1. July 2001
5GSG Portland, Oregon Joint Plenary Report Full Plenary Wednesday July 11, 2001
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

2. July 2001
Study Group Formation
Motion: to approve a study group to look at a means to converge the 3 major wireless LAN standards: IEEE a, ETSI-BRAN HiperLAN /2, and MMAC, conditional on the receipt of approval objectives from the Industry Advisory Group by 10/2/00 and the setting up of similar study groups by ETSI-BRAN HiperLAN /2, and MMAC by 11/20/00
Motion: passes 28:13:17
Scottsdale Meeting,Sept 2000, doc
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

3. 5GHz Study Group Original Intent International effort IEEE, ETSI, MMAC
July 2001
5GHz Study Group
Original Intent
Standard Harmonization - Single Global Standard for 5GHz WLANs
International effort
IEEE, ETSI, MMAC
Interim Objective
Interworking mechanism
Interworking Proposal Concepts
Legacy backward compatibility maintained
Approaches so far based upon superframes using either DCF or PCF
HCF options being discussed – possibly recommended practice
Could be coordinated with Coexistence Study Group
Future plan
5GHz Partnership Project now called 5WING
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

4. 5GHz Standardization Roadmap
July 2001
5GHz Standardization Roadmap IW
additions
IEEE a
(wireless Ethernet)
IEEE e/f/h
(QoS, Security, DFS/TPC, ..)
Joint SG
Requirements
Coexistence
Inter-working
Spectrum
5WING
Partnership Project
(BRAN/IEEE/MMAC)
Inter-working Standards Revisions
single
global standard
5GWIAG
BRAN-HL/2
(wireless ATM, IP)
Home Profile
HE phase2
UMTS - interworking
Public Access IW
additions
2000
2001
MMAC also participating
Today
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5. Interworking Task Group Proposal
July 2001
Interworking Task Group Proposal
Scope of Proposed Project:
Establish coexistence and inter-working among the a, ETSI HiperLAN/2, MMAC CSMA and HiSWANa standards. Extension of each of the MAC and PHY layers of these standards will be defined collaboratively to achieve coexistence and inter-working.
Purpose of Proposed Project:
To establish coexistence and inter-working among the a, ETSI HiperLAN/2, MMAC CSMA and HiSWANa standards. A subsequent project under a separate PAR is to create a single converged standard in the 5GHz band.
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

6. 5GSG Motions for March 2001 802.11 Closing Plenary:
July 2001
5GSG Motions for March Closing Plenary:
Move that we accept the PAR document ( )
and present it to the 802 Executive Committee for approval.
Motion passed in Study Group 14/1/7
Motion passed in plenary 41/8/17
Move that we accept the 5 Criteria document ( )
Motion passed in Study Group 26/0/7
Motion passed in plenary 42/6/13
Hilton Head Meeting, Mar 2001, doc
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

7. BRAN #24 European Telecommunications Standards Institute
July 2001
BRAN #24
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
BRAN# June to 29 June 2001
Sophia-Antipolis, France
Executive Summary - BRAN24d141
1.      Defer decision to continue/discontinue the Inter-working project until after the IEEE meeting in Portland. It was noted that both BRAN and IEEE will be meeting during the same week in September in Seattle and a joint meeting at that time would be desirable and presumably easy to arrange.
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

8. July 2001
Motions
The SG recommends a motion to the WG to rescind the approval and forwarding to Exec Com of the PAR and 5 criteria for TGj (Doc , )
Approved in SG
Motion to extend the 5GSG until the November plenary with the original goals as previously adopted, allowing a joint discussion with the other standards bodies (ETSI BRAN, MMAC) in the September 2001 meeting of the Joint SG to refine the aforementioned goals.
Approved in SG
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9. Coordination Remains Important
July 2001
Coordination Remains Important
Three way Joint Study Group
(IEEE, ETSI/BRAN, MMAC)
Alternating ETSI and IEEE meeting venues
Co-located meetings in September 2001
(More) Formal representation from MMAC
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10. Appendix Additional information relevant to the motions presented.
July 2001
Appendix
Additional information relevant to the motions presented.
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

11. Schedule of Standards Meetings
July 2001
Schedule of Standards Meetings
May 8-9 – H2GF – Princeton
May – IEEE –Orlando
June IAG - Helsinki
June – BRAN#24 – Sophia Antipolis
July 9-13 – IEEE – Portland
Sept – IEEE – Seattle
Sept – BRAN#25 – Seattle
Nov – IEEE – Austin
Dec. 4-7 – BRAN#26 – Sophia Antipolis
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

