1. Submission doc.: IEEE 11-12/1447r1 December 2012 Donald Eastlake, Huawei TechnologiesSlide 1 Divide and Conquer Date: 2013-01-13 Authors: NameAddressAffiliationsPhoneEmail Donald Eastlake Huawei Technologies 155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA +1-508-333-2270 d3e3e3@gmail.com

2. Submission doc.: IEEE 11-12/1447r1 December 2012 Donald Eastlake, Huawei TechnologiesSlide 2 Abstract I believe the the 802.11 General Link problem can be divided into three relatively independent sub-problems. Various combinations of the solutions to these sub- problems can be considered.

3. Submission doc.: IEEE 11-12/1447r1December 2012 Donald Eastlake, Huawei TechnologiesSlide 3 Divide and Conquer I believe the the 802.11 General Link problem can be divided into three relatively independent sub-problems. Various combinations of the solutions to these sub- problems can be considered. Locus of Control Reporting to Rest of Network Addressing Formats and the Reflection Problem

4. Submission doc.: IEEE 11-12/1447r1December 2012 Donald Eastlake, Huawei TechnologiesSlide 4 Divide and Conquer Locus of Control in an Infrastructure BSS Distributed among all STAs Mostly at the AP Reporting to Rest of Network – What does it look like? Set of point-to-point links A virtual bridge (irtual link – no support?) Addressing Formats and the Reflection Problem 4 Address format 802.11n aggregated frames vPort solution (Other ?)

5. Submission doc.: IEEE 11-12/1447r1 Current Proposals December 2012 Donald Eastlake, Huawei TechnologiesSlide 5 Distributed ControlCentralized Control P2PvBridgeP2PvBridge 4 Address Aggregated Frames vPort = Each STA does bridge control and infrastructure BSS appears to be a set of P2P links. 802.1 Doc:http: new-nfinn-11-medium-choice- 0812- v04.pdf = vPort. 11-12/1449 = Most control at AP and infrastructure BSS appears to be a single virtual bridge. 11-12/1232