1. January 19
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: WNG Liaison Report, March 2004
Date Submitted: 3/19/2004
Source: Jeyhan Karaoguz , Broadcom Corp.
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Abstract: This document highlights the actions taken by the IEEE WNG during the March Interim meeting in Orlando
Purpose: Liaison report
Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein.
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J. Karaoguz, Broadcom Corp.

2. IEEE 802.11 WNG Liaison Report for March 2004
January 19
IEEE WNG Liaison Report for March 2004
Jeyhan Karaoguz
J. Karaoguz, Broadcom Corp.

3. Topics of Ongoing Interest
January 19
VoIP Over WLAN
Lossless Data Compression
Software Defined Radio
Radio Regulatory, ETSI/BRAN, MMAC, 3GPP
Requirements of WLANs 10 years from now
J. Karaoguz, Broadcom Corp.

4. Contribution Highlights
January 19
WLAN Interworking
3GPP interworking requirements (Cheng Hong : 254r0)
3GPP requirements for WLAN selection (E Hepworth : 223r0)
Interworking Requirements (E. Hepworth : 222r0)
Wake on Wireless LAN (Paljug: 388r0)
Remote administration
Scheduled IT maintenance
Remote troubleshooting
60 GHz Gbit Ethernet WLAN (Chinitz: 367r0)
J. Karaoguz, Broadcom Corp.

5. doc.: IEEE 802.15-<doc#>
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doc.: IEEE <doc#>
January 19
Larger trends (311r0)
Evolution of Layer neighborhood awareness
802.11F IAPP, Fast Handoff, k Site Report
Evolution of Multi-radio parallels bridging into switching
802.11MES asserts nodes may have multiplicity of radios
Signaling channels, signaling protocols
Evolution of World mode
Over The Air provisioning
Antenna Independent Interface, via signaling to ODU?
J. Karaoguz, Broadcom Corp.
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6. Near and farther out (311r0)
January 19
Near and farther out (311r0)
802.11k Site Report
802.11n channel width detection, channel training
802.11MES Extended Service Set
. . .
4.9 GHz Public Safety
Incident Commander controls access
5.9 GHz WAVE controls access
Wireless Fast Ethernet
Wireless Gigabit Ethernet
J. Karaoguz, Broadcom Corp.

7. January 19
Problems with Std Developments: The recent amendments are in an even worse state than the rev 2003 base standard (247r0)
The amendments are poorly written and reviewed
Amendments are subject to same issues as the base standard
It is very difficult to write or review a “delta”, particularly in parallel with other “deltas” despite the best efforts of the amendment editors and many WG members
The amendments are based on even more convoluted structures
The base standard’s structure was not designed with 11e/g/h/i/j/k/n/… in mind
The TG’s often make decisions not to touch parts of the base standard because it would “open too many cans of worms”, eg
e.g. TGh and TGj have avoided many changes to Clause 17
e.g.TGk is using 11h in a non-extensible manner, but it is the easy path
J. Karaoguz, Broadcom Corp.

8. January 19
Motion Passed
Move that the WNG SC recomments that the IEEE WG asks ExecCome to form a SG to create a PAR and 5 criteria to from a new task group that will describe the AP functions and behaviors in an informative way
J. Karaoguz, Broadcom Corp.

9. Relevant docs 11-04-0282-00-0wng-wng_sc_report.ppt
January 19
Relevant docs
wng-wng_sc_report.ppt
wng-draft-par-proposed-wien-sg.doc
wng-draft-5criteria-proposed-wien-sg.doc
wng wlan-architectural-considerations-for-ietf-capwap.ppt
wng-evolution-revolution.ppt
wng-3gpp-wlan-interworking-updates.ppt
wng-additional-wng-topics-interest.ppt
wng-typical-ap-architecture.ppt
wng-liaison-to-eu6fw.doc
wng-capwap-and functional-architecture.ppt
wng-3gpp-wlan-interworking-security.ppt
wng-introduction-and-call-interest-in-standardizing-wake-wireless-lan.ppt
J. Karaoguz, Broadcom Corp.