC votes are cast or 7PM EST FRIDAY
>26NOV 2004.
>
>The tentative tally for the below motion iss:
>
>  11 Approve
>  01 Disapprove
>  04 Did Not Vote
>  00 Abstains
>
>Please verify your vote, if I did not record it correctly below, send me a
>correction note.  If you did not vote, please cast your ballot as soon as
>possible.
>
>Regards,
>
>--Paul Nikolich
>
>
>Vote categories:          DIS    DNV     APP    ABS
>   -----------------------------------------------
>   01 Mat Sherman/                        APP
>   02 Pat Thaler/                         APP/comments
>   03 Buzz Rigsbee/                       APP
>   04 Bob O'Hara/                         APP/comments
>   05 John Hawkins/                       APP
>   06 Tony Jeffree/                       APP
>   07 Bob Grow=                   DNV
>   08 Stuart Kerry=               DNV
>   09 Bob Heile/                          APP
>   10 Roger Marks=                DNV
>   11 Mike Takefman/                      APP/comment
>   12 Mike Lynch/                         APP
>   13 Steve Shellhammer/   DIS/comments
>   14 Jerry Upton/                        APP
>   15 Ajay Rajkumar=              DNV
>   16 Carl Stevenson/                     APP
>                           ---++++---+++++---++++---
>   TOTALS                  DIS    DNV     APP    ABS
>                    total: -1-    -04-    -11-   -0-
>
>Regards,
>
>--Paul Nikolich
>IEEE 802 Chairman
>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: "Paul Nikolich" <<mailto:paul.nikolich@ATT.NET>paul.nikolich@ATT.NET>
>>  To: <<mailto:STDS-802-SEC@listserv.ieee.org>STDS-802-SEC@listserv.ieee.org>
>>  Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 7:36 PM
>>  Subject: [802SEC] +++EC Email Ballot+++Urgent motion to approve 802.18
>>  doc+++
>>
>>
>>>
>>>  Dear EC members,
>>>
>>>  As agreed at the closing EC meeting, this is a 7 day email ballot to make
>>>  a
>>>  determination on the below motion to
>>>  approve the attached document 18-04-0056-00-00 (TV Band NPRM Comments) as
>>>  an
>>>  802 Document.
>>>
>>>  Moved: Carl Stevenson
>>>  Second: Jerry Upton
>>>
>>>  The ballot opens Friday 19 NOV 2004 7pm edt and closes the sooner of
>>>  Friday 26 NOV 2004 7pm edt or 24hours after all EC member have cast a
>>>  vote (a vote consists of an explicit APPROVE, DISAPPROVE or ABSTAIN).
>>>
>>>  Regards,
>>>
>>>  --Paul Nikolich
>>>
>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>  From: "Carl R. Stevenson" <<mailto:wk3c@wk3c.com>wk3c@wk3c.com>
>>>  To: "Paul Nikolich" <<mailto:p.nikolich@ieee.org>p.nikolich@ieee.org>
>>>  Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 7:29 PM
>>>  Subject: Urgent motion to approve 802.18 doc
>>>
>>>
>>>>  Motion:
>>>>
>>>>  To immediately and urgently
>>>>
>>>>  approve the attached document 18-04-0056-00-00 (TV Band NPRM Comments)
>>>>
>>>>  as an 802 Document, authorizing Carl Stevenson and Michael Lynch to
>>>>
>>>>  make necessary non-substantive editorial cleanups and formatting
>>>>
>>>>  changes, and to file the document with the FCC on behalf of IEEE 802
>>>>
>>>>  in a timely fashion. (NOTE: the filing deadline is Nov. 30, 2004 and
>>>>
>>>>  additionally, we need time to do the editorial cleanups and final
>>>>
>>>>  Formatting for filing.)
