RE: [802SEC] Preparation for July IEEE 802 News Bulletin
Geoff,
We'll have to ask the 802.11 and 802.15 people; 802.16 is meeting two weeks later.
I always find September particularly difficult to schedule.
Roger
>Roger-
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>I notice from this material that the Fall wireless meeting in Monterey, CA conflicts with the IEEE-SA Standards Board meeting series in Piscataway.
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>Was that intentional or noticed?
>Seems like sort of a bad idea
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>Geoff
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>At 11:16 PM 6/24/02 +0800, Roger B. Marks wrote:
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>>Michael,
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>>I am enclosing the responses I received (from 802.11, 802.16, and 802.18), which I have edited for style and uniformity.
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>>At the end, I have added filler material for 802.1, 802.3, 802.15, and 802.17. If those group's wish to participate, I hope they will email you their material soon.
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>>Roger
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>>Draft Items for the July IEEE 802 News Bulletin
>>*WARNING: These results are anticipated but not guaranteed to happen!
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>>The IEEE 802.11 Working Group on Wireless LANs
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>>*Proposed 802.11 Operating Rules Changes Streamline Development
>>Process
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>>The 802.11 Working Group has approved revisions to the Working Group Operating Rules to make the standardization process clearer and more precisely defined. The new rules will accelerate the development of new standards through the Working Group.
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>>*P802.11e Wireless LAN Quality of Service (QoS)
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>>The Working Group Letter Ballot for the P802.11e Wireless LAN Quality of Service (QoS) specification closed shortly before the July meeting, leaving the 802.11e Task Group (TGe) with a large number of comments to resolve. "These comments represent valuable input which will result in a better standard" said John Fakatselis, TGe Chair. John is overseeing an action plan of parceling out the comments to teams which will propose changes to address the comments. [Following the meeting, I suggest this paragraph be modified to emphasize the progress and status of comment resolution. -Roger]
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>>*P802.11f Inter-Access Point Protocol Draft moves to Sponsor Ballot
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>>The P802.11f draft, specifying an Inter-Access Point Protocol, was approved to move to Sponsor Ballot. This standard will allow advanced Access Point features with that will be interoperable among the equipment of various manufacturers.
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>>*P802.11g Moves to Second Working Group Letter Ballot
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>>The Working Group agreed to issue a Working Group Letter Ballot to forward the P802.11g draft to IEEE Sponsor Ballot. Task Group g has successfully resolved all the comments received in its first Letter Ballot. Successful completion of 802.11g will enable manufacturers to offer interoperable high rate wireless LANs (with rates greater than 20 Mbit/s) that are backward compatible with current 11 Mbit/s 802.11b systems.
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>>*P802.11h (Spectrum Managed 802.11a) Approved for Recirculation Ballot
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>>Following successful resolution of all the comments in its first Working Group Letter Ballot, the P802.11h draft was approved for review in a Recirculation Ballot. Once approved, 802.11h will specify a spectrum-managed implementation of 802.11a in order to meet the requirements of European regulatory agencies for usage of the 5 GHz frequency bands.
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>>*Two new Wireless Next Generation Study Groups approved by 802 Executive Committee
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>>The 802 Executive Committee approved the formation of two new Study Groups (SGs) proposed by the 802.11's Wireless Next Generation Standing Committee (WNG). The Radio Resource Measurements SG and the High Throughput SG were chartered to address issues facing the development of standards for wireless LANs with capabilities far greater than those encompassed in the current standards.
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>>For additional details on these items, contact Stuart Kerry, IEEE 802.11 Chair, at stuart.kerry@philips.com
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>>Upcoming IEEE 802.11 Meetings:
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>>* 9 to 13 September 2002 -- IEEE 802.11 interim meeting at Hyatt
>>Regency Monterey, CA, USA
>>* 11 to 15 November 2002 -- IEEE 802 Plenary Meeting in Koloa, Hawaii,
>>USA
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>>The IEEE 802.16 Wireless MAN Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access
>>Draft Items for the July IEEE 802 News Bulletin
>>*WARNING: These results are anticipated but not guaranteed to happen!
