IEEE P802.11 - TASK GROUP S - MEETINGS UPDATE

Status of Project IEEE 802.11s

Mesh Networking

Task Group Acting Chair: Dee Denteneer (Philips)
Vice Chair: Guido Hiertz (Philips)
Technical Editor: Kazuyuki Sakoda (Sony)
Secretary: Guenael Strutt (Powerwave)

July 2011, San Francisco (Ca)

During the meeting,

• The group prepared a report for the EC to request that P802.11s be forwarded to REVCOM.
• The group prepared a press release to be issued upon publication of P802.11s.
• Subsequently, in the closing plenary, both report to the EC and press release were approved by the WG

After the meeting, the EC approved to forward P802.11s to REVCOM.

June 2011

The fifth recirculation Sponsor Ballot, on TGs Draft 12.0, closed June 4. The Draft met with 97.2% approval rate and received 1 comment, indicating that the draft meets all editorial requirements.

In a subsequent teleconference on June 9, the group decided to cancel all upcoming teleconferences and to start preparations on a report to the EC to ask for unconditional approval to proceed to RevCom.

May 2011, Palm Springs (Ca)

the fourth recirculation Sponsor Ballot, on TGs Draft 11.0 was closed. The Draft met with 96.7% approval rate and received 119 comments.

Additionally, the group received 170 late comments (120 E, 50 T), from one commenter, and 5 comments contributed by the China NB on the 802.11s draft 10.0 as a result of the IEEE 802.11 WG liaison of the draft to SC6.

The distribution of 119 official comments was as follows:

	TOTAL	Technical	Editorial
Must satisfy	18	18	0
Other	111	47	54

During the meeting

• The group decided to include all comments: official, late, and from the China NB, into the comment resolution process.
• The group resolved all open comments from the fourth recirculation Sponsor Ballot, and approved a new recirculation on Draft 12.0.

The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-11/676r5, the closing report is 11-11/0822r0, and the minutes are in 11-11/0821r0. Some additional resolutions on Draft 11.0 were taken in a subsequent teleconference on May 19; see 11-11-/0838r2.

Between the March Singapore meeting and the may Palm Springs meeting, the group also conducted a third recirculation Sponsor Ballot on Draft 10.0, opening March 25 and closing April 9. For this recirculation, the approval rate was 96.7% and the group received 246 comments. The resolutions to these comments can be found in 11-11/0519r8. The annoted agendas for the teleconferences leading to this recirculation Sponsor Ballot are in 11-11/0557r4 and 11-11/0536r2, and the minutes are in 11-11/0682r0 and 11-11/0683r0

March 2011, Singapore

Prior to the meeting, the TG held an ad hoc in Eindhoven, hosted by Philips. During the ad hoc, all remaining comments from the first Recirculation Sponsor Ballot were resolved, and a second recirculation was approved. On March 5, this second recirculation Sponsor Ballot on TGs Draft 9.0 was closed. The Draft met with 95% approval rate and received 291 comments.

The distribution of comments was as follows:

	TOTAL	Technical	Editorial
Must satisfy	174	92	82
Other	117	60	57

During the meeting

• The group presented a tutorial on mesh during the mon EVE session.
• The group resolved all open comments from the second recirculation ballot, and approved a new recirculation.

The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-11/0315r2, the closing report is 11-11/0468r0, and the minutes are in 11-11/0373r0.

January 2011, Los Angeles, Ca

Prior to the meeting, the TG held an ad hoc in Munich, hosted by Siemens. During the ad hoc, all remaining comments from the first Sponsor Ballot were resolved, and a recirculation was approved. On January 10, this first recirculation Sponsor Ballot on TGs Draft 8.0 was closed. The Draft met with 95% approval rate and received 367 comments.

The distribution of comments was as follows:

	TOTAL		Technical		Editorial
	Received	Open	Received	Open	Received	Open
Must satisfy	120	27	113	27	7	0
Other	247	45	70	12	177	33

During the meeting

• The group reviewed its timeline, both joint with TGmb during the mondayEVE session as well as with the techical editors during the Technical Editors meeting, tuesday AM0 session; see e.g. 11-11/107r1 "TGs timelines discussion".
• This resulted in a timeline with a tentative pulication date around September 2011, see e.g. 11-11/199r0 "TGs January 2011 closing report" for a detailed overview of the current timeline.
• Resolutions were prepared to comments received during the first Recirculation Sponsor Ballot, and resolutions to about 80% of the comments were approved, see the table above for a detailed breakdown.

