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[802.3_DIALOG] July PARs from other WGs



Colleagues:

 

Below are some comments on July PARs from other WGs.  I find it strange that I only found anything to comment on with the P802.11bf PAR (and not its CSD), so additional review from others will be very appreciated.  The ad hoc to generate comments from 802.3 is July 1 (call information on the 802.3 calendar).  Dialog reflector discussion in advance will be good.

 

—Bob

 
 

P802.1ASdn – Amendment: YANG Data Model

PAR:  http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2020/dn-draft-PAR-0520-v01.pdf

 CSD:  http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2020/dn-draft-CSD-0520-v01.pdf

 

 

P802.11ax – Amendment:High Efficiency WLAN
PAR extension: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/20/11-20-0558-00-00ax-p802-11ax-par-extension-request.pdf

 

No comment.

 

P802.11ba – Amendment: Low-power wake-up radio operation
PAR extension: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/20/11-20-0555-00-00ba-tgba-par-extension-request.pdf

No comment.

P802.11bf Wireless Local Area Sensing (SENS) PAR and CSD :

PAR: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/19/11-19-2103-09-SENS-802-11-sens-sg-proposed-par.docx

 

General — This Word version of the PAR form is not current.  There are many differences including no IEEE SA logo, heading title changes, subsection numbering added, deletion of phone numbers, the beginning boilerplate, changing Sponsor ballot to SA Ballot, etc.  These kind of errors are not made, and content is more likely to be correct if the PAR is drafted on myProject and exported for review.

 

5.2b      Scope of the Project — The bulleted items in the amendment project scope do not seem to be within the scope of IEEE Std 802.11.  Much of the functionality described in the bullets appears to be above the MAC.  If the SENS functions though are enabled only by MAC changes and or enhancements to the MAC service interface, that should be made more clear, especially because the supporting documentation indicates the possibility of work on applications..  So, if the amendment will be specifying things above the MAC, those types of specifications are not within the scope of IEEE Std 802.11.

 

5.3  Completion dependent on completion of another standard (contingent is used instead of dependent on current PAR form) — The response does not provide an answer to the question it simply lists current projects.  (Please note P802.11md is not an IEEE SA project and someone searching on myProject will be unable to find it (8.1 provides little additional clarity).  The revision PAR number is P802.11.)   While it is likely that the project is contingent on P802.11 because of the three year / three amendment rule, it is not clear if the listed amendments are to be amendments to IEEE Std 802.11-2016 or if they could be amendments to IEEE Std 802.11-20xx.  If the listed amendments are to be incorporated into IEEE Std 802.11-20xx, they are not contingencies for this project, only the P802.11 revision need be listed.  If it is still uncertain which amendments will be to 2016 and which to 20xx, that should be indicated in an additional sentence in the explanation.

 

5.5 Need — The first phrase reads like a tautology.  Is it correct that the standardized WLAN sensing capabilities to be specified will provide a framework for the innovation described later in the sentence. The phrase also indicates “Technology enhancements … are needed”, so, the phrase doesn’t address why a standard project is needed.  The rest of the sentence doesn’t fall into the purpose of a standard (a standard specifies interoperability for functionalities, not a roadmap for technology development).  Would it be correct if the second sentence described the WLAN sensing project as extending proximity sensing, gesture recognition, etc. of WLAN capable devices to other WLAN connected devices that will use those remote sensing capabilities?  The current second sentence more clearly talks about applications that reside above the MAC and therefore are outside the scope of IEEE Std 802.11.

 

8.1 Additional explanatory notes — The list of current drafts is not sufficient to provide the context needed for 5.3, and the draft numbers will quickly become superseded (if they haven’t already been).  The PAR is part of SA ballot and therefore content should still be relevant at that time.

 

CSD: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/20/11-20-0042-04-SENS-sens-sg-proposed-csd-draft.docx 
Explanatory background material, from formation of the WLAN Sensing Study Group: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/19/11-19-1626-01-0wng-802-11-sensing-applications-feasibility-standardization.pptx

No comments.

 

 


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