WG Technical Editor’s Closing Report July 2007 March 2008 WG Technical Editor’s Closing Report Date: 2008-03-21 Authors: Terry L Cole (AMD) Terry Cole (AMD)

Abstract Announcements IEEE Publication Status Editors’ Meeting July 2007 March 2008 Abstract Announcements Editors’ Conference Calls 802.11 Assigned Numbers Authority IEEE Publication Status Editors’ Meeting Draft Development Snapshot Streamlining Projects Status Editor Contacts Terry L Cole (AMD) Terry Cole (AMD)

Editors’ Conference Call Announcement July 2007 March 2008 Editors’ Conference Call Announcement Announced via Administrative Calendar link on 802.11 web. See http://www.ieee802.org/11/. Call #1 for Jacksonville: Monday March 31 noon ET / 9am PT Will announce logistics on editors reflector Will use audio conference and webex Call #2 for Jacksonville: April 28 Terry L Cole (AMD) Terry Cole (AMD)

ANA Announcements Current ANA announced to group is 802.11-08-0227r0 . July 2007 March 2008 ANA Announcements Current ANA announced to group is 802.11-08-0227r0 . See https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/file/08/11-08-0227-00-0000-ana-database-assigned-numbers.xls All new requests received by end of meeting will be uploaded and announced via 802.11 WG reflector after this meeting One request have been received directly from editors this week and acted on in preparation for publishing next version. Others as may arise before close of WG meeting will be included Procedure for ANA is contained in 07/0827r0. See http://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/public/07/11-07-0827-00-0000-assigned-number-authority-ana-mechanisms.ppt Editorial Guidance ANA assignments should be done at the time of moving from WG LB to Sponsor ballot. If a resource number is not in the ANA Database, please use <ANA> in drafts! Editors to replace any ANA controlled resources numbers with <ANA> upon incorporation of material into drafts. Terry L Cole (AMD) Terry Cole (AMD)

IEEE Publication Status July 2007 March 2008 IEEE Publication Status IEEE 802.11-2007 published and for sale on IEEE web Published in June 2007 Combines all existing amendments and includes maintenance work by TGma No other publications pending (that have been approved by REVCOM) Publication Planning WGTE is working with IEEE staff for publication of 802.11k, 802.11r, and 802.11y, pending final approval of appropriate authorities. Terry L Cole (AMD) Terry Cole (AMD)

Editor’s Meeting 80% attendance July 2007 Editor’s Meeting March 2008 80% attendance Confirmed contact information of editors TGs editor pro temp: Avinash.Joshi@motorola.com Three positions open: TGs, TGz, TGmb. Mentorship from experienced editors available for new editors! Reviewed inter-editor coordination and timelines Overlapping text in 7.3.2.26 discussed. Should be resolved by current LB comments. Reviewed continuing number coordination method contained in 07/2213R13 and deemed it to continuing to be useful. See https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/file/07/11-07-2213-14-0000-ieee-802-11-2007-number-alignment-working-document.xls Discussed Open Editor Positions Mentors to be assigned to new editors Editor guideline to be updated Terry L Cole (AMD) Terry Cole (AMD)

Amendment Ordering Data as of March 30 from 802.11 web March 2008 July 2007 March 2008 Amendment reordering was discussed by editors Mar 30 based on current timeline estimates and resulted announced herein. Amendment numbering is editorial! No need to make ballot comments on these dynamic numbers! Amendment Ordering Data as of March 30 from 802.11 web See http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Reports/802.11_Timelines.htm Amendment Number Task Group REVCOM Date 802.11 Amendment 1 TGk Mar 2008 (sic) 802.11 Amendment 2 TGr June 2008 802.11 Amendment 3 TGy 802.11 Amendment 4 TGw Sept 2009 (was Mar 2009) 802.11 Amendment 5 TGn TBA (EC approve Jun 2009) 802.11 Amendment 6 (was 7) TGz Sept 2009 802.11 Amendment 7 (was 8) TGp Dec 2009 802.11 Amendment 8 (was 9) TGs 802.11.2 TGT 802.11 Amendment 9 (was 10) TGv 802.11 Amendment 10 (was 6) TGu Mar 2010 (was Sept 2009) 802.11 Revision 802.11mb Mar 2011 Terry L Cole (AMD) Terry Cole (AMD)

Draft Development Snapshot Published or Draft Baseline Documents July 2007 March 2008 Draft Development Snapshot Changes from last report shown in red. Most current doc shaded green. TG Published or Draft Baseline Documents Source MEC Style Guide Editor Snapshot Date 802.11 k r y w n u z p s T v mb 2007 13.0 Frame 7.2 11-Apr-2007 2006 Joe Kwak 19-Mar 10.0 9.0 Frame 7.1 2005 Bill Marshall 18-Mar 28-Jul-2007 Peter Ecclesine 13-Mar 11.0 7.0 5.0 No Nancy Cam-Winget 20-Mar 12.0 4.0 3.03 Adrian Stephens - 1.03 2.0 Necati Canpolat 0.1 Word Vacant 15-Jan 8.0 6.0 3.0 1.0 Wayne Fisher 1.1 Avinash Joshi 20 -Mar 1.01 Frame 6 Tom Alexander 2.07 1.06 Emily Qi No draft yet Terry L Cole (AMD) Terry Cole (AMD)

Editorial Streamlining July 2007 March 2008 Editorial Streamlining Focus is on consistency across all TGs: Completed Streamlined ANA processes – 07/0827r0 Consistent format for REDLINE contributions across TGs – 07/0788r0 Consistent process for editorial comment resolution across TGs (WG & Sponsor) – 07/2050r0 Guideline for technical vs. editorial, sample editorial comment responses Format for comment reporting across TGs (WG & Sponsor) – 07/1990r0 (tool in 07/2116r0) Stable numbering method (See 07/2810r0) Consistent naming of redlines (See 07/2810r0) Under Construction (in priority order) Revise the editor’s guideline Draft templates for FRAME (no Word) to help train new editors more rapidly MIB element numbering and compiling Guideline on non-technical front matter Guideline describing expected editorial development and maturity of draft through stages in 802.11 for consistency across TGs Guidelines for primitives Terry L Cole (AMD) Terry Cole (AMD)

Volunteer Editor Contacts July 2007 March 2008 Volunteer Editor Contacts TGk – Joe Kwak– joekwak@sbcglobal.net TGn – Adrian Stephens – adrian.p.stephens@intel.com TGp – Wayne Fisher – wfisher@arinc.com TGr – Bill Marshall – wtm@research.att.com TGs – Avinash Joshi – Avinash.Joshi@motorola.com (permanent editor position open) TGT – Tom Alexander – tom@veriwave.com TGu – Necati Canpolat – necati.canpolat@intel.com TGv – Emily Qi – emily.h.qi@intel.com TGw – Nancy Cam-Winget – ncamwing@cisco.com TGy – Peter Ecclesine – pecclesi@cisco.com TGz – Not yet determined TGmb – Not yet determined Terry L Cole (AMD) Terry Cole (AMD)