The CRC intends will hold an ad hoc Meeting in Eindhoven, from January 7-9. A second recirculation of the Sponsor Ballot is expected to be carried out shortly after this ad hoc meeting.

The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-11/0010r3, the closing report is 11-11/0199r0, and the minutes are in11-11/0209r0.

November 2010, Dallas, TX

Prior to the meeting, on November 1, the the first Sponsor Ballot on TGs Draft 7.0 was completed. The Draft met with 95% approval rate and received 307 comments.

The distribution of comments was as follows:

	TOTAL		Technical		Editorial
	Received	Open	Received	Open	Received	Open
Must satisfy	100	56	95	52	5	4
Other	207	89	94	50	113	39

During the meeting

• Resolutions were prepared to comments received during the first Sponsor Ballot, and resolutions to about 50% of the comments were approved, see the table above.
• The results of an editorial review, carried out by IEEE SA staff, were received and uploaded as Draft 7.01
• Some improvements to this editorial review, as discussed during the waikoloa meeting, were implemented and uploaded as Draft 7.02

The CRC intends will hold an ad hoc Meeting in Munich, from December 7-9. A first recirculation of the Sponsor Ballot is expected to be carried out shortly after this ad hoc meeting.

The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-10/1250r4, the closing report is 11-10/1387r1, and the minutes are 11-10/1323r0.

September 2010, Waikoloa, Hi

Prior to the meeting, the WG concluded LB #166 on TGs Draft 7.0, which met with 95% approval rate and received 11 comments, 7 of which were subsequently withdrawn.
The remaining comments = were all technical.

On September 12, also prior to the meeting, the Sponsor Ballot pool closed. It contains 184 persons from a variety of backgrounds and meets the criteria.

During the meeting

• Resolutions were prepared to the comments received during LB 166
• An answer was prepared the editorial comments that were raised during the editorial review of Draft 7.0 carried out by the IEEE staff
• Report 11-10/895r6 was prepared to show that the conditions to go to Sponsor Ballot were met

A first Sponsor Ballot was issued shortly after the session, and will complete by November 1.

The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-10/1034r1, the closing report is 11-10/1150r0, and the minutes are 11-10/1148r0.

July 2010, San Diego, Ca

Prior to the meeting, the WG concluded LB #165 on TGs Draft 6.0, which met with 89% approval rate and received 253 comments, distributed as follows:

	TOTAL	Technical	Editorial
After LB #165	253	152	101

The meeting was primarily devoted to resolve the comments that were received as part of Letter Ballot #165 on TGs Draft 6.0. Submissions were presented and approved that resolved all comments. = After having resolved all outstanding comments, the WG passed a motion to prepare Draft 7.0 and go to recirculation.

At the end of the meeting the Task Group approved a motion, to approve document 11-10/ 895r01 as the report to the IEEE 802 Executive Committee in support of a request for conditional approval to forward P802.11s to Sponsor Ballot, and Request the IEEE 802 Executive Committee to conditionally approve forwarding P802.11s to sponsor ballot. This motion was confirmed by the WG during the closing session, and accepted by the EC during its July 16 meeting.

The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-10/735r7, the closing report is 11-10/933r1, and the minutes are 11-10/932r0.

May 2010, Beijing, China

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) reconfirmed or elected the following individuals for its leadership positions: Dee Denteneer (Philips, Chair), Guido Hiertz (Philips, vice Chair), Kazuyuki Sakoda (Sony, Technical Editor), and Guenael Strutt (Motorola, Secretary), as was subsequently confirmed during the plenary session on wednesday morning.

Prior to the meeting, the WG concluded LB #161 on TGs Draft 5.0, which met with 89% approval rate and received 421 comments, distributed as follows:

	TOTAL	Technical	Editorial
After LB #159	421	271	150

The meeting was primarily devoted to resolve the comments that were received as part of Letter Ballot #161 on TGs Draft 5.0. Submission were presented and approved that resolved all comments. After having resolved all outstanding comments, the WG passed a motion to prepare Draft 6.0 and go to recirculation.

