802-11 WG Technical Editor’s Report January 2004 doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/006 January 2004 802-11 WG Technical Editor’s Report January 2004 Plenary Meeting Terry Cole, AMD (WG technical editor status will be reported all this year with revisions of this same document number) Terry Cole, AMD Terry Cole, AMD

802.11 Maintenance Guidelines January 2004 802.11 Maintenance Guidelines Two parallel activities keep 802.11 up to date: TGm -- Maintenance Task Group Functional and technical amendments are output Technical corrections and changes Generally not editorial changes Amendments only PAR owned by TGm WG Activity led by WG editor Document publication status Drive editions, revisions, and reaffirmations Editorial changes (technical oversights on revisions also) Not functional changes Full documents only (not amendments) Revision PAR (when needed) owned by WG Terry Cole, AMD

Activities of WG Editor January 2004 Activities of WG Editor Documents for publication: IEEE publication status Editions / Revisions/ Reaffirmations as periodically needed ISO drafts as needed Electronic attachments of 802.11 Maintain Information (as WG documents): List of potential editorial errata and proposed editorial changes List of current editorial work in all TGs (help coordinate overlaps) Coordinate balloting and publishing processes for: Reaffirmations and revision (including PAR generation) ISO approval process Motions as needed in WG Terry Cole, AMD

Publication Status No new documents published since last time January 2004 Publication Status No new documents published since last time No documents pending IEEE-SA publication No documents currently in REVCOM queue for approval Terry Cole, AMD

Draft Availability Available as of 9/12 from IEEE web: January 2004 Draft Availability Available as of 9/12 from IEEE web: 802.11i D3.0 & D7.0 As new drafts are created by motion, many TGs are releasing the documents to IEEE for publication and sale This generates funds that ultimately support get802 program TGs should discuss and make recommendation if the draft is appropriate for sale Terry Cole, AMD

Edition Activities Editions Reaffirmations / Revisions January 2004 Edition Activities Editions No editions are planned at this time Publication of amendments has higher priority than editions Agreement between EXCEOM and IEEE-SA staff 802.11g and 802.11h do not trigger a new roll-up edition This is a business decision of IEEE-SA Reaffirmations / Revisions No revisions are planned at this time Approval of 802.11e, 802.11k, 802.11i and 802.11m may be a good trigger point for a revision containing all approved amendments Revision PAR request must be made well in advance New SA rules recently passed regarding requirements for revision– impact must be understood by staff and will be reported in future Terry Cole, AMD

Internationalization January 2004 Internationalization ISO drafts ISO version of 802.11-1999 (2003 edition) 2003 Reaff roll-up has been submitted for ISO approval. Next step is to receive comments or notification of approval. Terry Cole and Stuart Kerry are project leaders. Staff will create the ISO document after ISO approval Because of international interest in 802.11i, we expect to submit 802.11g, 802.11h, and or 802.11i to ISO for approval at earliest possibility. Terry Cole, AMD

Electronic Attachments January 2004 Electronic Attachments Interactive PICS First Ever in IEEE! Allows electronic input of PICS options and text User can save, print, etc. Feedback welcomed. SDL Updated version for 802.11-1999 (2003 edition) available on 2003 IEEE 802.11 Value Pack CD Does not compile -- no better or worse than original 802.11-1999 802.11g modifications will be done when needed for internal 802.11 WG use MIB Updated version for 802.11-1999 (2003 edition) available on 2003 CD Does compile 802.11g/h modifications have been done for internal 802 WG use Terry Cole, AMD