[STDS-802-16] New 802.11 Contention-Based Protocol Study Group; telecon announcement
802.16 Folks,
802.11 came into the EC meeting of 18 March with
a surprise agenda addition: formation of an
802.11 Study Group regarding the 3.65-3.7 GHz FCC
Report and Order.
I raised the issue of 802.16's interest in the
band [in fact, the Report and Order mentions
802.16 four times, and mentions 802.11 twice
also]. I also noted some relevant work in
802.16's License-Exempt Study Group, which is
doing the P802.16h project, and I proposed a
joint 802.11/802.16 study group. However, chairs
of other wireless WGs also expressed interest. In
the end, the Contention-Based Protocol Study
Group was set up in 802.11, with an understanding
that many people outside 802.11 would be
interested. Peter Ecclesine is the SG Chair.
The 802.11 Chair, Stuart Kerry, agreed that the
Study Group could meet in conjunction with the
802.16 interim session (2-5 May in Italy) as well
as with the wireless interim (including 802.11,
etc.) of 15-20 March in Australia. It's not
entirely clear to me that this is necessary. I'd
like to see what kind of interest we have in
802.16. Perhaps it would make more sense for
802.16 to simply prepare material and submit it
to the meeting in Australia.
Peter has announced a schedule of
teleconferences; see below. The SG proposal
reviewed in 802.11 is available as 802.11-05-223
(file name
"11-05-0223-00-0wng-3650-3700-mhz-fcc-action.ppt")
on the server at <http://802wirelessworld.com>.
You don't need to be an 802.11 member to set up
an account on that server.
Roger
>Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:04:49 -0800
>From: Peter Ecclesine <pecclesi@CISCO.COM>
>Subject: [802-11WG] CBP-SG 6 April 06 telecon announcement
>--- This message came from the IEEE 802.11 Working Group Reflector ---
>
>Hi,
>
> The Contention-Based Protocol Study Group will hold weekly
>teleconferences beginning Wednesday April 6th, at 1PM ET.
>
> Please send petere@ieee.org an email if you may attend, so I can get
>the right size conference bridge, and spell your name correctly in the
>minutes ;-)
>
> The initial call will discuss the FCC Memorandum, Opinion and Order
>on 3650-3700 MHz use (05-57):
>
>http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-257309A1.pdf
>http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-56A1.pdf
>
> and the associated Cognitive Radio Report and Order that illuminates
>FCC thinking on 'reasonable opportunities' for contention resolution
>
>http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-57A1.pdf
>
> If you do have a presentation you would like to give, please send me
>an email. If you would volunteer to take minutes, please send me an email.
>
>
>Agenda:
>* Roll call
>* Approval of agenda
>* Summary of progress during Atlanta session (802.11-05-223)
>* Any other discussion
>
>Date: 6 April 2005
>Time: 1 PM Eastern time
>Duration: 1 hour
>Phone # 1-866-902-7861 (toll-free outside 408 area code)
>International: +1-408-902-7861
>Meeting ID: 87654321
>
>
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>petere@cisco.com
>§ 90.7 Definitions.
>* * * * *
>Contention-based protocol. A protocol that allows multiple users to
>share the same spectrum by defining the events that must occur when two
>or more transmitters attempt to simultaneously access the same channel
>and establishing rules by which a transmitter provides reasonable
>opportunities for other transmitters to operate. Such a protocol may
>consist of procedures for initiating new transmissions, procedures for
>determining the state of the channel (available or unavailable), and
>procedures for managing retransmissions in the event of a busy channel.