December 18 Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: TG4i conditional approval package Date Submitted: March 2010 Source: James Gilb Contact: James Gilb Voice: 858-229-4822, E-Mail: last name at ieee dot org Re: 802.15.4 revision Abstract: Conditional approval package for 802.15.4 revision. Purpose: 802.15.4 revision. Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P802.15. Slide 1
Ballot information Ballot closed 10 March 2011 Vote results (pool of 139 voters) 139 responses (82% response ratio) 105 yes, 3 no (97% approval ratio) 6 abstain (5% abstain ratio) Ballot passes 30 comments from 6 commenters 21 Technical and General 9 Editorial
Comments supporting no votes No voter #1 (Struik, 12 comments) A variety of comments, some on security, some on adding new MAC features 8 principle, 1 agree, 3 disagree No voter #2 (Chaplin, 8 comments), has accepted the resolution of his comment No voter #3 (Bhupender, 1 comments), has accepted the resolution of his comment Comments from voter 1 are in document at: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/11/15-11-0272-01-0000-TG4i-Sponsor-comments-supporting-no-votes.ods
No voter #1 comments 8 security related comments Areas of concern: Steps in wrong order, missing check, mistake in description of calculation field, structure needs to be re-done, etc. Response: Rewrite the subclause, fixing the errors, but not using the exact text submitted by the commenter Group addressing referenced but not supported Principle, remove reference to allowing group addressing. Add ability to simultaneously join multiple PANs Disagree, MAC is not designed for this, but can be done by instantiating parallel MAC process. Add MAC source filtering Disagree, not needed for security, upper layer has information needed to do this if necessary Editorial comment (missing ‘as’) – accepted
Schedule for ballot and meetings 1st recirculation 4 April 2011 to 15 April 2011 BRC comment resolution teleconference 19 April, 2011, 9:00-11:00 PST 2nd recirculation (if necessary) 25 April 2011 to 5 May 2011 Comment resolution at May interim meeting
EC motion 802.15 requests conditional approval from the EC to submit 802.15.4 revision draft to RevCom. WG vote Moved Gilb, seconded Alfvin Yes: , No: 0, Abstain: 0 EC vote Moved Heile, seconded Gilb Yes: , No:, Abstain: