1. Charles R. Wright charles_wright@azimuthsystems.com
May 2004
Wireless Performance Prediction Study Group WG Report and Meeting Slides
Charles R. Wright
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2. Wireless Performance Prediction Study Group WG Report
May 2004
Wireless Performance Prediction Study Group WG Report
(2 slides)
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3. WPP Report Total meeting time: 10 hours Total number of attendees: 33
May 2004
WPP Report
Total meeting time: 10 hours
Total number of attendees: 33
Goal
Wordsmith PAR & 5 Criteria
SG approval – success!
Several motions to be brought before WG
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4. Next Steps WG approval of PAR/5Crit and forwarding to 802 EXCOM
May 2004
Next Steps
WG approval of PAR/5Crit and forwarding to 802 EXCOM
Empowered to hold weekly telecons until July meeting
Thursdays 12 noon ET
Will announce as necessary
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5. May 2004
WG Motions
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6. May 2004
Motion to Approve PAR
Believing the PAR & 5 Criteria contained in the documents below meet IEEE-SA guidelines,
Request that this PAR & 5 Criteria contained in 11-04/613r2 & 11-04/585r5 be posted to the ExCom agenda for WG 802 preview and ExCom approval (and subsequent submission to NesCom).
Movers: WPP SG: Green/Lanzl Result: WG: mover/seconder Result: x-x-x
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7. Motion to Affirm PAR by LB
May 2004
Motion to Affirm PAR by LB
Move to have the WG chair initiate a 15 day letter ballot to reaffirm the WG decision regarding the WPP PAR and 5 Criteria
Movers: WPP SG: Lanzl/Green Result: WG: mover/seconder Result: x-x-x
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8. Motion to Empower to resolve comments
May 2004
Motion to Empower to resolve comments
Move to empower the WPP SG to hold special meetings as needed during the week beginning June 7 to resolve comments received from the reaffirmation letter ballot. Such meetings will be held by teleconference.
Movers: WPP SG: Green/Amer Result: WG: mover/seconder Result: x-x-x
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9. Welcome to Wireless Performance Prediction
May 2004
Welcome to Wireless Performance Prediction
Charles R. Wright
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10. May 2004
Meeting Tone
PLEASE Bring your Engineer Mentality and Technologist Attitude
Please keep a Positive Attitude
Please check your Ego and Politics at the door.
We try hard to follow the process - not because we like process, but because enables us to conduct our meetings in a fair and efficient manner
Try hard to understand another member’s viewpoint. Try especially hard to “hear” what they are not saying. Many disagreements arise from such unspoken assumptions.
–Jon Rosdahl
former HTSG Chair
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11. Review IEEE/802 & 802.11 Policies and Rules
May 2004
Review IEEE/802 & Policies and Rules
Study Group: Everyone Votes.
All 802 policies apply
All policies apply
Submissions must meet document format criteria.
All Study Group voting requires 75% consensus.
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12. IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
May 2004
IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
6. Patents
IEEE standards may include the known use of patent(s), including patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard. This assurance shall be provided without coercion and prior to approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent becomes known after initial approval of the standard). This assurance shall be a letter that is in the form of either
a) A general disclaimer to the effect that the patentee will not enforce any of its present or future patent(s) whose use would be required to implement the proposed IEEE standard against any person or entity using the patent(s) to comply with the standard or
b) A statement that a license will be made available without compensation or under reasonable rates, with reasonable terms and conditions that are demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination
This assurance shall apply, at a minimum, from the date of the standard's approval to the date of the standard's withdrawal and is irrevocable during that period.
Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – December 2002
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13. Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG/TG/SG Meetings
May 2004
Inappropriate Topics for
IEEE WG/TG/SG Meetings
Don’t discuss licensing terms or conditions
Don’t discuss product pricing, territorial restrictions or market share
Don’t discuss ongoing litigation or threatened litigation
Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed… do formally object.
If you have questions,
contact the IEEE Patent Committee Administrator at
Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – December 2002
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14. Study Group Attendance
May 2004
Study Group Attendance
Attendance must be taken in study groups
802 rules
Please sign in to the sheet being passed around
Don’t need contact info, don’t need time when attended
Just sign the sheet once during the week
Thank you!
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15. A Friendly Reminder… Don’t forget to log your attendance!
May 2004
A Friendly Reminder…
Don’t forget to log your attendance!
Attendance server problems?
Talk to Harry Worstell
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16. Progress since Orlando
May 2004
Progress since Orlando
Held six teleconferences
Formed two ad hoc groups to focus on
Metrics and methodologies (Paul Canaan, Intel)
Prediction (Roger Skidmore, Wireless Valley)
Ad hoc groups considered
Presentations/notes
11-04/441r0, “Overview of Prediction of Wireless Communication Network Performance,” Roger Skidmore
11-04/475r0, Prediction Ad Hoc Teleconference Notes, Roger Skidmore
11-04/450r0, 11-04/462r0, “Wireless Performance Prediction – Methodology Ad-Hoc Working Group,” Paul Canaan
11-02/491r0, “WPP Summary of Developed Text,” Charles Wright
PAR proposal
11-04/492r0, r1, “Possible PAR for IEEE Wireless Performance Prediction,” Charles Wright
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17. Timeline Going Forward
May 2004
Timeline Going Forward
March meeting
“Big picture” (vision) discussion of WPP
Discuss scope and purpose for PAR
May meeting
Detailed crafting of PAR, 5 Criteria
Move to have PAR/5 Criteria approved by WG for forwarding to EXCOM
July meeting
SG resolution of comments from EXCOM, 802
Vote to extend life of SG to do the work of the TG (for reaffirmation in TG)
We are here
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18. Call for Presentations germane to Scope and Purpose of WPP
May 2004
Call for Presentations germane to Scope and Purpose of WPP
Draft PAR, Larry Green, doc # 11-04/582r1
Draft 5 Criteria, Khaled Amer, doc # 11-04/585r1
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19. Straw Poll 1 Change the proposed scope in doc 11-04/492r2 to read:
May 2004
Straw Poll 1
Change the proposed scope in doc 11-04/492r2 to read:
The scope of the project is to provide a set of metrics and measurement methodologies to enable measuring and predicting the performance of WLAN devices and networks at the component and application level in a test environment. (1)
The scope of the project is to provide a set of metrics and measurement methodologies to enable measuring and predicting the performance of WLAN devices and networks at the component and application level. (7)
The scope of the project is to provide a set of metrics, measurement methodologies and test conditions to enable measuring and predicting the performance of WLAN devices and networks at the component and application level. (10)
Can vote for more than one
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20. Straw Poll 2 Change the proposed scope in doc 11-04/492r2 to read:
May 2004
Straw Poll 2
Change the proposed scope in doc 11-04/492r2 to read:
The scope of the project is to provide a set of metrics and measurement methodologies to enable measuring and predicting the performance of WLAN devices and networks at the component and application level. (0)
The scope of the project is to provide a set of metrics, measurement methodologies and test conditions to enable measuring and predicting the performance of WLAN devices and networks at the component and application level. (12)
Vote for only one
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21. Milestones before becoming TG
May 2004
Milestones before becoming TG
27 Days
30 Days
This Mtg.
15 Day Letter Ballot
802 Plenary Portland
closing plenary:
Friday, May 14
Deadline for getting on EXCOM agenda:
June 11
Start of 802 EXCOM
meeting: July 12
Conclusion: we have just enough time to conduct the LB
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22. May 2004
Motion #1
Move to approve following document as the Five Criteria for the WPP SG:
11-04/585r5, “Five Criteria for IEEE Wireless Performance Prediction”
Mover/Seconder: Amer/Green
Votes (all SG attendees, 75% to pass)
Yes:13
No:0
Abs:0
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23. May 2004
Motion #2
Move to approve following documents as the PAR for the WPP SG:
11-04/613r2, “Draft PAR for Wireless Performance Prediction”
Mover/Seconder: Green/Alexander
Votes (all SG attendees, 75% to pass)
Yes:11
No:0
Abs:0
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24. May 2004
Motion #3
Move to request the chair to forward following documents as the PAR and 5 Criteria to the Working Group:
11-04/613r2, “Draft PAR for Wireless Performance Prediction”
11-04/585r5, “Five Criteria for IEEE Wireless Performance Prediction”
Mover/Seconder: Green/Lanzl
Votes (all SG attendees, 75% to pass)
Yes:12
No:0
Abs:0
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25. May 2004
Motion #4
Move to request the WPP chair to request the WG chair initiate a 15-day letter ballot reaffirming the WG decision regarding the WPP PAR and 5 Criteria
Mover/Seconder: Lanzl/Green
Votes (all SG attendees, 75% to pass)
Yes:12
No:0
Abs:0
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26. May 2004
Motion #5
Move to request empowerment for the WPP SG to hold special meetings as needed during the week beginning May 31 to resolve comments received from the reaffirmation letter ballot. Such meetings will be held by teleconference.
Mover/Seconder: Green/Amer
Votes (all SG attendees, 75% to pass)
Yes: 14
No:0
Abs:0
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27. May 2004
WPP Document List
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28. Docs related to Telecons (25 Mar 04 to 6 May 04)
Presentations
Minutes
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29. Docs related to Telecons (19 Feb 04 to 11 Mar 04)
May 2004
Docs related to Telecons (19 Feb 04 to 11 Mar 04)
Agendas
wpp-telecon-agenda-19-feb-04.ppt
wpp-telecon-agenda-26-feb-04.ppt
Presentations
wpp-wireless-performance-prediction-organization-proposal.ppt
wpp-wireless-performance-prediction-proposed-framework.ppt
Minutes
wpp-wpp-sg-telecon-minutes-feb doc
wpp-telecon-minutes-26-feb-2004.doc
wpp-wpp-sg-telecon-minutes-mar doc
wpp-wpp-sg-telecon-minutes-mar doc
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30. Jan 2004 802.11 Meeting (Vancouver) Presentations
May 2004
Jan Meeting (Vancouver) Presentations
wpp-ieee study-group-overview-2004.ppt
wpp-wpp-project-background-&-roadmap.ppt
wpp-optimization-parallels-with-cdma-cellular-pcs-industry.ppt
wpp-ctia-over-air-test-standard.ppt
wng-wpp-approaches-to-issue.ppt
wng-wpp-user-experience.ppt
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31. Nov 2003 802.11 (Albuquerque) Presentations
May 2004
Nov (Albuquerque) Presentations
Presented within the Wireless Next Generation standing committee
wng-wpp-introduction-&-overview.ppt
wng-wpp-approaches-to-issue.ppt
wng-wpp-summary-work-plan-&-proposal.ppt
wng-wpp-user-experience.ppt
wng-wpp-simulating-field-performance.ppt
wng-rf-performance-testing.ppt
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32. Early WPP Telecon Presentations
May 2004
Early WPP Telecon Presentations
These presentations were made prior to the formation of the WPP SG, and can be found on EMC Society WPP web site, maintained by S. Berger:
Factors Affecting Performance, F. Mlinarsky
Standard Methods for Predicting Wireless Performance, P. Canaan, P. Ellis
CTIA Standard for Over-The-Air Testing of Wireless Devices and Field Map Movies, M. Foegelle
RDI's Approach to Performance Prediction, K. Britain
Azimuth Test Configuration, F. Mlinarsky
Test Methodology, F. Mlinarsky
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33. May 2004
Backup Information
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34. Teleconference Info Date: Thursdays Time: 11 AM Eastern time (1600 UT)
May 2004
Teleconference Info
Date: Thursdays
Time: 11 AM Eastern time (1600 UT)
Duration: 1 hour
Phone # 
International:
Passcode:
Next: March 25, 2004
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35. Email Reflector Original reflector: stds-wpp@ieee.org
May 2004
Reflector
Original reflector:
Set up under aegis of EMC Society
reflector:
Requires membership to send to it
Can be monitored through web site
rules require all SG communication to be through reflector
Use of WPP reflector will be discontinued after March meeting
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36. References for 802.11 Newcomers (1 of 2)
May 2004
References for Newcomers (1 of 2)
Web site:
Document server:
Sign up for an account
No need to be an member to get an account
Once logged in, “join” :
Click on “ WLAN WG” on left
In center window, choose to become a new member
Click again on “ WLAN WG”
An additional subitem called “Documents” will be revealed – click on it
You’ve reached the document server!
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37. References for 802.11 Newcomers (2 of 2)
May 2004
References for Newcomers (2 of 2)
Document numbering scheme
WG-YY-NNNN-RR-gggg-English-document-title.ext
WG = 802 working group number, e.g. “11” as in
YY = two digits of year
NNNN = document number
RR = document revision number
gggg = group to which the document pertains
Example:
wpp-telecon-agenda-19-feb-04.ppt
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