stds-802-16: Re: Response to 802.16 from 802.3ah
Howard,
Thanks for the note. Looking forward to seeing you guys there!
Let's talk further about the draft access issue.
Regards,
Roger
>Roger, and fellow members of the SEC,
>
>attached please find a letter from 802.3ah in response to a
>communication that we received from 802.16. The response was
>approved by voice vote at our interim meeting in Los Angeles
>on October 19th. At the time we drafted the letter, we were
>not aware of the planned tutorial on the 802.16 MAC during
>the meeting in Austin, so I modified the last paragraph of
>the letter to indicate that I will encourage the membership
>of 802.3ah to attend the tutorial.
>
>As adopted by 802.3ah, the letter had suggested that a representative
>from 802.16 come to our meeting in Austin and provide a half
>hour overview of the 802.16 MAC. I think that the tutorial is
>a much better idea, and that 802.3ah supports the letter as I
>am sending it to you. So, plan on having lots of EFMers at your
>tutorial!
>
>Howard
>
>
> October 23, 2001
>
>Dr.Roger B Marks
>NIST
>325 Broadway,MC 813.00
>Boulder,CO 80303
>USA Tel:+1 303 497 3037
>Fax:+1 303 497 7828
>mailto:r.b.marks@ieee.org
>
>Dear Roger:
>
>Thank you for your letter of 10 September, 2001.
>
>P802.3ah would be pleased if you would make your drafts available to our
>group for information and review. We feel that the easiest way to
>accomplish this would be the same sort of mechanism as that used for
>liaisons to 802.1 from other Working Groups. The login and password is
>provided to the liaising group. Any who actually wish to provide comments
>during your balloting process will have their comments considered as
>Observer comments. Additionally, this will provide our members with the
>opportunity to examine your drafts before they are approved (+ 9 months).
>
>We appreciate your offer to allow us to consider your solutions to problems
>that you consider to be similar to those for EFM PON. In light of your recent
>request for an evening tutorial slot in Austin on the features and functions
>of the 802.16 MAC, I would be happy to encourage the P802.3ah membership to
>attend this tutorial, and thus make best use of the available meeting time.
>
>
>Thank you for your continued interest in our work.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>Howard Frazier Jr.
>Chairman, P802.3ah
>Dominet Systems
>280 E. Gish Road
>San Jose CA 95112
>
>Phone: 408 437 9552
>FAX: 408 437 9556
>Internet: millardo@dominetsystems.com