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ARC Closing Report Date: 2015-01-15

Name Affiliations Address Phone email Mark Hamilton Spectralink 2560 55th St,

Boulder, CO, 80301 +1-303-441-7553

mark.hamilton@spectralink.com

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Abstract

This document is the closing report for ARC SC,

January 2015, Atlanta meeting

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Work Completed• Architecture work

– Discussed REVmc’s Figure 5-1, and clarifying the arrows in the role-specific following figures. Will continue this, targetting REVmc Sponsor Ballot for a proposal.

• MIB Design Pattern work item– Considered guidance found in SNMP RFCs.– Concluded four design patterns, in concept. – Will write these up off-line, for next time– Will start to scrub existing usage for any missing patterns next time

• IETF/802 coordination update– No news

• Joint meeting with TGak, and 802.1– Discussed concepts shared between 802.11ak and 801.1Qbz. – Refined some architectural pictures and concepts. Those groups will

continue this in teleconferences.

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Teleconference(s)

• None

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March 2015 Plans

• One standalone meeting slot planned:– Design Pattern for MIB attribute use– 802.11 Architecture topics: DSAF, DS_SAP, Figure

5-1 et seq• One joint session with TGak and 802.1AC

– DS/AP/Portal architecture discussions• One joint session with TGak and 802.1Qbz

– 11ak architecture discussions