IEEE P802.11 - TASK GROUP D - MEETING UPDATE:

Status of Project IEEE 802.11d

Extensions to Operate in Additional Regulatory Domains

 

IEEE SA Standards Board Approves 802.11D as a Standard (June 2001)

During the meeting of the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board, 802.11d/D3.1 was approved as an amendment to the 802.11 standard.

Sponsor Recirculation Ballot Approves 802.11d/D3.1 (May 2001)

The recirculation of draft 3.1 of 802.11d (802.11d-D3.1-Pkg.pdf) has been completed.  The draft was unanimously approved.  As a result, the draft has been placed on the IEEE Standards Association Review Committee agenda for their June meeting to be approved as an IEEE standard.

Sponsor Recirculation Ballot Begins (April 2001)

The recirculation of draft 3.1 of 802.11d (802.11d-D3.1-Pkg.pdf) to the sponsor balloting group has begun.  Changes made to draft 2.0 are marked in the new draft included in the recirculation package.

Resolution of Comments from Sponsor Ballot (March 2001)

Task Group d met to resolve the comments received as a result of the successful Sponsor Ballot that concluded on 1 March 2001.  The draft standard was approved by the sponsor group by a vote of 38 approve, 3 disapprove, and 1 abstain.  After resolving 32 technical and 23 editorial comments, the resolutions and new draft was circulated among the disapproving voters.  Happily, all of the disapprove voters determined that their concerns with the draft had been addressed and have changed their votes to approve.  The new draft, 802.11d/D3, will be sent for a default sponsor recirculation ballot.  Upon successful completion of the recirculation ballot, the draft has been conditionally approved by the 802 Executive Committee to be forwarded to the IEEE Standards Board Review Committee for approval as a new IEEE standard.  Should there be technical comments as a result of the recirculation ballot, Task Group d will meet during the May interim meeting in Orlando for the purpose of resolving them.

Sponsor Ballot to Start (January 2001)

There were no meetings of Task Group d at the January 802.11 interim meeting.  Between the September and January meetings, IEEE invited participants to the 802.11d Sponsor Ballot.  In early January, the invitation period concluded and the sponsor ballot pool was certified.  The sponsor ballot will be conducted electronically, beginning in the very near future.  It is expected that the sponsor ballot will conclude in time to process any comments made on the draft during the March 2001 meeting.  If necessary, a recirculation ballot may be conducted after the March meeting.

Completion of the Working Group Ballot (September 2000)

The latest working group letter ballot has concluded with unanimous support. The remaining voters that had voted to disapprove the draft have all reviewed Draft 2.0 (available in PDF in the members private area) and have changed their votes to approve.  The  IEEE standards office will be soliciting members of the sponsor ballot pool for the purpose of conducting an electronic sponsor ballot.  It is not anticipated that the process of forming the sponsor ballot pool and the conduct of the ballot itself will conclude in time to begin comment processing at the November plenary in Tampa.  Task Group d had no business to conduct and did not meet during the September meeting.

Finalization of Resolutions to the Latest Working Group Ballot (July 2000)

Task Group d met in La Jolla to resolve comments received in response to the most recent working group letter ballot (Letter Ballot #22) requesting the approval of the current draft of the proposed supplement to the 802.11 standard.  The balloted draft, 802.11d Draft 1.9, was unanimously approved, though there are six disapprove votes carried forward from earlier ballots.  There were 28 editorial comments received.  25 of these comments were resolved by adopting the commenter's suggestions, 2 comment were withdrawn by the commenter, and 1 comment was a question that the task group answered to the commenter's satisfaction.  Document 00/221 contains the collected comments and their resolutions.  The new draft of the supplement (802.11d Draft 2, working group members only) was approved by the working group to be forwarded to the 802 Executive Committee and sent out for a Sponsor Group letter ballot.

Task Group d plans to resolve any comments received as a result of the Sponsor Ballot at the September 18-22, 2000 meeting in Scottsdale, AZ.

Resolution of Working Group Letter Ballot Comments (May 2000)

Task Group d met in Seattle to resolve comments received in response to the most recent working group letter ballot requesting the approval of the current draft of the proposed supplement to the 802.11 standard.  The majority of the comments addressed editorial issues in the draft.  The commenter's suggested resolutions for these comments were accepted and incorporated into the new version of the draft.  There were also several technical comments received.  These comments were resolved to the satisfaction of the task group and the changes were also incorporated into the new version of the draft.  Document 00/111 contains the collected comments and their resolutions.  The new draft of the supplement (802.11d/D1.9) will be sent out to the working group for a default recirculation ballot to ask for approval to send it to a sponsor ballot after the July meeting.  Both the document containing the comments and their resolutions, as well as, the new draft may be found in the documents section of the web site.

Task Group d plans to resolve any comments received during the recirculation ballot at the July 10 - 14, 2000 meeting in La Jolla, CA and forward the draft for a sponsor ballot.

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