IEEE P802.11 �
TASK GROUP AF - MEETING
UPDATE
Status of project
P802.11af
Wireless LAN in the TV
White Space
Chair � Rich
Kennedy, Research In Motion Corporation
Vice Chair � Peter
Ecclesine, Cisco Systems
Secretary � Zhou Lan,
NICT
Objective
Define modifications to both the
802.11 physical layers (PHY) and the 802.11 Medium Access Control Layer (MAC),
to meet the legal requirements for channel access and coexistence in the TV
White Space
January 2012, Jacksonville
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were:
• Resolved
remaining MAC and General comments
•
197 PHY comments remain
• Revised
the P802.11af timeline; now finishing after TGac
• Met with PHY experts
and mapped out new direction
Goals for the March meeting:
• Complete PHY comment resolutions
• Create Draft 2.0
• Begin second letter ballot
November 2011, Atlanta
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were:
• Resolved
237 comment
•
1168 of 1302 comments
from LB 171 now approved
•
PHY change will result
in return of some PHY comments
• Revised
the P802.11af timeline
• Heard a proposal
for adoption of TGac PHY from Ron Porat and Vinko
Erceg
• Refocused our PHY
on the HT PHY rather than wait for TGac to complete
as requested by TGac
Goals for the January meeting:
• Complete comment resolution
• Create Draft 2.0
• Begin second letter ballot
September 2011, Okinawa
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were:
• Resolved
242 comment
·
902 of 1302 comments
from LB 171 now approved
• Revised
the P802.11af timeline
• Met with TGac PHY experts to discuss how TGaf can proceed prior to approval of the TGac draft – decided to create separate clause for TGaf PHY
Goals for the November meeting:
• Complete comment resolution
• Create Draft 2.0
• Begin second letter ballot
July 2011, San Francisco
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were:
• Resolved
151 comment
·
626 of 1302 comments
from LB 171 now approved
• Revised
the P802.11af timeline
Goals for the September meeting:
• Complete comment resolution
• Create Draft 2.0
• Begin second letter ballot
May 2011, Palm Springs
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were:
• Settled on architecture and security
modifications to track regulatory changes
• Selected P802.11ac as PHY focus
• Resolved
481 comment
o 408
of 410 Editorial (accepted into draft 1.01)
o 73
of 892 Technical (voted Thursday AM2)
• Revised
the P802.11af timeline
Goals for the July meeting:
• Complete comment resolution
• Create Draft 2.0
• Begin second letter ballot
March 2011, Singapore
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were:
• LB 171 failure (62% approval) reviewed
• Discussed best approach to resolve 1302 comments
• Began comment resolution
Goals for the May meeting:
• Complete comment resolution
• Create Draft 2.0
• Begin second letter ballot
January 2011, Los Angeles, TX
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were:
• All Internal Review comments resolved
• Draft 1.0 created
• 802.11 WG approved start of first letter ballot
Goals for the March meeting:
• Comment resolution
November 2010, Dallas, TX
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were:
• Draft reviewed exposed multiple resolutions for
single comments; some comment resolutions unvoted
• Draft clean-up effort resolved these issues, but
did not have approved resolutions for all comments
• Sub-team worked on responding to new FCC rules
published in September
Goals for the January meeting:
• Approve resolutions for all comments
• Incorporate changes from FCC rules changes; move
all regulations to annexes
• Create draft d1.0 and begin first WG letter
ballot
September 2010, Waikoloa, HI
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were:
• Approved draft d0.05
• Approved 11-10/595r9 as the comment spreadsheet
• Completed resolving comments from the Internal
Review
Goals for the November meeting:
• Clean up the draft
• Incorporate changes from FCC rules changes
• Create draft d1.0 and begin first WG letter
ballot
July 2010, San Diego, CA
Achievements
The main achievements of this
meeting were:
•
Approved
draft d0.03
•
Approved
Draft d0.03 [d0.02 with changes reflecting the completion of TGmb before TGaf]
•
Approved
11-10/595r8 as the comment spreadsheet
•
Resolved
some of the more difficult comments, clearing the way for progress on upcoming
teleconferences
•
Updated
the TGaf timeline
Goals for the September meeting:
•
Approve
new draft
•
Complete
internal review comment resolutions
•
Create
draft d1.0 and begin first WG letter ballot (if new FCC rules are known)
May 2010, Beijing, PRC
Achievements
The main achievements of this
meeting were:
•
Approved
draft d0.02
•
Held a
joint session with 802.19 and 802.22
•
Began
resolving comments from the internal review
Goals for the July
•
Approve
draft d0.03
•
Continue resolving
internal review comments
March 2010, Orlando, FL
Achievements
The main achievements of this
meeting were
•
Approved
Peter Ecclesine as the Technical Editor
•
Adopted
11-10/238r2 as draft 0.01
•
Heard 9
other proposals
–
Straw polls to ask if TG wants to
advance each proposal
•
Requested
4 presenters develop text for the draft
–
Others were encouraged to continue
•
Planned
for May and teleconferences
–
March 30, April 13, 27, May 11
Goals for the May 2010 meeting
January 2010, Los
Angeles, CA
Achievements
The main achievements of this
meeting were
Goals for the March 2010 meeting
Status of TVWS Study
Group
TV Whitespace
November 2009, Atlanta,
GA
Achievements
The main achievements of this
meeting were
On December 8th, NESCOM
approved beginning the Task Group (TGaf) in January
Plan for January 2010
September 2009, Waikoloa,
HI
Achievements
The main achievements of this
meeting were