November 2006doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/1871r0

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Wireless LANs

TGy Meeting Minutes from Nov 2006 Dallas Plenary Session
Date: 2006-11-25
Author(s):
Name / Company / Address / Phone / email
Peter Ecclesine / Cisco Systems / MS SJ-10-5
170 W. Tasman Dr., San Jose, CA 95134-1706 / +1-408-527-0815 /
Al Petrick / 802.11 WG Vice Chair /
Dan Lubar / RelayServices / 4450 Arapahoe Ave, #100, Boulder, CO 80303 / +1-877-569-5069 /


TGy Meeting Minutes from Nov 2006 Dallas Plenary Session

Proceedings

Tues AM1, Dallas - 19 Attendees - Recording Secretary, Dan Lubar -- Cumberland C meeting room

Agenda

  • Call to order
  • Review IEEE Patcom Statement and P&P info
  • Approval/discussion of Plenary agenda
  • Review & Approval of prior meeting and telecon minutes
  • Discussion of Plenary goals and review of current state of draft text
  • Discussion of PHY & MAC topics
  • Recess until Thursday AM1

Chair calls meeting to order at 4 minutes past the hour

Chair reminds attendees of Membership and Antitrust requirements associated with participation in the 802 WG

Chair reads IEEE SA patent policy statement and reviews inappropriate topics for discussion

Chair asks all attendees if they understand the statement as read or if any clarification is needed.

Chair asks “Are any matters that the WG chair needs to be aware of?” Hearing none..

Chair asks for Approve and/or Modifications to Agenda (06/1675r0)

Chair asks if there are any changes to Interim minutes (06/1537r0) or subsequent telecon calls (06/1561r0, 06/1608r0), Hearing none..

MOTION: Move to accept the minutes of the TGy Melbourne meeting 06/1537r0 and also minutes from subsequent teleconferences 06/1561r0, 06/1608r0, 06/1674r0

Mover Eldad P

Seconder Dan L

Approved unanimously
MOTION PASSES

Review of Goals for Dallas Plenary Session

Review of Tues AM and Thurs AM agendas

Discussion of 11-06/1432r1 (ECSA)

Discussion of 06/1727r2 (contains changes/text edits specified in Nov 7th Telecon call)

Review of 11-06/1727r2

Discussions include DFS & DEI

Discussion/Review of modulo 256 math and need for self-beaconing. (ie an unsolicited beacon based on traffic flow)

MOTION: Move to accept 06/1727r2 draft normative text changes and instruct the editor to prepare P802.11y D0.02
Mover Victoria P

Seconder Rich K

Approved unanimously

MOTION PASSES

Begin review of DraftP802.11y_D0.02 (Reference made to footnotes 107 & 109 in FCC 05-56)

Recessed until Thursday AM

Thurs AM1, Dallas – 45 Attendees -- Recording Secretary, Al Petrick - Cottonbowl meeting room

Agenda

  • CBP TGy/.16h Joint meeting call to order
  • Agenda approvals or changes--if any
  • Presentation of TGy D0.02 by Peter E.
  • Presentation of .16h D1 by Mariana G
  • Presentation of UCP by Paul P
  • Further personal comments by 16h chair
  • Joint meetings adjourned

Joint* 802.11(TGy) & 802.16h Meeting Minutes - 11/16/2006

  1. Meeting comes to order at 8:00AM on 11/16/2006
  2. Meeting Chairs include; Mariana Goldhamer 802.16h, Al Petrick 802.11y (for Peter Ecclesine TGy Chair)
  3. Meeting time 8AM – 10:00
  4. Recording Secretary – Al Petrick
  5. 45 people in the room
  6. Approve Agenda
  7. No opposition to approve the Agenda as proposed
  8. Approved by unanimous consent
  9. Presentation given by Peter Ecclesine
  10. Reviewed 802.11y draft D0.02 November 2006
  11. Some discussion on Beacon periods
  12. Peter E. to make material available to 802.16 WG after documents are posted on 802.11 server (see 06/1830r0 & 06/1865r0)
  13. Presentation given by Mariana Goldhamer
  14. Doc: IEEE802.16h-06/121r1
  15. Some discussion
  16. Presentation given by Paul Piggin
  17. Doc: IEEE802.16h-06/117 (Overview of 802.16h Uncoordinated Coexistence approach in 3.65-3.7GHz
  18. Some Discussion
  19. Presentation given by Mariana Goldhamer: Doc: IEEE 802.16h-06/122
  20. Some Discussion on 4msec requirement for 802.11
  21. Next steps
  22. Meet up in January 2007 in London – continue discussion
  23. Meeting Adjourn

*also present were dot 18 & dot 19 TAG’s

Thurs PM1, Dallas – 21 Attendees – Recording Secretary, Dan Lubar -- Cumberland C meeting room

Agenda

  • Call to order
  • Approval of agenda
  • Planning Through March of 07
  • Introduction of motions for future work
  • Meeting Adjournment

Chair calls PM1 meeting to order

Discussion of schedule and goals for upcoming LB’s and also the Interim in London

Introduction of motions to allow LB’s to occur in a timely fashion

MOTION: Instruct the technical editor to rename 802.11y draft 0.02 as P802.11y draft 1.0. Having addressed all comments arising from the WG internal technical review, Task Group y resolves to forward P802.11y draft 1.0 to the working group for the purpose of conducting a 30-day working group letter ballot. The purpose of the working group letter ballot is to forward the draft to sponsor ballot.

