IEEE P802.11 - TASK GROUP M - MEETING UPDATE:
Status
of TGmc
TG
officers:
Chair: Dorothy Stanley (Aruba Networks)
Vice Chairs: Mark Hamilton (SpectraLink),
and Jon Rosdahl (CSR); Jon serves as secretary
Editor: Adrian Stephens (Intel)
March
2014
TGmc met in Los Angeles in March
2014 – 6 time blocks.
- The TG continued processing comments
received in the recent Initial Recirculation Letter Ballot (LB199):
–
497 comments
–
Resolutions to approximately 450 comments
approved, 50 at this meeting
–
Topics: corrections and clarifications, data
plane architecture, default TXOP limit values,
fine timing measurement and location, discussion on comments related to 11b
status.
–
Updated the schedule milestones; completion
changed from September 2015 to December 2015
- Teleconferences
will be held to continue comment resolution: April 4, 11, May 2 2014 at 10am Eastern.
- The next
schedule milestone is May 2014 for the second Recirculation LB on P802.11REVmc D3.0,
which will include roll-in of both the 11ac and 11af published amendments.
- P802.11REVmc
D2.0 is available for purchase in the IEEE store.
Output documents:
Minutes will be posted here: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/documents?is_dcn=DCN%2C%20Title%2C%20Author%20or%20Affiliation&is_group=000m
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
February
and March teleconference minutes
Comment documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
ISO
Comments
The goal for the May 2014 meeting is to complete comment
resolution to comments
received on LB199 on P802.11REVmc D2.0
and to approve a recirculation letter ballot on D3.0.
January
2014
TGmc met in Los Angeles in January
2014 – 7 time blocks.
- The TG continued processing comments
received in the recent Initial Recirculation Letter Ballot (LB199):
–
497 comments
–
Resolutions to approximately 300 comments
approved, 100 at this meeting
–
Topics: corrections and clarifications,
duplicate cache processing, data plane architecture,
fine timing measurement and location, discussion on comments related to 11b
status.
–
Approved a liaison
to Wi-Fi Alliance related to market requirements and use cases for DSSS/CCK
(1/2/5.5/11 Mb/s) rates
–
Updated the schedule milestones; completion
changed from March 2015 to September 2015
- Teleconferences
will be held to continue comment resolution: February 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014
at 10am Eastern.
- The
next schedule milestone is March 2014 for the second Recirculation LB on P802.11REVmc D3.0,
which will include roll-in of the 11ac published amendment.
- P802.11REVmc
D2.0 is available for purchase in the IEEE store.
- The approved
resolutions to the ISO comments received on IEEE Std
802.11™-2012 have
been liaised by IEEE 802 to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC6 WG1.
Output documents:
Minutes will be posted here: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/documents?is_dcn=DCN%2C%20Title%2C%20Author%20or%20Affiliation&is_group=000m
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
Dec
2013 – Jan 2014 Teleconference minutes
Comment documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
ISO
Comments
The goal for the March 2014 meeting is to continue and
ideally complete comment resolution to comments
received on LB199 on P802.11REVmc D2.0.
November
2013
TGmc met in Dallas in November
2013 – 7 time blocks.
- The TG began processing comments
received in the recent Initial Recirculation Letter Ballot (LB199):
–
497 comments
–
Resolutions to approximately 180 comments
approved
–
Topics: minor corrections and clarifications,
both editorial and technical,
Dual CTS/Beacon deprecation, Phased Coexistence Operation marked as obsolete,
debate (no decision) on comments related to 11b status.
- Teleconferences
will be held to continue comment resolution: December 6, 13, 20, 2013 and
Jan 10, 17, 2014 at 10am Eastern.
- The
next schedule milestone is March 2014 for the second Recirculation LB on P802.11REVmc D3.0, which will include
roll-in
of the 11ac published amendment.
- P802.11REVmc
D2.0 is available for purchase in the IEEE store.
- The approved
resolutions to the ISO comments received on IEEE Std
802.11™-2012 will
be liaised by IEEE 802 to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC6 WG1.
Output documents:
Minutes
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
Comment documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
ISO
Comments
The primary goal for the January 2014 meeting is to continue
comment resolution to comments
received on LB199 on P802.11REVmc D2.0.
September
2013
TGmc met in Nanjing in September
2013 – 7 time blocks.
- The TG completed processing comments
received in the recent Initial Letter Ballot (LB193)
and approved proceeding to recirculation letter ballot on P802.11REVmc
D2.0. The ballot is expected
to open by October 4th and will remain open for 20 days.
- 801 comments (713 LB, 88
remaining 2012 Call for comments)
- Also approved remaining
comment from ISO.
- Teleconferences
will be held to review the schedule and available presentations: October
11, November 1, 8 at 10am Eastern.
- P802.11REVmc
D2.0 will be put in the IEEE store pending completion of a successful
recirculation ballot.
Output documents:
Minutes
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
Comment documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
ISO
Comments
The primary goals for the November 2013 meeting are to begin
comment resolution to comments
received on the recirculation Working Group Letter Ballot on P802.11REVmc D2.0.
