Task Group G Report March 10, 2003 Month 1998 doc.: IEEE 802.11-98/xxx March 2003 Task Group G Report March 10, 2003 Matthew B. Shoemake IEEE 802.11 Task Group G (shoemake@ti.com) Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments John Doe, His Company

Month 1998 doc.: IEEE 802.11-98/xxx March 2003 Letter Ballot 54 Results Letter Ballot 54 was the recirculation of Draft 6.1 of the IEEE 802.11g Draft The results of Letter Ballot 54 are available in document 11-02-714r5, TGg Balloting History Letter Ballot 54 results: YES: 286 (97.6%) NO: 7 (2.4%) ABSTAIN: 18 (6.14%) Return rate: 96.9% Comments from Letter Ballot 54 will be place on the server and the IEEE 802.11 web site Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments John Doe, His Company

IEEE 802 Executive Committee March 2003 IEEE 802 Executive Committee The IEEE 802 Executive Committee (SEC) approve Conditional approval to forward the IEEE 802.11g Draft to Sponsor Ballot in early February 2003 Based on Letter Ballot 54 passing and all conditions of Procedure 10 being met, the new comments submitted on Letter Ballot 54 were rejected, and the IEEE 802.11g Draft was forwarded to Sponsor Ballot Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments

March 2003 IEEE 802.11g Sponsor Ballot The Sponsor Ballot on the IEEE 802.11g Draft closed on Sunday, March 9, 2003 The results of the balloting are: 96 people in voting pool 53 affirmative votes --> 84% 11 negative votes 9 abstention votes --> 12% 73 total votes received --> 77% Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments

Status of the Draft The current version of the draft is version 6.2 March 2003 Status of the Draft The current version of the draft is version 6.2 The difference between draft version 6.1 and 6.2 is that editorial changes were made per request of the IEEE Standards Association staff to insure proper copyright protection of the document Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments

March 2003 Schedule The detailed IEEE 802.11g schedule is available in document 11-03-073. As of today, current revision is 11-03-073r3 Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments

History of 802.11g WG Balloting March 2003 History of 802.11g WG Balloting Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments

Tentative Agenda available in doc. 11-03-145r0 March 2003 Meeting Objectives Review and resolve Sponsor Ballot comments Update to Draft 7.0 Request a Sponsor Recirculation Ballot Tentative Agenda available in doc. 11-03-145r0 Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments

March 2003 Backup Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments

Motions from January 2003 - #1 March 2003 Motions from January 2003 - #1 Move to request a 15-day Working Group recirculation ballot on Draft 6.0 of IEEE 802.11g with an opening date of January 20, 2003 and a closing date of February 6, 2003. Passed in TGg: 30-0-1 Note: Draft updated to 6.1 during WG session. Draft 6.1 to go to ballot. Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments

Motions From January 2003 - #2 March 2003 Motions From January 2003 - #2 Move to request an 802 ExCom e-mail ballot on the question of conditional approval to forward to sponsor ballot (Procedure 10) Draft 6.0 of IEEE 802.11g. Passed TGg: 28-0-3 Note: Draft updated to 6.1 during WG session. Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments

Motions From January 2003 - #3 March 2003 Motions From January 2003 - #3 Whereas IEEE 802.11 Task Group G would like to have Sponsor Ballot comments to resolve at its March 10-14, 2003 session… Contingent upon obtain Procedure 10 approval for 802.11g and contingent upon execution of the 15-day recirculation ballot on Draft 6.0 and contingent upon meeting all the requirements of Procedure 10, reject all comments submitted on the 15-day recirculation ballot and request a 30-day Sponsor Ballot on 802.11g Draft 6.0 with a targeted starting date of February 7, 2003. Passed in TGg: 28-0-6 Note: Draft updated to 6.1 during WG session. Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments

Motions From January 2003 - #4 March 2003 Motions From January 2003 - #4 In response to the WFA letter to the IEEE 802 Executive Committee (doc. 11-03-077), move to forward the draft response in doc. 11-03-123r2 to the IEEE 802.11 Working Group. Passed in TGg: 31-0-1 Note: Working group chair to forward letter. No motion introduced or required in WG session. Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments

Motions From January 2003 - #5 March 2003 Motions From January 2003 - #5 Move to request that the ANA issue 802.11g three new status codes and one new element ID. (Status codes requested are 25-27 and element ID number requested is 50.) Passed by Unanimous Consent in TGg Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments

Motions From January 2003 - #6 March 2003 Motions From January 2003 - #6 Move to request publication of draft 6.0r1 of IEEE 802.11g immediately following the January 2003 session. Passed in TGg: 16-1-5 Note: Draft updated to 6.1 during WG session. Note: UC received to TGg editor to add line numbers to Draft 6.1. Matthew B. Shoemake, Texas Instruments