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I was not on the last call, but have been reading all the email traffic that followed. I don't understand the meaning of the current straw poll questions. The questions have confused me to the point where I am reluctant to vote, because I don't know what my vote would mean. Maybe if I had been on the call, the questions would make sense to me.
At first I thought that it was just me, but Rich's email makes me think that I am not the only person confused and uncertain what the terms in the straw poll questions mean.
Given this, I would respectfully request that this particular straw poll be suspended until the questions can be clarified.
Thanks, Mark Mark Cummings, Ph.D. +1 650 854 4406
CEO, SWIM Managing Partner, enVia Technology Partners, Inc. Chair, Use Case Ad Hoc, IEEE P1900.5 Special Member Board of Directors SVC Wireless (Silicon Valley China Wireless Technology Association) Member Special Committee, Technical Committee of Software Radio, IEICE, Japan
On Aug 12, 2009, at 2:27 PM, Rich Kennedy wrote: I suggest we add "coordinated" to the list of terms we need to define before we get too far down the road. Is sharing a geolocation database considered coordination, or is a "control channel" required? Rich ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:11 PM Subject: Re: [802.19] Mariana's Straw Poll
Those two questions beg some additional comments: The second asks TWO questions: should a coordination protocol be developed, and if so, centralized or distributed? The my answer is "yes" and "distributed". It seems to me the definition of WS is coordinated access. But not all devices will be capable of common signaling (i.e. able to exchange information with each other). This may complicate coexistence a bit :0). A centralized solution assumes all participants can exchange information. A distributed approach can take advantage of shared information, but also can provide independent means. Seems like all the focus is already on the centralized approach, which doesn't seem to account for all potential spectrum users, so a good thing for 802 to provide is an alternative distributed coexistence strategy that fills the 'gap' so to speak. Just a thought....probably redundant, but offered FWIW. -Ben ================================
Benjamin A. Rolfe
Blind Creek Associates ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:03 AM Subject: [802.19] Mariana's Straw Poll
All, Mariana has suggested another straw poll with two questions. Please fill out your responses at, Steve
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