1. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 1 Mesh Networking Task Group Process Donald E. Eastlake 3 rd +1-508-786-7554

2. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 2 Generic Process of Getting to Letter Ballot Adoption of PAR and 5 Criteria Technical Presentations and Discussions Specify Any Additional Requirements, Comparison Criteria, or Other Documents Call For Proposals Select/Combine from Submitted Complete/Partial Proposals to Produce a Draft Refine Draft Letter Ballot

3. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 3 Historical 802.11 Project Timelines Time from PAR approval to first Letter Ballot – average of 6.6 meetings / 13 months –TGe-7, TGf-7, TGg-9, TGh-4, TGi-6 Time from first Letter Ballot to first Sponsor Ballot – average of 9 meetings / 18 months –TGe-12, TGf-9, TGg-6, TGh-8, TGi-10 (above data compiled by Bruce Kraemer)

4. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 4 Call for and Submission of Proposals As voted in Berlin, we have publicly announced that we plan to –issue a Call for Proposals shortly after the January 2005 meeting –with documents to be posted before and presentations made at the July 2005 meeting.

5. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 5 802.11s Project Timelines Our PAR approval was 24 June 2004 –At the average pace for these Task Groups, our first Letter Ballot would open in July 2005 and our first Sponsor Ballot in January 2007. We are now behind the average pace for our first Letter Ballot. –We have announced January 2005 for a call for proposals to be submitted in July 2005. It will be some number of meeting beyond that before we can try for our first 802.11 WG Letter Ballot. Things will generally happen slower than what we aim for.

6. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 6 Ad Hoc Subgroups and TGs Working Documents Ad Hoc Subgroups –Have no special status unless TGs votes on them or their output. –Any group of 802.11 members can get together and make submissions. Within the Policies and Procedures (11-04/510r0), we can do what we want internally: –“Adopted” internal TGs motions/documents can be amended, replaced, or un-adopted. –We can have a “Functional Requirements” document that is as general or specific as we like.

7. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 7 Informal Ad Hoc Subgroups Functional Requirements and Scope – coordinator Steve Conner w.steven.conner@intel.com –“Functional Requirements & Scope”, 11-04/1174r7/8 Comparison Criteria – coordinator Steve Conner –“Comparison Criteria”, 11-04/1175r5 Definitions – coordinator Tricci So –“Terms and Definitions for 802.11s”, 11-04/1477r0 Usage Models – coordinator Steve Conner –“Usage Models”, 11-04/662r11

8. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 8 Informal Ad Hoc Subgroups (cont.) MAC / Quality of Service / 802.11e – coordinator Lily Yang –“Issues for Mesh Media Access Coordination Component in 11s (v03)”, 11-04/968r4 Security / 802.11i, 802.1ae, 802.1af – coordinators Jasmeet Chhabra, Bob Moskowitz –“802.11s Security Concepts”, 11-04/1115r1 Other –802.11k, 802.11h /Radio Resources/Metrics – coordinator –WNM, CAPWAP /Management – coordinator

9. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 9 July 2004 Straw Poll: Informal Group Submissions Status What should be the status of relevant submissions from informal groups if a majority of TGs agrees with the submission? –Strongly included as part of call for proposals – 12 –Adopted as internal working documents – 29 –Included on a TGs recommended reading list – 3 –No special status – 2

10. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 10 Current Adopted Documents We have adopted three documents as internal working group documents: 1.11-04/969r2: Draft Terms and Definitions for 802.11s 2.11-04/662r10: Usage Models 3.11-04/970r3: Proposed 802.11 TGs Scope

11. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 11 Working Document Motions Moved to replace TGs Working Document 11-04/969r2 (Draft Terms and Definitions for 802.11s) with 11-04/1477r0 (Terms and Definitions for 802.11s). –Moved: W. Steven Conner –Seconded: Guido Hiertz –Passed by unanimous consent

12. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 12 Working Document Motions Moved to replace TGs Working Document 11-04/662r10 (Usage Models) with revision number 11 of that document. –Moved: W. Steven Conner –Seconded: Guido Hiertz –Passed by unanimous consent

13. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 13 Working Document Motions Moved to replace TGs Working Document 11-04/970r3 (Proposed 802.11 TGs Scope) with 11-04/1174r8 (Functional Specification and Scope). –Passed by unanimous consent.

14. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 14 Working Document Motions Moved to adopt 11-04/1175r5 (Comparison Categories and Criteria) as a TGs Working Document. –Passed by unanimous consent

15. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 15 Schedule Projected at Berlin (September) Meeting November 2004 (San Antonio, Texas) –Work on Functional Requirements and other documents that may be referenced in the Call for Proposals. January 2005 (Monterey, California) –Work on Functional Requirements and other documents that may be referenced in the Call for Proposals. –Call for Proposals issued immediately after meeting with deadline for submission of two weeks before the July meeting. March 2005 (Atlanta, Georgia) –Presentations, refinement of selection criteria May 2005 (Beijing, China) –Presentations, refinement of selection criteria July 2005 (San Francisco, Califonria) Presentation of Proposals September 2005 (TBD) Derivation of Draft November 2005 (Vancouver, British Columbia) Further Refinement of Draft, Letter Ballot Authorized by WG?

16. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 16 Early Draft Call for Proposals I have put together a generic suggested draft Call for Proposals: 11-04/1430r3 It includes –Different Levels of Referenced Documents –Deadlines based on our publicly announced planned schedule

17. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 17 Possibilities Between the November 2004 and January 2005 Meetings Possibilities for TGs Activity Between November 2004 and January 2005 Meetings to accelerate action : –Multiple Teleconferences (require 10 days notice, cannot be held more often than weekly (P&P clause 3.6.3)) –One Teleconference –Additional official face to face meeting is probably not practical due to holidays and requirement for 30 days notice (P&P clause 3.6.2)

18. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 18 Teleconferences Motion Teleconferences Motion: Moved, that TGs have teleconferences at 16:00 Eastern Standard Time Wednesdays on 1 December, 15 December, 5 January, and 12 January. Notice will be given, including UTC time, at least 10 days in advance. –Passed by unanimous consent

19. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1384r3 Submission November 2004 Donald Eastlake, 3 rd, MotorolaSlide 19 Schedule Projected at San Antonio (November) Meeting January 2005 (Monterey, California) –Work on Call for Proposals and on the Functional Requirements, Comparison Critera, and other documents that may be referenced in the Call for Proposals. –Call for Proposals issued immediately after meeting with deadline for submission of two weeks before the July meeting. March 2005 (Atlanta, Georgia) –Presentations, refinement of selection criteria and process May 2005 (Beijing, China) –Presentations, refinement of selection criteria and process July 2005 (San Francisco, Califonria) –Presentation of Proposals and initial selection actions September 2005 (TBD) Derivation of Draft November 2005 (Vancouver, British Columbia) Further Refinement of Draft January 2006 () Letter Ballot Authorized by WG?