October 2008doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/1215r1
IEEE P802.11
Wireless LANs
Date: 2008-10-01
Author(s):
Name / Affiliation / Address / Phone / email
Peter Ecclesine / Cisco Systems / 170 W. Tasman Dr.
MS SJ-10-5
San Jose, CA 95134-1706 / +1-408-527-0815 /
An example of Title page headings:
IEEE Std 802.11y™-2008
(Amendment to IEEE Std 802.11™-2007
as amended by IEEE Std 802.11k™-2008
and IEEE Std 802.11r™-2008)
Draft Amendment to IEEE Standard for
Information Technology—
Telecommunications and information
exchange between systems—
Local and metropolitan area networks—
Specific requirements
Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
Amendment 3: 3650–3700 MHz Operation in USA
Sponsor
LAN/MAN Standards Committee
of the
IEEE Computer Society
An example page 1:
Draft Amendment to IEEE Standard for
Information Technology—
Telecommunications and information
exchange between systems—
Local and metropolitan area networks—
Specific requirements
Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
Amendment 3: 3650–3700 MHz Operation in USA
(This amendment is based on IEEE Std 802.11™-2007, as amended by IEEE Std 802.11k™-2008 and IEEE
Std 802.11r™-2008.)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This standard is not intended to assure safety, security, health, or environmental protection
in all circumstances. Implementers of the standard are responsible for determining appropriate safety, security,
environmental, and health practices or regulatory requirements.
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NOTE—The editing instructions contained in this amendment define how to merge the material contained herein into
the existing base standard and its amendments to form the comprehensive standard.1
The editing instructions are shown in bold italic. Four editing instructions are used: change, delete, insert, and replace.
Change is used to make corrections in existing text or tables. The editing instruction specifies the location of the change
and describes what is being changed by using strikethrough (to remove old material) and underscore (to add new material).
Delete removes existing material. Insert adds new material without disturbing the existing material. Insertions may
require renumbering. If so, renumbering instructions are given in the editing instructions. Replace is used to make
changes in figures or equations by removing the existing figure or equation and replacing it with a new one. Editorial
notes will not be carried over into future editions because the changes will be incorporated into the base standard.
1Notes in text, tables, and figures are given for information only, and do not contain requirements needed to implement the standard.
Editorial comments received on Draft D11.0 of P802.11y:
[abbreviations used in annotations:
- = delete
+ = insert
cx = correct
doc = this document
s/b = should be
l/c = lowercase
s/t = strikethrough
t/o = throughout
u/s = underscore
w/ = with
w/o = without]
United States and USA
[note that USA is used in front matter addresses and here in the title, but not in general text (including subclause headers). As a noun, we use "United States" in text. As an adjective before a noun, we use "U.S." (with periods).]
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.11 [t/o doc]
Contributers
[we don't normally describe the contributions, but simply list the contributors' names. suggest including only the names after the following intro:]
Major contributions were received from the following individuals:
Definitions
Insert the following new definitions in alphabetical order into Clause 3, renumbering as necessary:
In definitions, spellout station in definition title, then use STA in rest of that definition
Fixed station (STA): A STA that is physically attached to a specific location.
Editing instructions–clearly name the Orders or subclauses:
Insert the following abbreviations in alphabetical order into Clause 4:
Insert order 34 through 36 information fields into Table 7-8:
Change order 8 information field and insert order 15 information field into Table 7-12 as shown:
Insert element identifiers (IDs) 58 through 60 into Table 7-26:
Insert the following subclauses (7.3.2.52 through 7.3.2.54) after 7.3.2.51:
Insert the following entry to the end of the parameter table, before VendorSpecificInfo:
Insert the following rows before the VendorSpecificInfo row of the untitled table defining the primitive parameters in 10.3.6.1.2:
Change the primitive parameter list in 10.3.7.4.2 as shown:
Insert the following row at the end of the table in A.4.3:
Insert the following rows after OF2.19.2 in the table in A.4.8:
Hyphenation and range
[+ hyphen between digits and "bit" when before noun t/o doc]
34-bit
<n-dash> [t/o doc when indicating range between digits]
9–255
Names in figures and “fields”
[+ initial caps when before "field" t/o doc]
***[close up spaces t/o doc when in figures or before "field" in text]
Set to TRUE, is true
[all caps t/o doc when after "set to"]
*** is set to TRUE. *** is set to FALSE. *** is true. *** is false.
802.11 MAC address
s/b "IEEE 802.11 MAC address"
Annex D SMT, StationConfigEntry
[align as two columns] when formatting Annex D SMT, dot11StationConfig table, etc. – see IEEE Std. 802.11-2007 page 986, 987
dot11smt OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ieee802dot11 1 }
-- dot11smt GROUPS
-- dot11StationConfigTable ::= { dot11smt 1 }
-- dot11AuthenticationAlgorithmsTable ::= { dot11smt 2 }
Dot11StationConfigEntry ::=
SEQUENCE {
dot11StationID MacAddress,
dot11MediumOccupancyLimit INTEGER,
References:
Submissionpage 1Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems