1. January 2005
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January 2006
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: TG4b Opening/Closing Report for Waikoloa, HI
Date Submitted: January 20th 2006
Source: Marco Naeve, Eaton Corporation
Contact: Marco Naeve, Eaton Corporation
Voice:
Re: TG4b Opening/Closing Report for January Session
Abstract: Opening/Closing Report for the TG4b session in Waikoloa, HI
Purpose: To provide information on define enhancements and corrections to the existing standard, IEEE
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Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation
Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation

2. January 2005
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TG4b Scope
This project will define enhancements and corrections to the existing standard. The revised standard will be backward compatible with IEEE P
The considered enhancements shall be limited to:
A method for shared time-base distribution.
Support for new frequency allocations for Europe, China, and Japan.
Extension of 2.4GHz derivative modulation yielding higher data rates for the lower frequency bands.
Mechanism for communicating the revision level.
Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation
Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation

3. TG4b Scope (continued) The considered corrections are:
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TG4b Scope (continued)
The considered corrections are:
Resolving ambiguities.
Removing unnecessary complexity, such as making GTS support optional and eliminating BUSY_RX, BUSY_TX, and FORCE_TRX_OFF from the PHY enumerations.
Resolving issues such as long association time for non-beacon networks, inflexible security use, adding support for multicast, reducing MAC overhead and MAC header compression.
Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation
Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation

4. Sponsor Ballot Results
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Sponsor Ballot Results
98 affirmative votes
15 negative votes with comments
2 negative votes without comments
9 abstention votes
124 votes received
537 Comments received
87.3% Response Rate
86.7% Approval
7.3% Abstain
Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation
Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation

5. Meeting Objectives Approve Agenda & Objectives
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Meeting Objectives
Approve Agenda & Objectives
Done ( b)
Approve Vancouver Minutes
Done ( b)
Review Sponsor Ballot results, Comment Resolution & Editing
In progress
Total number of comments: 537
Comments addressed: 310
Prepare for recirculation of Sponsor Ballot
Plan TG4b Activity & Revise Schedule
New revision of timeline ( b)
Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation
Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation

6. Upcoming dates Date Action 1/23/06
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Upcoming dates
Date
Action
1/23/06
Start of new series of conference calls
2/24/06
Start of recirculation
March Meeting
Prepare RevCom submission
3/10/06
ExCom approval to submit draft to RevCom
Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation
Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation

7. Major Activity & Documents
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Major Activity & Documents
Since Vancouver:
Weekly phone calls
Comment database: b
Waikoloa minutes: b
Opening/Closing report: b
Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation
Marco Naeve - Eaton Corporation