1. September 2006 Melbourne Meeting Slides
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September 2006
September 2006
September 2006 Melbourne Meeting Slides
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C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.
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2. Welcome to TGT Evaluation of 802.11 Wireless Performance
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September 2006
September 2006
Welcome to TGT Evaluation of Wireless Performance
Charles R. Wright
C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.
C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.

3. Proposed Agenda for Melbourne Meetings
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September 2006
September 2006
Proposed Agenda for Melbourne Meetings
Chair comments
Appoint secretary
Approve minutes
11-06/1034r2 – San Diego
Approval of agenda
Call for presentations
11-06/1484r0, “Proposal for resolution of comment 165 for P D0.9”, S. Tolpin (15 min)
11-06/1388r0, “Unavoidable Packet Loss Issue in a/g PHY”, T. Alexander (30 min)
11-06/1490r0, “The Need for TRP and TIS in ”, M. Foegelle (30 min, Thurs AM1)
11-06/1501r0, “Multipath Testing in a Conducted Environment”, C. Wright (45 min, Thurs AM1)
11-06/1526r0, “Comment resolution for the COAT environment”, D. Victor (45 min, Thurs PM1)
Editor’s report (11-06/1417r0)
Presentations in Item 5 as they are ready
Additional comment resolution
Process discussions
Review of published T timeline (see
Fixed time:
2:15 PM Thursday – motion to approve all comments resolved during this session
New Business
IETF/BMWG liaison letter, 11-06/1538r0
Future telecons
Ad hoc meeting?
C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.
C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.

4. Meeting Schedule for this Week
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September 2006
September 2006
Meeting Schedule for this Week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
8:00
TGT
TGT
9:30
11:00
12:30
Lunch
1:30
TGT Opening
TGT
TGT Closing
3:30
4:00
6:00
Dinner
7:30
TGT
9:30
C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.
C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.

5. September 2006
A Brief TGT History
Study Group formed – 1st meeting January 2004 (Vancouver)
PAR approved August 2004
Task Group formed – 1st meeting September 2004 (Berlin)
Guidelines for proposals agreed – March 2005 (Atlanta)
First accepted proposal – May 2005 (Cairns)
Many accepted proposals have followed
Started Issues List – September 2005 (Garden Grove)
Internal Review conducted June-July 2006
Comment resolution and preparation for Letter Ballot
Current intent is LB after November 2006 meeting
C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.

6. TGT Standards Process Milestones
September 2006
TGT Standards Process Milestones
Task Group considered the current timeline for TGT
Mindful that there are many outstanding work items to complete before we can forward the draft for Letter Ballot, the TG decided to move the expected date of Letter Ballot to after the January, meeting
Chair will update the timeline accordingly
2005
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
We are here
1st LB
1st Recirc
2006
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
2nd Recirc
1st SB
2007
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
SB Recirc
WG/SEC approval
REVCOM approval
2008
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
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7. “Deferred” Comments September 2006 Clause 4 Clause 5 Clause 5.2
268, 269, 147, 148, 280
All are similar and awaiting a submission from F. Pirzada
Clause 5
161
Possible resolution is to eliminate the “test template” format from the test environments sections
Clause 5.2
141, 229, 11, 12, 16, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 31
A variety of comments, no one common theme
Clause 5.3
270, 36, 236, 284, 40, 142, 165, 49
Clause 5.7
240
Awaiting a submission
General
303
Waits for clause 4 reorganization
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8. Process discussion Task Group considered the current timeline for TGT
September 2006
Process discussion
Task Group considered the current timeline for TGT
Mindful that there are many outstanding work items to complete before we can forward the draft for Letter Ballot, the TG decided to move the expected date of Letter Ballot to after the January, meeting
Chair will update the timeline accordingly
C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.

9. Motion to accept comments resolved during teleconferences
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September 2006
September 2006
Motion to accept comments resolved during teleconferences
Move to accept resolutions from comment IDs 32, 289, 235, 237, 41, 44, 47, 48, 283, 50, 285, 262, 249
Moved/Second: S. Tolpin/N. Sharma
Y/N/A: 9/0/2
Motion passes
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C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.

