Doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0235r0 Submission February 2007 Donald Eastlake 3rd, MotorolaSlide 1 TGs Process, February Notice: This document has been prepared

February 2007

Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

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TGs Process, February

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Date: 2006-02-05

Name Company Address Phone email Donald Eastlake 3rd Motorola 111 Locke Drive

Marlboro, MA 01752 USA

+1-508-786-7554 [email protected]

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Abstract

Slides for discussion of the IEEE 802.11 TGs process in getting through Working Group Letter Ballot and Beyond.

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Mesh NetworkingTask Group Process

TGs Motto: “Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add but when there is nothing left to

take away.”

Donald E. Eastlake 3rd

<[email protected]>

+1-508-786-7554

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Process of Getting toLetter Ballot and Beyond

• Adoption of PAR and 5 Criteria• Technical Presentations and Discussions• Specify Any Additional Requirements, Comparison Criteria, or

Other Documents• Call For Proposals• Presentation of Proposals• Select from Submitted Complete Proposals to Produce a Draft• Refine Draft

• 1st Letter Ballot – November 2006 – Fails• Revise Draft – Resolve comments• 2nd Letter Ballot – May 2007(?)• Recirculation• Sponsor Ballot – November 2007(?)• Recirculation• Final WG/EC Approval• IEEE SB REVCOM Approval

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Process for Developing Submissions and Comment Resolutions

• You can not have a half way official body in 802.11. While it is hard to cover all contingencies in a concise statement, there are generally two choices:1. TGs can have regular sessions at 802.11 meetings and can have ad

hoc meetings and teleconferences in accordance with the 802.11 rules with the required prior notice to all 802.11 members and minutes published afterwards. It can also break into subgroups during such official meetings, the notice and minutes requirements generally being met by the notice and minutes of the TGs meeting.

2. One or more individual 802.11 members can develop submissions or comment resolutions. TGs can not, in general, direct how they meet or communicate. They can not claim their submission / group has any special status. Such unofficial work cannot be announced in TGs.

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Process for Refining Draft

• Letter Ballot on Draft D1.0 authorized at November 2006 meeting.

• Approval rate 48.12%, failed. This is not unusual. Most 802.11 Drafts fail the first Letter Ballot and some fail two or three times before they pass.

• 5,703 comments received (including 192 on apparently invalid ballots). 10 more comments added at January meeting.

• Task group voted to proceed based on Draft D1.0 and to consider all comments for resolution.

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Advantages/Disadvantages of Passing/Failing Letter Ballot

Advantages Disadvantages

Passing Letter Ballot

You enter “re-circulation” so subsequent votes are 15 days and voters can only add comment each time on parts of the Draft that have changed or been affected by changes.

The voting pool is fixed and no new people joining 802.11 can vote.

You must resolve every comment by a ¾ vote.

You can only change the draft through the resolution of comments.

Failing Letter Ballot

You are free to make whatever changes in the Draft the task group wants.

Your next Letter Ballot must be at least 30 days and will include everyone in the 802.11 Working Group at that time and they can comment on any part of the Draft.

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Comments Resolved at London Meeting

Overall Summary Total Open Closed %Closed

Editorial Comments: 2,841 646 2,195 77.26%

Technical Comments: 2,872 2,066 806 28.06%

Total Comments: 5,713 2,712 3,001 52.53%

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3 Cycles of Comments and Resolution

Call for Informal Comments

Comment Resolution

Comment Resolution

WG Letter Ballot / Recirculation

Sponsor Ballot / RecirculationComment Resolution

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Schedule Projected at London, England (January) Meeting

• January 2007 (London, England)– Comment Resolution

• March 2007 (Orlando, Florida)– Comment Resolution

• May 2007 (Montreal, Quebec)– Comment Resolution, Second Letter Ballot authorized

• July 2007 (San Francisco, California)– Comment Resolution

• September 2007 (Waikoloa, Hawai‘i)– First Letter Ballot Re-circulation

• November 2007 (Atlanta, Georgia)– Second Letter Ballot Re-circulation

• January 2008 (Sydney, New South Wales)– Third Letter Ballot Re-circulation

• March 2008 (New Orleans, Louisiana)– Sponsor Ballot Authorization by WG

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Multi-Meeting Process Flow

Jan. Meeting London, UK

Draft D1.0m

Comment Resolution

Mar. MeetingOrlando, Florida

Draft D1.0n

Comment Resolution

Comment Resolution

and Agenda

Telecons

Hillsboro Ad Hoc Meeting

DraftD2.0

May MeetingMontreal, Quebec

Complete Comment

Resolution

Comment Resolution

and Agenda

Telecons

Eindhoven Ad Hoc Meeting

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March – Orlando Meeting Schedule

• Hours based on the 13 hours (7 sessions) we will probably get:– 0.5 hr Opening Sessions: Administrivia, Minutes,

Agenda, Process

– 3 hr ad hoc Comment Resolution

– 8.5 hr Comment Resolution

– 1 hr Closing Session: Process, Teleconferences/Ad Hocs

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TGs Activity Between Meetings

• TGs Activities Between Meetings Requiring Notice:– One or more face to face ad hoc meetings, requires 30

days notice (P&P clause 3.6.2).

– One or multiple Teleconferences, requires 10 days notice, not more often than weekly (P&P clause 3.6.3).

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TGs Activity Between Meetings

• Pre-approved ad hoc 6-8 February in Hillsboro, Oregon, to work on comment resolution.

• Pre-approved ad hoc 11-13 April in Eindhoven, Netherlands, to work on comment resolution.

• Teleconferences 5pm Wednesdays Eastern US time with primary topic:– 31 January – ad hoc and teleconferences agenda

– 14 Feb – General Area comment resolution

– 21 Feb – Security Area comment resolution

– 28 Feb – MAC Area comment resolution, March meeting agenda

– 7 Mar – RFI Area comment resolution, March meeting agenda

– 21 Mar - ? (After March 802.11 meeting)

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References• Earlier TGs Process Submissions

– January 2006, 11-07/0059r2, London, England

– November 2006, 11-06/1753r2, Dallas Texas

– September 2006, 11-06/1386, Melbourne, Australia

– July 2006, 11-06/1028r2, San Diego, California

– June 2006, 11-06/840r2, Hillsboro, Oregon (ad hoc)

– March 2006, 11-06/340r1, Denver, Colorado

– January 2006, 11-06/130r1, Waikoloa, Hawai‘i

– November 2005, 11-05/1137r1, Vancouver, British Columbia

– September 2005, 11-05/878r1, Garden Grove, California

– July 2005, 11-05/662r1, San Francisco, California

• 11-06/328r0, 11-06/329r3, Confirmed Proposal

• 11-07/23r10, LB#93 Comments Resolution Spreadsheet