1. Liaison report from the Wi-Fi Alliance to 802.11 WG
Mar 07
doc.: IEEE /0447r0
Mar 2007
Liaison report from the Wi-Fi Alliance to WG
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Andrew Myles (Cisco)
Andrew Myles (Cisco)

2. Mar 2007
This brief liaison advertises a WFA presentation in May & emphasises the dependence of the WFA on 1
The WFA will present in May based on invitation of the IEEE WG Chair 2
The WFA continues to leverage in many of its current approved certification developments 3
The best way to get information about the activities of the WFA is to join
Summary
Andrew Myles (Cisco)

3. Mar 2007
The WFA will present in May based on invitation of the IEEE WG Chair
Over the last two meeting the WFA Liaison has discussed various issues in the standards process
For WG
For WFA
The WG Chair challenged the WFA to present an industry view of the challenges to the standards process
The challenge was confirmed during the first of a planned series of regular get togethers between WG & WFA leaderships
It will occur during the May mid week plenary session
The WFA would be happy to address other issues of interest to members during the presentation
Send suggestions to this speaker and the WG Chair
Andrew Myles (Cisco)

4. Mar 2007
The WFA continues to leverage in many of its current approved certification developments
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… mainly based on
Congratulations on passing LB and making the unadopted draft publicly available!
TGn
802.11n D2.0
WMM-AC
802.11e (WMM)
Thank you for considering transition from e to WMM!
Voice
802.11e (WMM)
802.11k
802.11r
Mesh new
802.11s?
Video new
802.11e (WMM)?
DLS?
Andrew Myles (Cisco)

5. Mar 2007
Advertisement: the best way to get information about the activities of the WFA is to join!
Contact Frank Hanzlik (Managing Director of WFA)
Contact Andrew Myles (Chair of WFA)
Look at the website at
Andrew Myles (Cisco)