RE: stds-802-16: IEEE Sponsor Ballot of P802.16/D5 declared passed and closed
Congratulations!
Let me join to thanks for the outstanding work of TG1 Editorial Team and
and for the outstanding efforts of Roger Marks that managed to establish
a new organization and leaded it up to successfull completion of
IEEE standard
Vladimir
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Dr. Vladimir Yanover
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger B. Marks [mailto:r.b.marks@ieee.org]
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 8:08 AM
> To: stds-802-16@ieee.org
> Subject: stds-802-16: IEEE Sponsor Ballot of P802.16/D5
> declared passed and closed
>
>
> Folks,
>
> I have good news: the IEEE Sponsor Ballot of P802.16/D5 ("IEEE Draft
> Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks -- Part 16: Air
> Interface for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems") is fully and
> finally complete. The confirmation ballot concluded tonight with no
> new votes or comments.
>
> The approval ratio was 97%. For more details, see:
> http://ieee802.org/16/tg1/ballots/sponsorballot/result.html
>
> I have submitted the RevCom application for approval of this draft:
> http://ieee802.org/16/docs/01/80216-01_54.pdf
>
> Approval is on the RevCom agenda for 5 December. While snags are
> possible, I fully expect the draft to be approved by the IEEE-SA
> Standards Board on 6 December.
>
> I have to tell you that I am overjoyed about this. It's been quite an
> effort. When we wrote the PAR for this project in January 1999, we
> said we'd turn in the final draft by the end of January 2001. We ran
> nine months late but, considering the time we took in revising the
> draft to meet the needs of TG3 and TG4, I think we did incredibly
> well on our schedule. I am also extremely proud of the quality of the
> work. We are publishing an superb piece of technology that, I
> believe, will serve the world well for decades.
>
> I want to thank the outstanding TG1 Editorial Team (Carl Eklund, Ken
> Stanwood, Stanley Wang, Jay Klein, and Lars Lindh) for the hard work
> to see this through Sponsor Ballot.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Roger
>