stds-802-16: re: two revised 802.16 PARs for consideration at July 802 Plenary
I have submitted these two PARs to NesCom so they will be on the
agenda for approval on 4 August.
NesCom Administrator Jodi Haasz noticed a typo in the "Projected
Completion Date for Submittal to RevCom" for the 802.16 revision PAR.
NesCom wants this to be several months past the "Expected Date of
Submission for Initial Sponsor Ballot", which is 21 Nov 2003.
Therefore, I have told Jodi to change the "Projected Completion Date
for Submittal to RevCom" to 19 March 2004. This is the date of the
closing SEC meeting at Session #30. I think it will be OK with NesCom.
We can review this date at Session #26. In the meantime, I have
posted a version with the date correction:
<http://ieee802.org/16/docs/03/80216-03_26r1.pdf>
Roger
>I would like to inform the SEC of two revised 802.16 PARs that I
>intend to present for approval at the SEC meeting of 25 July.
>
>Both of these PARs are intended to convert an existing effort from
>an Amendment into a Revision project. The two draft PARs are
>revisions of:
>
>(1) P802.16.2a <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/03/80216-03_27.pdf>
>(2) P802.16d <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/03/80216-03_26.pdf>
>
>The first PAR (1) is in response to a decision of the IEEE-SA
>Standards Board of 12 June. The board declined to approve
>P802.16.2a/D5, following its approval by RevCom, because of a
>concern that the document should have been balloted as a Revision,
>instead of an Amendment, of IEEE Std 802.16.2. This submission
>responds to Board direction that "Sponsor shall submit a revised PAR
>indicating that the document is a revision." For more details, see
><http://ieee802.org/16/arc/802-16list2/msg00891.html>.
>
>The second PAR (2) is a parallel effort to initiate a revision of
>IEEE Std 802.16. This was instigated partly by the education we
>received in the course of discussions regarding P802.16.2a. We are
>also pressured by the "IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual"
>requirement that "up to two amendments shall be approved before the
>standard shall be revised or reaffirmed, unless the base standard
>has been approved or reaffirmed within the past two years."
>
>I welcome your comments, as soon as possible but no later than 5 pm
>PT on 22 July.
>
>Additional notes:
>
>(a) I wasn't sure how to number the PARs. Jodi Haasz suggested
>simply "802.16.2" and "802.16", with no letters. The 802 PAR
>Numbering Scheme <http://ieee802.org/secmail/msg00046.html> suggests
>leaving the letters. I decided to follow Jodi's advice with the
>first drafts.
>
>(b) I'll be presubmitting these to PARs to NesCom in preparation for
>their next Early Consideration meeting (4 August).
>
>(c) For your reference, I have compiled a little web page listing
>the PARs before the SEC in July:
><http://ieee802.org/16/meetings/mtg26/lmsc/pars.html>.
>
>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 Institute of Standards and Technology/Boulder, CO, USA
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