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P802.11 - TASK GROUP M - MEETING UPDATE:
Status of IEEE
802.11 TGmd
|
|
Milestone |
Date |
|
Initial WGLB |
January 2018 |
|
D2.0 WGLB Recirculation LB |
September 2018 |
|
Form Sponsor Ballot Pool |
February 2019 |
|
MEC/MDR done |
March 2019 |
|
Initial Sponsor Ballot |
April 2019 |
|
Recirculation Sponsor Ballot |
October 2019 |
|
Final WG/EC approval |
July 2020 |
|
RevCom/SASB approval |
September 2020 |
The primary goal for the September 2017 meeting is resolution of comments
received in the call for comments on P802.11REVmd D0.1.
Output documents:
Minutes
– 11-17-0857
Task Group
m (TGmd) met in Daejeon, Korea in May 2017 – 3 time
blocks.
1. TGmd held officer elections and the following
officers were elected/appointed:
Chair: Dorothy Stanley (Hewlett
Packard Enterprise), appointed by the 802.11 WG chair and confirmed by the WG
Vice Chairs: Mark Hamilton
(Ruckus/Brocade), and Michael Montemurro
(Blackberry), elected by the TG and confirmed by the WG
Secretary: Jon Rosdahl
(Qualcomm), appointed by the TG chair
Editor: Emily Qi (Intel),
sub-editor: Edward Au (Huawei), appointed by the TG chair and confirmed by the
TG
The primary goal for the July 2017 meeting is resolution of comments received
in the call for comments on P802.11REVmd D0.1.
Output documents:
Minutes
– 11-17-0567
Task Group
m (TGm) did not meet.
IEEE Std 802.11™-2016 was approved by the IEEE Standards Board
on 7 December 2016, and published shortly thereafter. TGmc
awards were presented in March 2017, see http://www.ieee802.org/11/Photographs/2017/TGmc%20awards/index.htm
. Thanks to all who contributed to the success of IEEE Std
802.11™-2016!
The TGm (d) revision Project Authorization Request (PAR) was
approved by the IEEE 802.11WG at the January and March 2017 meetings, approved
by the 802.11 EC at its March 2017 meeting, and approved by NesCom/SASB
March 2017. See https://standards.ieee.org/develop/project/802.11.html
.
TGmc met
in Warsaw in its role as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for P802.11REVmc
in September 2016 – 1 time block.
Output
documents:
Minutes:
11-16-1072
TGmc met
in San Diego in its role as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for
P802.11REVmc in July 2016 – 9 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes: 11-16-0803
TGmc met
in Waikoloa in its role as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for
P802.11REVmc in May 2016 – 7 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
TGmc met
in Macau in its role as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for P802.11REVmc
in March 2016 – 6 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
TGmc met
in Atlanta in its role as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for
P802.11REVmc in January 2016 – 4 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
TGmc met
in Dallas in its role as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for P802.11REVmc
in November 2015 – 7 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
TGmc met
in Bangkok in its role as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for
P802.11REVmc in September 2015 – 8 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
July 31 and Aug 7 teleconference minutes
Aug
14th teleconference minutes
August
Cambridge minutes
August
28 teleconference minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
TGmc met
in Waikoloa in its role as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for
P802.11REVmc in July 2015 – 7 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
May-June teleconference minutes
June
26 teleconference minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
TGmc met
in Vancouver in its role as the Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for
P802.11REVmc in May 2015 – 8 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
TGmc met
in Berlin in March 2015 – 3 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
February teleconference minutes
Report
to the EC requesting conditional approval to proceed to Sponsor Ballot
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
The goal
for the May 2015 meeting is to begin resolution of comments
received on the initial sponsor ballot on D4.0.
TGmc met
in Atlanta in January 2015 – 8 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
Nov
to Jan teleconference minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
The goal
for the March 2015 meeting is to complete resolution of comments
received on the recirculation letter ballot on D4.0 and approve a recirculation
ballot on D4.0 (unchanged)
ideally, or on D5.0 as needed.
TGmc met
in San Antonio in November 2014 – 7 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
Sept
to Nov teleconference minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
The goal
for the January 2015 meeting is to complete resolution of comments
received on the recirculation letter ballot on D3.0 and approve a recirculation
ballot on D4.0.
TGmc met
in Athens in September 2014 – 7 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
August and September 2014 teleconference minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
The goal for
the November 2014 meeting is to continue and potentially complete resolution of
comments
received on the recirculation letter ballot on D3.0.
