1. doc.: IEEE 802.15-<doc#>
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doc.: IEEE <doc#>
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: [Summary of Proposed IEEE Improvements]
Date Submitted: [12 Nov, 2003]
Source: [Marco Naeve] Company [Eaton Corporation]
Address [4201 North 27th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53216, USA]
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Re: [ Robert Poor’s document with the number , Rene Struik’s proposal with the number , Marco Naeve’s proposal with the document number , Pat Kinney’s proposal with the document number /286r0, Ed Callaway’s proposal with the document number ( /306r0 ) TG4 meeting minutes from Albuquerque meeting]
Abstract: [This document summarizes the proposed improvements to the current IEEE MAC sub-layer.]
Purpose: [For discussion within the IEEE task group on future work and direction.]
Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P 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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Jose Gutierrez and Marco Naeve, Eaton Corp.
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2. Robert’s Proposals (802.15-03-0470-01)
Robert’s Proposals ( )
Clarify ambiguity on promiscuous mode.
Jose Gutierrez and Marco Naeve, Eaton Corp.

3. Marco’s Proposals (802.15-03-0445-00)
Marco’s Proposals ( )
Add CHANNEL_ACCESS_FAILURE as valid status to the MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive for active scans.
Eliminate BUSY_RX, BUSY_TX, and FORCE_TRX_OFF from the PHY enumerations to reduce complexity.
Drop beacons payload during MAC scanning.
Make GTS optional for FFD.
Allow MAC association response frames to be send immediately (not indirect).
Jose Gutierrez and Marco Naeve, Eaton Corp.

4. Rene’s Proposals (15-03-0320-02-0040)
Rene’s Proposals ( )
Add CCM* mode.
Add support for multicast.
Investigate MAC header compression to reduce overhead.
Jose Gutierrez and Marco Naeve, Eaton Corp.

5. Pat’s Proposals (802.15-03/286r0) Highly accurate distributed clock.
Pat’s Proposals ( /286r0)
Highly accurate distributed clock.
Making GTS optional for FFD.
Jose Gutierrez and Marco Naeve, Eaton Corp.

6. Hans’s Proposal (document number)
Hans’s Proposal (document number)
Utilizing the potentially additional channels in the 868MHz band.
Ed’s Proposal ( /306r0)
Half-rate PHY for the 868/915MHz bands.
Jose Gutierrez and Marco Naeve, Eaton Corp.