1. Document Structure Discussion
June 2006
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July 2006
Document Structure Discussion
Date:
Authors:
Name
Address
Company
Phone
W. Steven Conner
2111 NE 25th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97124
Intel
Jan Kruys
Haarlerbergweg, 1101CHAmsterdam, Netherlands
Cisco Systems International
Guenael Strutt
485 N. Keller Rd., Suite 250, Maitland, FL 32751
Motorola Inc
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W. Steven Conner, Intel Corp.
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

2. Current Structure of the TGs Draft
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Current Structure of the TGs Draft
3 Definitions
4 Abbreviations and Acronyms
5 General Description
7 Frame Formats
11A WLAN Mesh Services
11A.1 Use of Mesh Identifier
11A.2 Single and Multiple Radio Devices
11A.3 Mesh Topology Discovery and Formation
11A.4 Mesh Path Selection and Forwarding
11A.5 Security
11A.6 Optimizations to EDCA for Mesh Points
11A.7 Intra-Mesh Congestion Control
11A.8 Multi-Channel MAC Using Common Channel Framework (Optional)
11A.9 Mesh Deterministic Access (Optional)
11A.10 Interworking Support in a WLAN Mesh
11A.11 Configuration and Management (DFS)
11A.12 Mesh Beaconing and Synchronization
11A.13 Power Management in a Mesh (Optional)
11A.14 Layer Management (Informative)
Annex P WLAN Mesh Annex
W. Steven Conner, Intel Corp.
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

3. Comments on Current Structure
June 2006
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July 2006
Comments on Current Structure
Currently, all WLAN Mesh protocol descriptions are in a single major section of the document (11A)
Some of the functions described here are closely related to similar functions in the base standard
E.g., new versions of discovery, association, link security, beaconing, synchronization, power save functions, which are currently specified in the base std for BSS and IBSS modes
E.g., new MAC protocols that build on and are tightly coupled to EDCA in the base standard (MDA and CCF)
Other functions described here are unique to mesh and only loosely coupled to the base standard
E.g. path selection and forwarding, mesh interworking, congestion control are new functions not included in the base standard
W. Steven Conner, Intel Corp.
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

4. June 2006
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July 2006
Document Organization Conventions Typically Used by Other TG Amendments
Functionality that is closely related to existing functions in the base standard integrated into existing sections
Functionality that is new/unique to the TG goes in its own major section of the document
Advantages of this approach
Consistency with the base standard and other TG amendments
May be helpful for non-TGs reviewers to understand what parts of the draft are closely related to existing functions/other amendments
W. Steven Conner, Intel Corp.
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

5. Proposed Re-Organization of the TGs Draft
June 2006
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Proposed Re-Organization of the TGs Draft
July 2006
3 Definitions
4 Abbreviations and Acronyms
5 General Description
5.2 Components of the IEEE Architecture
5.2.7 Wireless LAN Mesh (was 5.4.7)
7 Frame Formats
8 Security
Mesh Link Security (was 11A.5)
9 MAC Sublayer
HCF
EDCA
Recommendations for use of EDCA in Mesh Points (informative) (was 11A.6)
9.9A CCF (was 11A.8)
9.9B MDA (was 11A.9)
10 Layer Management
Mesh Layer Management (was 11A.14)
11 MLME
Selecting and advertising a new channel in a WLAN Mesh (was 11A.11.1)
11A WLAN Mesh Networking
11A Mesh Discovery and Peer Link Establishment (was 11A.3)
11A Use of Mesh Identifier (was 11A.1)
11A Profiles for Extensibility (was 11A.3.1.1)
11A Neighbor Discovery (was 11A.3.1.2)
11A Mesh Peer Link Establishment (was 11A and 11A.3.2.2)
11A Mesh Network Channel Selection
11A Single and Multiple Radio Devices (was 11A.2)
11A Channel Selection Modes for Mesh Point Logical Radio Interfaces (was 11A.3.3.1)
11A Simple Channel Unification Protocol (was 11A.3.3.2)
11A Channel Graph Switch Protocol (was 11A.3.3.1)
11A Mesh Path Selection and Forwarding Framework (was 11A.4)
11A Overview (was 11A.4.1)
11A Extensible Path Selection Framework (was 11A.4.1.1)
11A Path Selection Protocols Overview (was 11A.4.3)
11A Path Selection Metrics (was 11A.4.2)
11A Data Message Forwarding (was 11A.4.4)
11A Interworking Framework (was 11A.10)
11A Airtime Link Metric Computation Procedures (was 11A.4.2.1)
11A Hybrid Wireless Mesh Path Selection Protocol (was 11A.4.3.1)
11A Radio Aware OLSR Path Selection Protocol (was 11A.4.3.2)
11A Intra-Mesh Congestion Control (was 11A.7)
11A Mesh Beaconing and Synchronization (was 11A.12)
11A Power Management in a Mesh (was 11A.13)
11A Examples (Informative)
11A Mesh Point Boot Sequence (was 11A.3.4)
11A Mesh Point Tables (was 11A.3.5)
Annex P WLAN Mesh Annex
See 11-06/1064 for details
W. Steven Conner, Intel Corp.
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

6. June 2006
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July 2006
Motion
Moved to adopt the document structure changes in 11-06/1064r0 and direct the Technical Editor to incorporate them into the Draft.
Moved by:
Second by:
Result (Yes/No/Abstain):
W. Steven Conner, Intel Corp.
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola