Hi Rob,
I think January was almost routine, and the hard decisions will happen in March (officer elections, reorganization, distinct identities). All of IEEE 802 attended (975) an interim - a first. Plenaries have been running more like 1200 attendees, and we clearly have outgrown Albuquerque and West Palm Bay.
The ESS mesh will get voted on March 19th, and is at risk as .11 is starting many things without completing MAC (started in 1999) or Security. Counting noses in 802.11e shows that while the WME group is still functioning and developing, the other religions have gone elsewhere or withered...
Counting noses in 802.20 shows attendance is up in Plenaries, and down otherwise.
As ad hoc, mobile, is an NP complete problem, agreeing on restrictions (rate of topology change, rate of radio channel change, etc.) is key. Wonder about the rate of topology change for 802.16d?
Think about the 802.15 Mesh Study Group, which has to span 20 kbps radios of 802.15.4 and 480 Mbps radios of 802.15.3a. Hard to have common message formats, etc. in the face of different capabilities and constraints.
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