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November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Mesh Networking Task Group Process Donald E. Eastlake 3 rd <Donald. Eastlake@motorola. com> +1 -508 -786 -7554 Submission 1 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Generic Process of Getting to Letter Ballot • Adoption of PAR and 5 Criteria • Technical Presentations and Discussions • Specify Any Additional Requirements, Comparison Criteria, or Other Documents • Call For Proposals • Select/Combine from Submitted Complete/Partial Proposals to Produce a Draft • Refine Draft • Letter Ballot Submission 2 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Historical 802. 11 Project Timelines • Time from PAR approval to first Letter Ballot – average of 6. 6 meetings / 13 months – TGe-7, TGf-7, TGg-9, TGh-4, TGi-6 • Time from first Letter Ballot to first Sponsor Ballot – average of 9 meetings / 18 months – TGe-12, TGf-9, TGg-6, TGh-8, TGi-10 • (above data compiled by Bruce Kraemer) Submission 3 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Call for and Submission of Proposals • As voted in Berlin, we have publicly announced that we plan to – issue a Call for Proposals shortly after the January 2005 meeting – with documents to be posted before and presentations made at the July 2005 meeting. Submission 4 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 802. 11 s Project Timelines • Our PAR approval was 24 June 2004 – At the average pace for these Task Groups, our first Letter Ballot would open in July 2005 and our first Sponsor Ballot in January 2007. • We are now behind the average pace for our first Letter Ballot. – We have announced January 2005 for a call for proposals to be submitted in July 2005. It will be some number of meeting beyond that before we can try for our first 802. 11 WG Letter Ballot. • Things will generally happen slower than what we aim for. Submission 5 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Ad Hoc Subgroups and TGs Working Documents • Ad Hoc Subgroups – Have no special status unless TGs votes on them or their output. – Any group of 802. 11 members can get together and make submissions. • Within the Policies and Procedures (11 -04/510 r 0), we can do what we want internally: – “Adopted” internal TGs motions/documents can be amended, replaced, or un-adopted. – We can have a “Functional Requirements” document that is as general or specific as we like. Submission 6 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Informal Ad Hoc Subgroups • Functional Requirements and Scope – coordinator Steve Conner w. steven. conner@intel. com – “Functional Requirements & Scope”, 11 -04/1174 r 7/8 • Comparison Criteria – coordinator Steve Conner <w. steven. conner@intel. com> – “Comparison Criteria”, 11 -04/1175 r 5 • Definitions – coordinator Tricci So <tso@nortelnetworks. com> – “Terms and Definitions for 802. 11 s”, 11 -04/1477 r 0 • Usage Models – coordinator Steve Conner <w. steven. conner@intel. com> – “Usage Models”, 11 -04/662 r 11 Submission 7 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Informal Ad Hoc Subgroups (cont. ) • MAC / Quality of Service / 802. 11 e – coordinator Lily Yang <lily. l. yang@intel. com> – “Issues for Mesh Media Access Coordination Component in 11 s (v 03)”, 11 -04/968 r 4 • Security / 802. 11 i, 802. 1 ae, 802. 1 af – coordinators Jasmeet Chhabra <jasmeet. chhabra@intel. com>, Bob Moskowitz <rgm@trusecure. com> – “ 802. 11 s Security Concepts”, 11 -04/1115 r 1 • Other – 802. 11 k, 802. 11 h /Radio Resources/Metrics – coordinator – WNM, CAPWAP /Management – coordinator Submission 8 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 July 2004 Straw Poll: Informal Group Submissions Status • What should be the status of relevant submissions from informal groups if a majority of TGs agrees with the submission? – – Submission Strongly included as part of call for proposals – 12 Adopted as internal working documents – 29 Included on a TGs recommended reading list – 3 No special status – 2 9 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Current Adopted Documents • We have adopted three documents as internal working group documents: 1. 11 -04/969 r 2: Draft Terms and Definitions for 802. 11 s 2. 11 -04/662 r 10: Usage Models 3. 11 -04/970 r 3: Proposed 802. 11 TGs Scope Submission 10 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Working Document Motions • Moved to replace TGs Working Document 11 -04/969 r 2 (Draft Terms and Definitions for 802. 11 s) with 11 -04/1477 r 0 (Terms and Definitions for 802. 11 s). – Moved: W. Steven Conner – Seconded: Guido Hiertz – Passed by unanimous consent Submission 11 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Working Document Motions • Moved to replace TGs Working Document 11 -04/662 r 10 (Usage Models) with revision number 11 of that document. – Moved: W. Steven Conner – Seconded: Guido Hiertz – Passed by unanimous consent Submission 12 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Working Document Motions • Moved to replace TGs Working Document 11 -04/970 r 3 (Proposed 802. 11 TGs Scope) with 11 -04/1174 r 8 (Functional Specification and Scope). – Passed by unanimous consent. Submission 13 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Working Document Motions • Moved to adopt 11 -04/1175 r 5 (Comparison Categories and Criteria) as a TGs Working Document. – Passed by unanimous consent Submission 14 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Schedule Projected at Berlin (September) Meeting • November 2004 (San Antonio, Texas) – Work on Functional Requirements and other documents that may be referenced in the Call for Proposals. • January 2005 (Monterey, California) – Work on Functional Requirements and other documents that may be referenced in the Call for Proposals. – Call for Proposals issued immediately after meeting with deadline for submission of two weeks before the July meeting. • March 2005 (Atlanta, Georgia) – Presentations, refinement of selection criteria • May 2005 (Beijing, China) – Presentations, refinement of selection criteria • July 2005 (San Francisco, Califonria) Presentation of Proposals • September 2005 (TBD) Derivation of Draft • November 2005 (Vancouver, British Columbia) Further Refinement of Draft, Letter Ballot Authorized by WG? Submission 15 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Early Draft Call for Proposals • I have put together a generic suggested draft Call for Proposals: 11 -04/1430 r 3 • It includes – Different Levels of Referenced Documents – Deadlines based on our publicly announced planned schedule Submission 16 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Possibilities Between the November 2004 and January 2005 Meetings • Possibilities for TGs Activity Between November 2004 and January 2005 Meetings to accelerate action : – Multiple Teleconferences (require 10 days notice, cannot be held more often than weekly (P&P clause 3. 6. 3)) – One Teleconference – Additional official face to face meeting is probably not practical due to holidays and requirement for 30 days notice (P&P clause 3. 6. 2) Submission 17 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Teleconferences Motion • Teleconferences Motion: • Moved, that TGs have teleconferences at 16: 00 Eastern Standard Time Wednesdays on 1 December, 15 December, 5 January, and 12 January. Notice will be given, including UTC time, at least 10 days in advance. – Passed by unanimous consent Submission 18 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola

November 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/1384 r 3 Schedule Projected at San Antonio (November) Meeting • January 2005 (Monterey, California) – Work on Call for Proposals and on the Functional Requirements, Comparison Critera, and other documents that may be referenced in the Call for Proposals. – Call for Proposals issued immediately after meeting with deadline for submission of two weeks before the July meeting. • March 2005 (Atlanta, Georgia) – Presentations, refinement of selection criteria and process • May 2005 (Beijing, China) – Presentations, refinement of selection criteria and process • July 2005 (San Francisco, Califonria) – Presentation of Proposals and initial selection actions • September 2005 (TBD) Derivation of Draft • November 2005 (Vancouver, British Columbia) Further Refinement of Draft • January 2006 () Letter Ballot Authorized by WG? Submission 19 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, Motorola