1. MDA Comment Resolution 2
Feb, 2008
doc.: IEEE /xxxx
November, 2008
MDA Comment Resolution 2
Date:
Authors:
Dee Denteneer, Philips
Liwen Chu, STMicroelectronics

2. Resolve a number of CIDs on MDA
November, 2008
Resolve a number of CIDs on MDA
CIDs: , 312, 313, 320, 398, 531, 588, 590, 592, 612, 620, 621, 623, 624, , 634, 1040,
1309, 1337, 1483, , 1582, 1583, 1875,
Normative text: IEEE /1384r0; the excel sheet describing the comment resolution is 11-08/1387r1
Dee Denteneer, Philips

3. November, 2008
CIDs: , 312, 313, 320, 398, 531, 588, 590, 612, 620, 621, 623, 624, , 634, 1483, 1540, 1582, 1583, 1875, 1881, 1882
Many requests for explanation, reference to frame format Clauses, and editorial stuff.
243“The management frames that are used for this behavior are missing and it is difficult to read.”
245: Modify the sentence to be understandable.
247: Clarify.
320: Clarify the protocol and modify the text accordingly.
The format of the TX-RX times report field is complex. Simplified format is preferable.
823: The sentence starting from line 29 is not easy to understand. Make the description more "easy to read".
Dee Denteneer, Philips

4. November, 2008
CIDs: 592, 1040, 1309, 1337, 1538, 1539
Simplify format and introduce a reservation field
Structure now is:
MDAOP: period of time
MDAOP Reservation: field to descrcibe one or more MDAOPs, repeated in MESH DTIM
MDAOP Reservation Report: A report of MDAOPs Reservations
There are three kinds of reports: TX-RX, Broadcast, and Interfering times
MDAOP Advertisements: contains a selection of Reservation Reports, along with MDAOP information
Dee Denteneer, Philips

5. MDA fields and IEs November, 2008 MDAOP: Period of time
MDAOP Reservation
MDAOP Duration
MDAOP Periodicity
MDAOP Offset 1 2
MDAOP Reservation Report
Number of Reported MDAOP Reservations
MDAOP Reservation 1 …
MDAOP Reservation n
Octets: 1 4
Dee Denteneer, Philips

6. MDA fields and IEs November, 2008 MDA Information MDAOP Advertisement
B0      B3
B4           B7 B8 B9
B10
B11:B15
MDA Access Fraction
MDA Access Fraction Limit
TX-RX Report Present
Broadcast Report Present
Interfering Report Present
Reserved
Bits: 4 4 1
MDAOP Advertisement
Element ID
Length
MDA Information
TX-RX Times Report
Broadcast Times Report
Interfering Times Report
Octets: 1 1 2
variable
Dee Denteneer, Philips

7. November, 2008
CIDs: 1879
“"Either the transmitter or the receiver may initiate a teardown by transmitting“ This highlights a problem with use of the general terms transmitter and receiver. How can a receiver transmit?“
Define and consistently use terms named <protocol> <role>. For example, in TGe there is a TXOP initiator, TGn there is an RD initiator, RD responder and others similar. So in this case the roles would be MDAOP initiator and MDAOP responder.”
Rather a lot of changes.
Dee Denteneer, Philips