1. 802.11 TGn Editor Report Nov 2007 Date: 2007-11-12 Authors: Nov 2007
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TGn Editor Report Nov 2007
Date:
Authors:
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

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Abstract
This document summarises editorial activities on the TGn Draft since the November 2007 meeting
Status of comments: ad-hocs and assignments
Status of Editorial Comment resolution
Status of Draft
Editorial motions
Notes on treatment of comments
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

3. Acknowledgements PHY co-editor Draft 3.00 review John Ketchum
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Acknowledgements
PHY co-editor
John Ketchum
Draft 3.00 review
Volunteer review panel, consisting of:
Bruce Kraemer, Eldad Perahia, Vinko Erceg, Tomoko Adachi, Matt Fischer
Used a process of “continuous review”
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

4. May 2006
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Current Documents
TGn DRAFT and redlines (members’ area of website:
Draft-P802.11n_D3.00.pdf 
n TGn redline D3.00 CMP D2.00 insertions.pdf
n TGn redline D3.00 CMP D2.00 insertions & deletions.pdf  
Word conversion
Not available. If anybody needs big tables in word format, ask.
LB97 implemented resolutions & Edit Notes
n-tgn-lb97-comments.xls
LB115 comment spreadsheets
n-tgn-lb115-consolidated-comments.xls
n-tgn-lb115-editor-comments.xls
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

5. Draft Numbering History (D2.0+)
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Draft Numbering History (D2.0+)
D2.0, February 2007
TGn and WG approved draft for balloting
D2.01-D2.02, April-May 2007
D2.02 approved by TGn
D2.03, D2.04, D2.05 June-July 2007
D 2.05 approved by TGn
D2.06, Aug 2007
Draft for editorial panel review
D2.07, Sept 2007
Current reviewed draft
Contains some EMR resolutions
D3.0, Sept 2007
Draft for Letter Ballot 115
D3.01, Nov 2007
Draft containing speculative editorial resolutions matching 11-07/2688r0.
For approval in Nov 2007 session.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

6. Process for Draft D3.00 D3.00 Continuous Review Nov 2007
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Process for Draft D3.00
D3.00
The 492 approved technical resolutions (87 A, 294 C, 111 R) were edited into the draft
“blueline” and “redline” versions of the draft were produced
Continuous Review
A review panel of volunteers dailey checked resolutions/edit notes against the working draft D3.00 and reported any defects of editing
A total of 86 defects were reported (282)
Many of the defects related to coloring of inserted/deleted tables in the redline version
The defects were continously addressed by editing the TGn draft and updating the comment resolutions/edit notes
Draft 3.00 was released to ballot and the edit notes in were published in early October
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

7. Edit status of LB97 comments
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Edit status of LB97 comments
Years
Months EI EM EN
(blank)
Grand Total
2007
May
161 33
140 70
404
Jul 94 38
463
181
776
Sep
107 69
205
111
492
362
808
1672
Technical comments only, excluding widthdrawn and duplicate comments
Reflects contents of LB97 comments in n-tgn-lb115-consolidated-comments.xls
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

8. “Old” / “New” Comment conventions
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“Old” / “New” Comment conventions
Comments for both LB97 and LB115 are kept in the same database tool so that ad-hoc chairs have ready access to “old” resolutions
Comments for LB115 have CID >= 5000
Comments “flags” (i.e. (#1234)) for both LB97 and LB115 will be shown the same way in the draft. Use the CID number to determine if a flag is “old” (<5000) or “new”.
LB115 Spreadsheets published by the ad-hocs/editor will not include “old” (LB97) comments.
Old comments are there for reference only. There will be no modification of old comment resolutions and no republishing of old comment resolution spreadsheets.
IMPORTANT: There is no need to update old resolutions, even if new resolutions directly contradict old ones.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

9. Summary of comments per LB
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Summary of comments per LB
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

10. Summary of the status of the ad-hoc groups
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Summary of the status of the ad-hoc groups
Nov 8th
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

11. Current Assignees (2007-11-08)
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Current Assignees ( )
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

12. Note on treatment of comments
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Note on treatment of comments
TGn are performing “Working Group recirculation”
At the end of this process a “package” of data is presented to the 802 executive committee in support of a motion to move to sponsor ballot
“Copies of all unresolved negative votes, together with the reasons given by the negative voters and the rebuttals by the Sponsor, shall be included with the ballot results submitted to RevCom. Copies of the written confirmations from voters that indicate concurrence with the change of their votes from negative to affirmative shall be included in the submittal to RevCom.”
Those writing resolutions must understand that these can be seen by both the commenter and (in our case) the 802 executive committee.
Inadequate resolutions, even if they pass unanimously in TGn will come back to bite us.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

13. Guidelines for Submission Authors
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Guidelines for Submission Authors
Use the latest available draft (D3.01 after this meeting)
If your submission is based on an earlier draft – revise it now
Pay attention to the CID “flags” (e.g., #5234) in nearby text. Check that your proposed resolution does not create a conflict with comments from LB115 (i.e., CID >=5000) If it does, provide a new resolution for that CID.
Clearly highlight in your submission any editing instructions
Use TGn Editor for edit instructions to me, and colour highlight/fill table cells that imply any further editing. I need all actions to be taken by me to be painfully obvious.
Where possible stick to the simple standard editing instructions: Delete, Insert, Change (followed by change-marked text).
Change tracking has been used for multiple purposes in the same submission (i.e., showing edits following a “change” instruction, and showing the history of changes in the submission.)
This creates ambiguity and possible conflict.
Be consistent – either use change tracking to show edits, or use it to show the history of changes in a submission – but not both!
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

14. Editorial motions this week
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Editorial motions this week
Motion to approve 253 Accept/Counter resolutions
Motion to approve 29 Reject resolutions
Motion to approve D3.01
Motion on treatment of duplicate comments
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

15. May 2006
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Editorial Motion #1
Move to accept the 253 comment resolutions in document n-tgn-lb115-editor-comments.xls on the “Unapproved Editorial AC” tab.
164 Accepts
89 Counters
Stephens/Perahia
Passes without objection
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

16. May 2006
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Editorial Motion #2
Move to accept the 29 comment resolutions in document n-tgn-lb115-editor-comments.xls on the “Unapproved Editorial Rejects” tab.
Moved: Stephens/Perahia
Result:
Yes 24,
No 1,
Abstain 7
Passes
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

17. Summary of “Unapproved Editorial Rejects” (Part of No vote = y)
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Summary of “Unapproved Editorial Rejects” (Part of No vote = y)
CID N_ST should be N_STS
CID 5402, 5403, 5404 – Numbering of Definitions
CID 5409 – Style of cross-references
CID 5415 – Order numbers missing in management frames
CID 5442 – Numbering of Annexes
CID 5466 – 9.6: “at any rate” -> “at a rate”
CID 5891 – use of double negatives
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

18. May 2006
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Editorial Motion #3
Whereas ad-hoc groups can at their option identify some comments as duplicates of others, and pass them to the editor
Direct the editor to copy the “Resolution” and “Resn Status” fields from “original” LB115 comments to their duplicates, identified by having a non-empty “Duplicate of CID” value that identifies the original comment.
Stephens/Schultz
Passes unanimously
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

19. May 2006
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Editorial Motion #4
Move to approve IEEE P802.11n_D3.01 as the TGn draft
Stephens/Perahia
Result:
Yes 28
No 0
Abstain 3
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell