ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005

Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications

The medium access control (MAC) and physical characteristics for wireless local area networks (LANs) are specified in ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005, which is part of a series of standards for local and metropolitan area networks. The medium access control unit in ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005 is designed to support physical layer units as they may be adopted dependent on the availability of spectrum. ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005 contains five physical layer units: four radio units, operating in the 2400-2500 MHz band and in the bands comprising 5.15-5.25 GHz, 5.25-5.35 GHz, and 5.725-5.825 GHz, and one baseband infrared (IR) unit. One radio unit employs the frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) technique, two employ the direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) technique, and another employs the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technique.

Technologies de l'information — Télécommunications et échange d'information entre systèmes — Réseaux locaux et métropolitains — Exigences spécifiques — Partie 11: Spécifications pour le contrôle d'accès au support et la couche physique

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 08-Aug-2005
• Withdrawal Date: 08-Aug-2005
• ICS: 35.110 - Networking
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems
• Drafting Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems
• Current Stage: 9599 - Withdrawal of International Standard
• Completion Date: 05-Nov-2012

Relations

• Parent: ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005/Amd 4:2006 - Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications — Amendment 4: Further Higher Data Rate Extension in the 2.4 GHz Band
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008
• Parent: ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005/Amd 6:2006 - Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications — Amendment 6: Medium Access Control (MAC) Security Enhancements
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008
• Parent: ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005/Amd 5:2006 - Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications — Amendment 5: Spectrum and Transmit Power Management Extensions in the 5 GHz band in Europe
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008
• Revised: ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-11:2012 - Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 11: Wireless LAN medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications
• Effective Date: 10-May-2012
• Revises: ISO/IEC 8802-11:1999/PDAM 2 - Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications — Amendment 2: Higher-speed physical layer extension in the 2.4 GHz band
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008
• Revises: ISO/IEC 8802-11:1999/Amd 1:2000 - Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications — Amendment 1: High-speed Physical Layer in the 5 GHz band
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008
• Revises: ISO/IEC 8802-11:1999 - Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2008
• Amended By: ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005/Amd 5:2006 - Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications — Amendment 5: Spectrum and Transmit Power Management Extensions in the 5 GHz band in Europe
• Effective Date: 06-Jun-2022
• Amended By: ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005/Amd 6:2006 - Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications — Amendment 6: Medium Access Control (MAC) Security Enhancements
• Effective Date: 06-Jun-2022
• Consolidated By: ISO 10628-1:2014 - Diagrams for the chemical and petrochemical industry — Part 1: Specification of diagrams
• Effective Date: 06-Jun-2022
• Amended By: ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005/Amd 4:2006 - Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications — Amendment 4: Further Higher Data Rate Extension in the 2.4 GHz Band
• Effective Date: 06-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 8802-11
IEEE
Std 802.11
Second edition
2005-08-01

Information technology —
Telecommunications and information
exchange between systems — Local and
metropolitan area networks — Specific
requirements
Part 11:
Wireless LAN Medium Access Control
(MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY)
specifications
Technologies de l'information — Télécommunications et échange
d'information entre systèmes — Réseaux locaux et métropolitains —
Exigences spécifiques
Partie 11: Spécifications pour le contrôle d'accès au support et la
couche physique




Reference number
ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005(E)
IEEE
Std 802.11, 2003 Edition

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ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005(E)
IEEE Std 802.11, 2003 Edition
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ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005(E)
IEEE Std 802.11i™-2003 Edition
(Includes IEEE Std 802.11, 1999 Edition;
IEEE Std 802.11a.-1999; IEEE Std 802.11b.-1999;
IEEE Std 802.11b.-1999/Cor 1-2001; and IEEE Std 802.11d.-2001)
Information technology—
Telecommunications and information exchange
between systems—
Local and metropolitan area networks—
Specific requirements—
Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium
Access Control (MAC) and Physical
Layer (PHY) Specifications
Sponsor
LAN/MAN Standards Committee
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IEEE Computer Society

