Re: [STDS-802-16] ***Going Mobile: IEEE 802.16e is Approved by IEEE-SA***
Thanks Roger, for sharing this wonderful news! All thanks for your steadfast and exemplary leadership!
Also thanks to Brian and Ron for keeping the 802.16e boat on course throughout the entire development time!
Also thanks to all my fellow 802.16 family members for this great accomplishment!
Best regards,
jose
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger B. Marks [mailto:r.b.marks@ieee.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:29 AM
> To: STDS-802-16@listserv.ieee.org
> Subject: [STDS-802-16] ***Going Mobile: IEEE 802.16e is
> Approved by IEEE-SA***
>
> Dear 802.16 Friends and Family,
>
> I have received word that IEEE Std 802.16e (Draft
> 12) was approved this morning by the IEEE-SA Standards Board,
> following yesterday's unanimous recommendation by the Board's
> Standards Review Committee (RevCom). The operative version of
> IEEE Std 802.16 is now IEEE Std 802.16-2004, as modified by
> the corrigendum IEEE 802.16-2004/Cor1 and amended by IEEE
> Stds 802.16e and 802.16f. The WirelessMAN standard has gone mobile!
>
> This action brings to a close the work of Task Group e and
> its project that began with the approval of the original
> 802.16e PAR in December 2002, following its development by
> the Mobile WirelessMAN Study Group beginning in July 2002.
> Throughout that time, the work was ably led by the steady
> hand of Brian Kiernan. I salute him for his heroic efforts.
> The 802.16e Editor, Ron Murias, deserves a separate special salute.
> Please take the opportunity to send them both your appreciations.
>
> Looking back on the original PAR from 2002, we projected
> completion in about 18 months. Actual development took about
> twice that long. Though we all would have preferred to stick
> closer to schedule, the reality is that the Working Group
> changed dramatically during those years, growing from 82
> Members at PAR approval to 310 now. The influx of new
> participants, from many regions of the world and with a
> variety of applications in mind, brought in a wide range of
> views. I'm proud of the fact that we addressed all of the
> resulting needs, continuing to harmonize and build consensus
> to ensure a result with broad support and broad
> applicability. After 12 official drafts, over 6000 comments
> (from members and nonmembers alike), and over 900 contributed
> documents (over 1600 if you count revisions), we ended up
> with a 684 page standard with 99% approval and far more than
> 99% of the comments fully resolved. That's impressive!
>
> To all the 802.16 Working Group participants, past and
> present, I send congratulations on adding the IEEE seal of
> approval to the 802.16e deliverable. I'd like you to pause
> and reflect on what this means. IEEE standards are not
> mandatory, and the IEEE logo is not by itself going to
> convince anyone to adopt our standards and put them to use.
> What WILL make a difference is an IEEE logo earned the hard
> way, based on a diligent and largely successful effort to
> recruit the participation of the world's interested parties,
> coupled with the dedication to building a team and driving a
> consensus. THAT is what gives 802.16 the opportunity to be a
> success, not just here or there but, as we say in dot16,
> "AOE": Anywhere On Earth!
>
> So, wherever on Earth you are, please join me in raising a
> glass and sending out a virtual toast to the 802.16 family.
> Konbe! Ganbei! Kampai!
> L'Chaim! Belsalamati! Kippis! Skĺl! Santé!
> Sláinte! Salute! Salud! Prost! Proost! Cheers!
>
> Roger
>
> Dr. Roger B. Marks <mailto:r.b.marks@ieee.org> +1 303 497 7837
> Chair, IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access
> <http://WirelessMAN.org>
>
> P.S. IEEE 802.16f-2005 was published on 1 Dec 2005. IEEE-SA
> staff are currently merging
> 802.16-2004/Cor1 and 802.16e into a single document, to be
> entitled IEEE 802.16e-2005. The plan is to publish this
> before the year's end.
> Unapproved drafts are available for sale through the IEEE
> Store. However, approved drafts are removed from the catalog.
> Therefore, if you wish to buy the document, I suggest you act
> quickly before it is deleted. For details, see:
> http://ieee802.org/16/pubs/P80216e.html
>