The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-10/519r7, the closing report is 11-10/676r0, and the minutes are 11-10/675r0.

March 2010, Orlando, Florida

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) met on Monday to Thursday, 15-18 March 2010 at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, The ad hoc meeting on monday morning March 15 was chaired by Kazuyuki Sakoda. The opening session of the regular meeting on monday afternoon, March 15 was chaired by Guido Hiertz. The other sessions of the regular meeting were chaired by Dee Denteneer.

The meeting was primarily devoted to resolve the comments that were received as part of Letter Ballot #159 on TGs Draft 4.0, and that had not yet been resolved during the Los Angeles meeting. Submission were presented and approved that resolved all comments that were still open after the Los Angeles meeting, see the table below for a detailed breakdown. After having resolved all outstanding comments, the WG passed a motion to prepare Draft 5.0 and go to recirculation.

The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-10/241r6, the closing report is 11-10/421r0, and the minutes are 11-10/381r1.

January 2010, Los Angeles, California

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) met on monday to Thursday, 18-21 3D January 2010 at the Hyatt at Los Angeles, with Dee Denteneer (Philips) acting as TG Chair.

Just prior to the meeting, TGs had passed its first circulation Ballot with 85% approval rate and 809 comments.

During the meeting, TGs elected Guido Hiertz (Philips) as vice Chair of TGs, as later confirmed in the mid week plenary. Additionally, Guenael Strutt (Motorola) volunteered as "permanent" temporary secretary. The meeting was primarily devoted to start the work on resolving the comments that were received as part of Letter Ballot #159 on TGs Draft 4.0. Submission were presented and approved that resolved about 57% of the comments, see the table below for a detailed breakdown. These resolutions present a first step towards a second recirculation targeted to take place just after the March meeting.

• Open comments from LB #159 are as follows

  	TOTAL	Technical	Editorial
  After LB #159	809	449	360
  After Los Angeles	349	252	97

• The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-10/0036r8, the closing report is 11-10/179r0, and the minutes are 11-10/102r0.

The TGs goal for the March 2010 IEEE 802.11 meeting is to resolve all 3D outstanding comments, produce Draft 5.0, and recirculate.

November 2009, Atlanta, Georgia

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) met on Tuesday to Thursday, 17-20 November 2009 at the Hyatt at Atlanta Georgia. During the 802.11 WG opening plenary Dee Denteneer (Philips) was appointed as Chair, succeeding Donald E. Eastlake 3rd (Stellar Swiches).

TGs continued worked on resolving the comments that were submitted as part of Letter Ballot #147 on TGs Draft 3.0. During the meeting, TGs resolved all outstanding comments, and the WG passed a motion to prepare Draft 4.0 and go to recirculation.

• Comments from LB #147 resolved thus far are as follows:

  	TOTAL	Technical	Editorial
  Total Comments	1196	778	418
  Resolved Thru Montreal	635	53%	306	39%	329	79%
  Resolved Thru San Francisco	860	72%	481	62%	379	91%
  Resolved Thru Waikoloa	1086	91%	677	87%	408	98%
  Resolved Thru Waikoloa	1196	100%	778	100%	418	100%

• The following were among the submissions presented:
  • "Editorial update for happier LB commenters", 11-09/1283r1
  • "Remaining comment resolution", 11-09/1278r1
  • "RFI comments forwarding addressing", 11-09/1237r4
  • "PREP addressing", 11-09/1280r0
  • "RFI TFCddelkram Resolutions", 11-09/1275r2
  • "Proxy Resolution", 11-09/1247r2
  • "Original", 11-09/1248r1
  • "Mesh STA collocation", 11-09/1249r2
  • "mesh AP, mesh portal updates", 11-09/1238r1
  • "Remaining General & two RFI comments", 11-09/1257r0
  • "Security frame spec clean up", 11-09/1253r0
  • "PERR, PANN and other RFI corrections", 11-09/1224r1
  • "General comment resolution", 11-09/1245r0
  • "QoS STA comment resolution text", 11-09/1176r1
  • "Forwarding and Addressing Resolutions", 11-09/1227r1
  • "Editorial updates", 11-09/1239r0
  • "Station Location", 11-09/1225r0
  • "detection of maliciously non-forwarding MSTAs ppt", 11-09/1178r0
  • "detection of maliciously non-forwarding MSTAs doc", 11-09/1177r0
  • "Potential confusion in D3.04", 11-09/1143r1
• The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-09/1099r9, the closing report is 11-09/1243r1, and the minutes are 11-09/1223r0.

