IEEE P802.11 - PAD STUDY GROUP - MEETING UPDATE
Status of IEEE 802.11 PAD Study Group
Pre-Association Discovery (PAD)
Stephen McCann, Chair
Dwight Smith, Recording Secretary
November 2012
Main documents
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Current status
- Agreed on task group name IEEE 802.11aq
- Worked on comments from IEEE 802.21 and NesCom on PAR and 5 Criteria documents:
- Generated a liaison (11-12-1389r0) to Wi-Fi Alliance sharing the PAR document; pending approval by EC & NesCom
- Updated use case & requirements doc (11-12-1416r0)
- Minutes
- Teleconferences
January 2013 plans
- Call for Presentations
- Draft Timeline
- Officer Elections
Page Contents
- Background
- Goals
- January 2012
- March 2012
- May 2012
- July 2012
- September 2012
- November 2012
Background
Pre-Association Discovery is a study group within the IEEE 802.11 working group that
will address the problem of how a Station - STA (e.g. a Mobile Device) discovers the availability of services
within the network to which another STA (e.g. an Access Point) is connected.
During the July 2012 meeting, the group decided to change its name from Infrastructure Service Discovery (ISD)
to Pre-Association Discovery (PAD).
Goals
The goal of this IEEE 802.11 study group is to produce an amendment to the IEEE 802.11 standard to allow
a common approach to allow IEEE 802.11 STAs to discover services within external networks in a generic
and standardized manner.
It is felt that this will not only help users within home, enterprise and public
access markets, but also assist manufacturers and operators to provide common
components and services for IEEE 802.11 customers.
September 2012
Main documents
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Current status
- Agreed on possible task group name IEEE 802.11aq
- Continued discussion on scope, resulting in the following documents:
- Considered a liaison to Wi-Fi Alliance sharing the PAR document; decided to postpone until November 2012.
- Minutes
- Teleconferences
November 2012 plans
- Resolution of IEEE 802 comments on PAR and 5C documents
- Initial Group Presentations
July 2012
Main documents
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Current status
- The Study Group changed its name to Pre-Association Discovery (PAD)
- Several presentations on use cases and requirements
- Extensive discussion on scope, resulting in a draft scope suitable for a PAR.
- Minutes
- Teleconferences
September 2012 plans
- Editing of the PAR and 5C documents
May 2012
Main documents
Thank you to Dwight Smith for helping out as Secretary this week
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Current status
- Several presentations on use cases and requirements
- Extensive discussion on scope, although no final agreement was met.
- Liaison to Wi-Fi Alliance: 11-12-0710r1
- Minutes: 11-12-0670r0
- Teleconferences
- Thursday 28th June 2012, 11:00 ET, 1 hour
- Thursday 5th July 2012, 11:00 ET, 1 hour
July 2012 plans
- Update use case & requirements document (11-12-0433r2)
- Work on PAR and 5C documents
March 2012
Main documents
Thank you to Dwight Smith for helping out as Secretary this week
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Current status
- Two presentations on use cases:
- 11-12-0346-00-0isd-wlan-and-cellular-interworking-and-discovery-use-case.pptx
- 11-12-0394-00-0isd-isd-use-cases-and-requirements.ppt
- Extensive discussion on scope, although no final agreement was met.
- Teleconferences
- Tuesday 17th April 2012, 10:00 ET, 1 hour
May 2012 plans
- Finalise scope for the SG
- Update use cases and requirements document (11-12-0433r1)
- Start on the PAR and 5C documents
January 2012
Main documents
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Current status
- Two presentations on use cases:
- 11-12-0084-00-0isd-use-cases.ppt
- 11-12-0144-00-0isd-isd-use-cases.ppt
- Extensive discussion on scope, although no final agreement was met.
- Generated a liaison to the Wi-Fi Alliance requesting a copy of the Wi-Fi Direct training slides
- Teleconferences
- Friday 17th February 2012, 11:00 ET, 1 hour
March 2012 plans
- Decide on scope for the SG
- Produce a Requirements document
- Start on the PAR and 5C documents
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