July
2013
TGmc met in Geneva in July 2013 –
7 time blocks.
- The TG continued processing comments
received in the recent Initial Letter Ballot (LB193).
- 801 comments (713 LB, 88
remaining 2012 Call for comments)
- Approved resolutions to
140 comments; 210 comments remain to be resolved.
- Teleconferences
will be held to continue comment resolution: August 16, 30 and September 6
at 10am Eastern.
Output documents:
Minutes
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
Comment documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
ISO
Comments
The primary goals for the September 2013 meeting are to
complete comment resolution to comments
received on the initial Working Group Letter Ballot, and to approve a Working
Group letter ballot on TGmc D2.0.
May 2013
TGmc met in Waikoloa in May 2013 –
8 time blocks.
- The TG continued processing comments
received in the recent Initial Letter Ballot (LB193).
- 801 comments (713 LB, 88
remaining 2012 Call for comments)
- Approved resolutions to
108 comments; 347 comments remain to be resolved.
- Teleconferences
will be held to continue comment resolution: May 24, June 7 and 21 at 10am Eastern.
Output documents:
Minutes
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
Comment documents:
Letter
Ballot Comments
ISO
Comments
The primary goal for the July 2013 meeting is to resolve
comments
received on the initial Working Group Letter Ballot.
March
2013
Task Group m (TGmc) met in Orlando
in March 2013 – 7 time blocks.
- The TG continued processing comments received
in the recent Initial Letter Ballot (LB193).
- 801 comments (713 LB, 88
remaining 2012 Call for comments)
- Approved resolutions to
approximately 350 comments
- Teleconferences
will be held to continue comment resolution: April 5, 12, 19, 26 10am Eastern.
Output documents:
Minutes
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
The primary goal for the May 2013 meeting is to resolve
comments
received on the initial TGmc D1.0 Working Group
Letter Ballot.
January
2013
Task Group m (TGmc) met in
Vancouver, Canada in January 2013 – 9 time blocks.
- The TG continued processing comments
received in recent Call for Comments on IEEE Std
802.11™-2012.
- 372 comments (106
editorial)
b.
284 comments are resolved; 88 remain and will be
submitted to the first TGmc letter ballot.
- The
editor has produced drafts that incorporate IEEE STD 802.11aa™-2012 and
IEEE STD 802.11ae™-2012, in
addition to incorporating comments approved to date.
- TGmc and the IEEE 802.11 Working Group approved an
initial working group letter ballot on TGmc
D1.0.
- Teleconferences
will be held to continue comment resolution of comments received in the
July 2012 call for comments.
Output documents:
Minutes
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
The primary goal for the March 2013 meeting is to resolve
comments
received on the initial TGmc D1.0 Working Group
Letter Ballot.
November
2012
Task Group m (TGmc) met in San
Antonio, Texas in November 2012 – 5 time blocks.
1.
The TG
continued processing comments received in recent Call for Comments on IEEE Std 802.11™-2012.
a. 372
comments (106 editorial)
b.
Approximately 150 comments resolved; ~220 remain
2.
The editor has produced drafts that incorporate
IEEE STD 802.11aa™-2012 and IEEE STD 802.11ae™-2012, in
addition to incorporating comments approved to date.
3.
Teleconferences will be held to continue comment
resolution.
Output documents:
Minutes
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
The primary goal for the January 2013 meeting is to continue
resolution of comments received in the recent call for comments, and
to progress towards the initial TGmc D1.0 Working
Group Letter Ballot.
September
2012
Task Group m (TGmc) met in Indian
Wells, CA in September 2012 – 3 time blocks.
1.
Officer elections were held, and the following
officers elected:
a. Chair
Dorothy Stanley (Aruba Networks)
b. Vice
Chairs: Mark Hamilton (Polycom), and Jon Rosdahl (CSR); Jon will serve as
secretary
c. Editor:
Adrian Stephens (Intel)
- An initial timeline was developed.
- The TG began processing comments
received in recent Call for Comments on IEEE Std
802.11™-2012.
- 372 comments (106 editorial)
- The
editor has produced drafts that incorporate IEEE STD 802.11aa™-2012 and
IEEE STD 802.11ae™-2012.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-12/1144r0
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
The primary goal for the November 2012 meeting is to
continue
resolution of comments received in the recent call for comments.
November
2011, January 2012, March 2012, May 2012, July 2012
Task Group m (TGm) did not meet.
At the July 2012 meeting the IEEE 802.11 WG approved a call
for comments
on IEEE Std 802.11™-2012.
The TGm(c) revision PAR was
approved by the WG at the May 2012 meeting,
approved by the 802.11 EC at the July 2012 meeting, and approved by NesCom/SASB
29-20 August 2012. See https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/12/11-12-0594-02-0000-revision-par-proposal-for-802-11-2012.doc
.
IEEE Std 802.11™-2012 was approved
by RevCom 23 January 2012, subsequently
approved by the IEEE Standards Board, and published 29 March 2012.