The TGs goal for the January 2010 IEEE 802.11 meeting is to start resolving comments from the recirculation ballot.

September 2009, Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawai'i

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) met on Monday to Thursday, 21-24 3D September 2009 at the Hilton Waikoloa Village in Wakoloa, Hawai'i. Guido Hiertz (Philips) served as temporary chair for this meeting.

TGs continued worked on resolving the comments that were submitted as part of Letter Ballot #147 on TGs Draft 3.0.

• Comments from LB #147 resolved thus far are as follows:

  	TOTAL	Technical	Editorial
  Total Comments	1196	778	418
  Resolved Thru Montreal	635	53%	306	39%	329	79%
  Resolved Thru San Francisco	860	72%	481	62%	379	91%
  Resolved Thru Waikoloa	1086	91%	677	87%	408	98%

• The following were among the submissions presented:
  • "MAC Beaconing Sync Comment Resolutions", 11-09/885r1
  • "General Frameformat Comment Resolution", 11-09/968r0
  • "General Arch Def Comment Resolution", 11-09/977r0
  • "Categories for Mesh Action Frames", 11-09/962r3
  • "Security Comments Resolutions from Security Subgroup", 3D 11-09/1018r1
  • "Mesh Formation Info", 11-09/834r2
  • "More SAE Comment Resolution", 11-09/975r1
  • "Suite B for Mesh", 11-09/1012r0
  • "A Better Way to Protect APE Messages", 11-09/1008r0
  • "Protection of APE Messages", 11-09/966r2
  • "Update Group Key Handshake Protocol", 11-09/1025r3
  • "Re-Organization of Mesh Peering Text", 11-09/1017r2
  • "LB147 resolutions for MAC", 11-09/1051r1
  • "Resolution to chapter 11.3.3 comments (CID 1068)", 11-09/1028r0 3D
  • "GPS Aided WLAN Network Finder", 11-09/1020r0
  • "QoS Comment Resolutions", 11-09/1054r1
  • "QoS Comment Resolutions text", 11-09/1064r0
  • "802.11s replacement for Figure 9-1", 11-091059/r0
• The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-09/913r19, the closing report is 11-09/901r0, and the minutes are 11-09/1016r0.

The TGs goal for the November 2009 IEEE 802.11 meeting is to complete 3D resolving comments from Letter Ballot #147 and go to recirculation.

July 2009, San Francisco, California

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) met on Monday to Thursday, 13-16 3D July 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco, Califonria.

For this meeting, TGs continued working on resolving the comments that were submitted as part of Letter Ballot #147 on TGs Draft 3.0. TGs passed this Letter Ballot with a 79% positive vote.

• Comments from LB #147 resolved thus far are as follows:

  	TOTAL	Technical	Editorial
  Total Comments	1196	778	418
  Resolved Thru Montreal	635	53%	306	39%	329	79%
  Resolved Thru San Francisco	860	72%	481	62%	379	91%

• The following were among the submissions presented:
  • "MCF Issues", 11-09/0562r2
  • "TGs LB 147 Submission for Resolutions of Comments Related to HWMP PERR Element", 11-09/791r3
  • "Resolutions of the Remaining Power Management Comments", 11-09/742r0
  • "TGs Authenticated Encryption Function", 11-09/770r0
  • "Resolving SAE Comments", 11-09/754r0
  • "Update Mesh Peering Protocols", 11-09/813r1
  • "Mesh Compatible MLME.join & start", 11-09/820r1
  • "Mesh Formation Info", 11-09/834r0
  • "LB 147 MCCA Comment Resolutions", 11-09/837r2
  • "Proxy Update Element Revision", 11-09/0862r0
  • "Link Metric Example and Mac Address Re-use", 11-09/873r0
  • "Traffic Class Control in MBSS", 11-09/876r2
  • "Update MIC definition for Mesh Link Security", 11-09/0884r2
  • "Security Subgroup Comment Resolutions", 11-09/855r2
  • "Mesh data frame clarifications", 11-09/880r1
• The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-09/661r13, the closing report is 11-09/901r0, and the minutes are 11-09/902r0.

The TGs goal for the September 2009 IEEE 802.11 meeting is to continue resolving comments from Letter Ballot #147 and go to recirculation.

May 2009, Montreal, Quebec

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) met on Monday to Thursday, 11-14 3D May 2009 at the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Monteal, QuC3A9bec. Because the Chair was unable to attend, Stuart J. Kerry acted as Temporary Chair of TGs for this meeting.

At the March 2009 meeting, TGs requested and the IEEE 802.11 Working Group approved a procedural Letter Ballot on sending TGs 3D Draft D3.0 to technical Letter Ballot. The Editor completed Draft D3.0 and the procecural Letter Ballot passed leading to techncial Letter Ballot #147 on TGs Draft D3.0.

TGs Draft D3.0 passes Letter Ballot #147 with a 79% approval rating and 1,195 comments. The Montreal meeting was devoted to the classification and resolution of these comments.

• Comments from LB #147 resolved thus far are as follows:

  	TOTAL	Technical	Editorial
  Total Comments	1195	777	418
  Resolved Thru Montreal	635	53%	306	39%	329	79%

• The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-09/470r3, the closing report is 11-09/554r0, and the minutes are 11-09/595r0.

The TGs goal for the July 2009 IEEE 802.11 meeting is to continue resolving comments from Letter Ballot #147 and go to recirculation.

March 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) met on Monday to Thursday, 9-12 March 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver in Vancouver, British 3D Columbia. In Vancouver, TGs completed the mileston of resolving all comments from its second Letter Ballot (802.11 Working Group Letter Ballot #126) on P802.11s Draft D2.0 and voted to ask the 802.11 Working Group to go to Letter Ballot again! The Working Group approved this request and the Letter Ballot is expected to 3D complete before the May 802.11 Interim meeting.

• The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-09/205r13, the closing report is 11-09/365r0, and the minutes are 11-09/312r0.
• Technical presentations received included the following:
  • "Clarifications for Peer Service Period", 11-09/269r0
  • "PS-Poll Frame Use in Mesh", 11-09/270r0
  • "Operation in Light Sleep Mode", 11-09/271r0
  • "MCCA Enhancements", 11-09/280r0
  • "Changes to Abbreviated Handshake", 11-09/0283r0
  • "TGs draft D2.07 status report", 11-09/240r0
  • "SAE Test Vectors", 11-09/0292r21
  • "Final resolutions for MCCA related comments", 11-09/320r0
  • "Action frames and addressing", 11-09/0149r2
  • "Multi rate support for mesh STA", 11-09/316r1
  • "Some fixes to sync text", 11-09/317r0
  • "Some fixes to power save", 11-09/318r0
  • "General Editorial Comment Resolution", 11-09/353r0
  • "Proactive PREQ/P and HWMP MIB Variables", 11-09/260r1
  • "Collocated Mesh STAs", 802.11-09/0349r0
  • "Updated Abbreviated Handshake", 11-09/0268r0 (normative text: 11-09/0266r0, comment spreadsheet 11-09/0267r0)
  • "Mesh Peering Instance Controller", 11-09/0288r0 (normative text: 11-09/0287r0)
  • "Corrected resolution for Clause 7.3.2.98.2", 11-09/373r0
  • "802.11s integration into the 802.11 CFs framework", 11-09/381r0 3D
  • "Root Announcement Cleanup", 11-09/385r0
  • "Forwarding and Addressing", 11-09/377r0
  • "Suggested Resolutions of CIDs 326, 355, and 1710", 11-09/330r1
  • "Resolution to CID 1736 - HWMP Overview", 11-09/0389r0 3D

The TGs goal for the May 2009 IEEE 802.11 meeting is to start resolving comments from its new Letter Ballot.