TGmc met
in San Diego in July 2014 – 6 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
July 2014 teleconference minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
The goal
for the September 2014 meeting is to continue resolution of comments
received on the recirculation letter ballot on D3.0.
TGmc met
in Waikoloa in May 2014 – 8 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
April and May 2014 teleconference minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
The goal
for the July 2014 meeting is to begin comment resolution to comments
received on the recirculation letter ballot on D3.0.
TGmc met
in Beijing in March 2014 – 6 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
February and March teleconference minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
The goal
for the May 2014 meeting is to complete comment resolution to comments
received on LB199 on P802.11REVmc D2.0 and to approve a recirculation letter
ballot on D3.0.
TGmc met
in Los Angeles in January 2014 – 7 time blocks.
Output
documents:
Minutes
Dec 2013 – Jan 2014 Teleconference minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
The goal
for the March 2014 meeting is to continue and ideally complete comment
resolution to comments
received on LB199 on P802.11REVmc D2.0.
TGmc met
in Dallas in November 2013 – 7 time blocks.
Output documents:
Minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
The primary
goal for the January 2014 meeting is to continue comment resolution to comments
received on LB199 on P802.11REVmc D2.0.
TGmc met
in Nanjing in September 2013 – 7 time blocks.
Output documents:
Minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
The primary
goals for the November 2013 meeting are to begin comment resolution to comments
received on the recirculation Working Group Letter Ballot on P802.11REVmc D2.0.
TGmc met
in Geneva in July 2013 – 7 time blocks.
Output documents:
Minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
The primary
goals for the September 2013 meeting are to complete comment resolution to
comments
received on the initial Working Group Letter Ballot, and to approve a Working
Group letter ballot on TGmc D2.0.
TGmc met
in Waikoloa in May 2013 – 8 time blocks.
Output documents:
Minutes
Comment
documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
The primary
goal for the July 2013 meeting is to resolve comments
received on the initial Working Group Letter Ballot.
Task Group
m (TGmc) met in Orlando in March 2013 – 7 time
blocks.
Output documents:
Minutes
The primary
goal for the May 2013 meeting is to resolve comments
received on the initial TGmc D1.0 Working Group
Letter Ballot.
Task Group
m (TGmc) met in Vancouver, Canada in January 2013 – 9
time blocks.
284 comments are resolved; 88 remain
and will be submitted to the first TGmc letter
ballot.
Output documents:
Minutes
The primary
goal for the March 2013 meeting is to resolve comments
received on the initial TGmc D1.0 Working Group
Letter Ballot.
Task Group m
(TGmc) met in San Antonio, Texas in November 2012 – 5
time blocks.
The TG continued processing comments
received in recent Call for Comments on IEEE Std
802.11™-2012.
372 comments (106 editorial)
Approximately 150 comments resolved;
~220 remain
The editor has produced drafts that
incorporate IEEE STD 802.11aa™-2012 and IEEE STD 802.11ae™-2012, in
addition to incorporating comments approved to date.
Teleconferences will be held to
continue comment resolution.
Output documents:
Minutes
The primary
goal for the January 2013 meeting is to continue
resolution of comments received in the recent call for comments, and
to progress towards the initial TGmc D1.0 Working
Group Letter Ballot.
Task Group
m (TGmc) met in Indian Wells, CA in September 2012 –
3 time blocks.
Officer elections were held, and the following
officers elected:
Chair Dorothy Stanley (Aruba
Networks)
Vice Chairs: Mark Hamilton (Polycom),
and Jon Rosdahl (CSR); Jon will serve as secretary
Editor: Adrian Stephens (Intel)
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-12/1144r0
The primary
goal for the November 2012 meeting is to continue
resolution of comments received in the recent call for comments.
Task Group
m (TGm) did not meet.
At the July
2012 meeting the IEEE 802.11 WG approved a call for comments
on IEEE Std 802.11™-2012.
The TGm(c) revision PAR was approved by the WG at the May 2012
meeting,
approved by the 802.11 EC at the July 2012 meeting, and approved by NesCom/SASB
29-20 August 2012. See https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/12/11-12-0594-02-0000-revision-par-proposal-for-802-11-2012.doc
.
IEEE Std 802.11™-2012 was approved by RevCom
23 January 2012, subsequently
approved by the IEEE Standards Board, and published 29 March 2012.
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Okinawa in September 2011.
1. The fourth recirculation Sponsor Ballot on D10.0 closed on September 7th.
Comments are available here:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-1284-13-000m-revmb-sponsor-ballot-comments.xls
.