>>>>
>>>>  Moved: Carl R. Stevenson
>>>>
>>>>  Seconded: Jerry Upton
>>>>
>>>>  Information for the EC:
>>>>
>>>>  The attached document was approved *unanimously* by 802.18 with broad
>>>>
>>>>  representation by voting members of 802.18 from both 802 as well as the
>>>>
>>>>  licensed incumbent services which future 802 wireless standards would,
>>>>
>>>>  by FCC rule and the ITU Radio Regulations, be required to protect from
>>>>
>>>>  harmful interference as a condition for access to the spectrum in
>>>>  question.
>>>>
>>>>  There are currently *NO* 802 wireless standards operating in the band in
>>>>
>>>>  question (the TV broadcast bands), so the recommendations in this
>  >>> document
>>>>
>>>>  would impose NO additional constraints on existing 802 wireless
>>>>  standards.
>>>>
>>>>  Any future 802 wireless standards desiring to operate in the band in
>>>>  question
>>>>
>>>>  *will* be *required* by the FCC to afford the incumbent licensed services
>>>>
>>>>  protection from harmful interference.
>>>>
>>>>  (The standard to be developed by 802.22, under the scope of its PAR, is
>>>>
>>>>  specifically intended to operate in the TV broadcast bands, using
>>>>  cognitive
>>>>
>>>>  radio techniques to protect the incumbent licensed services from harmful
>>>>
>>>>  interference.)
>>>>
>>>>  This document was reviewed by an ad hoc group from 802.11 (none of the
>>>>  other
>>>>
>>>>  Wireless WG Chairs responded to an invitation for review).
>>>>
>>>>  Any future 802 wireless standard proposing to use the TV bands under the
>>>>  rules
>>>>
>>>>  proposed by the FCC would, by definition, be required to operate on a
>>>>  strictly
>>>>
>>>>  non-interfering basis to the incumbent licensed services.
>>>>
>>>>  Additionally, the attached document is a delicately crafted, yet fair,
>>>>
>>>>  compromise, based on UNPRECEDENTED cooperation between the "traditional"
>>>>
>>>>  802 community and licensed incumbents, some of whom have gained voting
>>>>
>>>>  membership, and others who have met the attendance requirements at this
>>>>
>>>>  session and will gain voting membership at the March plenary.
>>>>
>>>>  These folks came to OUR table to work cooperatively with us in an effort
>>>>
>>>>  to avoid conflict over the FCC's proposal to allow unlicensed devices to
>>>>
>>>>  operate *in spectrum for which they hold licenses and have legal rights
>>>>  to
>>>>
>>>>  protection from harmful interference*.
>>>>
>>>>  After months of cooperative work, NOT filing the comments that were
>>>>  mutually
>>>>
>>>>  Agreed between the RR-TAG and these incumbents will severely damage the
>>>>
>>>>  cooperative working relationship that has been forged between the
>>>>  incumbents
>>>>
>>>>  and "traditional 802 participants" and will almost certainly result in
>>>>  their
>>>>
>>>>  withdrawing from their attempts to work cooperatively with us and make
>>>>  our
>>>>
>>>>  prospects of gaining access to the spectrum.
>>>>
>>>>  Finally, since IEEE 802.18 requested, and was granted, an extension of
>>>>  time
>>>>  in the
>>>>
>>>>  comment period, which the FCC granted - something that they normally
>>>>  don't
>>>>  do - on
>>>>
>>>>  the basis that we had all of the incumbents at the table working
>>>>  cooperatively
>>>>
>>>>  with us to bring a broad industry consensus position to the FCC, it will
>>>>  virtually
>>>>
>>>>  certainly *trash* 802's reputation with the FCC if we do not deliver this
>>>>  document
>>>>
>>>>  by the Nov. 30 filing deadline established by the extension of time that
>>>>  was
>>>>  granted
>>>>
>>>>  at our request - a relationship that we have worked hard to cultivate and
>>>>  has been
>>>>
>>>>  very productive.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Regards,
>>>>
>>>>  Carl R. Stevenson (outgoing Chair, IEEE 802.18 RR-TAG)
>>>>
>>>>  Michael Lynch, Interim Chair, IEEE 802.18 RR-TAG
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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