1. doc.: IEEE /056r0
January 2001
Project: IEEE Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: [WG Reflector Report]
Date Submitted: [18Jan01]
Source: [Ian Gifford] Company [M/A-COM, Inc.]
Address [1011 Pawtucket Boulevard Lowell, MA USA ]
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Abstract: [The following report summarizes the WG reflectors and possible next steps.]
Purpose: [The WG reflectors are manually maintained. There are a variety of inputs to this manual process but in the end it is manual. The Mailing Lists are maintained by Mike McInnis and are quite hard to manage as we now have seven reflectors to manage. This manual process can be delegated to the subscriber and they can self maintain their subscriptions but we lose the ability to capture their full coordinate information. We recommend that the Task Group reflectors be self maintained but that WG reflectors remain the same e.g., and The lost coordinate info for the TG reflectors is interesting but not required by the WG.]
Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE 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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January 2001
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2. IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks™
doc.: IEEE /056r0
January 2001
January 2001
IEEE Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks™
Working Group Mailing List a.k.a. Reflector Report
January 2001, Monterey, CA USA
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3. 802.15 has 7 Mailing Lists January 2001 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.
= Private
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4. 802.15 has 7 Mailing Lists (cont)
doc.: IEEE /056r0
January 2001
January 2001
has 7 Mailing Lists (cont)
wpan
428
Joint
TG2
172
TG3
106
WPAN
100
802.11
~200
TG4 78
TG1 22
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5. Present Maintenance Status
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Present Maintenance Status
WG Maintained
WPAN
802.15
TG1
TG2
TG3
TG4
Self Maintained
N/A
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6. Future Maintenance Status
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Future Maintenance Status
WG Maintained
WPAN
802.15
Self Maintained
TG1
TG2
TG3
TG4
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7. All seven (7) reflectors have searchable HTML archives
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All seven (7) reflectors have searchable HTML archives
WPAN
802.15
TG1
TG2
TG3
TG4
Joint /802.15
Reflector
HTML
Archive
802.15
MHonArc
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8. stds-802-jt11-15@ieee.org 802.15 802.11 100 ~200 MHonArc
January 2001
802.11
~200
802.15
100
The key is that the Joint
reflector has ONLY the
Joint traffic not ALL the
target reflector traffic too.
Easier to search.
MHonArc
Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.

9. Next Steps Change TG4 reflector
January 2001
Next Steps
Change TG4 reflector
from to
Change maintenance of TG reflectors to self maintenance.
Modify All Headers/Footers to make it more consistent e.g., TG1:
Add to Subject line “ ”
Add reflector archive URL on footer/signature
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