November, 1999 IEEE P802.15-99128r0

IEEE P802.15

Wireless Personal Area Networks

Project / IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Title / SG Coexistence Tentative Meeting Minutes
Date Submitted / [11 November, 1999]
Source / [Kurt Fischer]
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November 9, 1999

Hyatt Regency Kauai

1571 Poipu Road

Koloa, HI 96756

Meeting called to order by Steve Shellhammer, Chairman at 1:00 p.m.

1.  Reviewed today’s agenda and objectives 99/107r1

Motion to approve agenda

1st Kevin Marquess

2nd Ivan Reede

Approved with no objections

SG Monday Report to WG – Shellhammer 99121r0

2.  Overview of the SG - Submission IEEE 802.15-99/088r2 by Steve Shellhammer

Q: Should jitter be a concern? A: Yes (Shellhammer)

Request for submission on the four aspects of the coexistence models at the next interim meeting in Israel.

AP#1: Thomas Baker - Coexistence in BT for 2.0 – Plan for Coordination with SG.

3.  Overview of TG Charter IEEE 802.15-99/119r0

Jim Allen, Kodak has information that would be helpful for a performance degradation profile

Q: Why not make the group a TAG? A: Group may become fragmented (Steve Shellhammer)

4.  Should 802.11 have voting rights on 802.15 issues?

802.15 Charter is to address coexistence – only how we go about it is debatable.

Discussion

Should the Coexistence Group remain as part of 802.15?

Yes: 21_ No: 4_ Abstain: 9

Reason for No Vote:

Recommends a joint task group.

Would like to keep voting rights in both groups.

Passed

5. Discussion on the following:

Should the Coexistence Group become a TAG?

Should Coexistence Group become a joint Task Group?

Idea: If one attends the Coexistence Group then one can get 802.11 attendance credit.

6. Ivan Reede called the question. None objected.

Question: Should the Coexistence Group become a TAG?

Vote:

Yes: _3__ No: _21_ Abstain: _11_

Denied

7. Ivan Reede called the question:

If one attends the Coexistence Group should one receive 802.11 and 802.15 attendance credit?

Vote:

Yes: _31__ No: _0_ Abstain: _2_

8. Call for proposals on how to make things work better together.

Adjourn for 20 minutes

9. Presentation:

PHY model questions and concerns. Number for this submission will be assigned.

Idea to have a web based information database. Ian Gifford will be asked if this is doable. (Kevin Marquess)

Adjourned until tomorrow

November 10, 1999

Meeting resumed at 10:40 a.m.

10. Presentations by David Cypher, NIST

Coexistence, Interoperability, etc.

Problem: our SG definition of coexistence does not require our 802.15 device to operate or perform a task while it is collocated.

Presentation on 802.15-99/114

Presentation on 802.15-99/134

Presentation on 802.15-99/117

11. AP #2: Why did BT SIG determine that 10 was the maximum number of BT piconets in one scatternet?

Meeting adjourned at 12:00

11/11/1999

Meeting resumed at 10:40 a.m.

12. Continuation of discussion on MAC coexistence model (David Cypher)

13. Steve Shellhammer presented list of action points (99141r0) and requested volunteers.

Meeting adjourned at 12:10.

11/9/1999 Attendance List (35):

Jim Allen

Khaled Amer

Rick Alfvin

Yunxin Li

Mike McInnis

Erwin Noble

Dimitri Alexandron

Edul Batliwala

Anand Prasad

Juergen Kochmann

Thomas Baker

Steve Torp

Chatschik Bisdikian

Steve Shellhammer

Kurt Fischer

Ivan Reede Reede

David Cypher

Bob Heile

Tom Siep

Fujio Watanabe

Akira Miura

Kevin Marquess

John Paul Jones

Richard Wilson

Caldwell Crosswy

William Bailey

Michael Paczonay

Tim Blaney

Victor Bahl

Jan Boer

Edul Batliwala

Mathew Sherman

Masaki Hoshina

Wen Chiang Chen

Karlheinz Schwarz

11/10/99 Additions (8):

Ivan Reede

Tudor Cooklev

Ian Gifford

Richard Wilson

Akira Miura

Rajesh Jarang

Allen Heberling

Richard Eckard

11/11/1999 Additions (6):

Bruce Kraemer

Tudor Cooklev

Bob Heile

Akira Miura

Anand Prasad

Rick Alfvin

Santa Rosa Attendance List (19):

Mike McInnis

Dimitri Alexandron

Chatschik Bisdikian

Steve Shellhammer

Kurt Fischer

David Cypher

Bob Heile

Tom Siep

Fujio Watanabe

Kevin Marquess

Richard Wilson

Caldwell Crosswy

Michael Paczonay

Ian Gifford

Rajesh Jarang

Allen Heberling

Richard Eckard

Nada Golmie

Dan McGlynn

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