Task Group 4 Low Rate WPANS Closing Report

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Project IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless
Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title
Task Group 4 Low Rate WPANS Closing
Report Date Submitted July 24th -
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Task Group 4 Low Rate WPANsClosing Report

• San Francisco, CA
• July 24th, 2003

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Objectives for this meeting

• Assessment of future (short-term) activities of
  the task group
• When to work in
• Corrigendum
• Amendment
• Errata
• Revision
• 2. Review a posteriori list of comments generated
  by participants implementing the standard.
• Generate
• List of typos/grammar errors found
• List of editorial clarifications
• List of editorial recommendations for consistency
• 3. Planning future (long-term) TG4 activities

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TG4 Enhancements
Corrigendum Technical corrections Amendment
Technical Corrections Editorials Revision
Major changes on the standard Errata Not
our business, this is related to Editorial
changes made by IEEE-SA Editorial team as a
result of their own introduced errors. List of
suggestions Typos/grammar,
clarification and other editorial correction
recommendations.

• IEEE-SA Editorial team will review in a
  case-by-case basis the list of editorial
  suggestions that TG4 is putting together.

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Activities Roadmap
Next two weeks Generation of editorial
suggestions to IEEE-SA
September - 2003 IEEE Std. 802.15.4 Published
November - 2003 Amendment?
yes
no
Work Hard
Hibernation
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Summary

• Accomplished all of our objectives
• Reviewed all editorial changes to be suggested
  to IEEE-SA
• Considered new work or maintenance required in
  the standard such as corrigendum, amendment,
  revision or errata.
• Managed to have a successful meeting while
  simultaneously supporting TG3a
• Each TG4 member lost a couple of pounds in this
  activity
• Ed Callaway broke his own record running 100 ft
  with obstacles.
• Planned future activities for TG4
• Generation of list of editorial recommendations
  for IEEE-SA.
• Study possibilities for amendment.