Re: [STDS-802-16] Session #33 contributions organization and overview document
I support Brian's comments, but I'd like to clarify that
"maintenance" comments are limited to the type that would belong in a
Corrigenda document: only "corrections" to IEEE Standard 802.16-2004.
See:
http://ieee802.org/16/arc/802-16list2/msg01649.html
Roger
At 14:59 -0400 04/07/01, Kiernan, Brian G. wrote:
>I would like to thank Phil, Changhoi and Prakash for taking on this
>task on their own initiative. It was not an easy thing to do.
>
>I want to reiterate Phil's point that people should look closely at
>these contributions and, as much as possible, work together over the
>next week to harmonize and simplify. It would be great if we
>received a lot of reply comments that withdrew original
>contributions in favor of a single harmonized contribution.
>
>Also, as Phil notes, over half the contributions are on the PHY. In
>my own somewhat cursory examination of these contributions, a number
>of them strike me as either enhancements or fixes to the RevD
>document having little or no relation to mobility. Task Group e is
>not chartered to add non-mobile enhancements to the RevD document,
>and these types of changes will be summarily ruled out-of-scope.
>
>Regarding fixes to the RevD document, in a 23 June e-mail, Roger
>indicated his intent to open a Corrigendum PAR to cover this type of
>material and provided a means for people to provide those types of
>comments by uploading them: "Please submit your report, in
>Commentary format, to:
><http://maint.wirelessman.org>http://maint.wirelessman.org.";
>
>If you have a comment or contribution of that type, please withdraw
>it from TGe, and resubmit it to the above directory.
>
>Given everyone's cooperation, and a little luck, we may actually
>make it all the way through.
>
>Brian
>
>
>From: Phillip Barber [mailto:pbarber@BROADBANDMOBILETECH.COM]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 9:38 PM
>To: STDS-802-16@listserv.ieee.org
>Subject: [STDS-802-16] Session #33 contributions organization and
>overview document
>
>Thanks to the assistance of some able and willing recruits (Thanks
>Changhoi and Prakash), we have completed the Session #33
>contributions organization and overview document. I have uploaded
>the document to the Temp upload directory
>(<http://temp.wirelessman.org>http://temp.wirelessman.org).
>
>This is an informal effort to provide some context to view and
>evaluate the various contributions. Hopefully, authors and members
>alike will see other contributions, of a similar topical nature, and
>take the initiative to harmonize. At the very least, members will
>be able to see alternate proposals, which might otherwise be
>difficult to detect given the volume of contributions. Topical
>groupings are purely arbitrary; topical assignment by the editor,
>based on limited evaluation. I am certain that other groupings
>might well suffice. I am equally certain that some contributions
>may be mis-filed, or apply to more than one grouping (though for
>this document, each contribution occurs only once).
>Overview/summary information is just cursory--please do not be too
>critical.
>
>I would especially like to draw your attention to the large volume
>of OFDMA PHY contributions. I would hope that the OFDMA PHY
>community could harmonize and reduce the volume of competing
>contributions in the space (and there are many, many competing
>contributions on the same subject matter within OFDMA, even between
>authors from the same company). Fast_Feedback, Preambles, and MIMO
>are all areas that some harmonization should be expected.
>
>Please provide comments and criticisms to improve the document.
>
>I hope that this document proves useful to some portion of the membership.
>
>Thanks,
>Phil
>
>Note: Ignore color use in the document. Colors used only to
>distinguish editor identity.