January 2009 Closing Report for TGmb Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 January 2009 January 2009 Closing Report for TGmb Date: 2009-01-21 Authors: Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks John Doe, Some Company

Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 January 2009 Abstract Closing report for TGmb for Januarty 2008 interim meeting in Los Angeles, California, USA. Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks John Doe, Some Company

TGmb Status January 2009 Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 Photo credit: David Goehring (CarbonNYC on Flickr); used with permission http://flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/32897943/ Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks John Doe, Some Company

Lack of Accomplishment Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 January 2009 Lack of Accomplishment The TG was unable to find an editor (our best effort was the candidate at right) Schedule impact – new plan of record TG has directed WG secretary to publish a schedule with unknown dates New plan of record (next slide) Possible solutions IEEE could provide editor for a fee Multiple funding sources for an editor (multiple potential candidates need sponsorship) Editing in Microsoft Word is now acceptable Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks John Doe, Some Company

TGmb Plan of Record May 2008 – Issue Call for Comment/Input Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 January 2009 TGmb Plan of Record May 2008 – Issue Call for Comment/Input July 2008 – begin process input and old Interpretation requests Acknowledge previous Task Group referrals Sept 2008 – PAR revision process started Nov 2008 – close receipt of new input Nov 2008 – WG/EC approval of PAR Revision Dec 2008 – NesCom/SASB approval PAR Revision Editor + 1 meeting (2 months) – First WG Letter ballot (includes All published Amendments as of Mar 2009) Editor + 2 or 3 meetings (4-6 months) – Recirc start Editor + 3 meetings (6 months) – Form Sponsor Pool Editor + 4 meetings (8 months) – Sponsor Ballot Start (Include all published amendments as of Nov 2009) Editor + 6 meetings (12 months) – Sponsor Recirc Editor + 10 meetings (20 months) – WG/EC Final Approval Editor + 12 meetings (24 months) – RevCom/SASB Approval Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks John Doe, Some Company

Accomplishments Processed one interpretation request (#16) Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 January 2009 Accomplishments Processed one interpretation request (#16) Comment resolution status 104 comments received in November 28 comments resolved in November; 45 comments resolved in January 73 out of 104 (70%) resolved Timeline revision Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks John Doe, Some Company

Interpretation Request #1 Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 January 2009 Interpretation Request #1 Request received from Christian Skupin (Christian.Skupin@de.bosch.com) on 802.11-2007 regarding 7.1.3.7 (FCS field) and Annex G, specifically tables G.1 and G.14: “During the evaluation process of my 802.11 PHY/MAC implementation I got in doubt with the accuracy of the given FCS (bytes 97-100) in Table G.1. This FCS in Table G.1 corresponds to bits 784-815 in Table G.14. With respect to the FCS calculation instructions in chapter 7.1.3.7 and the given message (bytes 1-96) in Table G.1 my calculations result in the FCS {1110 0110 1100 1100 1000 0100 0110 1101} (msb-left), whereas the given FCS is {0101 1011 1110 1010 1001 1001 1011 0111} (bits 784-815 in Table G.14). In consideration of the fact that my FCS-implementation works with other reference data which I collected by recording 802.11a signals, I assume that the given FCS in Table G.1 is not appropriate.” Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks John Doe, Some Company

Interpretation Response (text contained in 11-09/0042r0) Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 January 2009 Interpretation Response (text contained in 11-09/0042r0) Designation Number: 16 Classification: Unambiguous Relevant Clauses: 7.1.3.7 and Annex G Response: IEEE Std. 802.11-2007 contains an error in the FCS calculation of the sample encoding in Annex G. This issue will be forwarded to the 802.11 Working Group for consideration in the next revision of the P802.11 standard. Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks John Doe, Some Company

Objectives for March Find a Technical Editor Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 January 2009 Objectives for March Find a Technical Editor Consider new interpretation requests Continue comment review Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks John Doe, Some Company

Documents Agenda: 11-09/0040r3 Minutes: 11-09/0095r0 Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 January 2009 Documents Agenda: 11-09/0040r3 Minutes: 11-09/0095r0 Interpretation response: 11-09/0042r0 Current issues list: 11-08/1127r12 Motions: 11-09/0056r0 Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks John Doe, Some Company