January 2009, Los Angeles, California

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) met on Monday through Thursday 19-22 Janury 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California.

TGs is working on resolving comments from 802.11 Letter Ballot #126. A summary of comment resolution so far is as follows:

	TOTAL	Technical	Editorial
Total Comments	1964	1365	599
Resolved Thru Jacksonville	474	24%	177	13%	297	50%
Resolved Thru Denver	783	40%	333	24%	450	75%
Resolved Thru Waikoloa	1506	77%	942	69%	564	94%
Resolved Thru Dallas	1660	85%	1083	79%	577	96%
Resolved Thru Los Angeles	1891	96%	1299	95%	592	99%

• The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-08/1443r13, the closing report is 11-09/187r1, and the minutes are 11-09/110r0.
• Technical presentations received included the following:
  • "ERP Protection in IEEE 802.11s Mesh Network", 11-08/1468r2, 11-09/160r0
  • "Comment Resolution Plan", 11-09/53r3
  • "A vendor specific plan for centralized security", 11-09/114r1, 11-09/112r0
  • "11s Architecture and MIB Structure", 11-09/52r2
  • "Congestion Control Comments Resolution", 11-08/1463r0
  • "Some fixes to mesh power management", 11-09/121r0, 11-09/122r0
  • "Resolving a few SAE comments", 11-09/145r1
  • "MDA Comment Resolutions", 11-09/151r0, 11-09/153r0, 11-09/154r0, 11-08/1269r1
  • "Proxies and Portals", 11-09/115r0
  • "Action Frames and Addressing", 11-09/149r0
  • "Some fixes to Annex V.1", 11-09/162r1
  • "The need of ERP Protection in IEEE 802.11s Mesh Network", 11-09/167r0
  • "Normative Text for 11s MIB Structure", 11-09/165r0
  • "Precursor Lists and Forwarding Information", 11-09174r0
  • "1-PREQ : n-Targets versus n-PREQ : 1-Target", 11-09/188r0

The TGs goal for the January 2009 IEEE 802.11 meeting is to finish resolving comments and go to Letter Ballot.

November 2008, Dallas, Texas

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) met on Monday through Thursday 10-11 November 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas in Dallas, Texas. 3D

TGs is working on resolving comments from 802.11 Letter Ballot #126. A summary of comment resolution so far is as follows:

	TOTAL	Technical	Editorial
Total Comments	1964	1365	599
Resolved Thru Jacksonville	474	24%	177	13%	297	50%
Resolved Thru Denver	783	40%	333	24%	450	75%
Resolved Thru Waikoloa	1506	77%	942	69%	564	94%
Resolved Thru Dallas	1660	85%	1083	79%	577	96%

• The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-08/1184r12, the closing report is 11-08/1369r2, and the minutes are 11-08/1431r0.
• Technical presentations received included the following:
  • "SAE Cleanup", 11-08/1264r0
  • "Selection of a Mesh Security Protocol using the Mesh Profile", 11-08/1338r0
  • "Avoiding Interactions with Lazy-WDS Equipment", 11-08/278r5
  • "3-Address Mesh Broadcast Frames", 11-08/383r2
  • "Resolving some SAE comments", 11-08/1355r2
  • "Simple Improvement for EDCA Usage in 802.11s", 11-08/1357r9
  • "November PLM Comment Resolutions", 11-08/1270r2
  • "Updates on PLM Text", 11-08/1269r1
  • "Mesh Key Distribution Proposal", 11-081296r0
  • "Upgrades to MSA to support multiple MKD", 11-08/1361r0
  • "A Modest Proposal", 11-08/1263r0
  • "HT Features in 11s Mesh Network", 11-08/1258r5
  • "Sync related comment resolution text", 11-08/1324r2
  • "Channel switch across the regulatory class comment resolution", 3D 11-08/1370r0
  • "Resolving some SAE comments", 11-08/1355r3
  • "MDA Comment Resolution", 11-08/1401r0
  • "QoS STA function applies to Mesh STA", 11-08/1416r0
  • "Current status of project open80211s", 11-08/1313r0

The TGs goal for the January 2008 IEEE 802.11 meeting is to resolve comments, improve its Draft, and go to Letter Ballot.

