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Re: [STDS-802-11-TGBN] PDT-MAC-C-TDMA



 

Hi Iñaki,

 

Thank you for this response. I’m not suggesting that we should limit the number of polled APs; the current text suggests that we cover one or more AP. The case of sharing with exactly one other AP seems to be an important one, though. I would have thought that this is the most likely case to be used in practice, at least initially.

 

If the sharing AP wishes to share with exactly one other AP, there is no need for the other AP to provide an explicit negative ICR, since there is no ambiguity about which polled AP is not responding if no response of any sort is received. It is much more efficient for the polled AP to provide a negative response in this way. However, the current PDT seems to require an explicit negative ICR in all cases.

 

(Even in the case of multiple polled APs, some polled APs may not be able to respond, for various reasons.)

 

Regards,

 

Sean

 

From: Iñaki Val Beitia <0000291ccd900400-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 2:08 AM
To: STDS-802-11-TGBN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [STDS-802-11-TGBN] PDT-MAC-C-TDMA

 

External mail.

 

Hi Sean and Sanket,

 

About the ICF/ICR exchange, I remember several things we have to consider. That is, using regular SU RTS/CTS would limit the polling process to only one shared AP, as the CTS response is the same frame for everyone who responds to RTS (having ambiguity). So the question is, are you referring to MU-RTS as ICF, or are you proposing to limit the polling process to one shared AP?

 

On the other hand, and maybe this is not the right moment to discuss the following topic, but if we consider legacy RTS/CTS frames for the polling process, we are limiting the information exchanged between the sharing and shared APs, which can be very relevant to negotiate an efficient coordination.

 

Thanks

 

Iñaki

 

From: Sean Coffey <coffey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 11:42 PM
To: STDS-802-11-TGBN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [STDS-802-11-TGBN] PDT-MAC-C-TDMA
Importance: High

 

This email was sent from outside of MaxLinear.

 

 

All,

 

The issue I raised below (whether a polled AP is required to respond with a negative ICR, if it is not interested in Co-TDMA in this TXOP) is still unresolved, and it seems as though we may have a lack of consensus on it. If a motion to adopt the current PDT comes up, I plan to make a motion to Amend, implementing the change I proposed below. (This might mean that this has to be dealt with at the January meeting.)

 

I have iterated with Sanket on this, and will continue to do so, but at this point I think it’s worth throwing it open for broader discussion.

 

To add slightly to the message below, a polled AP might not respond to a sharing AP’s ICF (for example, due to CCA or in-device coexistence reasons). A sharing AP will treat a lack of a response as a negative response. We seem to have consensus on that, and this is already reflected in the current PDT. The simplest way for the protocol to work then, I suggest, is for the sharing AP to do as it would if it sends an RTS and receives no CTS, i.e., wait a CTSTimeout duration (basically SIFS + 1 slot time after end of its own transmission) and then resume operation, with either trying to share with some other AP or sending in-BSS traffic.  This seems to be the natural approach, and it has the benefit of being the most efficient use of airtime.

 

The current PDT seems to instead require the polled AP to send an ICR “whether or not” it wishes to participate, and in particular to send an explicit negative ICR if it is not interested. Why? This really seems utterly unnecessary.

 

Regards,

 

Sean

 

From: Sean Coffey
Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2024 10:53 AM
To: 'Sanket Kalamkar' <sankal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; STDS-802-11-TGBN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: PDT-MAC-C-TDMA

 

 

Sanket,

 

Thank you for compiling this r1.

 

I have one comment. In 37.10.2 (Polling phase), I previously suggested revised wording on the required response to an ICF, but the relevant text does not appear in your r1.

 

The relevant part of my proposed wording, compared to r1, was:

 

“A polled AP shall indicate [whether or not] that it intends to participate in the Co-TDMA procedure …”

 

The following paragraph specifies that if a sharing AP does not receive a response from a polled AP, it shall consider that the polled AP does not intend to participate in Co-TDMA in this TXOP. So there is a fully specified (and presumably satisfactory) way for polled APs to indicate its intention not to participate, and no need for a separate, explicit, negative ICR. Also (as also pointed out by Jay Yang), it might not be possible for a polled AP to respond (since, for example, it may see interference that the sharing AP does not).

 

The proposed wording above would specify that the requirement is that the polled AP sends a response to indicate that it intends to participate. Under this wording, there would be no requirement to send a response to indicate that it does not intend to participate.

 

I request that the revised wording above should be included in r2.

 

Thanks,

 

Sean

 

From: Sanket Kalamkar <000033b8f79f2eb4-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 12:46 AM
To: STDS-802-11-TGBN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [STDS-802-11-TGBN] PDT-MAC-C-TDMA

 

External mail.

 

Dear Co-TDMA TTT members,

I received some incredibly constructive feedback from the TTT members on Version 0 of r1 of the IEEE PDT on Co-TDMA. Your active involvement is much appreciated!

 

After returning from the Thanksgiving break, I’ve put together Version 1 of r1 of the PDT, considering all the comments received on Version 0 of r1 up until November 29th. Attached to this e-mail, you’ll find both the redline and clean versions. Version 1 will be the final version of r1, and I’ve already posted the clean version on the mentor (11-24/1961r1).

 

The redline version is packed with annotations highlighting the changes and pointing to the comments (and respective commenters) that inspired them. You can also find comments from all commenters in the multiple attached Word documents. I’ve provided point-by-point responses to each comment in the respective documents. If I’ve accidentally overlooked any of your comments, please let me know!

 

I kindly ask you to review r1 of the PDT and share any further comments by the end of Friday (December 6th, 11:59 PM Pacific Time). My plan is to prepare r2 of the PDT and post it on the mentor by next Tuesday, December 10th. The goal is to make r2 stable enough so that we can discuss it during one of the IEEE teleconference calls and move forward with the SP/motion.

 

Thanks again for your invaluable input and cooperation!

 

Best,

Sanket Kalamkar

 

From: Sanket Kalamkar <000033b8f79f2eb4-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 2:01 PM
To: STDS-802-11-TGBN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [STDS-802-11-TGBN] PDT-MAC-C-TDMA

 

WARNING: This email originated from outside of Qualcomm. Please be wary of any links or attachments, and do not enable macros.

Dear Co-TDMA TTT members,

 

We made significant progress on Co-TDMA during the November IEEE meeting, with six motions being passed. Based on these motions and the feedback received on r0 (many thanks to Brian Hart!), I have prepared an initial draft of r1 of the PDT.

 

Attached to this email, you will find both the redline and clean versions of the initial draft of r1 of the PDT. This draft also includes some additional text that I believe is a straightforward extension of the passed motions.

 

I kindly request your comments and suggestions within the next 24 hours, by 2pm Thursday (Pacific Time).

 

Additionally, I have attached my point-by-point responses to Brian’s comments on r0.

 

Best,

Sanket Kalamkar

 

From: Brian Hart (brianh) <00000c7561051aea-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 10:02 AM
To: STDS-802-11-TGBN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [STDS-802-11-TGBN] PDT-MAC-C-TDMA

 

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Hi Sanket

 

Many thanks for kicking this effort off! My comments attached.

 

Best wishes

Brian

 

 

Cisco Confidential

From: Sanket Kalamkar <000033b8f79f2eb4-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2024 5:19 PM
To: STDS-802-11-TGBN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [STDS-802-11-TGBN] PDT-MAC-C-TDMA

 

This is the initial email for:

 

Proposed Draft Text for C-TDMA

 

As the PoC for C-TDMA, I have created the initial PDT document 11-24-1961r0 for C-TDMA. This document includes proposed text based on the motion passed until September 2024. We will update the PDT as additional motions are passed. The current version r0 is at a very high level, based on just one motion.

 

The author list in r0 is based on the 1:1 TTT requests received to me after the TGbn Chair’s guideline to send TTT request to PoCs. The author list will be updated based on the list of members in the TTT for C-TDMA (about 80 members) mentioned in the document by Ross 11-24/1698r12. If you wish to be removed from the TTT or the current (and future) author list, please e-mail me at sankal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. I will update the author list accordingly in the next revised version (r1).

 

Please send any comments on the draft text (excluding the author list) in 11-24-1961r0 to this e-mail thread. This allows all TTT members to see and discuss your comments, facilitating debate on any changes to the document. This will be our general process for including text in the document.

 

At some point, as the group passes more motions to C-TDMA, we will try to find volunteers to create draft text sections corresponding to those motions. Depending on the size/complexity of that text, it should appear for discussion within this e-mail thread either as:

  1. Text included directly in an email (for small additions/changes)
  2. Text in a new WORD document sent as an attachment (not an official 802.11 submission)
  3. Text in a copy of the 11-24/1961rx WORD document showing additions and changes, attached to the email thread.

 

We will aim to discuss any new proposed draft text within this thread and reach a super-majority agreement (e.g., 75% of the TTT membership). However, even 75% is challenging due to the fluid nature of TTT membership. Deciding when to close the debate on new text will be a judgment call, typically when objections reduce to a small number (e.g., less than 25%, or about 15-20 people). If objections persist, we may need to conduct a straw poll in TGbn and update our document 11-24-1961rx based on the outcome. Future text additions will follow a similar process, aiming for super-majority agreement.

 

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

P.S. You might have noticed that the guidelines in this e-mail are straight from Matthew Fischer's playbook. Thanks, Matt—it saved me a ton of time and probably a few gray hairs!

 

Best,

Sanket Kalamkar

 


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