EWC can participate by talking to other companies with concerns, proposing technical amendments, aiding in running simulations, and so forth. It can give both technical input and be a kind of lobbying force to ensure that people rapidly settle on a final, ratified version. |
In the early fall, before EWC was announced, the joint proposal committee had not gone very far toward a draft. It was only after the EWC announcement [in October] that acceleration happened. |
Long before final ratification the draft becomes stable and once the core is extremely consistent, it makes people feel comfortable to design products. |
The adoption of this specification is a huge step forward for the Joint Proposal team. For the first time the team now has a complete and consistent definition for next-generation, high performance wireless LAN devices. This places the JP in an excellent position to deliver a proposal to the IEEE next week. |
We're not going outside of the IEEE process. Every item in our proposal is either based on a motion already passed by the JPG or can be traced back to the original groups. There's nothing new here. |