September 2008, Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawai'i

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) met on Monday through Thursday 8-11 September 2008 at the Hilton Waikoloa on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

• The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-08/935r14, the closing report is 11-08/1080r1, and the minutes are 11-08/1078r0.
• TGs failed 802.11 Letter Ballot 126 on 802.11s Draft 2.0 with approximately 61% approval (75% is required). It is working on resolving comments.
• Technical presentation received included the following:
  • "Power Aware Link Metric", 11-08/1014r0
  • "Normative Text for Power Save", 11-08/1057r0
  • "MDA Issues", 11-08/635r3
  • "Power Aware Link Metric and Path Loop Avoidance", 11-08/636r5
  • "Terminology Changes in a Nutshell...", 11-08/1120r1
  • "Channel switch related comment resolution", 11-08/1067r1
  • "Proposed Comment Resolution Relating to M BS", 1-08/1077r0
  • "Synchronization Related Comment Resolution", 11-08/1071r0
  • "Proposed Resolutions on PLM Text", 11-08/1082r1
  • "PREQ/PREP Create/Process/Forward", 11-08/957r4
  • "Text for RFI Comments Related to Sequence Numbers", 11-08/0943r12
  • "Normative Text for Power Save", 11-08/1057r2
  • "MDA comments 1", 11-08/1103r0
  • "CPVs in mesh formation", 11-08/1102r0
  • "HT Features in Mesh Network", 11-08/798r3
• TGs has scheduled an ad hoc meeting 5-7 November in Irving, Texas. In addition TGs has scheduled teleconferences every other Wednesday at 1000 (10am) US Eastern Time from 17 September through 29 October.

The TGs goal for its November 2008 ad hoc meeting and the November 2008 IEEE 802.11 meeting is to resolve comments, improve its Draft, and go to Letter Ballot.

July 2008, Denver, Colorado

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) met on Monday through Thursday 14-17 July 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Denver Convention Center in 3D Denver, Colorado.

• The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-08/701r9, the closing report is 11-08/909r1, and the minutes are 11-08/835r0.
• TGs failed 802.11 Letter Ballot 126 on 802.11s Draft 2.0 with approximately 61% approval (75% is required). By the end of the July meeting, 40% of these comments had been resolved by vote of the Task Group, as follows:

  Overall Summary	Total	Open	Closed	% Closed
  Total Comments:	1964	1181	783	40%
  Editorial Comments:	656	206	450	69%
  Technical Comments:	1308	975	333	25%

• Technical presentation received included the following:
  • "MDA Enhancements for Power Save", 11-08/873r0
  • "Link Metric for High Throughput", 11-08/0638r1
  • "Symmetrical Link Metric and Path Loop Avoiding", 11-08/0636
  • "Changes to SAE State Machine", 11-08-0836r2
  • "Different MKD domain MPs communication method", 11-08/0791r0
  • "Authentication and Key Management of MP with multiple radios", 11-08/0317r6
  • "Key Holder Protocol Revisions", 11-08/0783r1
  • "Mesh QoS: Multiple Simultaneous Routes", 11-08/849r1
  • "MDA Issues", 11-08/0635r2
  • "Power save for wireless mesh", 11-08/846r0
  • "HT Features in Mesh Network", 11-08/0798r2
  • "Easy-to-Resolve SAE Comments from LB126", 11-08/0753r2
  • "Power Save For 802.11s", 11-08/0757r3
• TGs has scheduled an ad hoc meeting 3-5 September in Lihu'e, Kaua'i. In addition TGs has scheduled teleconferences on Wednesdays at 1000 (10am) US Eastern Time from 23 July through 29 October except when this falls during a face-to-face meeting.

The TGs goal for its September 2008 ad hoc meeting and the September 2008 IEEE 802.11 meeting is to continue to resolve comments and 3D improve its Draft.

May 2008, Jacksonville, Florida

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) met on Monday through Thursday 12-15 May 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront hotel.

