stds-802-16: 802.16.3: New Functional Requirements Draft and Call for Comments

[Brian_Petry@3com.com]

Hello,

This message announces the availability of draft, "Functional Requirements for
the 802.16.3 Air Interface Standard," and solicits comments.  I appologize for
running a couple weeks behind schedule this time, and I hope commentors have
enough time to consider and submit comments prior to the next meeting.  To allow
as much time as possible, we have set the deadline for comments as late as
possible, Saturday, July 8.

Please find below a link to the document and the instructions for submitting
comments.  The instructions can also be found at
http://ieee802.org/16/sub11/docs/802163-00_06.pdf.

Functional Requirements for the 802.16.3 Interoperability Standard
IEEE 802.16.3-00/02r2
http://ieee802.org/16/sub11/docs/802163-00_02r2.pdf

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* 802.16.3 TASK GROUP SEEKS SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
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* Call for Comments on the Functional Requirements Working Draft
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* Deadline: Saturday, July 8
*

The 802.16.3 Task Group is working on a document that specifies functional
requirements that directly affect the development of the 802.16.3 air
interface standard for broadband wireless access systems, as described in the
Project Authorization Request (http://ieee802.org/16/sub11/par).  It seeks
input and review by 802.16 members, participants and the industry to ensure
that the 802.16 standards meet industry expectations.

You may recall a similar effort 802.16 undertook to develop functional
requirements for the 802.16.1 air interface.  We intend to use the same
procedures in 802.16.3 as was done in 802.16.1 for comment resolution.
As in 802.16.1, all comments are added to a database and two documents will
be produced just prior to session #8: A database "dump" that is sorted by
page #/line #, and a new version of the functional requirements document,
with each comment edited-in and noted by change bars.  Then, at session #8,
the 802.16.3 task group will proceed by considering each and every comment
with discussion and vote.  Comments marked "editorial" in nature may be lumped
together in one motion and voted-in together.

The current working document, which can be found at:
http://ieee802.org/16/sub11/docs/802163-00_02r2.pdf, is the result of comment
resolution at session #7.  However, not all comments received prior to session
#7 were resolved, but comments through section 5.7 were resolved or referred to
ad hoc groups.  So, for session #8, comments regarding only sections 1 through
5.7 will be accepted.  The outstanding comments subsequent to 5.7 will also be
resolved at session #8.  This break-off point is clearly noted in the document.
Also, sections of the document prior to the break-off point have issues that
have been assigned to ad hoc groups.  Comments on these referred-to-ad-hoc
sections will not be accepted, but participation in the ad hoc groups is
welcome.  Please refer to 802.16 announcements regarding these groups.

The current working draft is open for comment regarding only specific changes:
insertion, deletion or change of any part of the document.  Below are detailed
instructions for submitting comments.  The instructions MUST be followed or
comments will be respectfully rejected by the editor and will not be entered
into the comment database.  For a rejected comment to be reconsidered, the
commentor receiving a rejection MUST resubmit the comment(s) using the
instructions found below:

***Commentors MAY comment on editorial issues, but keep in mind that the editor
 will be responsible for section numbering, cross references, and keeping
 the requirements summary appendix up-to-date.

***Each comment on the document MUST use the comment submittal form found at:
 http://ieee802.org/16/sub11/commentform.txt.  The form is
 ASCII text-based (DOS text with CR/LF at the end of each line), and
 accommodates one "edit request."  It is filled-out with a short example.
 Commentors MUST replace the example text with their own information.

***Commentors MUST NOT delete or change the delimiters which are surrounded by
 square brackets ([]), as we need these to automatically import the
 submitted comment forms into a database.

***Commentors SHOULD wrap/fold each line at 80 columns or less.  The only
 exception is for a table or other format that can not be rendered in 80
 columns).

***Commentors MUST fill out all of the fields, which are:
    -Last Name
    -First Name
    -Starting page number
    -Starting line number
    -"T" or "E": Technical (content-related) or Editorial (typos, grammar,
     etc.)
    -A detailed description of the proposed edit
    -A reason for the edit

***The commentor MUST send the comments directly to the email reflector
 (mailto:stds-802-16@ieee.org).  This allows other participants to see, and
 prepare for, all of the comments and avoid overlapping comments.

***The prefix "SUB11 COMMENT:" MUST appear on the subject line of the
 message.  This allows participants to easily recognize COMMENT in their
 in-box, and non-participants to conveniently skip-over COMMENT messages.

***Each email message MUST NOT contain attachments such as MS-Word files, text
 files, Visio files, etc.

***Each email message MUST contain at least one comment form in the body of
 the message.

***An email message MAY contain more than one filled-out comment form in the
 body of a message.

***If multiple comment forms are sent in one message, each comment form
 MUST contain all of the fields filled out as required (see above), including
 the commentor's name.

***Comments regarding graphics, figures, drawings and tables MUST be fully
 described in text form.  If such graphic-oriented comments can not be rendered
 or described in text form, the commentor MAY contact the editor for "special"
 consideration.  We will accommodate these requests by associating a graphical
 figure with the text comment form.

***Commentors SHOULD send each comment message as a "reply" to the editor's
 "request for comments" message so that people who browse the reflector archive
 on our web page can more conveniently skip over the sysreq comments.  Note
 that you may have to override the subject line with the "SYSREQ COMMENT:"
 prefix (see above).

The editor will gather all of the proposed changes (comments) and integrate
them into the document and publish it as a new draft.  Overlapping and
conflicting comments will be clearly recognizable in the new draft.

Submissions will be considered non-confidential and will be posted for public
access on the 802.16.3 area of the 802.16 Web Site.

For consideration for incorporating changes in the next working draft of the
System Requirements Document, valid comments that follow these instructions
MUST be received no later than Saturday July 8, 2000.

Thank you,

George Fishel
Communications Consulting Services
Shermans Dale, PA
717-582-2507
grfishel@pa.net

Brian Petry
3Com Corp.
San Diego, CA
858-674-8533
brian_petry@3com.com