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Abstract: The medium access control (MAC) and physical characteristics for wireless local area
networks (LANs) are specified in this standard, which is part of a series of standards for local and
metropolitan area networks. The medium access control unit in this standard is designed to support
physical layer units as they may be adopted dependent on the availability of spectrum. This stan-
dard contains five physical layer units: four radio units, operating in the 2400–2500 MHz band and
in the bands comprising 5.15–5.25 GHz, 5.25–5.35 GHz, and 5.725–5.825 GHz, and one baseband
infrared (IR) unit. One radio unit employs the frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) tech-
nique, two employ the direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) technique, and another employs
the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technique.
Keywords: 2 GHz, 5 GHz, ad hoc network, high speed, infrared, international roaming, LAN, local
area network, mobility, radio frequency, RF, wireless
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Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks —
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⎯ Part 2: Logical link control
⎯ Part 3: Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) access method and physical
layer specifications
⎯ Part 5: Token ring access method and physical layer specifications
⎯ Part 6: Distributed Queue Dual Bus (DQDB) access method and physical layer specifications
⎯ Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications



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Introduction
This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 802.11i, 2003 Edition, IEEE Standard for Information
Technology—Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems—Local and
Metropolitan Area Networks—Specific Requirements—Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access
Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications.
IEEE Std 802.11, 2003 Edition
IEEE Std 802.11, 2003 Edition, incorporates IEEE Std 802.11, 1999 Edition; IEEE Std 802.11a-1999; IEEE
Std 802.11b-1999; IEEE Std 802.11b-1999/Cor 1-2001; and IEEE Std 802.11d-2001. Minor changes have
been made throughout the document.
This standard defines the protocol and compatible interconnection of data communication equipment via the
air,. radio or infrared (IR), in a local area network (LAN) using the carrier sense multiple access protocol
with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) medium sharing mechanism. The medium access control (MAC) sup-
ports operation under control of an access point (AP) as well as between independent stations. The protocol
includes authentication, association, and reassociation services, an optional encryption/decryption proce-
dure,power management to reduce power consumption in mobile stations, and a point coordination function
(PCF) for time-bounded transfer of data. The standard includes the definition of the management informa-
tion base (MIB) using Abstract Syntax Notation 1 (ASN.1) and specifies the MAC protocol in a formal way,
using the Specification and Description Language (SDL). Both ASN.1 and SDL source code are distributed
with this standard.
The IR implementation of the PHY supports 1 Mbit/s data rate with an optional 2 Mbit/s extension. The
radio implementations of the PHY specify frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) supporting 1 Mbit/s
and optional 2 Mbit/s data rates, direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) supporting both 1 Mbit/s and 2
Mbit/s data rates, complementary code key (CCK) supporting both 5.5 Mbit/s and 11 Mbit/s data rates,