September
2011
Task Group m (TGm) met in Okinawa
in September 2011.
1. The fourth recirculation Sponsor Ballot on D10.0 closed on September 7th.
Comments are available here:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-1284-13-000m-revmb-sponsor-ballot-comments.xls
.
2. The Task Group, operating as the
Comment Resolution Committee, completed comment
resolution on the received comments.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following areas: mesh
functionality clarification
and enhancements.
Output documents:
Minutes
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
The primary goal for the November 2011 meeting is to
complete
resolution of any comments received on recirculation Sponsor Ballot
and obtain IEEE 802 Executive Committee approval to advance the draft for
ratification.
July
2011
Task Group m (TGm) met in San
Francisco in July 2011.
1. The third recirculation Sponsor Ballot on D9.0 closed on June 22th . Comments are available here:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-1284-12-000m-revmb-sponsor-ballot-comments.xls
.
2. The Task Group, operating as the
Comment Resolution Committee, completed comment
resolution on the received comments.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following areas:
undetected duplicate detection
processing, MIB updates, and introduction of Time priority management frames,
which are transmitted outside of the normal MAC queuing process.
Output documents:
Minutes
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
The primary goal for the upcoming September 2011 meeting is
to complete
resolution of comments received on the fourth recirculation Sponsor Ballot.
May 2011
Task Group m (TGm) met in Palm
Springs in May 2011.
1. The second recirculation Sponsor Ballot on D8.0 closed on April 14th.
Comments are available here:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-1284-07-000m-revmb-sponsor-ballot-comments.xls
.
2. The Task Group, operating as the
Comment Resolution Committee, completed comment
resolution on the received comments.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following areas: MLME
definitions,
Wireless Interworking (11u) and Wireless Network Management (11v) roll-in
edits.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-11/0627r0
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
The primary goal for the upcoming July 2011 meeting is to
complete
resolution of comments received on the third recirculation Sponsor Ballot.
March
2011
Task Group m (TGm) met in
Singapore in March 2011.
1. The initial recirculation Sponsor Ballot on D7.0 closed on February 18th.
Comments are available here:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-1284-05-000m-revmb-sponsor-ballot-comments.xls
.
2. The Task Group, operating as the
Comment Resolution Committee, completed comment
resolution on the received comments.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following areas: MLME
definitions, TDLS (11z),
Wireless Interworking (11u) and Wireless Network Management (11v) roll-in
edits.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-11/0381r0
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
The primary goal for the upcoming May 2011 meeting is to
complete
comment resolution of second recirculation Sponsor Ballot comments.
January
2011
Task Group m (TGm) met in Los
Angeles, California in January 2011.
1. The initial Sponsor Ballot on D6.0 closed on November 5th.
Comments are available here:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-1284-02-000m-revmb-sponsor-ballot-comments.xls
.
2. The Task Group, operating as the
Comment Resolution Committee, completed comment
resolution on the received comments.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following areas: spectrum
mask alignment
and TDLS roll-in edits.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-11/0074r0
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
The primary goal for the upcoming March 2011 meeting is to
begin
comment resolution of initial recirculation Sponsor Ballot comments.
November
2010
Task Group m (TGm) met in Dallas,
Texas in November 2010.
1. The initial Sponsor Ballot on D6.0 closed on November 5th. Comments are available here:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-1284-00-000m-revmb-sponsor-ballot-comments.xls .
2. The Task Group, operating as the
Comment Resolution Committee, began comment
resolution on received comments.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following major areas:
State machine description
updates and transmit spectral mask changes.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-10/1311r0
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
The primary goal for the upcoming January 2011 meeting is to
complete
comment resolution of initial Sponsor Ballot comments.
September
2010
Task Group m (TGm) met in
Waikoloa, Hawaii in September 2010.
1. LB167 status. TGm has resolved all of the
outstanding comments from LB 167 on P802.11REVmb
D5.0.
The terms
of conditional approval to proceed to Sponsor Ballot have been met.
2. IEEE SA staff performed MEC on
P802.11REVmb D5.0, and indicated one mandatory change to be made prior to
Sponsor Ballot (see MEC
comment). P802.11REVmb D6.0, which includes this change, will be submitted
to Sponsor Ballot.
3. Major technical presentations focused on the following major areas: (a)
Key Descriptor Usage.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-10/1111r0
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
The primary goal for the upcoming November meeting is
comment resolution of initial Sponsor Ballot comments.
July
2010
Task Group m (TGm) met in San
Diego, California in July 2010.
1. LB163 status. TGm has resolved all of the
outstanding comments from LB 163, and requested a recirculation ballot, along
with conditional approval to proceed to Sponsor Ballot.
2. Major technical presentations focused on the following major areas: (a)
Resolution of comments on clause 11.3, (b) Block Ack
policy, and
(c) Key Descriptor Usage.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-10/0830r0
Agenda
and Motions
Closing
Report
May 2010
Task Group m (TGm) met in Beijing,
China in May 2010.
1. LB162 status. TGm has resolved all of the outstanding
comments from LB 162, and requested a recirculation ballot.
2. Major technical presentations focused on the following major areas: (a)
Resolution of comments on clause 11.3, (b) action frame field clarifications,
and
(c) a proposed location format addition
3. The elected Task Group officers are
–
Chair: Dorothy Stanley
–
Vice-Chair: Michael Montemurro
–
Secretary: Jon Rosdahl
–
Editor: Adrian Stephens
The TG acknowledges and thanks Matthew Gast for his
leadership to this point.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0629r0
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March
2010
Task Group m (TGm) met in Orlando,
Florida in March 2010.
1. LB160 status. TGm has resolved all of the
outstanding comments from LB 160, and requested a recirculation ballot. The
balloted draft also incorporates 802.11-2009.
2. Major technical presentations focused on the following major areas: (a)
Resolution of comments on clause 11.3, (b) a technical presentation to separate
regulatory behavior from the normative specification of IEEE Std 802.11, and (c) clarification to key caching.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0348r0
January
2010
Task Group m (TGm) met in Los
Angeles, California in January 2010.
1. LB160 status. TGm has resolved 142 of the 246
comments received in LB160.
2. Availability of Draft 2.01. 802.11n-2009 has been incorporated into the
REVmb draft, and will be reviewed following the
meeting.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0075r0
November
2009
Task Group m (TGm) met in Atlanta,
Georgia in November 2009.
1. LB149 status. TGm resolved all outstanding
comments received from LB149.
2. Recirculation ballot. TGm approved a
recirculation ballot for Draft 2.0, which incorporates the 802.11w-2009
amendment and resolutions to comments received from LB149. The recirculation
ballot will begin as soon as the draft is ready, and will end on January 8.
3. 802.11n-2009 status. During the recirculation ballot, the TGm editorial team will be incorporating the approved
802.11n-2009 amendment into the revision draft.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/1190r0
>
September
2009
Task Group m (TGm) met in
Waikoloa, Hawaii in September 2009.
1. LB149 status. TGm has approved comment
resolutions for 518 comments received in LB149, and has 187 remaining comments
to resolve.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/1010r0
>
July
2009
Task Group m (TGm) met in San
Francisco, California in July 2009.
1. Adopted process for handling comments from LB149
2. Adopted process for deprecating features in IEEE Std
802.11
3. Addressed issues requiring editorial coordination with other 802.11
task groups
4. Approved resolutions for 13 comments received from LB149
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0777r0
May 2009
Task Group m (TGm) met in
Montreal, Quebec in May 2009.
1. Initial letter ballot. TGm completed comment
processing, produced an initial draft, and voted to send the initial revision
draft to letter ballot.
2. Interpretation request. TGm processed one
interpretation request regarding power saving functionality.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0564r0
Interpretation response - 11-09/0531r0
Mar 2009
Task Group m (TGm) met in Vancouver,
British Columbia in March 2009.
1. Officers. Adrian Stephens was elected as technical editor.
2. Plan of record. With a technical editor, a new plan of record was
adopted. The first draft for letter ballot is expected in May 2009, with the
completion of the project by March 2011.
3. Call for comments. Further processing of comments received in November
2008 continued.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0325r0
Current issues list - 11-08/1127r13
Jan 2009
Task Group m (TGm) met in Los
Angeles, California in January 2009.
1. Officers. There were no volunteers to serve as technical editor. As a
result, TGmb revised its plan of record to state that
no milestones are defined. The task group estimates that a revision will take
approximately 24 months after the appointment of a technical editor.
2. One interpretation request on the sample frame encoding and FCS in
Annex G was processed.
3. 45 additional comments from the call for comments were processed. In
total 73 out of 104 comments have been processed.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-09/0095r0
Interpretation response - 11-09/0042r0
Current issues list - 11-08/1127r12
Nov 2008
Task Group m (TGm) met in Dallas,
Texas in November 2008.
1. Officer election. Matthew Gast (Trapeze Networks) was elected
Chair, and Jon Rosdahl (CSR) was elected Secretary.
2. One interpretation request on DLS setup was processed.
3. Due to comments received on the PAR, a revised PAR was approved for
submission to the IEEE 802 EC.
4. The task group had requested input from the working group on issues
that should be addressed in the next revisions for the 802.11 standard.
The deadline for new inputs closed on
November 10, with 104 comments received.
The group began processing received
comments.
5. There was no change to the plan of record.
Output documents:
Minutes - 11-08/1363r0
Interpretation response - 11-08/1366r0
Current issues list - 11-08/1127r7
Sept
2008
Task Group m (TGm) met in Waikaloa, HI, at the Waikaloa
Hilton Hotel. We had 2 time blocks.
Some of the Task Group officers remain open -- Jon Rosdahl
(CSR) continues as Chair Pro Tem, and Mike Montemurro (RIM) was elected
Vice Chair.
A PAR Revision was created and approved for submission for
approval by 802 EC.
Goals for Sept.
