Task Group m met in San Diego, California to process the comments received from the second sponsor recirculation ballot that concluded immediately before the July 2006 session.  The recirculation ballot resulted in 90 comments to be addressed.  The task group responded to all of the comments.  The working group approved the comment resolutions.  A third sponsor recirculation ballot will begin shortly after the close of the session.

The task group also responded to an interpretation request submitted on the subject of RTS/CTS usage during interrupted fragment bursts.

The goals for the September 2006 session are:

• Process the comments received from the third sponsor recirculation ballot
• Create a new draft and send it to a fourth sponsor recirculation ballot, if necessary
• Forward the draft to RevCom for approval, if possible
• Process any interpretation requests received

Task Group m met in Jacksonville, Florida to process the comments received from the first sponsor recirculation ballot that concluded immediately before the May 2006 session.  The recirculation ballot resulted in 156 comments to be addressed.  The task group responded to all of the comments.  The working group approved the comment resolutions.  A second sponsor recirculation ballot will begin shortly after the close of the session.

The goals for the July 2006 session are:

• Process the comments received from the second sponsor recirculation ballot
• Create a new draft and send it to a third sponsor recirculation ballot, if necessary
• Forward the draft to RevCom for approval, if possible
• Process any interpretation requests received

Task Group m met in Denver, Colorado to complete processing the comments received from the sponsor ballot that concluded after the November 2005 session.  The task group responded to all of the remaining comments  The working group approved the comment resolutions.  A sponsor recirculation ballot will begin shortly after the close of the session.

The goals for the May 2006 session are:

• Process the comments received from the sponsor recirculation ballot
• Create a new draft and send it to a second sponsor recirculation ballot
• Process any interpretation requests received

Task Group m met in beautiful Waikoloa, Hawai'i to process the comments received from the sponsor ballot that concluded after the November 2005 session.  Nearly all of the technical comments were discussed and resolutions adopted.  Completion of the comment processing is expected in the March 2006 session, with a sponsor recirculation ballot to follow shortly after the close of that session.

The goals for the March 2006 session are:

• Complete processing of the comments received on the sponsor ballot
• Send a draft to sponsor recirculation ballot
• Process any interpretation requests received
  

 

Task Group m met in Vancouver, B.C., Canada to process the comments received to date on the sponsor ballot that was still in progress.  A significant number of the comments were discussed and resolutions proposed.  No comment resolutions were adopted, pending the closure of the sponsor ballot.

The goals for the January 2006 session are:

• Process the comments received on the sponsor ballot
• Send a draft to sponsor recirculation ballot
• Process any interpretation requests received
  

 

Task Group m met in Garden Grove, CA to process the comments received with the ballots on working group recirculation ballot 77.  The comments received on recirculation ballot 76 were dealt with in August at an authorized comment resolution meeting..  The letter ballot passed, with more than 96% approval.

The task group completed resolving all comments.  No changes were made to the draft (802.11REV-ma D4.0).  At the meeting of the 802 Executive Committee in July, conditional approval was granted to forward 802.11REV-ma to sponsor ballot upon meeting the conditions described in the LMSC Policies and Procedures.  Theses conditions were met with the passing of ballot 77 and were documented to the Executive Committee.  802.11REV-ma will now be sent for sponsor ballot, the next step toward approval by the IEEE Standards Association as the new 802.11 standard.

The goals for the November 2005 session are:

• Process the comments received on the sponsor ballot
• Send a draft to sponsor recirculation ballot
• Process any interpretation requests received
  

 

Task Group m met in San Francisco, CA to process the comments received with the ballots on working group recirculation ballot 75.  The letter ballot passed, with more than 93% approval..

The task group completed resolving all comments and directed the editor to create a new draft, incorporating all comment resolutions.  The new draft will be constructed and sent for a working group recirculation ballot.  This recirculation ballot will conclude in time to receive the comments and process them in a comment resolution meeting in August.  Following resolution of comments at the comment resolution meeting, a new draft will be created.  If necessary, this new draft will be sent to a second working group recirculation ballot.  If needed, a second comment resolution meeting will be held and a subsequent draft created.

The task group also requested conditional approval to send the draft to sponsor ballot, after completing all requirements in the LMSC Policies and Procedures.

The goals for the September 2005 session are:

• Process the comments received on the recirculation ballot, if such is necessary
• Send a draft to Sponsor Ballot, if it such a ballot has not already begun
• Process any interpretation requests received
  

 

Task Group m met in Cairns, Queensland, Australia to process the comments received with the ballots on working group letter ballot 74.  The letter ballot passed, with more than 90% approval..

The task group began processing the technical comments, completing proposed resolutions to 89% of those technical comments.  The remaining technical comments will be addressed at an ad hoc meeting that will be announced to occur during the week of either 20 June or 27 June 2005.  Once all comments, both technical and editorial, are addressed, the new draft will be constructed and sent for a working group recirculation ballot.  This recirculation ballot will conclude in time to receive the comments and process them at the July plenary session in San Francisco.

