Project: IEEE P802'15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks WPANs

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Project IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless
Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title
Berlin 802.11e/802.15 Liaison Report. Date
Submitted 19 November, 2004 Source Jay Bain
Company Fearn Consulting Address 703 Owens
Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801 Voice 256 539 4778
, FAX [phone], E-Mail jbain_at_ieee.org
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November 2004 meeting

• Coming into November meeting
• Sponsor ballot recirculation 2 completed with
  draft version 10
• Ballot Summary
• Closing date 2004-10-08
• Results were 100 affirmation votes and 9 negative
  votes with comments.
• Stats on pool- Met the 75 returned ballot
  requirement
• 161 eligible people in this ballot group, 100
  affirmative votes,   9 negative votes with
  comments , 0 negative votes without comments
  , 12 abstention votes
• Sponsor ballot recirculation 3 in October after
  an interim meeting (56 comments were received in
  this) in Portland which was held for 1 day on
  October 19th.
• During the November meeting, 52 ballot comments
  were resolved
• Currently there are 5 outstanding No votes

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Task group e actions going forward from November
meeting

• Recirculation of sponsor ballot after meeting
  draft 12
• Due date 1 January 2005
• At January meeting the goal is finalize the draft
  and go to REVCOM

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Sponsor ballot history

• Sponsor Ballot started 7 April and was to end 8
  May. It actually closed on 30 May.
• Return rate didnt meeting IEEE SA requirements.
  61 of necessary 75 received by May meeting.
  Closed when 75 was achieved.
• 377 Comments were received and approximately 150
  were resolved during May meeting. The remainder
  were resolved in July.
• The final tally was 91 yes/16 neg or 85
  affirmative on Sponsor Ballot. 109 votes 91
  affirmative
• Sponsor ballot 1st recirculation
• Statistics 161 members in pool, 121 received
  (75) 95 yes/14no conversions 3 from no to yes,
  1 from yes to no 181 comments (123 technical)

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A bit of 11e ballot history
The following covers the current set of
successful letter ballots that followed a
reduction in complexity of the draft in Nov 2002.
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TGe documents for San Antonio

• 11-04-1070-03-000e-proposed-normative-text-navs.do
  c
• 11-04-1093-01-000e-multiple-nav-protection-revisit
  ed.ppt
• 11-04-1101-01-000e-minutes-tge-berlin-meeting-sept
  -04-rev0.doc
• 11-04-1155-02-000e-tge-2nd-sponsor-ballot-recirc-c
  omments.xls
• 11-04-1173-00-000e-suggested-resoultions-to-tge-2n
  d-sponsor-ballot-recirc-comments.xls
• 11-04-1227-00-000e-wmm-optional-power-save-capabil
  ity.doc
• 11-04-1394-04-000e-tge-3rd-sponsor-ballot-recirc-c
  omments.xls
• 11-04-1412-00-000e-tge-comment-resolution-meeting-
  minutes.doc
• 11-04-1489-01-000e-normative-text-compliance-state
  ments-qos-in-annex-d.doc
• 11-04-1216-00-000e-tge-november-2004-report.ppt