November 2004doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/1396r0
IEEE P802.11
Wireless LANs
TGs - ESS Mesh Network Task Group
November 10th Teleconference Minutes
Date:November 11th, 2004
Authors:Stephen G. Rayment
BelAir Networks
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Ottawa, ON, K1S 1W1, Canada
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Donald E. Eastlake III
Motorola Laboratories
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Marlboro, MA, 01752, USA
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Abstract
Minutes and participants list for ateleconference of the IEEE 802.11 TGs held on November10th, 2004 hosted by TGs ChairmanDonald Eastlake of Motorola Laboratories.
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Minutes
Chair convened meeting at 16:05
Agenda
- 11-04/1174r3 Functional Requirements and Scope
- Agenda for San Antonio
11-04/1174r3 Functional Requirements and Scope
No changes to document since last call
Steve Connor gave history and purpose of document, as outlined in Section 1 of the document.
Review picked up from last time at FR6
FR6
Allow –> support
Radio -> physical layer transceiver
FR7
Explain administrative entity refers to authentication in Notes
Mesh Point -> Mesh Points and Mesh Portals
FR8
Define “radio aware”
Note that radio includes all aspects of MAC/PHY (eg. latency, noise, etc.). Reference TGk
FR10
Agreed to drop this item.
Call for Proposals will indicate PAR and 5 Criteria are over-riding requirements
FR11
Shall allow -> shall support
FR13
Relates to behaviour of overall mesh, not individual Mesh Points
Question re: will further usage models be considered
In San Antonio, there will probably be a motion to replace 11-04/970 with 11-04/1174r4 as an adopted Task Group Working Document.
11-04/1149r0 San Antonio Agenda
Chair reviewed agenda. It met with general agreement.
Question re: what level of document review would occur at session next week.
Chair indicated we do have a significant amount of meeting time in San Antonio (and Monterey in January). We should be able to review documents to be referenced by the Call for Proposals in some detail.
Chair adjourned the meeting at 17:22
Participants
Donald Eastlake 3rd
Stephen Rayment
Juan Carlos Zuniga
Malik Audeh
Narasihma Chari
Sastry Ambatipudi
Michael Bahr
Guido R. Hiertz
Dong-Jye Shyy
Vann Hasty
Vijay Patel
W. Steven Conner
Leo Monteban
Lisa Ward
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