- Elect TG
Officers
- Process new
interpretation requests
- Review Plan of Record
and Timeline status
- Review and process
work items for maintenance/revision of the Standard
- Planning for Nov 2008
plenary session
1. Elect TG Officers: Mike Montemurro (RIM) was elected as
Vice Chair
2. No Interpretation Requests were received
3. No change to Plan of Record
4. Issues were added to issues tracking document. Call for Input reissued
on Sept. 10, 2008.
5. Goals for Nov:
o Missing
TG Officers Election/appointment
o Process
new interpretation requests
o Review
and process work items for maintenance/revision of the Standard
o Listen
to presentations on proposed changes to new revision (Need to have 4-6 slot
times)
o Respond
to any EC comments on PAR modification.
o
Planning for Jan 2009 Interim session
Output Documents:
11-08-10375-00-000m-TGmb Agenda and
Report Sept 2008
11-08-0917-01-000m-TGmb comment
template
11-08-1114-00-000m-September 2008
interim meeting minutes (Kona, Hawai'i)
11-08-1149-01-0000-Revision-Par-Proposal-802-11-2007
11-08-1127-02-000m-TGmb Issues List
July
2008
Task Group m (TGm) met in Denver
CO, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. We had two time blocks.
Three interpretation requests were processed.
The Timeline and plan of record was reviewed and a second call for input was
issued on Thursday, July 17, 2008.
Goals for July 2008
o Elect
TG Officers
o
Process new interpretation requests
o
Review and process work items for maintenance/revision of the Standard
o
Planning for Sept 2008 Interim session
3 Interpretation requests were processed:
1. Multiple BSSID and proper
spacing
2. Section 7.3.1.17 -- Max SP Length subfield of the QoS
Info Field question
3. Section 7.3.2.20 -- Minimum PHY Rate field of the TSPEC IE question
Goals for Sept.
o Elect
TG Officers
o Process
new interpretation requests
o Review
Plan of Record and Timeline status
o
Review and process work items for maintenance/revision of the
Standard
o Planning
for Nov 2008 plenary session
Output Docs:
11-08-0795-00-000m-Agenda and
Reports
11-08-0872-03-000m-minutes July08
11-08-917 TGmb
comment template
11-08-930-00-0000 3 responses
to Interpretation Requests July 2008
May 2008
Task Group m met in Jacksonville, FL at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel. We had one time block and followed the Goals for May:
Goals for May 2008
- Elect a TG
Chair/Secretary/Editor/Issue Tracker
- Process new interpretation
requests
- Review and process work
items for maintenance/revision of the Standard
- Review and revise
Timeline
- Planning for July
2008 plenary session
1. Officer Elections:
Call for Nominations -- no
nominations --
Jon Rosdahl to be Chair Pro Tem
Nominations to be opened
next session again.
2. Interpretation Requests:
·
The Interpretation Request that was processed
was not officially possed to the IEEE, so we will
wait on officially processing the request until it has been proper posted to
the IEEE.
4.
Created TGmb Plan of Record
·
May 2008 – Issue Call for Comment/Input
o
July 2008 – begin process input and old
Interpretation requests
o
Acknowledge previous Task Group referrals
o
Sept 2008 – Start PAR Revision process
o
Nov 2008 – close receipt of new input
o
Nov 2008 – WG/EC approval of PAR Revision
o
Dec 2008 – NesCom/SASB
approval PAR Revision
o
Mar/May 2009 first WG Letter ballot
o
(includes All published Amendments as of
Mar/May 2009)
o
July/Sept 2009 Recirc
start
o
Sept 2009 – Form Sponsor Pool
o
Nov 2009 – Sponsor Ballot Start
o
(Include all published amendments as
of Nov 2009)
o
Mar 2010 – Sponsor Recirc
o
Nov 2010 – WG/EC Final Approval
o
Mar 2011 – RevCom/SASB
Approval
CALL FOR COMMENT/INPUT
TGmb
is requesting Comment/Input on the 802.11-2007 plus approved RevCom amendments.
Input period is from May 2008
until Nov 2008.
Presentations of proposed resolutions
are expected to be posted to IEEE Mentor server, and notification sent to the
802.11m listserv reflector.
Notice was sent out on the
802.11 WG Reflector on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
5.
Goals for July
·
Elect TG Officers
o TGmb Chair
--- TGmb Secretary
o TGmb Editor --- TGmb Comment Tracker
·
Process new interpretation requests
·
Review and process work items for
maintenance/revision of the Standard
·
Planning for Sept 2008 plenary session
Output Docs:
11-08-0588-02-000m-TGmb Agenda and Report
May 2008
11-08-0622-00-000m-minutes-may-2008
March
2008
Task Group m (TGm) met in Orlando at the
Caribe-Royal Resort. The task group held one meeting and focused on completing
the response to a interpretation request Transmit
Power Control (TPC) in reference to EIRP in reference to P802.11-2007 Clause
7.3.2.18.
TBm completed and approved of the items in the
interpretation request and created doc: 08/0375r0 as the approved response by
the working group.
