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Dear RPRWGers,
here is another PAR/5Criteria for our consideration.
It will be taken up monday, and if there is any reason
for additional information we can request .11 to
give us some details.
cheers,
mike
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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 00:57:31 GMT
From: "Stuart J. Kerry" <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [802SEC] 802.11 5GSG PAR and 5 Criteria
Dear Members of the IEEE 802 LMSC SEC,
This is advance warning under the 30-day rule that 802.11 plans to submit a
PAR and 5 Criteria (attached) for a new project within 802.11, that would create
802.11 Task Group J to develop an “Interworking Mechanism” as an amendment to
the 802.11a PHY and 802.11 –1999 MAC. Attached are the PAR and 5 Criteria documents
for your delectation.
The PAR and 5 Criteria documents are also available from the web at:
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Documents/DocumentHolder/1-172.zip
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Documents/DocumentHolder/1-173.zip
In November 2000, ETSI BRAN, 802.11 and MMAC mutually authorized a single Joint
5 GHz Global Standard Study Group (5GSG). The mission of 5GSG was to begin exploring
the possibility of unifying the multiple disjoint WLAN standards that operate
in the 5GHz band one of which is 802.11a.
Related work had previously begun within 802.11 Task Group H to amend the 802.11a
standard to provide Dynamic Channel Selection (DCS) & Transmit Power Control
(TPC). These are required to meet radio regulatory requirements imposed on Radio
LANs by CEPT. While this standard amendment is necessary to achieve acceptance
of 802.11a within the EC, it was not deemed adequate to address the broader
desires of the various standards bodies.
The study group’s work toward unification resulted in a conclusion that two
distinct activities would best serve the membership.
The first, which is the subject of the above PAR and 5 Criteria would have a
near-term objective of developing an “interworking mechanism” whereby the multiple
standards could possibly share information or at least peacefully cohabit the
same spectrum.
The second, which is the subject of a pending “5WING” study group request, will
continue to explore how to organize for and write a single global standard.
The PAR and 5 Criteria were approved by the Study Group and the 802.11 Plenary
during the March 802 Plenary meeting. At that time there were 169 authorized
voting members of 802.11. The voting results were as follows:
1) Move that we accept the PAR document (11-01-172) and present it to the 802
Executive Committee for approval.
Motion passed in Study Group 14/1/7 (93%)
Motion passed in closing plenary 41/8/17 (84%)
2) Move that we accept the 5 Criteria document (11-01-173) and present it to
the 802 Executive Committee for approval.
Motion passed in Study Group 26/0/7 (100%)
Motion passed in closing plenary 42/6/13 (88%)
The no votes were based on the desire to move expeditiously to a single global
standard rather than an intermediate “interworking mechanism”.
3) Since the PAR and 5 Criteria were completed and approved in March but could
not be ruled upon by the SEC until July we also needed to extend the life of
the 5GSG to the subsequent July Plenary. The voting results were as follows:
Proposed that we extend the 5GSG to the July plenary.
Motion passed in study group 36/0/0 (100%)
Motion passed in plenary 74/6/4 (93%)
We complied with standard procedures for preparing and submitting PARs defined
in the 802 operating rules, and we expect to request that you approve this PAR
at the Friday afternoon closing SEC meeting.
Please do not hesitate to forward any questions or concerns about the project
to my attention. The 5GSG will do its best to address any issues, which arise.
Bruce Kraemer
Acting Chair (Vice-Chair), 5GSG Study Group
Stuart J. Kerry
Chair, IEEE 802.11 Work Group
11-01-172r0-5gsg-5ghz-draft-par_3-13-01.doc
11-01-173r0-5gsg-5gsg_5_criteria_draft-3-13-01.doc