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>>*802.16a Draft, Extending IEEE Std 802.16 to 2 to 11 GHz, Moves to IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot
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>>The 802 Executive Committee has forwarded, for IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot, the P802.16a draft, which will extend the IEEE 802.16 WirelessMAN (TM) standard for applicability to 2-11 GHz bands, both licensed and license-exempt. Plans call for finalization of the standard by October 2002. The standard will provide a foundation for the expansion of wireless metropolitan area networks in residential neighborhoods.
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>>*Basic Interoperability Testing for 10-66 GHz WirelessMAN-SC Air Interface Developing Rapidly
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>>The 802 Executive Committee has also forwarded, for IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot, the P802.16c draft. This quickly-moving project, which was officially initiated only on May 9, will enhance the development of interoperability tests for systems built to the 10-66 GHz WirelessMAN-SC air interface. Completion is planned for September 2002. In preparation for the next step in testing, the 802 Executive Committee approved a request to forward, for IEEE-SA approval, Project Authorization Request P1802.16.1 to define a Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) Proforma document for the air interface.
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>>*Recommended Practice on 2-11 GHz Coexistence Moves to Working Group Ballot
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>>The 802.16 Working Group accepted the output of the 802.16.2a Task Group as a draft standard and agreed to initiate a Working Group Letter Ballot seeking to forward it to the next stage of balloting. The Working Group moved to delete the 2.5 GHz band from the scope of the project due to a lack of contributions in this area.
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>>*802.16 Study Group on Mobile Broadband Wireless Access Recommends Directions
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>>The 802.16 Study Group on Mobile Broadband Wireless Access, holding its second meeting, decided to proceed to develop two projects: one to add portability enhancements to IEEE Std 802.16/802.16a, and another to define a new project for broadband wireless access at vehicular speeds. The Study Group was renewed for an additional four months and expects to conclude its work in November.
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>>For additional details on these items, contact Roger Marks, IEEE 802.16 Chair, at r.b.marks@ieee.org
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>>Upcoming IEEE 802.16 Meetings:
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>>* 23 to 27 September 2002 -- IEEE 802.16 interim meeting in Cheju, Korea.
>>* 11 to 15 November 2002 -- IEEE 802 Plenary Meeting in Koloa, Hawaii, USA
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>>The IEEE 802.18 Radio Regulatory Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
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>>* IEEE 802.18 Radio Regulatory TAG Holds Initial Session
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>>The IEEE 802.18 Radio Regulatory TAG, which was created at the March IEEE 802 Plenary, held its first formal meetings. XX people participated in the session and became Members of the TAG. The TAG developed a Charter that was presented to and approved by the IEEE 802 SEC. The TAG also proposed a set of changes to the SEC rules designed to enable it to work on time-sensitive regulatory filings by electronic conference call meetings and correspondence. The SEC initiated the process of modifying its rules accordingly.
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>>The TAG elected Carl R. Stevenson as Chair of the TAG until March 2004, a decision affirmed by the SEC.
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>>* 802 Filing on Regulatory Action X
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>>The SEC approved a TAG draft filing on Y with regulatory agency Z.
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>>For additional details on these items, contact Carl R.
>>Stevenson, IEEE 802.18 Chair, at carl.stevenson@ieee.org
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>>Upcoming IEEE 802.18 Meetings:
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>>* 9 to 13 September 2002 -- IEEE 802.18 interim meeting in
>>Monterey, California (in conjunction with 802.11 and 802.15 interims)
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>>* 11 to 15 November 2002 -- IEEE 802 Plenary Meeting in
>>Koloa, Hawaii, USA
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>>In other news:
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>>No progress was reported in the 802.1 Working Group's projects.
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>>The 802.3ae project, specifying 10 Gbit/s Ethernet, was approved as an IEEE Standard. No progress was reported on other 802.13 Working Group projects.
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>>No progress was reported in the 802.15 Working Group's 802.15.2, 802.15.3, and 802.15.4 projects, nor on its high-speed Study Group.
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>>No progress was reported in the 802.17 Working Group.