optional packet binary convolutional code (PBCC) supporting both 5.5 Mbit/s and 11 Mbit/s data rates, and
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) supporting 6 Mbit/s, 12 Mbit/s, and 24 Mbit/s and
optional data rates of 9 Mbit/s, 18 Mbit/s, 36 Mbit/s, and 54 Mbit/s.
This standard contains state-of-the-art material. The area covered by this standard is undergoing evolution.
Revisions are anticipated to this standard within the next few years to clarify existing material, to correct
possible errors, and to incorporate new related material.
Conformance test methodology
An additional standards series, identified by the number 1802, has been established to identify the conform-
ance test methodology documents for the 802 family of standards. Thus the conformance test documents for
802.3 are numbered 1802.3.
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Participants
At the time the draft of IEEE Std 802.11, 1999 Edition, was sent to sponsor ballot, the IEEE 802.11 Working
Group had the following officers:
 Victor Hayes, Chair Stuart J. Kerry and Al Petrick, Vice Chairs
Bob O’Hara, 802.11rev Task Group Chair and Technical Editor
George Fishel, Secretary
David Bagby, Mac Group Chair  Dean Kawaguchi, PHY Group and FH Chair
Jan Boer, Direct Sequence Chair
Michael Fischer and Allen Heberling, State Diagram Editors
Naftali Chayat, Task Group a Chair John Fakatselis, Task Group b Chair
Victoria M. Poncini, Task Group c Chair
Jeff Abramowitz Karl Hannestad William Roberts
Kent G. Rollins
Keith B. Amundsen Robert Heile
Carl F. Andren Maarten Hoeben Oren Rosenfeld
Michael Rothenberg
Kazuhiro Aoyagi Duane Hurne
Clemens C. W. Ruppel
Phil Belanger Masayuki Ikeda
Chandos Rypinski
John Biddick Richard Jai
Anil K. Sanwalka
Simon Black Donald C. Johnson
Roy Sebring
Ronald Brockmann Nobuo Karaki
Mike Shiba
Wesley Brodsky Isao Masaki
Thomas Siep
John H. Cafarella Jim McDonald
Donald I. Sloan
Ken Clements Gene Miller
Hitoshi Takanashi
Wim Diepstraten Akira Miura
Satoru Toguchi
Darrol Draper Masaharu Mori
Cherry Tom
Peter Ecclesine Masahiro Morikura
Mike Trompower
Darwin Engwer Ravi P. Nalamati
Tom Tsoulogiannis
Jeff Fischer Colin Nayler
Sarosh N. Vesuna
Matthew Fischer Richard van Nee
Nien C. Wei
Michael Fischer Tomoki Ohsawa
Harry Worstell
John Fisher Kazuhiro Okanoue
Timothy M. Zimmerman
Motohiro Gochi Richard H. Paine
Jonathan M. Zweig
Tim Godfrey Bob Pham
Jim Zyren
Jan Haagh Stanley A. Reible
Major contributions to IEEE Std 802.11, 1999 Edition, were received from the following individuals:
Henri Moelard Richard Ozer Arnoud Zwemmer
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The following members of the balloting committee voted on IEEE Std 802.11, 1999 Edition:
Kit Athul Ronald C. Petersen
A. Kamerman
John R. Pickens
Thomas W. Bailey
Dean M. Kawaguchi
Alberto Profumo
Peter K. Campbell
Edward R. Kelly
Vikram Punj
James T. Carlo
Gary C. Kessler
James A. Renfro
David E. Carlson
Yongbum Kim
Gary S. Robinson
Brian J. Casey
Stephen Barton Kruger
Edouard Y. Rocher
Naftali Chayat
Joseph Kubler
James W. Romlein
Robert S. Crowder
Lanse M. Leach
Floyd E. Ross
Wim Diepstraten
Jai Yong Lee
Michael Rothenberg
Thomas J. Dineen Randolph S. Little
Christoph Ruland
Christos Douligeris Ronald Mahany
Anil K. Sanwalka
Paul S. Eastman Peter Martini
James E. Schuessler
Philip H. Enslow Richard McBride
Rich Seifert
Changxin Fan
Bennett Meyer
Leo Sintonen
John W. Fendrich
Gene E. Milligan
Patricia Thaler
Michael A. Fischer
David S. Millman
Mike Trompower
George R. Fishel
Hiroshi Miyano
Mark-Rene Uchida
Harvey A. Freeman Warren Monroe
Emmanuel Van Lil
Robert J. Gagliano John E. Montague
Sarosh N. Vesuna
Patrick S. Gonia Wayne D. Moyers
James Vorhies
