stds-802-16: +++Letter Ballot #3: TG1 Draft to Sponsor Ballot
This announcement opens IEEE 802.16's Letter Ballot #3.
Motion: To approve IEEE 802.16/D2-2001 and forward it for Sponsor Ballot
Ballot opening date: 06 February 2001
Ballot closing date: 13 March 2001 (11:59 pm U.S. Eastern Time)
Please submit comments by 9 March in order to facilitate comment
resolution at Session #12. Earlier comments are encouraged.
Document under review: IEEE 802.16/D2-2001
<http://ieee802.org/16/private/drafts/tg1/80216_D2-2001.pdf>
Document title:
"Draft Standard Air Interface for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems"
Balloting tool: <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/01/80216-01_05.doc>.
To participate in the ballot, you must download this file and use
it to prepare your vote and comments. Submission instructions are
included.
Notes:
*802 rules specify that "the decision to submit a draft standard or a
revised standard to the Sponsor Ballot Group must be ratified by a
letter ballot." The decision to carry out this letter ballot was made
at the Closing Plenary of 802.16 Session #11.
*Following IEEE guidelines, the document under review is considered a
Draft Standard. IEEE requires that Draft Standards carry the IEEE
copyright notice and be restricted in distribution. As a result, the
document has been posted on the 802.16 password-protected web site.
Members and Observers have access to the password. If you need to
consult with a colleague regarding a copyrighted 802.16 document,
please provide the document directly, notifying your colleague that
the document is not to be provided to anyone else.
*The IEEE 802.16 Letter Ballot Procedures are available at:
<http://ieee802.org/16/docs/00/80216-00_23.html>
*The IEEE 802.16 Membership Procedures, which are in accordance with
the 802 Rules, specify that "Working Group Membership shall be lost
if two consecutive, or two of any three consecutive, Working Group
letter ballots are not returned or are returned with an abstention
other than for 'lack of technical expertise'." You may wish to check
your voting record from Letter Ballots #1
<http://ieee802.org/16/private/ballots/ballot01> and #2
<http://ieee802.org/16/docs/00/80216-00_29.pdf>.
*Please take note of the IEEE 802.16 Patent Policy
<http://ieee802.org/16/ipr/patents/policy.html>. Note that "anyone,
whether participating in IEEE 802.16 or not, should notify the Chair
of any patents (granted or under application, and regardless of the
assignee or the patent nationality) that may cover technology that is
under consideration by or has been approved by IEEE 802.16."
*Ballot results will be posted to the 802.16 Web Site.
Regards,
Roger
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Dr. Roger B. Marks <mailto:marks@nist.gov>
Chair, IEEE 802.16 WG on Broadband Wireless Access <http://wirelessman.org>
National Wireless Electronic Systems Testbed (N-WEST) <http://nwest.nist.gov>
National Institute of Standards and Technology/Boulder, CO
<http://www.nist.gov>
tel: +1 303 497 3037 fax: +1 303 497 7828