1. TGu Process Date: 2005-01-18 Authors: January 2005 January 2005
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TGu Process
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2. January 2005
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Abstract
Presentation of a possible TGu process, indicating what the goals of the TG are and what work has to be done, by when.
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Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor

3. Generic Process of Getting to Letter Ballot
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Generic Process of Getting to Letter Ballot
Adoption of PAR and 5 Criteria
Technical Presentations and Discussions
Specify Any Additional Requirements, Comparison Criteria, or Other Documents
Call For Proposals
Select/Combine from Submitted Complete/Partial Proposals to Produce a Draft
Refine Draft
Letter Ballot
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Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor

4. Historical 802.11 Project Timelines
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Historical Project Timelines
Time from PAR approval to first Letter Ballot – average of 6.6 meetings / 13 months
TGe-7, TGf-7, TGg-9, TGh-4, TGi-6
Time from first Letter Ballot to first Sponsor Ballot – average of 9 meetings / 18 months
TGe-12, TGf-9, TGg-6, TGh-8, TGi-10
(above data compiled by Bruce Kraemer)
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5. 802.11u Project Timelines PAR approval was on 15 September 2004
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802.11u Project Timelines
PAR approval was on 15 September 2004
At the normal pace for a Task Group, our first Letter Ballot would open in October 2005 and our first Sponsor Ballot in July 2006.
Requirements and Selection Criteria
Work on these procedural documents should be completed by May 2005, so that we can then have a call for proposals in July 2005.
Things will generally happen slower than what we aim for.
Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor

6. January 2005
802.11u Project Timelines
December 2004: call for input for January 2005:
use cases
requirements
January 2005: Define selection criteria, formal scope and requirements
January 2005: Define set of external entities to liaise with. Compile liaison letter requesting requirement input.
January 2005: Call for informal preliminary presentations for March 2005 (on server by February 12th 2005)
March 2005: Finish supporting documents
March 14th 2005: Informal preliminary presentations
March 2005: Call for formal proposals to be presented May 2005 (on server by April 15th 2005)
May 16th, 2004: give preliminary one hour presentations; carry out first step of selection procedure
Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor

7. January 2005
802.11u Project Timelines
June 15, 2005: Preliminary draft text and presentations available on server
July 18, 2005: Extensive presentations (preliminary draft text), with feedback from group; carry out second step in selection procedure
August 15, 2005: Extensive draft text and slides available on server.
September 19, 2005: Give final proposals (final draft text and slides); carry out next step in selection procedure.
September 2005: Start draft version 0
November 2005: Internal Task Group letter ballot on draft
January 2006: Address comments from letter ballot
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8. Ad Hoc Subgroups and TGs Working Documents
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Ad Hoc Subgroups and TGs Working Documents
Ad Hoc Subgroups
Have no special status unless TGs votes on them or their output.
Any group of members can get together and make submissions.
Within the Policies and Procedures (11-04/510r0), we can do what we want internally:
“Adopted” internal TGs motions/documents can be amended, replaced, or un-adopted.
We can have a “Functional Requirements” document that is as general or specific as we like.
Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor
Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor

9. Possible Documents Functional Requirements and Scope – coordinator xxx
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Possible Documents
Functional Requirements and Scope – coordinator xxx
“Functional Requirements & Scope”, 11-05/xxxxr0
Comparison Criteria – coordinator xxx
“Comparison Criteria”, 11-05/xxxxr0
Definitions – coordinator xxx
“Terms and Definitions”, 11-05/xxxxr0
Usage Models – coordinator xxx
“Usage Models”, 11-05/xxxxr0
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Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor

10. Informal Ad Hoc Subgroups
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Informal Ad Hoc Subgroups
Form Ad Hoc subgroups for each document:
Functional Requirements and Scope
Comparison Criteria
Definitions
Usage Models
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Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor

11. Internal Co-ordination
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Internal Co-ordination
TGs
Support for interfacing an ESS Mesh with other IEEE 802 LANs using 802.1D. E.g. something along the lines of Annex F
Advanced Security Group
Portal Page requirement, MAC address anonymity
TGr
Network Detection and Selection requirement
TGk
ARID requirement
TGe
External QoS Mapping
IEEE
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Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor

12. External Co-ordination
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External Co-ordination
INTRWRK_SCP3Support for interfacing an ESS Mesh with other IEEE 802 LANs using 802.1DE.g. something along the lines of Annex F
Requirements capture from:
3GPP
3GPP2
WiFi Alliance
GSMA
TiSPAN
Spacewire/IEEE 1394
UMA
Etc
Form External Entities Requirements Capture Ad Hoc subgroup
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Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor

13. Schedule Projected at Monterey Meeting
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Schedule Projected at Monterey Meeting
January 2005 (Monterey, California)
Initial Work on procedural documentation:
Functional Requirements and Scope
Comparison Criteria
Definitions
Usage Models
Call for preliminary presentations issued immediately after meeting with deadline for submission of two weeks before the March meeting.
March 2005 (Atlanta, Georgia)
Work on functional requirements and other documents that may be referenced in a future Call for Proposals
Preliminary presentations, refinement of selection criteria
Call for formal presentations issued immediately after meeting with deadline for submission of two weeks before the May meeting.
May 2005 (Beijing, China)
Presentation of proposals, refinement of selection criteria
Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor
Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor

14. Possibilities Between the January 2005 and March 2005 Meetings
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Possibilities Between the January 2005 and March 2005 Meetings
Possibilities for TGs Activity Between January 2005 and March 2005 Meetings to accelerate action :
Multiple Teleconferences (require 10 days notice, cannot be held more often than weekly (P&P clause 3.6.3))
One Teleconference
Additional official face to face meeting is probably not practical due to holidays and requirement for 30 days notice (P&P clause 3.6.2)
Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor
Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor

15. Teleconferences Motion
January 2005
Teleconferences Motion
Teleconferences Motion:
Moved, that TGs have teleconferences at 11:00 Eastern Standard Time on 4 January, 5 January and 6 January Notice will be given, including UTC time, at least 10 days in advance.
Stephen McCann, Siemens Roke Manor