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[STDS-802-16] 802.16 Consolidation document available

Dear 802.16 People,

As you know, the 802.16 revision PAR, approved on 22 March, authorizes the WG to develop a draft revision that "will consolidate IEEE Standards 802.16-2004, 802.16e-2005, 802.16-2004/Cor1-2005, and 802.16f-2005 (and possibly 802.16g and 802.16i, if completed in time), incorporating the P802.16-2004/Cor2 draft."

As the first step in the process, I have been coordinating with IEEE professional staff over the past few months to develop an editorial consolidation of IEEE Standards 802.16-2004, 802.16e-2005, 802.16-2004/Cor1-2005, and 802.16f-2005. That consolidation is now complete.

The official name for the PAR, following IEEE-SA conventions, is "P802.16". However, that's not a practical name, since it will apply to every revision we do. Therefore, we will label the drafts with the unofficial name "P802.16Rev2" to indicate that we are working toward the second revision of IEEE Std 802.16. (The first revision was IEEE Std 802.16-2004, following the original version IEEE Std 802.16-2001).

I have created a new web page for posting P802.16Rev2 drafts:
 <http://ieee802.org/16/pubs/80216Rev2.html>.

I have posted the editor's consolidation as "D0". It is no an official WG draft, since it has not been approved as a draft by the WG. The document includes a number of comments and questions inserted by our professional editor.

I will soon be announcing a Call for Comments for the review of the document. Comments, in Commentary format, will be considered by the Maintenance Task Group at Session #49. The review serves only to address editorial questions regarding the accuracy of the merger of the standards.

In parallel, a review team, chaired by Itzik Kitroser, will be reviewing the document in detail, with a volunteer assigned to review every part of the consolidation. Their comments will also be considered at Session #49.

I'm happy to say that Joe Schumacher has agreed to serve as Chief Technical Editor of the P802.16Rev2 project.

Roger


Begin forwarded message:

Date: March 22, 2007 02:59:39 PM MDT
Subject: Approval of Project-P802.16

22 March 2007


Paul Nikolich
18 Bishops Lane
Lynnfield, MA 01940
p.nikolich@ieee.org

Re: P802.16 - Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Part 16: Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access Systems

Dear Paul:

I am pleased to inform you that on 22 March 2007 the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved the above referenced project until 31 December 2011. A copy of the file can be found on our website at http://standards.ieee.org/board/nes/projects/802-16.pdf.

Now that your project has been approved, please forward a roster of participants involved in the development of this project. This request is in accordance with the IEEE-SA Operations Manual, Clause 5.1.2i under Duties of the Sponsor which states:

"Submit annually to the IEEE Standards Department an electronic roster of individuals participating on standards projects"

For your convenience, an Excel spreadsheet for your use has been posted on our website at http://standards.ieee.org/guides/par/roster.xls. Please forward this list to me via e-mail at s.hampton@ieee.org no later than 20 June 2007.

Please visit our website, IEEE Standards Development Online (http://standards.ieee.org/resources/development/index.html), for tools, forms and training to assist you in the standards development process. Also, we strongly recommend that a copy of your draft be sent to this office for review prior to the final vote by the working group to allow for a quick review by editorial staff before sponsor balloting begins.

If you should have any further questions, please contact me at +1 732 562 6003 or by email at s.hampton@ieee.org.

Sincerely,

Sherry Hampton
Administrator, Governance
Standards Activities
Phone +1 732 562 6003
FAX +1 732 875 0695
Email: s.hampton@ieee.org

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