1. September 2003
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September 2003
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: [Characterization Subcommittee Proposal]
Date Submitted: [19-Sep-03]
Source: [Tom Siep] Company [TMS Consulting]
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Tom Siep, TMS Consulting
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2. TG3a Characterization Committee Proposal
September 2003
TG3a Characterization Committee Proposal
Tom Siep
TMS Consulting
Tom Siep, TMS Consulting

3. Purpose Help make timely progress on:
September 2003
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September 2003
Purpose
Help make timely progress on:
Identifying and
Communicating technical issues concerning the two proposals
How to compare them
Provide a forum for the definition of commonly accepted
Scenarios
Assumptions
Measurement
Methodology
Tom Siep, TMS Consulting
Tom Siep, TMS Consulting

4. Spirit of Cooperation Participants agree:
September 2003
Spirit of Cooperation
Participants agree:
History is gone (“they never…” and “they always…” are not acceptable)
Agree to a fair technical comparison (unfounded jibes are not acceptable)
Follow through with commitments (no-shows to meetings are not acceptable)
Complete disclosure (“you will have to wait ‘til Nov to see this” are not acceptable)
The goal is to inform membership prior to November meeting
No partial results are to be released outside committee
All members of are welcome
Tom Siep, TMS Consulting