March 2003

Bob O'Hara, Airespace, Inc.Slide 1

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Submission

802.11m Meeting Report & Minutes

March 2003

March 2003

Bob O'Hara, Airespace, Inc.Slide 2

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Submission

Goals for March 2003

• Review comments on PAR received from other WGs– Update PAR and respond to comments

• Solicit items for work of the TG

• Outline procedure for requesting an interpretation of the standard

• Develop a work plan

March 2003

Bob O'Hara, Airespace, Inc.Slide 3

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Submission

Proposed Agenda

• Review IEEE Patent Policy• New business

– Review comments received on PAR and respond

– Update PAR, if needed– Solicit work items– Develop work plan

• Adjourn

March 2003

Bob O'Hara, Airespace, Inc.Slide 4

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Submission

Agenda adoption

• Moved: To adopt agenda as proposed– Moved: Andrew Myles– Second: Mike Moreton– Vote: unanimous

March 2003

Bob O'Hara, Airespace, Inc.Slide 5

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Submission

PAR Comments Received

• None received

March 2003

Bob O'Hara, Airespace, Inc.Slide 6

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Submission

Update PAR

• Moved: Adopt the revised PAR (in the format supplied by the IEEE) as the PAR for TGm.

• Moved: Terry Cole

• Second: Bob Miller

• Vote: Unan

March 2003

Bob O'Hara, Airespace, Inc.Slide 7

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Submission

Work Items• Documents from Jon Rosdahl

– 11-01-340r2-W-Errata list Justifies need for Corrigenda for 802.11– 11-02-091r0-W-Errata-list-for-802-11d-needs-corrigendum– 11-02-092r0-W-Scanning-process-requires-parameter-block-for-802-11a– 11-02-093r0-W-Errata-List-for-802-11a-needs-corrigendum

• Document supplied by Terry Cole– 11-03-199-W-Potential-WG-Editor-Errata

• 802.11F Association primitives• Update informative text on regulatory information for 802.11a and 802.11b, provide

table for 802.11d (collect in an appendix?)• IBSS coalescence• PCF• Optional/mandatory match between text and PICS• SDL (remove, improve, abstract), MSCs?• Email Terry received during 2003 edition process• Andrew’s accumulated list• Recommendation of phase-in for compliance

March 2003

Bob O'Hara, Airespace, Inc.Slide 8

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Submission

Interpretation Procedure

• http://standards.ieee.org/reading/ieee/interp/

• Send email to Linda Gargiulo (l.gargiulo@ieee.org)

• IEEE forwards requests to the WG

• WG responds

March 2003

Bob O'Hara, Airespace, Inc.Slide 9

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Submission

Work Plan

• Review documents at hand and comments received during sponsor ballot of 2003 edition

• Review other requests• Prioritize items• Inline revisions vs. separate annex with

individual interpretations• Work from the prioritized list

March 2003

Bob O'Hara, Airespace, Inc.Slide 10

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Submission

Motion to Adjourn

• End of agenda reached – mtg adjourned at 8:35pm CST.

• Members attending:– Bob Miller– Andrew Myles– Sheung Li– Terry Cole– Mike Moreton