IEEE 802.17 Resilient Packet Ring Request for Approval to Forward 802.17 D3.0 to Sponsor Ballot Michael Takefman, Chair

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IEEE 802.17 Resilient Packet Ring Request for
Approval to Forward 802.17 D3.0 to Sponsor
BallotMichael Takefman, Chair
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D2.7 Summary

• Passed with Approve 62, Disapprove 6, Abstain 2
• Comment resolution on D2.7 yielded no changes to
  the draft
• 4 technical binding comments
• Commenter explicitly flagged comments as an old
  issue that he had raised before and did not want
  to delay start of sponsor, however he wanted them
  included in the sponsor ballot package
• The chair concurs these comments do not represent
  a new issue
• The issue revolves around support for ITU-T X.87
  with RPR as the MAC layer in a non bridged
  environment causing bridges to flood excessively
• 29 editorial comments / 68 technical non-binding
  comments
• No substantive technical issues were raised
• Minor improvements that were not significantly
  impacting understanding or implementation
• All comments were rejected or withdrawn with the
  consent of the commenter

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WG Ballot History
Draft Approve Disapprove Abstain Pass Rate
D2.3 50 16 4 75.8
D2.4 54 12 4 81.8
D2.5 57 10 3 85.1
D2.6 60 7 3 89.6
D2.7 62 6 2 91.2

• Return Rate 86, Abstain Rate 5.7 to 2.9

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Disapprove Voters
Voter Unresolved TB Rejects Unresolved TBAccept Modify
Kshitij Kumar 2 2
Vahid Naragi 2
Nader Vijeh 1 1
Robert Castellano 5
David James 6
Harmen van As
Comment resolved with suggested remedy
commenter does not reply to email
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Plan Moving Forward

• Start Sponsor Ballot
• late November / early December
• CR begins _at_ January interim
• continues in March, April, May, June
• Revcom submittal
• June 2004 meeting / September 2004 meeting

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802.17 WG Motions

• Move to rename P802.17 D2.7 to P802.17 D3.0 and
  remove change-bars.M Alexander S Lemon
• Y27 N0 A0
• Move to request 802 EC to forward 802.17 D3.0 to
  Sponsor Ballot.M Alexander S Lemon
• Y27 N0 A0

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EC Motion

• Move to forward 802.17 D3.0 to Sponsor BallotM
  Takefman S
• Y N A