2. The Task Group, operating as the Comment Resolution Committee, completed
comment
resolution on the received comments.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following areas: mesh
functionality clarification
and enhancements.
Output documents:
Minutes
The primary
goal for the November 2011 meeting is to complete
resolution of any comments received on recirculation Sponsor Ballot
and obtain IEEE 802 Executive Committee approval to advance the draft for
ratification.
Task Group
m (TGm) met in San Francisco in July 2011.
1. The third recirculation Sponsor Ballot on D9.0 closed on June 22th . Comments are available here:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-1284-12-000m-revmb-sponsor-ballot-comments.xls
.
2. The Task Group, operating as the Comment Resolution Committee, completed
comment
resolution on the received comments.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following areas:
undetected duplicate detection
processing, MIB updates, and introduction of Time
priority management frames,
which are transmitted outside of the normal MAC queuing process.
Output documents:
Minutes
The primary
goal for the upcoming September 2011 meeting is to complete
resolution of comments received on the fourth recirculation Sponsor Ballot.
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Palm Springs in May 2011.
1. The second recirculation Sponsor Ballot on D8.0 closed on April 14th.
Comments are available here:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-1284-07-000m-revmb-sponsor-ballot-comments.xls
.
2. The Task Group, operating as the Comment Resolution Committee, completed
comment
resolution on the received comments.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following areas: MLME
definitions,
Wireless Interworking (11u) and Wireless Network Management (11v) roll-in
edits.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-11/0627r0
The primary
goal for the upcoming July 2011 meeting is to complete
resolution of comments received on the third recirculation Sponsor Ballot.
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Singapore in March 2011.
1. The initial recirculation Sponsor Ballot on D7.0 closed on February 18th.
Comments are available here:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-1284-05-000m-revmb-sponsor-ballot-comments.xls
.
2. The Task Group, operating as the Comment Resolution Committee, completed
comment
resolution on the received comments.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following areas: MLME
definitions, TDLS (11z),
Wireless Interworking (11u) and Wireless Network Management (11v) roll-in
edits.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-11/0381r0
The primary
goal for the upcoming May 2011 meeting is to complete
comment resolution of second recirculation Sponsor Ballot comments.
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Los Angeles, California in January
2011.
1. The initial Sponsor Ballot on D6.0 closed on November 5th.
Comments are available here:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-1284-02-000m-revmb-sponsor-ballot-comments.xls
.
2. The Task Group, operating as the Comment Resolution Committee, completed
comment
resolution on the received comments.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following areas: spectrum
mask alignment
and TDLS roll-in edits.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-11/0074r0
The primary
goal for the upcoming March 2011 meeting is to begin
comment resolution of initial recirculation Sponsor Ballot comments.
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Dallas, Texas in November 2010.
1. The initial Sponsor Ballot on D6.0 closed on November 5th. Comments are available here:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-1284-00-000m-revmb-sponsor-ballot-comments.xls .
2. The Task Group, operating as the Comment Resolution Committee, began comment
resolution on received comments.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following major areas:
State machine description
updates and transmit spectral mask changes.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-10/1311r0
The primary
goal for the upcoming January 2011 meeting is to complete
comment resolution of initial Sponsor Ballot comments.
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Waikoloa, Hawaii in September 2010.
1. LB167 status. TGm has resolved all of the
outstanding comments from LB 167 on P802.11REVmb D5.0.
The terms
of conditional approval to proceed to Sponsor Ballot have been met.
2. IEEE SA staff performed MEC on P802.11REVmb D5.0, and indicated one
mandatory change to be made prior to
Sponsor Ballot (see MEC
comment). P802.11REVmb D6.0, which includes this change, will be submitted
to Sponsor Ballot.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following major areas: (a)
Key Descriptor Usage.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-10/1111r0
The primary
goal for the upcoming November meeting is comment resolution of initial Sponsor
Ballot comments.
Task Group
m (TGm) met in San Diego, California in July 2010.
1. LB163 status. TGm has resolved all of the
outstanding comments from LB 163, and requested a recirculation ballot, along
with conditional approval to proceed to Sponsor Ballot.
2. Major technical presentations focused on the following major areas: (a)
Resolution of comments on clause 11.3, (b) Block Ack
policy, and
(c) Key Descriptor Usage.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-10/0830r0
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Beijing, China in May 2010.
1. LB162 status. TGm has resolved all of the
outstanding comments from LB 162, and requested a recirculation ballot.