The relavent documents for this session were:
08/0390r0, 08/391r0, and 08/375r0.
Goals for May 2008
1) Process any new incoming interpretation requests
2) Begin outlining requirements for the next revision of the P802.11
standard (including TGr, TGk,
TGn) for target completion by 2011
January
2008
Task Group m (Tgm) did not meet at the January
interim session in Taipei, Taiwan. TGMb will resume
meeting at the March 2008 plenary session in Orlando, Florida. The tentative
goals for the group at the March 2008 session are as follows:
Goals for March 2008
1) Complete interpretation request on the subject of TPC (transmit power
control) in Clause 7.3.2.18
2) Process request on the usage of "shall" in Clause 10.0
3) Process any new interpretations requests from the IEEE
November
2007
Task Group m (Tgm) met in Atlanta at the Hyatt
Regency. The task group held one meeting and focused on completing the response
to a interpretation request on TCLAS Element from
802.11e-2005 in doc: 07/2248r0. Tgmb completed and
approved of the items in the interpretation request and created doc: 07/2248r1.
The relavent documents for this session were:
07/2248r1, 07/2922r0, and 07/2920r0.
Goals for January 2008
1) Process interpretation request on the subject of TPC (transmit power
control) in Clause 7.3.2.18
September
2007
Task Group m (Tgm) did not meet at the September
interim session in Hawaii. TGMb will resume meeting
at the November 2007 plenary session in Atlanta, GA. The tentative goals for
the group at the November 2007 session are as follows:
Goals for November 2007
1) Complete interpretation response on TCLAS Element held over from July
2007
2) Process interpretation request on the subject of TPC (transmit power
control) in Clause 7.3.2.18
3) Process request on the usage of "shall" in Clause 10.0
July 2007
Task Group m (Tgm) met in San Francisco at the
Hyatt Regency. The task group held two meetings and focused on responding to a interpretation request on TCLAS Element from
802.11e-2005. Tgm complete 50% of the items in the
interpretation request. The relavent documents for
this session were: 07/2248r0, 07-2151r0, and 07/2251.
Goals for September 2007
1) Complete interpretation response on TCLAS Element
May 2007
The task group finished its work as TGma the
January 2007 session. Task Group m (Tgm) met in
Montreal, Canada as TGmb. The task group held two
meetings and focus on gathering unresolved comments from the 802.11REV-ma
sponsor ballot that were considered "out-of-scope" of the standard.
In addition the task group started gathering interpretation requests that
resolved around channel numbering. The task group produced a document that
combined the comments and requests that will be resovled
at the next 802.11 session in July 2007.
Goals for July 2007
1) Begin work on resolving (out-of-scope) comments from 802.11REV-maD9.0
2) Resolve interpretation requests from January 2007
January
2007
Task Group m met in London, UK. The task group considered a
request for interpretation of the standard on the subject of an indecipherable
sentence in clause 17. The task group produced a response that was
approved by the 802.11 working group.
The task group also produced a proposal for a PAR for further maintenance of
the standard. This was also approved by the working group and forwarded
for the consideration of the 802 Executive Committee.
Unless the consideration of the 802.11REV-ma draft by the IEEE-SA Standards
Board Review committee does not go well, this is the last report of TGma, as it will be dissolved upon approval of that draft
by the IEEE-SA Standards Board.
November
2006
Task Group m met in Dallas, TX. The result of the fourth
sponsor recirculation ballot on 802.11REV-ma that concluded shortly before the
November 2006 session was successful, meeting the requirements of the LMSC
Executive Committee for conditional forwarding to RevCom.
The editor will produce a clean draft that accepts the marked changes.
The draft and the results of the sponsor balloting process will be submitted to
RevCom for their Early Consideration agenda that
begins after their meeting in December.
The task group also responded to one interpretation request submitted on the
subject of the replay protection mechanism used by the TKIP cipher suite.
The goals for the January 2007 session are:
- •Prepare a PAR for a maintenance task group
- Begin to itemize the issues
to be dealt with during the maintenance of the new standard
- •Process any interpretation requests received
September
2006
Task Group m met in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to
process the comments received from the third sponsor recirculation ballot that
concluded shortly before the September 2006 session. The recirculation
ballot resulted in 41 comments to be addressed. The task group responded
to all of the comments. The working group approved the comment
resolutions. The editor was directed to produce an updated draft. A
third sponsor recirculation ballot will begin shortly after the close of the
session.
The task group also responded to two interpretation requests submitted on
the subjects of unknown values in a received information element and conflict
between clause 9 and annex C on the use of rery
counters.
The goals for the November 2006 session are:
- •Process comments received from fourth sponsor
recirculation ballot, if necessary
- •Submit report to 802 EC for forwarding to RevCom
- •Process any interpretation requests received
July
2006
Task Group m met in San Diego, California to process the comments
received from the second sponsor recirculation ballot that concluded
immediately before the July 2006 session. The recirculation ballot
resulted in 90 comments to be addressed. The task group responded to all
of the comments. The working group approved the comment
resolutions. A third sponsor recirculation ballot will begin shortly
after the close of the session.