12. 5GSG Portland Session Documents
July 2001
5GSG Portland Session Documents
5GSG Committee Report r0,r1
5GSG Joint Plenary Report r0
5GSG Closing Plenary Report r0
5GSG Minutes r0
Altman Submission r0
Mangold/Choi/Wolfgang/Ngo r0a
(Submission)
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13. History of 5GSG Formation
July 2001
History of 5GSG Formation
Liaisons on PHY during creation of a and HL2 (’98-’99)
Substantial harmonization
Initiated by 5GWLIAG (May 2000) – to address problems of multiple standards at 5Ghz space
Letters exchanged on request to recognize a as a member of HL2 (Jul 2000)
Led to ETSI joining the Sept 2000 IEEE meeting
Creation of Joint 5GSG (Sept 2000)
Alternative meeting venues
5Ghz Global Standardization and Convergence discussion - IEEE September meeting, Scottsdale
Industry consensus towards global standardization at 5Ghz
Request for an Study group (with coordination with ETSI BRAN and MMAC) to address these issues.
LMSC Nov 9, 2000 approved formation of 5GSG (with contingencies of forming similar groups at ETSI BRAN and MMAC were fulfilled)
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14. IEEE Hilton Head Accomplishments March 12-16,2001 Motions:
July 2001
IEEE Hilton Head Accomplishments March 12-16,2001
Motions:
PProposed that we extend the 5GSG to the next joint plenary.
Motion passed in study group 36/0/0
Motion passed in plenary 74/6/4
PProposed that we pursue the creation of a 5GHzPP as a vehicle for establishing a single global standard.
Motion passed in study group 23/0/1
PPAR document ( )
passed in plenary 41/8/17
P5 Criteria document ( )
passed in plenary 42/6/13
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

15. Tentative Schedule for 5WING SG
July 2001
Tentative Schedule for 5WING SG
Operational Procedures
IEEE May: Prepare material (e.g. relationship diagram) and kick-off discussion
BRAN#24/IEEE July: initial submissions
IEEE Sep/BRAN#25: first draft prepared for circulation
Project Requirements Definition
IEEE Nov/BRAN#26: initial submissions
IEEE Jan 2002/BRAN#27: first draft prepared for circulation
Terms of Reference
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

16. BRAN 24d141 – How has the WLAN Market evolved?
July 2001
BRAN 24d141 – How has the WLAN Market evolved?
1.      A general discussion ensued as to what has happened in the WLAN market over the last quarter that may influence the answer to Jamshid’s question:
a.       Wi-Fi (.11b) is selling faster than anyone expected particularly in the US but also in the rest of the world
b.      Due to the high penetration if Wi-Fi it will be difficult to omit backward compatibility with .11b when new products are introduced
c.       The market progression has been from the enterprise to SOHO and most recently Hot Spots such as airports, hotels, coffee shops, …
d.      The market drivers have been:
                                            i.      Enterprise – usable data rates, ease of installation (no wires!), mobility
                                           ii.      Home – spreading of broadband access, ease of installation, low cost
                                          iii.      Hot Spots – ease of installation, low cost, profit potential, emergence of WISP aggregators such as GRIC
e.  The consensus expressed at the WECA meeting in Helsinki on 6-13,14 seemed to be that because of the perceived backward compatibility requirement new 5GHz products will likely be dual band (2.4 and 5 GHz) after the initial wave of 5GHz only products
f. The multi-band solution scenario will impact .11b/.11a, H2/.11b, TGg, H2/.11a product definitions
g. Andy Gowen noted that 2.4 GHz WLAN products are not legally used in public spaces in UK.
h.  Telecom operators will resist the development of networked WLAN Hot Spot which begin to look like WANs
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

17. BRAN 24d141 – How did Interworking evolve?
July 2001
BRAN 24d141 – How did Interworking evolve?
  “Why did IEEE authorize a task group, TGj, dedicated to developing an IW recommended practice given the apparent lack of interest?”
Garth reviewed the history of how 5GSG bifurcated into TGj and 5WING with the bottom line being that in order to retain interest in the 5GS it was felt that a short term interim project needed to be identified and, IW was a good candidate because much of the work to define an IW standard could be reused in the 5GS project. Neither H2 nor .11a will likely be the final WLAN standard and probably the most important work activity going forward is to set up a framework to develop global standards and then apply that framework to developing the 5Ghz Global Standards (5GS).
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