2. Major technical presentations focused on the following major areas: (a)
Resolution of comments on clause 11.3, (b) action frame field clarifications,
and
(c) a proposed location format addition
3. The
elected Task Group officers are
Chair: Dorothy Stanley
Vice-Chair: Michael Montemurro
Secretary: Jon Rosdahl
Editor: Adrian Stephens
The TG
acknowledges and thanks Matthew Gast for his leadership to this point.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0629r0
>
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Orlando, Florida in March 2010.
1. LB160 status. TGm has resolved all of the
outstanding comments from LB 160, and requested a recirculation ballot. The
balloted draft also incorporates 802.11-2009.
2. Major technical presentations focused on the following major areas: (a)
Resolution of comments on clause 11.3, (b) a technical presentation to separate
regulatory behavior from the normative specification of IEEE Std 802.11, and (c) clarification
to key caching.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0348r0
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Los Angeles, California in January
2010.
1. LB160 status. TGm has resolved 142 of the 246
comments received in LB160.
2. Availability of Draft 2.01. 802.11n-2009 has been incorporated into the
REVmb draft, and will be reviewed following the
meeting.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0075r0
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Atlanta, Georgia in November 2009.
1. LB149 status. TGm resolved all outstanding
comments received from LB149.
2. Recirculation ballot. TGm approved a
recirculation ballot for Draft 2.0, which incorporates the 802.11w-2009
amendment and resolutions to comments received from LB149. The recirculation
ballot will begin as soon as the draft is ready, and will end on January 8.
3. 802.11n-2009 status. During the recirculation ballot, the TGm editorial team will be incorporating the approved
802.11n-2009 amendment into the revision draft.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/1190r0
>
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Waikoloa, Hawaii in September 2009.
1. LB149 status. TGm has approved comment
resolutions for 518 comments received in LB149, and has 187 remaining comments
to resolve.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/1010r0
>
Task Group
m (TGm) met in San Francisco, California in July
2009.
1. Adopted process for handling comments from LB149
2. Adopted process for deprecating features in IEEE Std 802.11
3. Addressed issues requiring editorial coordination with other 802.11
task groups
4. Approved resolutions for 13 comments received from LB149
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0777r0
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Montreal, Quebec in May 2009.
1. Initial letter ballot. TGm completed comment
processing, produced an initial draft, and voted to send the initial revision draft
to letter ballot.
2. Interpretation request. TGm processed one
interpretation request regarding power saving functionality.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0564r0
Interpretation response - 11-09/0531r0
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Vancouver, British Columbia in March
2009.
1. Officers. Adrian Stephens was elected as technical editor.
2. Plan of record. With a technical editor, a new plan of record was adopted.
The first draft for letter ballot is expected in May 2009, with the completion
of the project by March 2011.
3. Call for comments. Further processing of comments received in November
2008 continued.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0325r0
Current issues list - 11-08/1127r13
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Los Angeles, California in January
2009.
1. Officers. There were no volunteers to serve as technical editor. As a
result, TGmb revised its plan of record to state that
no milestones are defined. The task group estimates that a revision will take
approximately 24 months after the appointment of a technical editor.
2. One interpretation request on the sample frame encoding and FCS in
Annex G was processed.
3. 45 additional comments from the call for comments were processed. In total
73 out of 104 comments have been processed.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0095r0
Interpretation response - 11-09/0042r0
Current issues list - 11-08/1127r12
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Dallas, Texas in November 2008.
1. Officer election. Matthew Gast (Trapeze Networks) was elected
Chair, and Jon Rosdahl (CSR) was elected Secretary.
2. One interpretation request on DLS setup was processed.
3. Due to comments received on the PAR, a revised PAR was approved for
submission to the IEEE 802 EC.
4. The task group had requested input from the working group on issues
that should be addressed in the next revisions for the 802.11 standard.
The deadline for new inputs closed on
November 10, with 104 comments received.
The group began processing received
comments.
5. There was no change to the plan of record.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-08/1363r0
Interpretation response - 11-08/1366r0
Current issues list - 11-08/1127r7
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Waikaloa,
HI, at the Waikaloa Hilton Hotel. We had 2 time
blocks.
Some of the
Task Group officers remain open -- Jon Rosdahl (CSR) continues as Chair
Pro Tem, and Mike Montemurro (RIM) was elected Vice Chair.
A PAR
Revision was created and approved for submission for approval by 802 EC.
Goals for Sept.
