1. Submission Title: [Ranging opening report; Vancouver]
November, 2005
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: [Ranging opening report; Vancouver]
Date Submitted: [14 November, 2005]
Source: [Vern Brethour] Company [Time Domain Corp.]
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Re: [ a.]
Abstract: [A summary of teleconference activity between Garden Grove and Vancouver.]
Purpose: [To promote discussion in a.]
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2. Ranging Editor’s Opening Report (Vancouver)
November, 2005
Ranging Editor’s Opening Report (Vancouver)
Teleconference activity between Garden Grove and Vancouver
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3. There were 7 teleconference calls between Garden Grove and Vancouver.
November, 2005
We worked through all of the Monday holidays this time. (Labor Day in the US.)
Holidays remain problematic for Rangers because they fall disproportionately on Mondays.
We will NOT have a call on Monday the 26’th of December (Boxing Day in the UK)
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4. The call times have switched from Daylight Savings time to Standard time.
November, 2005
Apologies to Japan and Singapore.
8 AM US Central remains the best compromise.
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5. The teleconference minutes (as approved) are on the wirelessworld document server.
November, 2005
r0 covers the period from Sept 12 through October 31.
r0 covers the 2 months preceding Garden Grove.
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6. Major topics on the calls:
November, 2005
Major topics on the calls:
Drafting mechanics.
CCA / CSMA / ALOHA signaling and network management.
Private ranging.
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7. November, 2005
The CCA issue.
We have already chosen a UWB preamble and data modulation structure which does not support CCA very well.
Yihong Qi and Bin Zhen continue to work on ways to improve that situation.
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8. The Private Ranging issue.
November, 2005
The Private Ranging issue.
Zafer and Lars, Arnaud and Shahriar made presentations to clarify what levels of privacy are supported and how.
Dynamic Frequency Selection against jammer will not be supported.
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9. November, 2005
Work to do in Vancouver.
Define the actual definition of the bits for the ranging figure of merit.
Hammer out a draft!
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