The goals for the July 2005 session are:

• Process the comments received on the recirculation ballot
• Create a new draft and issue it for a final recirculation ballot
• Process any interpretation requests received
  

 

Task Group m met in Atlanta, GA to continue the work of completing a revision of the 802.11 standard and its amendments, as well as to address an interpretation request.  The interpretation request was determined to be a request for consulting and rejected.

The AP Functional Description group delivered their material to incorporate into the revision draft for the first working group ballot.  The task group accepted this material and incorporated it into the draft.

The work on the draft of the 802.11 revision was completed and the draft was forwarded to the working group for consideration via a letter ballot.  It is anticipated that this letter ballot will be completed prior to the May session in Cairns, where the task group will take up the work of resolving the comments received from the ballot.

The goals for the May 2005 session are:

• Process the comments received on the letter ballot
• Create a new draft and issue it for a recirculation ballot (this is a stretch goal)
• Process any interpretation requests received
  

 

Task Group m met in Monterey, CA to continue the work of completing a revision of the 802.11 standard and its amendments, as well as to address an interpretation request.  The interpretation request, on the use of reserved bits in the Service field of the PLCP header, was examined and a response was generated.  The interpretation response, as approved by the 802.11 working group, is in document 05/1648r0.  This document can be obtained from the 802.11 interpretation response page and also from the 802.11 document archive.

The AP Functional Description group also reported to the task group on their progress toward having material to incorporate into the revision draft for the first working group ballot. 

The work on the draft of the 802.11 revision progressed well, leaving very few work items that have been identified in previous submissions to the 802.11 working group that have not yet been addressed. The work accomplished during this session is consonant with the goal of the task group to send its draft to working group letter ballot in March 2005.

 

Task Group m met in San Antonio to continue the work of completing a revision of the 802.11 standard and its amendments, as well as to address an interpretation request.  The interpretation request, on the accuracy of some material in Annex G, was examined and a response was generated.  The interpretation response, as approved by the 802.11 working group, is in document 04/1454r0.  This document can be obtained from the 802.11 interpretation response page and also from the 802.11 document archive.

The work on the draft of the 802.11 revision progressed well, with the addressing a number of the work items that have been identified in previous submissions to the 802.11 working group. The work accomplished during this session is consonant with the goal of the task group to send its draft to working group letter ballot in March 2005.

Task Group m met in Berlin to continue the work of completing a revision of the 802.11 standard and its amendments. This work progressed well, with the adoption of submissions to specify operation where regulatory agencies hold no sway and to address issues with multirate operation introduced with 802.11g. The task group also addressed a number of the work items that have been identified in previous submissions to the 802.11 working group. The work accomplished during this session is consonant with the goal of the task group to send its draft to working group letter ballot in March 2005.

Task Group M met in Portland and completed many work items this week.  Three submissions were received and adopted for inclusion into the draft.  The first submission dealt with a change in terminology from "broadcast SSID" to "wildcard SSID" (04/759).  The second submission dealt with the definition of active scanning (04/795).  The third submission dealt with new requirements for both APs and stations relating to the use of status and reason codes (04/698).  The task group is approximately half way through the work items that are tracked in 04/801.

The goals of TGm for the Berlin meeting in September are to address any interpretation requests received, consider any submissions made to the task group, continue to work on the items listed in the issue tracking document, and potentially, to adopt the first draft of the revision to the standard in the task group.

Task Group M met in Anaheim and completed several work items this week.  A submission on the definition and use of a vendor-specific format for an information element was adopted.  The adopted content is available in document 04/522r1.  Several items of work from the issue tracking document (03/619r3) were completed, as well.  As a result, the task group directed the editor to produce a draft of the revision of the standard, including 802.11-1999, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11b-Cor1, 802.11d, 802.11g, and 802.11h, as well as the items completed during the meeting.

The goals of TGm for the Portland meeting in July are to address any interpretation requests received, consider any submissions made to the task group, continue to work on the items listed in the issue tracking document, and potentially, to adopt the first draft of the revision to the standard in the task group.

Task Group M met in Albuquerque to respond to the interpretation request received and to work on items to correct editorial and technical issues in the standard.  The response to the interpretation request is available in document 03/875.  The members of the task group began working on items contained in document 03/619 .

The goals for the next meeting of Task Group m in Vancouver are to respond to any interpretation requests received and to continue working on the items listed in document 03/619."

During the meeting held in San Francisco, Task Group M considered one interpretation request and submitted a response (document 03-576r1) to the working group.  The task group also continued to review the other documents that had been submitted to the working group, regarding inconsistencies and errors in the 802.11 standard and its approved amendments.  The task group has been accumulating work items in a tracking document (document 03-619).  At the September meeting in Singapore, the task group intends to review and respond to any interpretation requests received and resume its review of other documents that have been submitted.  The goal of the task group is to complete this review of other documents and to determine a final list of work items.  If time permits, work will begin on the work items identified.