1. Elect TG
Officers: Mike Montemurro (RIM) was elected as Vice Chair
2. No Interpretation Requests were received
3. No change to Plan of Record
4. Issues were added to issues tracking document. Call for Input reissued
on Sept. 10, 2008.
5. Goals
for Nov:
o Missing
TG Officers Election/appointment
o Process
new interpretation requests
o Review
and process work items for maintenance/revision of the Standard
o Listen
to presentations on proposed changes to new revision (Need to have 4-6 slot
times)
o Respond
to any EC comments on PAR modification.
o
Planning for Jan 2009 Interim session
Output
Documents:
11-08-10375-00-000m-TGmb Agenda and Report Sept 2008
11-08-0917-01-000m-TGmb comment template
11-08-1114-00-000m-September 2008 interim meeting minutes (Kona,
Hawai'i)
11-08-1149-01-0000-Revision-Par-Proposal-802-11-2007
11-08-1127-02-000m-TGmb Issues List
Task Group
m (TGm) met in Denver CO, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
We had two time blocks.
Three interpretation requests were processed.
The Timeline and plan of record was reviewed and a second call for input was
issued on Thursday, July 17, 2008.
Goals for
July 2008
o Elect
TG Officers
o
Process new interpretation requests
o
Review and process work items for maintenance/revision of the Standard
o
Planning for Sept 2008 Interim session
3
Interpretation requests were processed:
1. Multiple BSSID and proper spacing
2. Section 7.3.1.17 -- Max SP Length subfield of
the QoS Info Field question
3. Section 7.3.2.20 -- Minimum PHY Rate field of the TSPEC IE
question
Goals for
Sept.
o Elect
TG Officers
o Process
new interpretation requests
o Review
Plan of Record and Timeline status
o Review
and process work items for maintenance/revision of the Standard
o Planning
for Nov 2008 plenary session
Output
Docs:
11-08-0795-00-000m-Agenda and Reports
11-08-0872-03-000m-minutes July08
11-08-917 TGmb comment template
11-08-930-00-0000 3 responses to Interpretation Requests July 2008
Task Group
m met in Jacksonville, FL at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. We had one time
block and followed the Goals for May:
Goals for
May 2008
1. Officer
Elections:
Call for Nominations -- no nominations --
Jon Rosdahl to be Chair Pro Tem
Nominations to be opened next session again.
2.
Interpretation Requests:
The Interpretation Request
that was processed was not officially possed to the
IEEE, so we will wait on officially processing the request until it has been
proper posted to the IEEE.
4. Created TGmb Plan of Record
May 2008 – Issue Call for
Comment/Input
July 2008 – begin process
input and old Interpretation requests
Acknowledge previous Task Group referrals
Sept 2008 – Start PAR Revision
process
Nov 2008 – close receipt of new
input
Nov 2008 – WG/EC approval of PAR
Revision
Dec 2008 – NesCom/SASB
approval PAR Revision
Mar/May 2009 first WG Letter
ballot
(includes All published
Amendments as of Mar/May 2009)
July/Sept 2009 Recirc start
Sept 2009 – Form Sponsor Pool
Nov 2009 – Sponsor Ballot
Start
(Include all published
amendments as of Nov 2009)
Mar 2010 – Sponsor Recirc
Nov 2010 – WG/EC Final
Approval
Mar 2011 – RevCom/SASB
Approval
CALL FOR COMMENT/INPUT
TGmb is requesting Comment/Input on the
802.11-2007 plus approved RevCom amendments.
Input period is from May 2008 until Nov 2008.
Presentations of proposed resolutions are expected to be posted to
IEEE Mentor server, and notification sent to the 802.11m listserv reflector.
Notice was sent out on the 802.11 WG Reflector on Tuesday, May 13,
2008
5. Goals
for July
Elect TG Officers
TGmb
Chair --- TGmb
Secretary
TGmb Editor
--- TGmb Comment Tracker
Process new interpretation requests
Review and process work items
for maintenance/revision of the Standard
Planning for Sept 2008 plenary
session
Output
Docs:
11-08-0588-02-000m-TGmb Agenda and Report May 2008
11-08-0622-00-000m-minutes-may-2008
Task Group m (TGm) met in Orlando at the Caribe-Royal Resort. The task
group held one meeting and focused on completing the response to a interpretation request Transmit
Power Control (TPC) in reference to EIRP in reference to P802.11-2007 Clause
7.3.2.18.
TBm completed and approved of the items
in the interpretation request and created doc: 08/0375r0 as the approved
response by the working group.
