1. Project: IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: [TGn Liaison Report]
Date Submitted: [18May2006]
Source: [John Barr] Company [Motorola]
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Abstract: [Liaison report to inform WG of actions taken by n.]
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July 2004
doc.: IEEE /0395r0
Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola
John Barr, Motorola

2. July 2004
doc.: IEEE /0395r0
Summary
P802.11n Draft 1.0 approved in March for WG Letter Ballot - FAILED: (only 352 voters)
YES: 149 (46.5%)
NO: 171
ABSTAIN: 32
Largest number of comments EVER!
Total 12277
Unique 7585
Editorial 4130
Hard Editorial 26
Technical 3429
1632 Technical (solution provided with consensus)
749 Submission Technical (submission required for solution)
1048 Disputed Technical (no consensus on proposed solution)
Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola
John Barr, Motorola

3. Comments per Page
Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola

4. Ad Hoc Document Summary
Ad Hoc Topic
.xls resolution file #
Revision as of Thur 8 am
PSMP
687 8
CA Doc
731 2
Frame Format
717 5
PHY
693
MAC
690
Coexistence
724 3
Beamforming & Adaptation
675 7
General
688
Editorial
706
Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola

5. Rate of Progress
On Monday, summary report of 6.4 minutes for each comment resolution.
At this rate, resoution of 3394 technical comments would take 362 hours (45 (8 hour days) or 9 full weeks)
Result will probably be a brand new letter ballot due to the complexity of the problem
Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola

6. TGn Update Items
P802.11n_D1.0.pdf and n-ca-document-doc.doc submitted as LB84 on March 19 closing on April 28.
The supporting documents:
n-tgn-d1-0-lb84.xls
n-tgn-comment-status-and-resolution-process.ppt
n-tgn-general-comment-adhoc-group.xls
n-resolution-phy-comments-from-lb8484.xls
n-tgn-phy-ad-hoc-operation.ppt
n-beamforming-and-adaptation-ad-hoc-agenda.ppt
n-beamforming-through-subspace-tracking-mimo-ofdm-using-limited-feedback.ppt
n-tgn-d1-0-lb84-editorial-plus-duplicates.xls
n-tgn-editorial-ad-hoc-cumulative-minutes.doc
n-psmp-ad-hoc-operation-and-goals-may-meeting.ppt
n-tgn-lb84-frame-format-adhoc-group.xls
n-tgn-lb84-frame-format-adhoc-group-operation.ppt
n-tgn-d1-0-lb84-coexist-com-res.xls
n-dual-cts-er-nr-considerations.ppt
n-section ppt
n-motion-request-assigned-numbers.ppt
n-motions-related-to-phy-ad-hoc-lb84-resolution.ppt
n-mac-adhoc-may-status-lb84-resolution.ppt
n-beamforming-and-adaptation-adhoc-may-2006-status-lb84-resolution.ppt
n-tgn-psmp-adhoc-group-may-status-and-planned-activity-until-santa-clara-f2f.ppt
n-lb84-cadoc-adhoc-report-may-06.ppt
n-tgn-editor-closing-report-may-2006.ppt
n-tgn-may-06-opening-report.ppt
Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola

7. Actions Moving Forward
May 31 - June 1 ad hoc comment resolution in Santa Clara, CA
July ad hoc near San Diego
July IEEE 802 Plenary in San Diego
Only 9 (8 hour days) planned …. need 45
Weekly conference calls at 11AM EDT beginning on May 24th.
Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola

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