PAR Status: Amendment of Standard (Unapproved PAR)

March 2006doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/0423r2

IEEE P802.11
Wireless LANs

PAR FORM

PAR Status: Amendment of Standard (Unapproved PAR)

PAR Approval Date: 0000-00-00

PAR Signature Page on File: Yes

1. ASSIGNED PROJECT NUMBER: 802.11k

2. SPONSOR DATE OF REQUEST: 2006-2-27

3. TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Standard

4. TITLE OF DOCUMENT: Amendment to STANDARD [FOR] Information Technology-Telecommunications and information exchange between systems-Local and Metropolitan networks-Specific requirements-Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications: Radio Resource Measurement of Wireless LANs

5. LIFE CYCLE: Full-Use

6. TYPE OF PROJECT: Amendment to Std IEEE 802.11

6a. Is this an update to an existing PAR? Yes

6b. The project is a: Amendment to Std 802.11

7. WORKING GROUP INFORMATION

Name of Working Group: IEEE 802.11 Working Group on Wireless Local Area Networks

Approximate Number of Expected Working Group Members: 500

8. CONTACT INFO FOR WORKING GROUP CHAIR

Name of Working Group Chair: Stuart Kerry

Telephone: +1 408-474-7356

FAX: +1 408-474-7247

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10. CONTACT INFO OF SPONSOR

Sponsor: Computer Society Local and Metropolitan Area Networks

Name of Sponsor Chair: Paul Nikolich

Telephone: +1 857 205 0050

FAX: +1 781 334 2255

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CO-SPONSOR INFORMATION (THIS IS BEING SPONSORED BY TWO SPONSORS):

Cosponsor: MTT

Name of Cosponsor Chair: Jeffrey Jargon

Telephone: +1 303 497 3596

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11. TYPE OF SPONSOR BALLOT: Individual Sponsor Ballot

Expected Date of Submission for Initial Sponsor Ballot: 2006-7-01

12. PROJECTED COMPLETION DATE FOR SUBMITTAL TO REVCOM: The PAR Expires inDecember 2006.

13. SCOPE: This project will define Radio Resource Measurement enhancements to provide interfaces to higher layers for radio and network measurement.

Completion of this document contingent? No

14. PURPOSE: The original standard has a basic set of radio resource measurements for internal use only. These measurements and others are required to provide services; such as roaming, coexistence, and others; to external entities. It is necessary to provide these measurements and other information in order to manage these services from an external source.

15. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:

Has the sponsor reviewed the IEEE patent policy with the working group? Yes

Is the sponsor aware of copyrights relevant to this project? No

Is the sponsor aware of trademarks relevant to this project? No

Is the sponsor aware of possible registration of objects or numbers due to this project? No

16. SIMILAR SCOPE: No

17. FUTURE ADOPTION - INTERNATIONAL SPONSOR: Yes

Int'l Organization: ITU 8F (R)

Int'l Contact Person: Jose Costa

Telephone: +1 613 763 7574

FAX: +1 613 765 1225

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Int'l Organization: ISO/IEC JTC1 SC6

Int'l Contact Person: Robin Tasker, CLRC

Telephone: +44-1925-603758

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18. FOCUS ON HEALTH, SAFETY OR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:

Explanation: No.

19. ADDITIONAL NOTES: Item #6 - This PAR is being modified to replace obsolete references to the base standard. Item #6 should now read “Amendment to Std.802.11”.

Submissionpage 1Richard Paine, Boeing