The relavent
documents for this session were: 08/0390r0, 08/391r0, and 08/375r0.
Goals for May 2008
1) Process any new incoming interpretation requests
2) Begin outlining requirements for the next revision of the P802.11 standard (including TGr, TGk, TGn) for target completion by 2011
Task Group m (Tgm) did not meet at the January interim session in Taipei,
Taiwan. TGMb will resume meeting at the March 2008
plenary session in Orlando, Florida. The tentative goals for the group at the
March 2008 session are as follows:
Goals for March 2008
1) Complete interpretation request on the subject of TPC (transmit power control) in Clause 7.3.2.18
2) Process request on the usage of "shall" in Clause 10.0
3) Process any new interpretations requests from the IEEE
Task Group m (Tgm) met in Atlanta at the Hyatt Regency. The task group
held one meeting and focused on completing the response to a interpretation request on TCLAS Element from
802.11e-2005 in doc: 07/2248r0. Tgmb completed and
approved of the items in the interpretation request and created doc: 07/2248r1.
The relavent
documents for this session were: 07/2248r1, 07/2922r0, and 07/2920r0.
Goals for January 2008
1) Process interpretation request on the subject of TPC (transmit power control) in Clause 7.3.2.18
Task Group m (Tgm) did not meet at the September interim session in
Hawaii. TGMb will resume meeting at the November 2007
plenary session in Atlanta, GA. The tentative goals for the group at the
November 2007 session are as follows:
Goals for November 2007
1) Complete interpretation response on TCLAS Element held over from July 2007
2) Process interpretation request on the subject of TPC (transmit power control) in Clause 7.3.2.18
3) Process request on the usage of "shall" in Clause 10.0
Task Group m (Tgm) met in San Francisco at the Hyatt Regency. The task
group held two meetings and focused on responding to a interpretation request on TCLAS Element from
802.11e-2005. Tgm complete 50% of the items in the
interpretation request. The relavent documents for
this session were: 07/2248r0, 07-2151r0, and 07/2251.
Goals for September 2007
1) Complete interpretation response on TCLAS Element
The task group finished its
work as TGma the January 2007 session. Task Group m (Tgm) met in Montreal, Canada as TGmb.
The task group held two meetings and focus on gathering unresolved comments
from the 802.11REV-ma sponsor ballot that were considered
"out-of-scope" of the standard. In addition the task group started gathering
interpretation requests that resolved around channel numbering. The task group
produced a document that combined the comments and requests that will be resovled at the next 802.11 session in July 2007.
Goals for July 2007
1) Begin work on resolving (out-of-scope) comments from 802.11REV-maD9.0
2) Resolve interpretation requests from January 2007
Task Group
m met in London, UK. The task group considered a request for interpretation of
the standard on the subject of an indecipherable sentence in clause 17.
The task group produced a response that was approved by the 802.11 working
group.
The task group also
produced a proposal for a PAR for further maintenance of the standard.
This was also approved by the working group and forwarded for the consideration
of the 802 Executive Committee.
Unless the consideration of
the 802.11REV-ma draft by the IEEE-SA Standards Board Review committee does not
go well, this is the last report of TGma, as it will be
dissolved upon approval of that draft by the IEEE-SA Standards Board.
Task Group
m met in Dallas, TX. The result of the fourth sponsor recirculation ballot on 802.11REV-ma
that concluded shortly before the November 2006 session was successful, meeting
the requirements of the LMSC Executive Committee for conditional forwarding to RevCom. The editor will produce a clean draft that
accepts the marked changes. The draft and the results of the sponsor
balloting process will be submitted to RevCom for
their Early Consideration agenda that begins after their meeting in December.
The task group also
responded to one interpretation request submitted on the subject of the replay
protection mechanism used by the TKIP cipher suite.
The goals for the January
2007 session are:
- •Prepare a PAR for a maintenance task group
- Begin to itemize the issues to be dealt with during the maintenance of the new standard
- •Process any interpretation requests received
Task Group
m met in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to process the comments received from
the third sponsor recirculation ballot that concluded shortly before the
September 2006 session. The recirculation ballot resulted in 41 comments
to be addressed. The task group responded to all of the comments.
The working group approved the comment resolutions. The editor was
directed to produce an updated draft. A third sponsor recirculation
ballot will begin shortly after the close of the session.
The task group also
responded to two interpretation requests submitted on the subjects of unknown
values in a received information element and conflict between clause 9 and
annex C on the use of rery counters.
