Ambiguous terms in IEEE 802.11s/D0.03 (IEEE 802.11 TGs submission)
Authors: Hiertz, Guido R. and Max, Sebastian and Stibor, Lothar and Zang, Yunpeng and Junge, Thomas and Denteneer, Dee
Department of Communication Networks (ComNets), Faculty 6, RWTH Aachen University
: Guido Hiertz
In IEEE 802.11 WLAN Working Group Session, September 2006, No. 11-06-1371-01-000s, p. 61, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2006.
Publication Date: Sep, 2006
On page(s):61
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Abstract
IEEE 802.11s/D0.03 defines several variants of a Mesh Point (MP). However, besides the definition of the entity called MP all other definitions are vague and unclear. The imprecise introduction of new entity categories leaves too much room for interpretation thus putting a risk on a successful letter ballot of a draft amendment of IEEE 802.11s. To simplify future work and to achieve better consistency we propose to limit the scope of IEEE 802.11s on the definition of an MP. Any other functionality can be either co-located with an MP or can be achieved by an according configuration that allows for implementation with a reduced set of features. These principles allow to achieve the same variety of devices as described in IEEE 802.11s/D0.03, however without the need for the complexity of defining the interdependency of the entities of IEEE 802.11s/D0.03.
Author Keywords
IEEE, 802.11, 802.11s, Mesh WLAN, terms, definitions, Mesh Point, MP
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Denteneer, D.},
TITLE = {Ambiguous terms in IEEE 802.11s/D0.03 (IEEE 802.11 TGs submission)},
YEAR = {2006},
MONTH = {Sep},
PAGES = {61},
ADDRESS = {Melbourne, Victoria, Australia},
BOOKTITLE = {IEEE 802.11 WLAN Working Group Session, September 2006},
HOWPUBLISHED = {Online},
INSTITUTION = {IEEE LMSC (LAN MAN Standards Committee)},
ORGANIZATION = {IEEE Computer Society},
NUMBER = {11-06-1371-01-000s},
AFFILIATION = {Department of Communication Networks (ComNets), Faculty 6, RWTH Aachen University},
COPYRIGHT = {The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., IEEE
Standards Association, Manager, Standards Licensing and Contracts, 445
Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA},
KEYWORDS = {IEEE, 802.11, 802.11s, Mesh WLAN, terms, definitions, Mesh Point, MP},
LANGUAGE = {English},
LOCATION = {Melbourne, Victoria, Australia},
URL = {https://www.comnets.rwth-aachen.de}
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