The text of the motion to be presented to the working group will be: “Move to authorize a 30-day Working Group Letter Ballot of P802.11y draft 1.0, asking the question “Should the P802.11y draft 1.0 be forwarded to sponsor ballot?””

Mover Victoria P

Seconder Dan L

Vote: For 11, Against 0, Abstain 0

MOTION PASSES

MOTION:Move to authorize TGy to initiate a Working Group Recirculation Letter Ballot before the March 2007 Plenary, provided all technical comments from WG letter ballot on draft P802.11y D1.0 are resolved. The purpose of the working group letter ballot is to forward the draft to sponsor ballot.

The text of the motion to be presented to the working group will be “Move to authorize a 15-day Recirculation Letter Ballot of P802.11y draft 2.0 to be completed on or before March 5, 2007, asking the question “Should the P802.11y draft 2.0 be forwarded to sponsor ballot?”

Mover: Victoria P

Seconder: Marc J

Vote: For 15, Against 0, Abstain 0

MOTION PASSES

Motion to adjourn at 19 past the hour

Meeting Adjourned

References:

FCC 05-56 ( )

IEEE 802.11 Drafts (in IEEE Member Area)

P802.11-REVma-D9.0.pdf

P802.11y-D0.02.pdf

TGy Reference Docs: (in ftp.ieeewirelessworld.com)

11-06-0571-00-000y-cbp-tg-telecon-minutes-19-april.doc

11-06-0607-00-000y-TGy-telecon-minutes-3May.doc

11-06-0668-01-000y-3650-3700-mhz-fcc-action.ppt

11-06-0680-01-000y-may-chairs-report.ppt

11-06-0740-00-000y-joint-tgy-rr-tag-may-minutes.doc

11-06-0855-03-000y-Annex-and-J-3650-MHz-band.doc

11-06-0863-02-000y-tgy-june-14th-2006-conference-call-minutes.doc

11-06-0864-04-000y-3650-mhz-mobile-service-enablement.doc

11-06-0867-02-000y-references-mobile-service-enablement.doc

11-06-0873-00-000y-tgy-june-28th-2006-conference-call-minutes.doc

11-06-0922-00-000y-tgy-july-11th-2006-conference-call-minutes.doc

11-06-0955-03-000y-ofdm-phy-3650-mhz-band.doc

11-06-1023-01-000y-proposal-tgy.ppt

11-06-1024-02-000y-tgy-july-chairs-report.ppt

11-06-1120-00-000y-Minutes-from-San-Diego-Plenary-2006.doc

11-06-1374-00-000y-aug15th-and-aug29th-2006-conference-call-minutes.doc

11-06-1427-00-000y-sept12th-2006-conference-call-minutes.doc

11-06-1432-01-000y-extended-channel-switch-announement-normative-text.doc

11-06-1433-00-000y-extended-channel-switch-announement-presentation.ppt

11-06-1466-01-000y-tgy-September-chairs-report.ppt (from Melbourne Interim)

11-06-1536-00-000y-proprosed-draft-revision.doc

11-06-1537-00-000y-melbourne-minutes-september.doc

11-06-1561-00-000y-tgy-sept-26th-2006-conference-call-minutes.doc

11-06-1609-04-000y-tgy-internal-review-comment-submissions.xls

11-06-1830-00-000y-dse-in-licensed-band-operations.doc

11-06-1675-02-000y-tgy-November-chairs-report-ppt.ppt (from Dallas Plenary)

11-06-1865-00-000y-tgy-brief-intro-to-tgy.doc

11-06-1871-00-000y-TGy-2006-Dallas-Plenary-Minutes.doc (this document)

IEEE 802.16 Drafts (in IEEE Member Area)

Annex h of dot 16 Draft: IEEE 802.16h-06/004

dot 16h Reference Docs: (from dot16.org)

C80216h-06_108r3.doc

C80216h-06_121r1.ppt

S80216h-06_117.pdf

C80216h-06_122.ppt

C80216h-06_074r2.pdf

Acronyms/Abbreviations:

DEIdependent enablement identifier

DSEdependent station enablement

UCP uncoordinated coexistence protocol

ECSA extended channel switch announcement

Submissionpage 1Dan Lubar, RelayServices