1. Name change for GAS Date: 2008-03-15 Authors: March 2008 October 2007
doc.: IEEE /2629r1
March 2008
Name change for GAS
Date:
Authors:
Gabor Bajko, Nokia
Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

2. GAS in draft 2.0 Generic Advertisement Service
October 2007
doc.: IEEE /2629r1
March 2008
GAS in draft 2.0
Generic
Advertisement
Service
‘GAS’ is an encapsulation mechanism which is NOT:
Generic (it only supports a Native Query, MIIH, maybe CAP?)
Advertisement (does not advertises anything). The only thing which is advertised is the interworking capability
Service (service=“the work performed by one that serves” )
Name is confusing, misleading
Name should be self explanatory
Gabor Bajko, Nokia
Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

3. What is the mechanism currently called ‘GAS’?
October 2007
doc.: IEEE /2629r1
March 2008
What is the mechanism currently called ‘GAS’?
Instead of using the misleading name of ‘Advertisement’, use ‘Query’ to reflect exactly what it is
Instead of saying it is a ‘service’, say what it actually is: a mechanism. Mechanisms or protocols are used to access services (like eg MIIS)
Avoid using the name ‘generic’. Or modify the mechanism to become generic and keep the word in its name.
Gabor Bajko, Nokia
Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

4. Self explanatory names list
October 2007
doc.: IEEE /2629r1
March 2008
Self explanatory names list
State1 Service Access Mechanism (SSAM)
State1 Service Query Mechanism (SSQM)
State1 Query Mechanism (SQM)
Service Query Mechanism (SQM)
Query Mechanism (QM)
Mechanism<=>Protocol
Or simply say in the abbreviations that GAS stands for State1 Service Access Mechanism (encrypted form?)
Gabor Bajko, Nokia
Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

5. October 2007
doc.: IEEE /2629r1
March 2008
and then …
Gain
Able
Schema
Generic
Access
Score
Genuine
Acquire
Set
Goal
Action
Solution
Good
Admit
Space
Grant
Allow
Strategy
Great
Ample
Structure
Group
Announcement
System
Guaranteed
Answer
Approach
Approximation
Area
Arrangement
Asking
Assembly
David suggested to find a name which is backward compatible with the abbreviation (GAS)
Names are not so self explanatory, but they are way less confusing than the current one
Gabor Bajko, Nokia
Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks