IEEE doc IEEE 802 11 040360 00 Bonneville

IEEE doc: IEEE 802. 11 -04/0360 -00 Bonneville Team 802. 11 Brian Mathews, TK Tan, Bruce Kraemer, Harry Worstell, Stuart Kerry, Clint Chaplin, Lee Armstrong, Richard Paine, Al Petrick, Terry Cole Submission Brian Mathews – Absolute. Value Systems

IEEE doc: IEEE 802. 11 -04/0360 -00 Background Team objectives: - To list and prioritize the major problem areas which hinder progress. - To propose solutions to the Chair which will result in a streamlined process. Desired result: - Ultimately, to continue to get high quality standards out more quickly than we have in the past. Submission Brian Mathews – Absolute. Value Systems

IEEE doc: IEEE 802. 11 -04/0360 -00 Status ● ● ● Meetings began in Vancouver in January. Follow-on conference calls were held. Special CAC meeting 3/14/04. Team members interviewed knowledgeable sources and assembled a list of issues which cause delays. Team members then assigned a priority ranking to each issue Votes were totalled and the list was rearranged in priority order and then reviewed/refined Issues were then categorized into the following groupings: Architecture PAR Submissions ● Education Standardization Sub-teams will develop proposals Submission Brian Mathews – Absolute. Value Systems

IEEE doc: IEEE 802. 11 -04/0360 -00 Sub-teams & leaders ● ARCHITECTURE: Terry Cole terry. cole@amd. com ● EDUCATION: Harry Worstell hworstell@att. com ● PAR: TK Tan tktan@ieee. org ● UNIFORM PROCESS: John Fakatselis jfakatselis@conexant. com ● SUBMISSIONS: richard. h. paine@boeing. com Submission Richard Paine Brian Mathews – Absolute. Value Systems

IEEE doc: IEEE 802. 11 -04/0360 -00 Plans ● ● Input/comments welcome, send e-mail to sub-team leader Sub-teams to study issues and develop proposals A two-hour time block will be devoted to this at the May meeting Goal is to have complete proposals/motions to be presented to the body at the July meeting Submission Brian Mathews – Absolute. Value Systems

IEEE doc: IEEE 802. 11 -04/0360 -00 Architecture ● Two main thought categories for speed-up: ● Short Term ● ● ● Mid to Longer Term ● ● Provide architectural focus so PARs and TG activities can be made as focused and contained as possible Increase communication and coordination at architectural (interface) level between TGs Decide where we are going so we proactively chart a course there Some discussion of addressing this by creating an 'Architectural' group within 802. 11 Some discussions of how to maintain our document for better/faster additions Architecture sub-team to consider these issues and make a proposal to the Chair and CAC Submission Brian Mathews – Absolute. Value Systems

IEEE doc: IEEE 802. 11 -04/0360 -00 Education Emphasis is on providing training to TG/SG/SC chairs Topics to include in Chairs training: ● Back-end logistics cited multiple times – a major topic ● Comment handling: not losing track of any comments, and proper use of the Standard Tool (database or spreadsheet) ● Available mechanisms for between-meeting work ● The unwritten “ 90% rule” and how to attain it ● Past cases of 'abuse of procedure' and how to avoid it ● How to avoid delays due to a single (or a few) new NO vote(s) right at the end ● Managing presenters and presentations (30 min. time limit? ) Submission Brian Mathews – Absolute. Value Systems

IEEE doc: IEEE 802. 11 -04/0360 -00 Education ● ● ● Overall process scheduling and logistics Managing the work tasks (how to sub-divide into smaller groups for breakout working sessions, etc. ) How to be a facilitator, giving everyone opportunity for input General group leadership skills Roberts Rules usage vs. TG Chair discretion How to handle attendee churn, new attendees raising already -resolved items, key attendees dropping out, etc. Submission Brian Mathews – Absolute. Value Systems

IEEE doc: IEEE 802. 11 -04/0360 -00 Education ● ● TG vs. SC operational differences Starting text too soon causes removal of legacy stuff taking a huge amount of time. Text should not be adopted in advance of agreements over the big things. This just makes it impossible for the editor to create clean work. Submission Brian Mathews – Absolute. Value Systems

IEEE doc: IEEE 802. 11 -04/0360 -00 PAR Issues ● Lack of well-defined, narrowly scoped PARs ● ● ● Scope not narrow enough Tried to do too much … much more limited scope PAR would have proven faster for both Tried to do maintenance as well as functional enhancements. Leads to too much editorializing along with amendment for financial reasons Argument about PAR and procedures Lack of early technological review (at PAR stages) Submission Brian Mathews – Absolute. Value Systems

IEEE doc: IEEE 802. 11 -04/0360 -00 PAR • One problem is that SGs tend to have the solution in mind as they prepare PAR paperwork • Addressing lack of early technological review (at PAR stage) • Develop a checklist to review: ● ● ● ● ● Define the problem scope first, do not provide solution first Assess impact on other areas of the 802. 11 standard Assess problem is not addressed by other organizations Identify interactions with external groups Identify interaction requirements with other 802 groups Can the problem space definition be above Layer 2? Segment problem to PHY MAC, or above, or across Assess market need and timeframe, quick fix or long term Assess Support of problem Submission Brian Mathews – Absolute. Value Systems

IEEE doc: IEEE 802. 11 -04/0360 -00 Uniform Process issues ● Need standards for: ● ● ● ● Comment processing procedure, format, and software tool Formats and procedures for requirements, architectures, and task group ballots (e. g. some groups getting through Procedure 10 and others not able to), also standard forms for motions and area on server where people can get to them Rules, processes and procedures across TGs/SGs so people going from one to another can immediately be productive. Good quality information in TG/SG summary reports. Learning curve for new people will be addressed by a standardized approach. Down-select process, non-compromise resolution, late phase new NO votes handling TG/SG/SC Chairs training Submission Brian Mathews – Absolute. Value Systems