November 2000doc,: IEEE 802.11-00/402

IEEE P802.11
Wireless LANs

Meeting Minutes for IEEE 802.11 TGg

November 2000 Session

Tampa, FL, USA

Date:October 7, 2000

Author:Matthew B. Shoemake

IEEE 802.11g Chairperson

Unless otherwise noted for the specific meeting, minutes kept by the chairperson, Matthew B. Shoemake.

Tuesday, 8:00AM – 10:00AM

  1. Minutes for this meeting taken by Steven Gray of Nokia ()
  1. Motion: Approve the agenda for TGg, move: Jan Boer and second:TK Tan

Vote: 19-0-0

  1. The agenda calls for execution of steps 7 through 13 of the selection process. Step 7 calls for justification that functionsl requirements have been met. No objections were made on any of the four proposals. Step 8 was informational only concerning the merging of the proposals. Step 9 calls for presentation of the proposals. Presentation will proceed as shown below:

Document Numbers for the Proposals:

Intersil, Webster, Halford and Zyren

  • 388 – 397

Supergold, O'Farrell

  • 366

Texas Instruments, Heegard

  • 384 – 385

3COM, TK Tan

  1. Document 388 was presented, TGg Regulatory Approval Plan.
  2. Document 389 was presented, Overview of OFDM for High Rate Extension

Tuesday, 3:30PM-5:30PM

  1. Tim O’Farrell has time conflict due to 802.15.3. Webster, et.al. agree to allow Tim to present at this meeting.
  1. Tim O’Farrell of Supergold presents document 00/366r1.
  1. Mark Webster presents document 00/390.

Tuesday, 6:30PM-9:30PM

  1. Continuing with agenda item to proceed through Selection Criteria. Current on Item 8, presentation of proposals and questioning.
  1. Mark Webster presents document 00/391.
  1. Steve Halford presents document 00/392.
  1. Mark Webster presents document 00/393.
  1. Mark Webster presents document 00/394.
  1. Mark Webster presents document 00/395.
  1. Steve Halford presents document 00/396.
  1. Jim Zyren presents document 00/397.
  1. Niels Van Erven presents document 00/418.
  1. Recess for break

Wednesday, 8:00AM – 10:00AM

  1. Motion made to approve minutes in documents 00/287 and 00/340. Motion made by Al Petrick and seconded by Sean Coffey. No discussion on motion. Motion passes 14-0-0.
  1. Shoemake explains steps 9-13 of the Selection Process (doc. 00/209r3).
  1. Chris Heegard presents document 00/384.
  1. Recess for break

Wednesday, 10:30AM – 12:00Noon

  1. Sean Coffey presents document 00/385.
  1. Completed Selection Procedure Item 9, presentation of proposals.
  1. Chair requests Comparison Criteria data to include in Comparison Criteria Matrix. Will present Comparison Criteria Matrix at next meeting.
  1. Meeting adjourns.

Wednesday, 4:00PM-5:30PM

  1. Chair presents document 00/422r1, the Comparison Criteria Matrix. Item 10 of Selection Procedure is completed.
  1. Task Group formed panel discussion for the purpose of executing Item 11 of the Selection Procedure. Panel included Webster, Heegard, O’Farrell and Van Erven.

Thursday Morning 8:00AM-10:00AM

  1. Minutes for meeting taken by: Rob Roy ()
  1. Mtg started 8:27 am, delayed due to room change and setup
  1. Chair brought mtg to order.
  1. There were questions for the presenters from the audience.
  1. Order of final presentation: same or reverse. straw poll
  1. Same 15, Reverse 10, Abstaining 10 – decision same order as original presentation
  1. Zyren, Intersil 10 min., O’Farrell, Supergold – 5 min; Tan – 5 min; Heegard, TI – 5min.
  1. Panel went through QA session
  1. Final statements
  1. Time to vote: 9:35 am
  1. Ballots were shown. One has to fill all the six items
  1. The voting procedure was explained thoroughly. Several questions/clarifications answered.
  1. Stuart Kerry came to oversee voting as impartial observer. He’ll not cast a vote.
  1. All voting members were asked to show their voting card or get verified on their voting status in the master database resident in Stuart’s laptop.
  1. Abstain is same as No
  1. Ballot closed at 10:03 am.
  1. Meeting recessed until 10:30AM for vote count

Thursday 10:30AM-12:00Noon

  1. Shoemake calls meeting to order
  1. Floor is given to Stuart Kerry to report the results of the balloting for step 13 of the selection procedure. The results are distributed in doc. 00/435. Results of voting are that Tan proposal will be removed from consideration. Webster, O’Farrell, Heegard proposal will remain.

Vote results (Percentage voting YES):Webster, Intersil – 69.23%

O’Farrell, Supergold – 34.61%

Heegard, Texas Instruments – 84.62%

Tan, 3COM – 19.23%

47. Heard doc. 00/386, Proposed Options to TI Proposal, Batra, Heegard, Shoemake, Rossin

48. Adjourned the session.

Submissionpage 1Steven Gray, Nokia