Meeting Minutes Tgh March 2001, Hilton Head, SC

July 2001 doc.: IEEE 802.11-01/288

IEEE P802.11
Wireless LANs

Meeting Minutes TGh March 2001, Hilton Head, SC

Date: March 13-15, 2001

Author: Mika Kasslin
Nokia
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0 802.11h session called to order by the chair

Tuesday, March 13, 8:00am

1 Development of agenda

1.1  Call for contributions / Presentations

Only 2 Presentations:

01/160 20 Minutes

01/169 60 Minutes

Postpone Submission discussions till Wednesday

1.2 Motion to approve the agenda as modified:

Moved by Peter Ecclesine, Evan Green 2nd

Agenda approved unanimously (Without objection)

2 Old business

2.1 Review of document 168 (Minutes from Monterey)

Deferred since document not available

2.2 Review of Proposal Selection Process 00/93r1:

-  Discussions on process

-  Noted some minor spelling errors

2.3 Regulatory Requirements

-  Discussions on requirements

-  The chair gave an 802.11 TGh Overview presentation given to 5 GHz IAG

-  Chair will provide single slide or two with summary on location on web of all relevant regulatory documents

2.4 Recess for day

2.5  Meeting was called to order on Wednesday, March 14, at 8:45am

Delayed due to voting in TGg

2.6 Julius Knapp discussion

-  FCC’s desire is to provide flexibility for technologies can develop

-  If new regulatory measures were adopted at 5 GHz, existing IEEE802.11 devices would be “grandfathered”

-  Even with TPC, the belief is that gaining access to the “middle” 5 GHz bands in the US will be difficult because of resistance from the satellite guys.

2.7 Presentations

“Some Additional Thoughts on TPC”, IEEE802.11-01/160

-  The main message is that TPC can prolong battery life, help mitigate problems associated with overlapping BSSs and improve QoS.

“DFS/DCS and TPC for 802.11h”, IEEE802.11-01/169

2.8  Recess for day

2.9  Meeting was called to order on Thursday, March 15, at 8:05am

2.10  Registration of contributions

01/001: TPC for 802.11h

2.11  Presentation

“TPC for 802.11h”, IEEE802.11-01/001

2.12 Motions

To approve the minutes from the Monterey meeting and empower the editor to correct for spelling, grammar and other typographical errors

Move: Peter Ecclesine, second: Chris Hansen, vote: 7-0-0

3 New business

3.1  Motions

To close the proposal submission period for TGh on April 14, 2001-07-10

Move: Bill McFarland, second: Chris Hansen, vote: 3-0-1

3.2 Adjourned unanimously

Submission page 1 Mika Kasslin, Nokia