The goals for the November
2006 session are:
- •Process comments received from fourth sponsor recirculation ballot, if necessary
- •Submit report to 802 EC for forwarding to RevCom
- •Process any interpretation requests received
Task Group
m met in San Diego, California to process the comments received from the second
sponsor recirculation ballot that concluded immediately before the July 2006
session. The recirculation ballot resulted in 90 comments to be
addressed. The task group responded to all of the comments. The
working group approved the comment resolutions. A third sponsor
recirculation ballot will begin shortly after the close of the session.
The task group also
responded to an interpretation request submitted on the subject of RTS/CTS
usage during interrupted fragment bursts.
The goals for the September
2006 session are:
Task Group
m met in Jacksonville, Florida to process the comments received from the first
sponsor recirculation ballot that concluded immediately before the May 2006
session. The recirculation ballot resulted in 156 comments to be
addressed. The task group responded to all of the comments. The
working group approved the comment resolutions. A second sponsor
recirculation ballot will begin shortly after the close of the session.
The goals for the July 2006
session are:
Task Group
m met in Denver, Colorado to complete processing the comments received from the
sponsor ballot that concluded after the November 2005 session. The task
group responded to all of the remaining comments The
working group approved the comment resolutions. A sponsor recirculation
ballot will begin shortly after the close of the session.
The goals for the May 2006
session are:
Task Group
m met in beautiful Waikoloa, Hawai'i to process the comments received from the
sponsor ballot that concluded after the November 2005 session. Nearly all
of the technical comments were discussed and resolutions adopted.
Completion of the comment processing is expected in the March 2006 session,
with a sponsor recirculation ballot to follow shortly after the close of that
session.
The goals for the March
2006 session are:
Task Group
m met in Vancouver, B.C., Canada to process the comments received to date on
the sponsor ballot that was still in progress. A significant number of
the comments were discussed and resolutions proposed. No comment
resolutions were adopted, pending the closure of the sponsor ballot.
The goals for the January
2006 session are:
Task Group m
met in Garden Grove, CA to process the comments received with the ballots on
working group recirculation ballot 77. The comments received on
recirculation ballot 76 were dealt with in August at an authorized comment
resolution meeting.. The letter ballot passed,
with more than 96% approval.
The task group completed
resolving all comments. No changes were made to the draft (802.11REV-ma
D4.0). At the meeting of the 802 Executive Committee in July, conditional
approval was granted to forward 802.11REV-ma to sponsor ballot upon meeting the
conditions described in the LMSC Policies and Procedures. Theses conditions were met with the passing of ballot 77
and were documented to the Executive Committee. 802.11REV-ma will now be
sent for sponsor ballot, the next step toward approval by the IEEE Standards
Association as the new 802.11 standard.
The goals for the November
2005 session are:
Task Group m
met in San Francisco, CA to process the comments received with the ballots on
working group recirculation ballot 75. The letter ballot passed, with
more than 93% approval..
The task group completed
resolving all comments and directed the editor to create a new draft,
incorporating all comment resolutions. The new draft will be constructed
and sent for a working group recirculation ballot. This recirculation
ballot will conclude in time to receive the comments and process them in a
comment resolution meeting in August. Following resolution of comments at
the comment resolution meeting, a new draft will be created. If
necessary, this new draft will be sent to a second working group recirculation
ballot. If needed, a second comment resolution meeting will be held and a
subsequent draft created.
The task group also
requested conditional approval to send the draft to sponsor ballot, after
completing all requirements in the LMSC Policies and Procedures.
The goals for the September
2005 session are:
Task Group
m met in Cairns, Queensland, Australia to process the comments received with
the ballots on working group letter ballot 74. The letter ballot passed,
with more than 90% approval..
The task group began
processing the technical comments, completing proposed resolutions to 89% of
those technical comments. The remaining technical comments will be
addressed at an ad hoc meeting that will be announced to occur during
the week of either 20 June or 27 June 2005. Once all comments, both
technical and editorial, are addressed, the new draft will be constructed and
sent for a working group recirculation ballot. This recirculation ballot
will conclude in time to receive the comments and process them at the July
plenary session in San Francisco.
The goals for the July 2005
session are:
Task Group
m met in Atlanta, GA to continue the work of completing a revision of the
802.11 standard and its amendments, as well as to address an interpretation
request. The interpretation request was determined to be a request for
consulting and rejected.
