IEEE 802.15.4b timeline

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Project IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless
Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title
IEEE 802.15.4b timeline Date Submitted 11
May, 2004 Source Robert Poor, Marco Naeve
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802.15-04-0237-00-004b Abstract This document
contains the schedule and timeline for the work
of the 4b task group Purpose For informational
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IEEE 802.15.4b Timeline
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Schedule

• 4 Present proposals at the Jul04 plenary and
  Sep04 vote on the individual contributions that
  will comprise the draft at the Sep04 meeting.
• 5 Draft complete by Nov04 Plenary. (This is
  the hardest part of the schedule!)
• 6 At Nov04 meeting, we move the draft be put to
  letter ballot.
• 7 30 day letter ballot period between Nov04 and
  Jan05 meetings.
• 8 Our primary Jan05 meeting activity is comment
  resolution
• 9 Put draft into recirc ballot in Jan05
  meeting.

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Schedule

• 10 15 day recirculation ballot period between
  Jan05 and Mar05
• 11 Comment resolution during Mar05 meeting.
• 12 At Mar05 meeting, seek approval from ExCom
  to go to sponsor ballot.
• 13 30 day sponsor ballot between Mar05 and
  May05 meetings
• 14 Comment resolution during May05 meeting
• 15 10 day recirculation ballot between May05
  and Jul05 meetings
• 16 At Jul05 meeting, seek approval from ExCom
  to submit draft to RevCom.
• 17 RevCom meets in September.
• 18 At Nov06 meeting, rejoice, drink champagne,
  laugh and cry over TG3a.

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Timeline Graph
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Notes about Fast Schedule

• Between voting on the contents of the draft
  (4, July 04) and submitting a complete draft
  (5, September 05) is only two months. I have
  ideas on how to manage this, but this should be
  viewed as a red flag. Let's discuss.
• If we have an outstanding NO vote going into
  the Jan05 meeting (12), rather than seeking a
  sponsor ballot, we can seek conditional approval
  under procedure 10. (We did this on TG4, as I
  recall.) There will follow a 15 day recirculation
  ballot, and assuming no new NO votes, will enter
  the 30 sponsor ballot period.