TGs failed 802.11 Letter Ballot 126 on 802.11s Draft 2.0 with 3D approximately 61% approval (75% is required). This Letter Ballot 3D ended May 3rd. TGs had previous scheduled an ad hoc meeting for 8-10 May in Santa Clara, California, during which all the comments that were received in this Letter Ballot were classified and some tentative comment resolutions produced (See 11-08/493r7).

• The updated and annotated agenda for the Jacksonville meeting is in submission 11-08/462r11, the closing report is 11-08/682r2, and the minutes are 11-08/580r1.
• TGs confirmed the appointment of Anthony Maida of 3eTI as Techncial Editor, re-affirmed Stephen Rayment of BelAir Networks as Secretary. It also recommended the continuance of Donald Eastlake 3rd of Motorola as Chair which recommendation was adopted by the 802.11 Working Group.
• TGs decided, during the May meeting, to proceed using Draft D2.0 as a base.and to consider for resolution all of the 1,958 comments submitted. In addition, one presentation received by TGs during the May meeting contained 6 comments and TGs voted to add these to the Letter Ballot comments. By the end of the May meeting, the resolution of these comments had proceeded as follows:

  Overall Summary	Total	Open	Closed	% Closed
  Total Comments:	1964	1426	538	27%
  Editorial Comments:	649	318	331	51%
  Technical Comments:	1315	1108	207	16%

• Technical presentations were received as follows:
  • "Presence Information in Large Mesh Networks", 11-08/561r0
  • "MDA Enhancements", 11-08/577r0
  • "Forwarding in PS mesh", 11-08/578r0
  • "Scheduled service periods in wireless mesh", 11-08/619r0
  • "Refining the Security Architecture", 11-08/617r0
  • "MSA Key Hierarchy Analysis and Alternatives", 11-08/501r0
  • "Protocol Coexistence Issue in MSA Subsequent Authentication", 11-08/502r0
  • "Authentication and Key Management of MP with multiple radios", 11-08/317r3
  • "Key Wrapping Comments", 11-08/620r2
  • "KDF mods and Test Vectors", 11-08/637r0
  • "Recovered Security Comments for LB 126", 11-08/678r0
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• TGs has scheduled an ad hoc meetings 23-25 June in Munich, Germany, to work on comment resolution. In addition TGs has scheduled teleconferences every other Wednesdays at 10:00 (10am) US Eastern Time May 28 through July 23 except when this falls during a face-to-face meeting.

The TGs goal for the July 2008 802.11 meeting is to continue to resolve comments and improve its Draft.

March 2008, Orlando, Florida

The Mesh Networking Task Group (TGs) met on Monday through Thursday 17-20 March 2008 at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida. 3D At this meeting, further improvements were made in the 802.11s Draft producing draft D1.10. The Task Group requested and the 802.11 Working Group voted to approve renumbering this Draft as D2.0 and going to Letter Ballot. It had also been voted to go to Letter Ballot at the previous meeting in January but 3D could not be accomplished due to editing difficulties. It was announced that Avinash Joshi is now acting as temporary Technical Editor of TGs.

• The updated and annotated agenda for the meeting is in submission 11-08/210r10, the closing report is 11-08/423r0, and the minutes are 11-08/424r0.
• Technical submissions that were received during the March TGs meeting included the following:
  • "Enhancements to Mesh Discovery", 11-08/357r2
  • "Odd Mesh Header", 11-08/373r1
  • "Normative Text for Proxy Frame Format", 11-08/306r1
  • "Authentication and Key Management of MP with multiple radios", 11-08/317r1
  • "Can RTS/CTS remedy problems caused by single-channel wireless meshes?", 11-08/292r0 / 11-08/291r0
  • "Password Authentication for Mesh Points", 11-08/45r3, 11-08/299r0
  • "Avoiding Interactions with Lazy WDS Equipment", 11-08/278r5
• TGs has scheduled an ad hoc meeting 8-10 May 2008 (Thursday through Saturday) in Santa Clara, California, hosted by Intel, to resolve comments from the new Letter Ballot.
• TGs has scheduled bi-weekly teleconferences from April 16th through July 23rd, Wednesdays, except during face-to-face meetings, at 10:00 Eastern US Time.

The TGs goal for the May 2008 802.11 meeting is to resolve comments from its new Letter Ballot.

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