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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 September 2004 7pm edt and closes the sooner of Friday 26 September 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" <wk3c@wk3c.com> To: "Paul Nikolich" <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 > > > > ---------- This email is sent from the 802 Executive Committee email reflector. This list is maintained by Listserv.
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