The AP Functional
Description group delivered their material to incorporate into the revision
draft for the first working group ballot. The task group accepted this
material and incorporated it into the draft.
The work on the draft of
the 802.11 revision was completed and the draft was forwarded to the working
group for consideration via a letter ballot. It is anticipated that this
letter ballot will be completed prior to the May session in Cairns, where the
task group will take up the work of resolving the comments received from the
ballot.
The goals for the May 2005
session are:
Task Group
m met in Monterey, CA to continue the work of completing a revision of the
802.11 standard and its amendments, as well as to address an interpretation
request. The interpretation request, on the use of reserved bits in the
Service field of the PLCP header, was examined and a response was generated.
The interpretation response, as approved by the 802.11 working group, is in
document 05/1648r0. This document can be obtained from the 802.11 interpretation
response page and also from the 802.11 document archive.
The AP Functional
Description group also reported to the task group on their progress toward
having material to incorporate into the revision draft for the first working
group ballot.
The work on the draft of the
802.11 revision progressed well, leaving very few work items that have been
identified in previous submissions to the 802.11 working group that have not
yet been addressed. The work accomplished during this session is consonant with
the goal of the task group to send its draft to working group letter ballot in
March 2005.
Task Group
m met in San Antonio to continue the work of completing a revision of the
802.11 standard and its amendments, as well as to address an interpretation
request. The interpretation request, on the accuracy of some material in
Annex G, was examined and a response was generated. The interpretation
response, as approved by the 802.11 working group, is in document
04/1454r0. This document can be obtained from the 802.11 interpretation
response page and also from the 802.11 document archive.
The work on the draft of
the 802.11 revision progressed well, with the addressing a number of the work
items that have been identified in previous submissions to the 802.11 working
group. The work accomplished during this session is consonant with the goal of
the task group to send its draft to working group letter ballot in March 2005.
Task Group m
met in Berlin to continue the work of completing a revision of the 802.11
standard and its amendments. This work progressed well, with the adoption of
submissions to specify operation where regulatory agencies hold no sway and to
address issues with multirate operation introduced
with 802.11g. The task group also addressed a number of the work items that
have been identified in previous submissions to the 802.11 working group. The
work accomplished during this session is consonant with the goal of the task
group to send its draft to working group letter ballot in March 2005.
Task Group
M met in Portland and completed many work items this week. Three
submissions were received and adopted for inclusion into the draft. The
first submission dealt with a change in terminology from "broadcast
SSID" to "wildcard SSID" (04/759). The second submission
dealt with the definition of active scanning (04/795). The third
submission dealt with new requirements for both APs and stations relating to
the use of status and reason codes (04/698). The task group is
approximately half way through the work items that are tracked in 04/801.
The goals of TGm for the Berlin meeting in September are to address any
interpretation requests received, consider any submissions made to the task
group, continue to work on the items listed in the issue tracking document, and
potentially, to adopt the first draft of the revision to the standard in the
task group.
Task Group
M met in Anaheim and completed several work items this week. A submission
on the definition and use of a vendor-specific format for an information
element was adopted. The adopted content is available in document
04/522r1. Several items of work from the issue tracking document
(03/619r3) were completed, as well. As a result, the task group directed
the editor to produce a draft of the revision of the standard, including
802.11-1999, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11b-Cor1, 802.11d, 802.11g, and 802.11h, as
well as the items completed during the meeting.
The goals of TGm for the Portland meeting in July are to address any
interpretation requests received, consider any submissions made to the task
group, continue to work on the items listed in the issue tracking document, and
potentially, to adopt the first draft of the revision to the standard in the
task group.
Task Group
M met in Albuquerque to respond to the interpretation request received and to
work on items to correct editorial and technical issues in the standard.
The response to the interpretation request is available in document
03/875. The members of the task group began working on items contained in
document 03/619 .
The goals for the next meeting of Task Group m in Vancouver are to respond to
any interpretation requests received and to continue working on the items
listed in document 03/619."
During the
meeting held in San Francisco, Task Group M considered one interpretation
request and submitted a response (document 03-576r1) to the working
group. The task group also continued to review the other documents that
had been submitted to the working group, regarding inconsistencies and errors
in the 802.11 standard and its approved amendments. The task group has
been accumulating work items in a tracking document (document 03-619). At
the September meeting in Singapore, the task group intends to review and
respond to any interpretation requests received and resume its review of other
documents that have been submitted. The goal of the task group is to
complete this review of other documents and to determine a final list of work
items. If time permits, work will begin on the work items identified.
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