802 Handoff ECSG 802.16 Closing Plenary Report

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802 Handoff ECSG802.16 Closing Plenary Report

• David Johnston
• david.johnston_at_ieee.org
• dj.johnston_at_intel.com

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What We Did This Week

• Received feedback on PAR and 5 Criteria from
  802.1 and 802.16
• Performed comment resolution on the PAR and 5
  Criteria
• Approved the PAR and 5 Criteria
• Spent a long time discussing coupling models in
  802-cellular interworking
• Spent a long time working out how to deal with
  media specific optimizations

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What We Achieved This Week

• Established a model of working with media groups
  (802.11, 15, 16 in particular) that would allow
  media specific optimizations defined in the media
  group to override generic mechanisms define in
  the handoff group.
• Established how GSFIDs fit in the system
• Narrowed the scope defined in the PAR to be in
  line with what we want to achieve
• Approved a PAR and 5 Criteria
• I got to play at being Roger for a while

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Scope Purpose

• This standard defines extensible 802 media access
  independent mechanisms that enable the
  optimization of handover between heterogeneous
  802 systems and may facilitate handover between
  802 systems and cellular systems.
• The purpose is to improve the user experience of
  mobile devices by facilitating handover between
  802 networks whether or not they are of different
  media types, including both wired and wireless,
  where handover is not otherwise defined and to
  make it possible for mobile devices to perform
  seamless handover where the network environment
  supports it. These mechanisms may also be useable
  for handovers between 802 networks and non 802
  networks.