The task group also responded to an interpretation request submitted on the
subject of RTS/CTS usage during interrupted fragment bursts.
The goals for the September 2006 session are:
- Process the comments
received from the third sponsor recirculation ballot
- Create a new draft and send
it to a fourth sponsor recirculation ballot, if necessary
- Forward the draft to RevCom for approval, if possible
- Process any interpretation
requests received
May 2006
Task Group m met in Jacksonville, Florida to process the
comments received from the first sponsor recirculation ballot that concluded
immediately before the May 2006 session. The recirculation ballot
resulted in 156 comments to be addressed. The task group responded to all
of the comments. The working group approved the comment
resolutions. A second sponsor recirculation ballot will begin shortly
after the close of the session.
The goals for the July 2006 session are:
- Process the comments
received from the second sponsor recirculation ballot
- Create a new draft and send
it to a third sponsor recirculation ballot, if necessary
- Forward the draft to RevCom for approval, if possible
- Process any interpretation
requests received
March
2006
Task Group m met in Denver, Colorado to complete processing
the comments received from the sponsor ballot that concluded after the November
2005 session. The task group responded to all of the remaining
comments The working group approved the comment resolutions. A
sponsor recirculation ballot will begin shortly after the close of the session.
The goals for the May 2006 session are:
- Process the comments received
from the sponsor recirculation ballot
- Create a new draft and send
it to a second sponsor recirculation ballot
- Process any interpretation
requests received
January
2006
Task Group m met in beautiful Waikoloa, Hawai'i to process
the comments received from the sponsor ballot that concluded after the November
2005 session. Nearly all of the technical comments were discussed and
resolutions adopted. Completion of the comment processing is expected in
the March 2006 session, with a sponsor recirculation ballot to follow shortly
after the close of that session.
The goals for the March 2006 session are:
- Complete processing of the
comments received on the sponsor ballot
- Send a draft to sponsor
recirculation ballot
- Process any interpretation
requests received
November
2005
Task Group m met in Vancouver, B.C., Canada to process the
comments received to date on the sponsor ballot that was still in
progress. A significant number of the comments were discussed and
resolutions proposed. No comment resolutions were adopted, pending the
closure of the sponsor ballot.
The goals for the January 2006 session are:
- Process the comments
received on the sponsor ballot
- Send a draft to sponsor
recirculation ballot
- Process any interpretation
requests received
September
2005
Task Group m met in Garden Grove, CA to process the comments
received with the ballots on working group recirculation ballot 77. The
comments received on recirculation ballot 76 were dealt with in August at an
authorized comment resolution meeting.. The letter ballot passed, with
more than 96% approval.
The task group completed resolving all comments. No changes were made
to the draft (802.11REV-ma D4.0). At the meeting of the 802 Executive
Committee in July, conditional approval was granted to forward 802.11REV-ma to
sponsor ballot upon meeting the conditions described in the LMSC Policies and
Procedures. Theses conditions were met with the
passing of ballot 77 and were documented to the Executive Committee.
802.11REV-ma will now be sent for sponsor ballot, the next step toward approval
by the IEEE Standards Association as the new 802.11 standard.
The goals for the November 2005 session are:
- Process the comments
received on the sponsor ballot
- Send a draft to sponsor
recirculation ballot
- Process any interpretation
requests received
July
2005
Task Group m met in San Francisco, CA to process the comments
received with the ballots on working group recirculation ballot 75. The
letter ballot passed, with more than 93% approval..
The task group completed resolving all comments and directed the editor to
create a new draft, incorporating all comment resolutions. The new draft
will be constructed and sent for a working group recirculation ballot.
This recirculation ballot will conclude in time to receive the comments and
process them in a comment resolution meeting in August. Following
resolution of comments at the comment resolution meeting, a new draft will be
created. If necessary, this new draft will be sent to a second working
group recirculation ballot. If needed, a second comment resolution
meeting will be held and a subsequent draft created.
The task group also requested conditional approval to send the draft to
sponsor ballot, after completing all requirements in the LMSC Policies and
Procedures.
The goals for the September 2005 session are:
- Process the comments
received on the recirculation ballot, if such is necessary
- Send a draft to Sponsor
Ballot, if it such a ballot has not already begun
- Process any interpretation
requests received
May 2005
Task Group m met in Cairns, Queensland, Australia to process
the comments received with the ballots on working group letter ballot 74.
The letter ballot passed, with more than 90% approval..
The task group began processing the technical comments, completing proposed
resolutions to 89% of those technical comments. The remaining technical
comments will be addressed at an ad hoc meeting that will be announced
to occur during the week of either 20 June or 27 June 2005. Once all
comments, both technical and editorial, are addressed, the new draft will be
constructed and sent for a working group recirculation ballot. This
recirculation ballot will conclude in time to receive the comments and process
them at the July plenary session in San Francisco.
The goals for the July 2005 session are:
- Process the comments
received on the recirculation ballot
- Create a new draft and issue
it for a final recirculation ballot
- Process any interpretation
requests received
March
2005
Task Group m met in Atlanta, GA to continue the work of
completing a revision of the 802.11 standard and its amendments, as well as to
address an interpretation request. The interpretation request was
determined to be a request for consulting and rejected.
The AP Functional Description group delivered their material to incorporate
into the revision draft for the first working group ballot. The task
group accepted this material and incorporated it into the draft.
The work on the draft of the 802.11 revision was completed and the draft was
forwarded to the working group for consideration via a letter ballot. It
is anticipated that this letter ballot will be completed prior to the May
session in Cairns, where the task group will take up the work of resolving the
comments received from the ballot.
The goals for the May 2005 session are:
- Process the comments
received on the letter ballot
- Create a new draft and issue
it for a recirculation ballot (this is a stretch goal)
- Process any interpretation
requests received
January
2005
Task Group m met in Monterey, CA to continue the work of
completing a revision of the 802.11 standard and its amendments, as well as to
address an interpretation request. The interpretation request, on the use
of reserved bits in the Service field of the PLCP header, was examined and a
response was generated. The interpretation response, as approved by the
802.11 working group, is in document 05/1648r0. This document can be obtained
from the 802.11 interpretation
response page and also from the 802.11 document archive.
The AP Functional Description group also reported to the task group on their
progress toward having material to incorporate into the revision draft for the
first working group ballot.
The work on the draft of the 802.11 revision progressed well, leaving very
few work items that have been identified in previous submissions to the 802.11
working group that have not yet been addressed. The work accomplished during
this session is consonant with the goal of the task group to send its draft to
working group letter ballot in March 2005.
November
2004
Task Group m met in San Antonio to continue the work of
completing a revision of the 802.11 standard and its amendments, as well as to
address an interpretation request. The interpretation request, on the
accuracy of some material in Annex G, was examined and a response was
generated. The interpretation response, as approved by the 802.11 working
group, is in document 04/1454r0. This document can be obtained from the
802.11 interpretation
response page and also from the 802.11 document archive.
The work on the draft of the 802.11 revision progressed well, with the
addressing a number of the work items that have been identified in previous
submissions to the 802.11 working group. The work accomplished during this
session is consonant with the goal of the task group to send its draft to
working group letter ballot in March 2005.
September
2004
Task Group m met in Berlin to continue the work of
completing a revision of the 802.11 standard and its amendments. This work progressed
well, with the adoption of submissions to specify operation where regulatory
agencies hold no sway and to address issues with multirate
operation introduced with 802.11g. The task group also addressed a number of
the work items that have been identified in previous submissions to the 802.11
working group. The work accomplished during this session is consonant with the
goal of the task group to send its draft to working group letter ballot in
March 2005.
July
2004
Task Group M met in Portland and completed many work items
this week. Three submissions were received and adopted for inclusion into
the draft. The first submission dealt with a change in terminology from
"broadcast SSID" to "wildcard SSID" (04/759). The
second submission dealt with the definition of active scanning (04/795).
The third submission dealt with new requirements for both APs and stations
relating to the use of status and reason codes (04/698). The task group
is approximately half way through the work items that are tracked in 04/801.
The goals of TGm for the Berlin meeting in
September are to address any interpretation requests received, consider any
submissions made to the task group, continue to work on the items listed in the
issue tracking document, and potentially, to adopt the first draft of the
revision to the standard in the task group.
May 2004
Task Group M met in Anaheim and completed several work items
this week. A submission on the definition and use of a vendor-specific
format for an information element was adopted. The adopted content is
available in document 04/522r1. Several items of work from the issue
tracking document (03/619r3) were completed, as well. As a result, the
task group directed the editor to produce a draft of the revision of the
standard, including 802.11-1999, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11b-Cor1, 802.11d,
802.11g, and 802.11h, as well as the items completed during the meeting.
The goals of TGm for the Portland meeting in July
are to address any interpretation requests received, consider any submissions
made to the task group, continue to work on the items listed in the issue
tracking document, and potentially, to adopt the first draft of the revision to
the standard in the task group.
November
2003
Task Group M met in Albuquerque to respond to the
interpretation request received and to work on items to correct editorial and
technical issues in the standard. The response to the interpretation
request is available in document 03/875. The members of the task group
began working on items contained in document 03/619 .
The goals for the next meeting of Task Group m in Vancouver are to respond to
any interpretation requests received and to continue working on the items
listed in document 03/619."
July
2003
During the meeting held in San Francisco, Task Group M
considered one interpretation request and submitted a response (document
03-576r1) to the working group. The task group also continued to review
the other documents that had been submitted to the working group, regarding
inconsistencies and errors in the 802.11 standard and its approved
amendments. The task group has been accumulating work items in a tracking
document (document 03-619). At the September meeting in Singapore, the
task group intends to review and respond to any interpretation requests
received and resume its review of other documents that have been
submitted. The goal of the task group is to complete this review of other
documents and to determine a final list of work items. If time permits,
work will begin on the work items identified.
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