18. How did ETSI Relationship evolve?
July 2001
How did ETSI Relationship evolve?
IEEE P Wireless LANs
To: Mr Jamshid Khun-Jush, Chairman, ETSI Project BRAN Date: July 13, 2000
Subject: re: IEEE P request to ETSI for considering the adoption of the IEEE P802.11a 5 GHz Wireless LAN standard as a member of HIPERLAN family of standards
Dear ETSI BRAN Officers and Members,
Thank you for your advice that considerations regarding several areas are needed for EP BRAN to be able to make an assessment on the further handling of the IEEE P request that the IEEE P802.11a 5 GHz Wireless LAN standard be adopted as a member of HIPERLAN family of standards. These areas include regulatory, application and technical aspects.
Unfortunately the arrival of the liaison letter right at the end of the May meeting precluded its consideration until the July Plenary, and consequently we missed the opportunity to arrange attendance at the June BRAN meeting by an delegation. We would be pleased to attend at the next available meeting, which we understand is in Stresa during October 3-6, 2000, to pursue a path to resolving the matters raised in your letter. We extend an invitation to BRAN members to attend any future IEEE meetings, details of which are available on the IEEE 802 website ( The next meeting will be in Scottsdale, Arizona, September 18-22, We also suggest that we explore the possibility of a joint ETSI BRAN/IEEE meeting in the coming year. The IEEE WG is working to address the key points raised in your liaison letter. In particular, the matters of
TPC and DFS are being studied in TGe (MAC Enhancement) and an Ad Hoc Group has been established to consider the harmonisation of existing standards towards adoption of a single global standard. It is anticipated that the Ad Hoc Group will identify overlapping services and applications as well as look at issues of coexistence of the different standards. We anticipate that representations from the Ad Hoc Group will be made during the BRAN#20 meeting in Stresa.
On the matter of IPR, IEEE P has obtained letters of assurance that owners of all IPR known to us will provide on request licenses without discrimination and for a reasonable fee. These letters ensure that all known IPRs were addressed in sufficient time to avoid the IEEE family of standards being blocked at a later stage by the refusal of these IPR owners to grant licenses.
As per your request, a full set of documentation, including standards IEEE (1999), IEEE a and the set of IPR letters are provided as attachments to this liaison.
Sincerely,
Stuart Kerry, Chairman IEEE P802.11,
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

19. Motions from Monday July 9, 2001 5GSG evening
The SG recommends a motion to the WG to reconsider the approval and forwarding to Exec Com of the PAR and 5 criteria for TGj (Doc , )
Approved in SG
Motion to extend the 5GSG until the November plenary with the original goals as previously adopted, allowing a joint discussion with the other standards bodies (ETSI BRAN, MMAC) in the September 2001 meeting of the Joint SG to refine the aforementioned goals.
Approved in SG
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

20. July 2001
Reconsider
Reconsider – enables a majority in an assembly to bring back for further consideration a motion which has already been voted on.
The purpose of reconsidering a vote is to permit correction of hasty, ill-advised or erroneous action, or to take into account added information or a changed situation that has developed since the taking of the vote
It can only be made by a member on the prevailing side during the session at which the original motion was approved.
This requires a two-thirds vote
RONR (10th ed.), Section 37, pg 304 ff
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21. July 2001
Rescind
A motion by which a previous action or order can be canceled or countermended.
The effect of rescind is to strike out an entire main motion that has been adopted at some previous time
This requires a two-thirds vote
RONR (10th ed.), Section 35, pg 293 ff
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

22. Amend something previously adopted
July 2001
Amend something previously adopted
This is a motion that can be used if it is desired to change only a part of the text or to substitute a different version.
This requires a two-thirds vote
RONR (10th ed.), Section 35, pg 293 ff
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

23. Motion Motion to amend something previously adopted
July 2001
Motion
Motion to amend something previously adopted
Amend the motion to substitute “rescind” for “reconsider” resulting in the following motion:
The SG recommends a motion to the WG to rescind the approval and forwarding to Exec Com of the PAR and 5 criteria for TGj (Doc , )
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com

24. MMAC Notice of Reorganization and Activities
July 2001
MMAC Notice of Reorganization and Activities
MMAC letter to ETSI BRAN and IEEE (BRAN24d140)
Announcing reorganization
The Convergence Ad-hoc Study Group of MMAC-PC (a.k.a CASG) met on 23rd May, 2001 to discuss how to proceed towards convergence of MMAC wireless systems, HiperLAN2 and IEEE802.11a using 5 GHz band
CSMA WG work is done and will be closed soon.
CSMA members shall directly participate in 5GSG/IEEE meetings representing each company for the globalization discussion, if necessary.
MMAC-PC will continue to work together with ETSI-BRAN and IEEE members within joint 5GSG framework for short term harmonization.
CASG participants agreed to create a new group to work toward a single standard of the next generation wireless LAN including wireless homelink applications using 5GHz band. This new group will be a joint group comprising HiSWANa members and Wireless Homelink members of MMAC-PC.
Bruce Kraemer Intersil, TK Tan 3Com