| Thread Links | Date Links | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thread Prev | Thread Next | Thread Index | Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index |
I approve --------------- Vic Hayes Agere Systems Nederland B.V., formerly Lucent Technologies Zadelstede 1-10 3431 JZ Nieuwegein, the Netherlands Phone: +31 30 609 7528 (Time Zone UTC + 2) FAX: +31 30 609 7498 e-mail: vichayes@agere.com http://www.orinocowireless.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Jim Carlo [mailto:jcarlo@ti.com] Sent: 05 August, 2001 0:56 AM To: IEEE802 Subject: [802SEC] +++Forward P802.16/D4-2001 for Sponsor Ballot NOTE SHORT RESPONSE TIME NEEDED. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SEC OFFICIAL EMAIL BALLOT 802.0/4Aug2001 Issue Date: 4Aug2001Closing Date: 10AugApri2001 (BY 11:00am DALLAS TIME) Moved By: Roger Marks Seconded By: Bob O'Hara Move: Forward P802.16/D4-2001 for Sponsor Ballot At the SEC July Thursday meeting the SEC gave conditional approval to Roger to proceed with forwarding to Sponsor Ballot (If conditional approval conditions were met). Because an additional individual submitted a new no vote on the same comment, I told Roger we need to take an SEC email ballot. NOTE THAT THIS BALLOT CLOSES ON 10AUG AT 11:00AM DALLAS TIME IN ORDER THAT SPONSOR BALLOT CAN START ON FRIDAY AND THUS CLOSE AT THE START OF THE 802.16 INTERIM MEETING. ROGER HAS COMMITTED TO CONTACT PEOPLE AND RESPOND AS NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE SHORT TIME PERIOD TO MEET THE WG SCHEDULE. I had asked Roger to explain the two new NO votes in email dated 3August. The No voter with the comment outside the scope was actually an approve voter - so this is done. The explanation for the other NO voter is found in Roger's notes below. Notes: From Roger Marks In July, the 802 SEC granted "Conditional Approval" to forward P802.16/D4-2001 to Sponsor Ballot upon completion of Confirmation Ballot #3b. The ballot concluded yesterday. The outcome is documented in these two reports: *IEEE P802.16 Confirmation Ballot #3b Comment Resolution Report IEEE 802.16-01/42 <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/01/80216-01_42.pdf> In brief: Two comments were received in the Confirmation Ballot. -One was nonbinding (the vote is Approve). Comment was outside scope; it was on a topic not subject to recirc. -One was binding (balloter went from Approve to Disapprove). The comment was a duplicate of an earlier comment, with no new technical content to justify a further recirculation. The comment says that an option for narrow-band operation should be included since some countries have allocated narrow bands at 10.5 GHz and the standard is supposed to cover 10-66 GHz. The resolution basically says that, while the standard will work fine down to 10 GHz, it was not designed for narrow band operation; for narrow bands at 10.5 GHz, the upcoming 802.16a standard, which covers 2-11 GHz and assumes narrower channels, will be more appropriate. [That's why we defined 802.16a from 2-11 GHz instead of 2-10 GHz, allowing an overlap]. *IEEE P802.16 Confirmation Ballot #3b Voting Report IEEE 802.16-01/43 <http://ieee802.org/16/docs/01/80216-01_43.pdf> In brief: -Approve 76/Disapprove 9 (89.4% Approval) -Abstain 8 -Return ratio 93/124 = 75% Following the Confirmation Ballot, Working Group Letter Ballot #3 was declared to have concluded successfully. However, 802.16 is not authorized to continue to Sponsor Ballot because one of the stipulated approval conditions (no new Disapprove votes) was not met. Therefore, with Letter Ballot #3 complete but lacking authorization to forward it for Sponsor Ballot, I must come back to the SEC for such authorization. I would therefore like to place the following motion before the SEC for an email ballot: "To forward P802.16/D4-2001 for Sponsor Ballot". Bob O'Hara seconds the motion. I respectfully request that the email ballot close by noon Eastern time on Friday August 10. This would give us an opportunity to launch Sponsor Ballot on Friday afternoon and thereby have it close hours before our September meeting begins. Roger -- Dr. Roger B. Marks <mailto:r.b.marks@ieee.org> Chair, IEEE 802.16 WG on Broadband Wireless Access <http://ieee802.org/16> phone: +1 303 497 3037 fax: +1 303 497 7828