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March 2004
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: [802.11n liaison report to Working Group ]
Date Submitted: [19 March 2004]
Source: [Jason Ellis] Company [Staccato Communications]
Address [5893 Oberlin Dr., San Diego, CA, USA]
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Abstract: [Liaison report]
Purpose: [To inform the WG on progress in n during the March 2004 session]
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2. Objectives & Status FRCC Simulation Scenarios Document
March 2004
Objectives & Status
FRCC
Functional requirements document
Previously approved as technical document obtaining 75% approval; modifications made
Comparison criteria document
Near approval, majority of week resolving comments – Approval expected in May
Simulation Scenarios Document
Comments not yet addressed – Approval expected in May
Simulation Methodology
Everyone agreed that there was nothing to agree upon for standardization – Status, abandoned
Call For Proposals (CFP)
Requires FRCC and Simulations Scenarios documents be approved
Desire is to issue CFP in May
Groups goal for 1st proposal presentations is September 04
Numerous presentations offered to the committee
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3. March 2004
Additional Information Source: n-tgn-march-opening-report
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4. Mon & Tues (as amended) March 2004
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5. March 2004
Wed & Thu (as amended)
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6. New Documents as of Sunday March 14
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7. Key Documents Key TGn Documents as of March ’04 Opening
TGn Schedule r0
TGn Selection Procedure r9
Selection Procedure Minutes r2
Channel Models r2
Usage Models r r13
Functional Requirements r9
FRCC Cumulative Minutes r6 r10
Comparison Criteria r r17
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8. FRCC Presentations - March
FRCC Report and Process for TGn Meeting Adrian Stephens r1
FRCC Template for Comments Adrian Stephens r1
FRCC Items
Carrier Frequency/Symbol Clock Offset Proposal for TGn FRCC Colin Lanzl r3
Simple Model for Phase Noise Impairment for TGn CC Colin Lanzl r0
TGN FRCC Proposed new IM Colin Lanzl r0
TGN FRCC Proposed new IM7: Antenna Configuration Colin Lanzl r0
Simulation effort required (FRCC) Bjorn Bjerke r0
Comments on TGn FRCC Doc # r George Vlantis r2
Multiple Channel Modes in a Simulation Scenario John Ketchum r0
Rate Adaptive Version of CC John Ketchum r1
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9. Simulation Methodology Speakers
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Simulation Methodology Speakers
Times in minutes shown [in brackets]
Sim Methodologies
0269r0 - PHY Abstraction based on PER Prediction - Ketchum
0218r3 - Simulation Methodology - Bruno Jechoux [45]
0183r3 - Record and Playback method – Hemanth Sampath [25]
0304r1 -  PER prediction for MAC simulation - John Sadowsky [30]
Others
0300r0 - A Comment on Black-Box adaptation for simulation methodology– Adrian Stephens
0316r1; Comments on PHY Abstraction; John Sadowsky [10]
0303r0; The System Issues of rate adaptation; Simulation methodology- Hujun Yin [15]
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10. March 2004
Technical Presentations – Submitted for March – presentation may be delayed until May
MIMO Ant OFDM Solutions for Enhanced PHY Alexandre Dias r0
Turbo Codes for IEEE n Marie-Helene Hamon r0
20ms Effective Preamble MIMO OFDM Seigo Nakao r1
PCCC Turbo Codes for n Bart Van Poucke r0
Number of MIMO Multiplex for 11n Standards Yusuke Asai r0
Field Measurements of 2 by 2 MIMO Communications Babak Daneshrad r0
Limitation on Range Extension using Multiple Antennas Heejung Yu r0
Maximizing MAC Throughputs by Dynamic RTS-CTS Threshold Woo-Yong Choi r0
LDPC vs. Convolutional Codes: Perf and Complexity Comparison Alexsandar Purkovic r0
Rate Feedback Schemes for MIMO-OFDM Stephan ten Brink r0
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