All,
As reported at the November 2019 WG11 closing plenary, the RCM TIG made two recommendations shown below
(see page 12, section 5 in https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/19/11-19-1442-09-0rcm-rcm-tig-draft-report-outline.odt ):
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5 Recommendations to 802.11 leadership team
5.1 Future work
Having considered the use-cases presented in section 3 RCM TIG found that there is a need for IEEE 802.11 future work on issues directly affecting the operation of MAC and PHY. For example, the use-cases on Initial Infrastructure Connection Steering (section 3.1) and Customer Support and Troubleshooting (section 3.9) raise such concerns. Such work might have the aim of producing an amendment to the Standard implementing some of the mitigation strategies described in Section 4. Other use-cases in Section 3, in support of users of 802.11 technologies, might also be facilitated by such work and/or there might be a need for a Recommended Practice in the form of an annex to the standard. We recommend this work not compromise current levels of privacy protection afforded by the IEEE 802.11 standard.
The TIG recommends that IEEE 802.11 WG consider forming a Study Group to write a PAR and CSD to start a project based on these topics.
5.2 Broader work on privacy
Throughout the work of RCM TIG, it has been evident that there is a desire in IEEE 802.11 to discuss broader privacy topics relating to 802.11 technologies. RCM TIG therefore recommends that IEEE 802.11 WG consider examining a broader range of privacy issues relating to 802.11 networks that this TIG was not able to address.
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As next steps, I propose the following:
(a) To advance the 5.1 recommendation, Establish an RCM Ad-hoc Group*
a. To meet during the January 2020, and if needed March 2020 sessions
b. To develop a recommendation to bring to the WG regarding “IEEE 802.11 WG consider forming a Study Group to write a PAR and CSD to start a project based on these topics (listed in 5.1)
c. I appoint Mark Hamilton to chair this RCM Ad-hoc group
d. If the recommendation (and subsequent WG decision) is to form a SG or other group to progress work, we will need volunteers for leadership positions of the group
(b) To advance the 5.2 recommendation: I encourage interested members to develop a charter/scope statement for the proposed Privacy TIG
a. Bring a draft TIG charter/scope statement to the WG regarding “RCM TIG therefore recommends that IEEE 802.11 WG consider examining a broader range of privacy issues relating to 802.11 networks that this TIG was not able to address.”
b. I will add tentatively an agenda item to the January 2020 Wednesday mid-week plenary and Friday closing plenary for this.
c. If a Privacy TIG is formed, a Chair of the group is needed; Please contact me if you are interested in serving as chair of the group.
Please let me know of any questions.
Thanks,
Dorothy
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*See 6.8 in https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/14/11-14-0629-22-0000-802-11-operations-manual.docx :
6.8 Ad-hoc Group(s)
An ad-hoc group may be created to progress work on specific topics by either the WG or a TG.
There are no formal rules for the operation of an ad-hoc group, although it may well define its own informal operating process. An ad-hoc group cannot make any decisions (i.e., no motion is in order at an ad-hoc group meeting), although it can test the will of its members using straw polls, which have no formal effect.
The 802.11 agenda may reserve meeting time for ad-hoc groups, in which case attendance at such ad-hoc group meetings counts towards the session attendance.