November 2012 doc IEEE 802 15 12654 Closing

November 2012 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -12/654 Closing Plenary Meeting Report for IG THz Group (1/3) • Meeting was called to order at 8 am on November 13 and finished at November 15 on 5. 30 pm. • Number of meetings: 4 • Total number of attendees : 25 • Total number of contributions: 6 • Contributions on Tuesday AM 1 Contribution #1 : Eshan Afshari, Cornell University (USA), “The Next Frontier for Circuit Designers: CMOS THz Systems”; (Document 15 -12 -0621 -00 -0 thz) Contribution #2 : Josep Miguel Jornet, Georgia Tech (USA), “Design of Graphene-based Nano-antennas for Terahertz Band Communication”; (Document 15 -12 -0618 -01 -0 thz) Submission Slide 1 Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig

November 2012 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -12/654 Closing Plenary Meeting Report for IG THz Group (2/3) • Contributions on Tuesday AM 2 Contribution #3 : Chong Han (Georgia Tech), “Statistical Multi-path Propagation Modeling and Fading Analysis in Terahertz Band Communication Networks”; (Document 15 -12 -0615 -03 -0 thz) Contribution #4 : Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig (Germany), “Presentation on Spectrum Issues at THz Frequencies to IEEE 802. 18”; (Document 15 -12 -0619 -01 -0 thz) • Contributions on Thursday PM 1 Contribution #5 : Michael Grigat , Deutsche Telekom (Germany), “Link Budget Analysis for Terahertz Fixed Wireless Links”; (Document 15 -12 -0582 -01 -0 thz) Work on the Technical Expectation Document (TED)“. The content of the TED has been discussed and updated (Document 15 -11 -0745 -06 -0 thz) Submission Slide 2 Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig

November 2012 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -12/654 Closing Plenary Meeting Report for IG THz Group (3/3) • Contributions on Thursday PM 2 Contribution #6 : Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig (Germany), Davit Britz (AT&T Shannon Labs), Katsuhiro Ajito (NTT Corp. ), Iwao Hosako (NICT); “Discussion document on next steps for creating a standard on THz Communications”; (Document 15 -12 -0652 -01 -0 thz) • Discussions • Update of the Technical Expectations Document (11/0745 r 6) • Discussion on the future of IG THz • Identified possible application for standardisation: Ultra-High Speed Wireless Connection in Data Centers (Server Farms) • Next steps: • Generating interest by manufacturers (Questionnaire? ) • Investigating MAC issues • Informal presnentation to WNG at the March meeting Submission Slide 3 Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig