IEEE 802 Wireless Coexistence TAG Proposal

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IEEE 802 Wireless Coexistence TAG Proposal
Jim Lansford Jim.Lansford_at_mobilian.com (405)
377-6170 Tim Blaney Tim_at_commcepts.net (530)
478-5606
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History

• SG approved March 2001
• Presentations at Plenary and Interims
• Proposed organization developed at Portland
  plenary
• Rules change for SC was recommended
• September meeting was cancelled
• Study group extension motion missed in Austin
• Extenuating circumstances
• Meeting as BoF at Dallas interim and St. Louis
  plenary
• LMSC rule change not desired TAG preferred
• Attendance has consistently shown strong interest
  (40 attendees at each BoF)

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Goals of COEX TAG

• A committee that reviews and makes coexistence
  recommendations to ExCom on current or proposed
  PARs and WG draft standards within the
  established wireless WGs of the IEEE802 standards
  body
• The functional charter of this new group is to
  address the wireless coexistence issues across
  all wireless WGs
• Chartered to write guidelines for addressing
  coexistence of draft standards prior to sponsor
  ballot

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Functional Charter Discussion

• First order of business Define Coexistence and
  the Recommended Procedures for establishing
  whether a draft has adequately addressed
  coexistence
• For example, a WG should develop a set of usage
  models and demonstrate through analysis or
  simulation the impact of the proposed standard on
  other approved IEEE wireless standards
• This group is responsible for reviewing all
  unlicensed wireless proposed PARs
• The group generates a report to ExCom relative to
  coexistence with published wireless standards and
  those in the development process
• This report shall be used by ExCom as a technical
  expert opinion for evaluating the proposed PAR
• This group is responsible for generating a final
  conformance report of the Draft Standard prior to
  Sponsor Ballot
• This report will be presented to the sponsoring
  WG and ExCom and a copy will be sent to the
  Chairs of all other wireless WGs within IEEE802
• Evaluates the Draft Standard against the
  Recommended Procedures for Coexistence

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802 COEX Proposed Procedures

• Membership Voting
• Attendance at the 802 COEX Tag meetings is open
  to registered attendees
• WG chairs are members ex officio
• WG chairs designate official liaisons (3)
• Attendees attendance at first meeting grants
  membership
• TAG follows WG rules after that
• Attendance at 802 COEX TAG meetings will count
  towards attendance at the individuals primary WG
• WG chairs would have to agree to this
• Ratification of guidelines
• A guideline requires a 75 approval vote by the
  members of the 802 COEX TAG as outlined above
• The guideline is then presented to ExCom and the
  appropriate wireless WG(s)
• Minority opinion summary would be included

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Possible 802 COEX TAG Structure
TAG Membership

• Membership by WG rules
• Credit for own WG attendance, if WG chair allows

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Motion

• Motion to create an 802.0 Coexistence Technical
  Advisory Group (TAG) under the LMSC rules with
  the proposed functional charter.
• Moved
• Seconded
• Vote

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Backup What is a TAG?

• Rules