10. September 2006
Motion #2
Move to accept the contents of document 11-06/1484r0 into the draft and to consider comment ID 165 resolved
Move/Second: S. Tolpin/M. Kobayashi
Y/N/A: 5/0/1
Motion passes
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11. September 2006
Motion #3
Move to accept document 11-06/0906r0, “TRP and TIS Performance Metrics Proposed Text” into the P draft
Move/Second: M. Foegelle/R. Kennedy
Yes/No/Abstain: 7/9/2
Motion fails
C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.

12. September 2006
Straw Poll
Should TGT augment the conducted environment to include testing the effects of multipath in the manner described in 11-06/1501r0?
Yes: 10
No: 1
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13. September 2006
Motion #4
Move to replace the current contents of Subclause 5.2 in the P draft with the contents of document 11-06/1526r2.
Move/Second: D. Victor/S. Tolpin
Y/N/A: 5/1/2
Motion was reconsidered and then tabled, due to procedural errors in uploading the correct version of the document. The changes directed by this motion will not be implemented.
C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.

14. September 2006
Motion #5
Move to accept resolutions of the following comments, as contained in document 11-06/872r11 and direct the editor to incorporate the resolutions into the next P draft:
251, 255, 256, 257, 143, 144, 145, 146, 52, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 123, 67, 70, 261, 116, 158, 157, 124, 125, 126, 171, 128, 127, 129, 156, 274, 177, 273, 275, 302, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 173
Move/Second: S. Tolpin/N. Sharma
Y/N/A: 4/0/4
Motion passes
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15. September 2006
Motion #6
Move to recommend that the WG accept document 11-06/1538r1 as the liaison response to the IETF/BMWG
Move/Second: P. Ecclesine/N. Sharma
Y/N/A: 7/0/0
Motion passes
C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.

16. New Business Possible telecon schedule:
September 2006
New Business
Possible telecon schedule:
Thursday Oct 5
Wednesday Oct 11
Thursday Oct 19
Wednesday Oct 25
Thursday Nov 2
Wednesday Nov 8
Discussion of work to be done on teleconferences
COMMENT RESOLUTION!
C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.

17. Telecons between September and November 802.11 meetings
Motion to empower TGT to hold telecons
Time: 12 noon Eastern (US) time
Duration: 1 hour
Dates:
Thursday Oct 5
Wednesday Oct 11
Thursday Oct 19
Wednesday Oct 25
Thursday Nov 2
Wednesday Nov 8
Moved/second: N. Sharma/R. Kennedy
Y/N/A: 7/0/1
Motion passes
C. Wright, Azimuth Systems, Inc.

18. September 2006
Backup Information
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19. TGT Approved Document List
September 2006
TGT Approved Document List
11-04/1553r2, “Guidelines for TGT Formal Metric and Methodology Proposals”
11-05/912r3, “TGT Process Document”
11-06/872r9, “Compiled Comments from Internal Review” (latest version of comment resolution spreadsheet)
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20. Teleconference Info Date: Thursdays
September 2006
Teleconference Info
Date: Thursdays
Time: 12 Noon Eastern time (no matter what the daylight savings time status)
Duration: 1 hour
Phone # 
International:
Passcode:
Next: TBD
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21. September 2006
Reflector
reflectors:
Requires membership to send to it
Getting on the reflectors
Instructions are contained in every reflector posting for customizing your reflector experience (including unsubscribing)
rules require all TG communication to be through reflector
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22. References for 802.11 Newcomers (1 of 2)
September 2006
References for Newcomers (1 of 2)
Web site:
Document server:
Sign up for an account
No need to be an member to get an account
Once logged in, “join” :
Click on “ WLAN WG” on left
In center window, choose to become a new member
Click again on “ WLAN WG”
An additional subitem called “Documents” will be revealed – click on it
You’ve reached the document server!
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23. References for 802.11 Newcomers (2 of 2)
September 2006
References for Newcomers (2 of 2)
Document numbering scheme
WG-YY-NNNN-RR-gggg-English-document-title.ext
WG = 802 working group number, e.g. “11” as in
YY = two digits of year
NNNN = document number
RR = document revision number
gggg = group to which the document pertains
Example:
t-jan-2006-waikoloa-meeting-slides.ppt
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