1. January 2005
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September 2005
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: TG4b Opening/Closing Report for Vancouver, BC
Date Submitted: November 2005
Source: Robert Poor, NBT Group
Contact: Robert Poor, NBT Group
Voice:
Re: TG4b Opening/Closing Report for September Session
Abstract: Opening/Closing Report for the TG4b session in Vancouver, BC
Purpose: To provide information on define enhancements and corrections to the existing standard, IEEE
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2. January 2005
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September 2005
TG4b Scope
This project will define enhancements and corrections to the existing standard. The revised standard will be backward compatible with IEEE P
The considered enhancements shall be limited to:
A method for shared time-base distribution.
Support for new frequency allocations for Europe, China, and Japan.
Extension of 2.4GHz derivative modulation yielding higher data rates for the lower frequency bands.
Mechanism for communicating the revision level.
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Robert Poor - Ember Corporation

3. TG4b Scope (continued) The considered corrections are:
January 2005
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September 2005
TG4b Scope (continued)
The considered corrections are:
Resolving ambiguities.
Removing unnecessary complexity, such as making GTS support optional and eliminating BUSY_RX, BUSY_TX, and FORCE_TRX_OFF from the PHY enumerations.
Resolving issues such as long association time for non-beacon networks, inflexible security use, adding support for multicast, reducing MAC overhead and MAC header compression.
Robert Poor - NBT GRoup
Robert Poor - Ember Corporation

4. Meeting Objectives Approve Garden Grove Minutes
January 2005
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September 2005
Meeting Objectives
Approve Garden Grove Minutes
Approve Agenda & Objectives
Review LB32 results
Comment Resolution & Editing
Prepare Working Group motion for Sponsor Ballot
Plan TG4b Activity & Revise Schedule
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5. Upcoming dates Date Action 14 Nov 2005 Sponsor Ballot Pool Opened
January 2005
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September 2005
Upcoming dates
Date
Action
14 Nov 2005
Sponsor Ballot Pool Opened
14 Dec 2005
Sponsor Ballot Pool Closes
15 Dec 2005
Sponsor Ballot Opens
14 Jan 2006
Sponsor Ballot Closes
Robert Poor - NBT GRoup
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6. Major Activity & Documents
January 2005
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September 2005
Major Activity & Documents
Since Garden Grove:
Weekly phone calls for MAC, PHY, Security.
Comment database: xx-004b
Vancouver minutes: b
Opening/Closing report: b
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