1. November, 2003
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: [November 1394-Wireless Working Group Liaison Report]
Date Submitted: [November, 2003]
Source: [Allen D. Heberling] Company [XtremeSpectrum]
Address [8133 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22182, USA]
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Abstract: [This submission reports the activities of interest to the IEEE Working Group]
Purpose: [To provide the IEEE working group with information regarding the activities of the WWG.]
Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein.
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Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

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Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

3. November, 2003
Accomplishments
Draft P has increased from a 27 page document in April 2003 to a 77 page document as of the October Plenary meeting, specifing these topics:
Subaction encapsulation
Virtual bus management
Transaction services
Cycle time synchronization
Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

4. Accomplishments continued…
November, 2003
Accomplishments continued…
Draft P Topics continued…
Isochronous connection management
Stream Operations
Control and status registers (CSRs)
Configuration ROM
Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

5. Accomplishments continued…
November, 2003
Accomplishments continued…
Message Sequence Charts (MSC)s have been developed to illustrate these 1394/15.3 PAL primitives and signals
PAL-JOIN.req/cfm
PAL-LEAVE.req/cfm
PAL-RENEW.req/cfm
PAL-STREAM-DATA.req/ind
Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

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Activities
Recent
Early September Interim Meeting (2.5 days)
October Plenary Meeting (2 days) .
Bi-weekly conference calls since October Meeting
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7. November, 2003
Issues
Have identified MAC issues needing clarification or requiring enhancements to the 15.3 MAC
New parameter(s) for MLME-SCAN.cfm:
Range parameter indicating distance to PNCs
New MLME primitives for enabling a synchronization ASIE in the 15.3 Beacon
Clarification regarding the ASIE behavior
Request changes to the Handover criteria hierarchy
Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

8. November, 2003
Project Time Line
2 day Interim meeting scheduled for early December(4/5) Location: Microsoft Campus, Redmond, WA 
1st Quarterly Plenary meeting scheduled for January 19-22, 2004, 2 days 
Tenative Interim meeting in early March, 2004.
Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

9. Project Time Line continued…
November, 2003
Project Time Line continued…
2nd Quarterly Plenary meeting scheduled for March 29-April 1, 2004, 2 days. We should be ready to release the draft for a 40 day letter ballot(LB) review.
Interim meeting in mid to late May to resolve LB comments and make edits to draft.
Release draft for a 10 day recirculation letter ballot
Submit draft 1394/15.3 PAL specification to 1394ta board for approval and publication
Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

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Summary
1394-WWG has made significant progress since April, 2003 in specifying a 1394/15.3 Protocol Adaptation Layer (PAL).
1394-WWG is on track to submit the draft 1394/15.3 PAL specification to letter ballot by early 2nd quarter 2004.
Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum
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