Julio Gonzalez-Sanz Shimon Muller
Barry M. Vornbrock
Chris G. Guy Ken Naganuma
Qian-li Yang
Victor Hayes Paul Nikolich
Oren Yuen
Donald N. Heirman Robert O’Hara
Chris Zegelin
Henry Hoyt Donal O’Mahony
Jonathan M. Zweig
Raj Jain Roger Pandanda
At the time the draft of the 1997 version of this standard was sent to sponsor ballot, the IEEE 802.11 Work-
ing Group had the following voting members:
Victor Hayes, Chair Stuart J. Kerry and Chris Zegelin, Vice Chairs
Bob O’Hara and Greg Ennis, Chief Technical Editors
George Fishel and Carolyn L. Heide, Secretaries
David Bagby, MAC Group Chair C. Thomas Baumgartner, Infrared Chair and Editor
Jan Boer, Direct Sequence Chair Michael Fischer, State Diagram Editor
Dean M. Kawaguchi, PHY Group and FH Chair Mike Trompower, Direct Sequence Editor
Jeff Abramowitz Howard J. Hall Michael Rothenberg
Keith B. Amundsen Bill Huhn Chandos A. Rypinski
Phil Belanger Donald C. Johnson Anil K. Sanwalka
Manuel J. Betancor* Mikio Kiyono Roy Sebring
John Biddick Joseph J. Kubler Glen Sherwood
Simon Black Arthur Lashbrook Thomas Siep
Alessandro M. Bolea F. J. Lopez-Hernandez Nathan Silberman
Pablo Brenner Ronald Mahany Don Sloan
Peter E. Chadwick Bob Marshall Greg Smith
Naftali Chayat Jim McDonald Marvin L. Sojka
Jonathon Y. Cheah Akira Miura Dave Strohschein
Hae Wook Choi Wayne D. Moyers Bert Sullam
Wim Diepstraten Ravi P. Nalamati Mack Sullivan
Robert J. Egan Mitsuji Okada Tom Tsoulogiannis
Darwin Engwer Al Petrick Jeanine Valadez
John Fakatselis Miri Ratner Sarosh Vesuna
Matthew Fischer James A. Renfro Richard E. White
Keith S. Furuya William Roberts Donna A. Woznicki
Rich Gardner Jon Walter Rosdahl Timothy M. Zimmerman
Ian Gifford Johnny Zweig
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Major contributions to the 1997 version were received from the following individuals:
Richard Lee Richard Ozer
Robert Achatz
Kerry Lynn Thomas Phinney
Ken Biba
Michael Masleid Leon S. Scaldeferri*
Paul Eastman
Ed Geiger John McKown Jim Schuessler
K. S. Natarajan François Y. Simon
Larry van der Jagt
Jim Neally
*Deceased
The following persons were on the balloting committee for the 1997 version of this standard:
Bernhard Albert Richard J. Iliff Thomas L. Phinney
Tomoaki Ishifuji
Jon M. Allingham Vikram Prabhu
Jack S. Andresen Carlos Islas-Perez Alberto Profumo
Kit Athul Raj Jain David L. Propp
Anthony L. Barnes A. Kamerman Vikram Punj
Robert T. Bell Peter M. Kelly Andris Putnins
Manuel J. Betancor Yongbum Kim Fernando Ramos
Simon Black Mikio Kiyono James W. Romlein
Alan L. Bridges Thaddeus Kobylarz Floyd E. Ross
Graham Campbell Stephen B. Kruger Michael Rothenberg
James T. Carlo Joseph J. Kubler Christoph Ruland
David E. Carlson David J. Law
Chandos A. Rypinski
Jai Yong Lee
Peter E. Chadwick Anil K. Sanwalka
Jungtae Lee
Naftali Chayat Gregory D. Schumacher
Alan J. Chwick Daniel E. Lewis Rich Seifert
Ken Clements Randolph S. Little Lee A. Sendelbach
Robert S. Crowder Ming T. Liu Michael Serrone
Rifaat Dayem Joseph C. J. Loo Adarshpal S. Sethi
Wim Diepstraten Donald C. Loughry Donald A. Sheppard
Edward A. Dunlop Robert D. Love Nathan Silberman
Sourav K. Dutta Ronald Mahany
Joseph S. Skorupa
Paul S. Eastman Jim L. Mangin
Michael A. Smith
Peter Martini
Peter Ecclesine Marvin L. Sojka
P. Takis Mathiopoulos
Gregory Elkmann Efstathios D. Sykas
Steve Messenger
John E. Emrich Geoffrey O. Thompson
Philip H. Enslow Bennett Meyer Robert C. Tripi
Changxin Fan Ann Miller Mike Trompower
Michael A. Fischer David S. Millman David B. Turner
Harvey A. Freeman Hiroshi Miyano Mark-Rene Uchida
Robert J. Gagliano Stig Frode Mjolsnes
James Vorhies
Patrick S. Gonia W. Melody Moh
Yun-Che Wang
N. Douglas Grant John E. Montague
Raymond P. Wenig
Govert M. Griffioen Wayne D. Moyers
Earl J. Whitaker
Paul Nikolich
Joseph L. Hammond David W. Wilson
Ellis S. Nolley
Victor Hayes Jerry A. Wyatt
Robert O’Hara
Kenneth C. Heck Qian-Li Yang
Donal O’Mahony
Jan Hoogendoorn Iwen Yao
Russell D. Housley Roger Pandanda Oren Yuen
Walter K. Hurwitz Lalit Mohan Patnaik
Jonathan M. Zweig
Lucy W. Person
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When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved IEEE Std 802.11, 1999 Edition, on 18 March 1999, it had the
following membership:
Richard J. Holleman, Chair
Donald N. Heirman, Vice Chair
Judith Gorman, Secretary
Satish K. Aggarwal James H. Gurney Louis-François Pau
Dennis Bodson Lowell G. Johnson Ronald C. Petersen
Mark D. Bowman Robert J. Kennelly Gerald H. Peterson
James T. Carlo E. G. “Al” Kiener John B. Posey
Gary R. Engmann Joseph L. Koepfinger* Gary S. Robinson
Harold E. Epstein L. Bruce McClung Akio Tojo
Jay Forster* Daleep C. Mohla Hans E. Weinrich
Ruben D. Garzon Robert F. Munzner Donald W. Zipse
*Member Emeritus
Also included is the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaison:
Robert E Hebner
Valerie E. Zelenty
IEEE Standards Project Editor
At the time the draft of IEEE Std 802.11a-1999 was sent to sponsor ballot, the IEEE 802.11 Working Group
had the following voting members:
Vic Hayes, Chair Stuart J. Kerry and Al Petrick, Vice Chairs
George Fishel, Secretary
Robert O'Hara, Chair and editor, 802.11-rev
Allen Heberling and Michael A. Fischer, State-diagram editors
Dean M. Kawaguchi, Chair PHY group David Bagby, Chair MAC group
Naftali Chayat, Chair Task Group a Hitoshi Takanashi, Editor 802.11a
John Fakatselis, Chair Task Group b Carl F. Andren, Editor 802.11b
Jeffrey Abramowitz Wesley Brodsky Ian Gifford
Reza Ahy John H. Cafarella Motohiro Gochi
Keith B. Amundsen Wen-Chiang Chen Tim Godfrey
James R. Baker Ken Clements Steven D. Gray
Jan Haagh
Kevin M. Barry Wim Diepstraten
Karl Hannestad
Phil Belanger Peter Ecclesine
Kei Hara
John Biddick Richard Eckard
Chris D. Heegard
Simon Black Darwin Engwer
Robert Heile
Timothy J. Blaney Greg Ennis
Juha T. Heiskala
Jan Boer Jeffrey J. Fischer
Maarten Hoeben
Ronald Brockmann John Fisher
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Erwin R. Noble
Masayuki Ikeda Thomas Siep
Donald C. Johnson Tomoki Ohsawa Donald I. Sloan
Tal Kaitz Kazuhiro Okanoue Gary Spiess
Ad Kamerman Richard H. Paine Satoru Toguchi
Mika Kasslin Roger Pandanda Cherry Tom
Victoria M. Poncini
Patrick Kinney Mike Trompower
Steven Knudsen Gregory S. Rawlins Tom Tsoulogiannis
Bruce P. Kraemer Stanley A. Reible Bruce Tuch
David S. Landeta Frits Riep Sarosh N. Vesuna
James S. Li William Roberts Ikuo Wakayama
Stanley Ling Kent G. Rollins Robert M. Ward, Jr.
Michael D. McInnis Clemens C.W. Ruppel Mark Webster
Gene Miller Anil K. Sanwalka Leo Wilz
Akira Miura Roy Sebring Harry R. Worstell
Henri Moelard Tie-Jun Shan Lawrence W. Yonge, III
Masaharu Mori Stephen J. Shellhammer Chris Zegelin
Masahiro Morikura Matthew B. Shoemake Jonathan M. Zweig
Richard van Nee James Zyren
The following members of the balloting committee voted on IEEE Std 802.11a-1999:
Carl F. Andren Raj Jain Pete Rautenberg
Jack S. Andresen A. Kamerman Stanley A. Reible
Lek Ariyavisitakul Dean M. Kawaguchi Edouard Y. Rocher
David Bagby Stuart J. Kerry Kent Rollins
Kevin M. Barry Patrick Kinney James W. Romlein
John H. Cafarella Daniel R. Krent Floyd E. Ross
James T. Carlo Walter Levy Christoph Ruland
David E. Carlson Stanley Ling Anil K. Sanwalka
Linda T. Cheng Randolph S. Little Norman Schneidewind
Thomas J. Dineen Roger B. Marks James E. Schuessler
Christos Douligeris Peter Martini Rich Seifert
Peter Ecclesine Richard McBride Matthew B. Shoemake
Richard Eckard Bennett Meyer Leo Sintonen
Philip H. Enslow David S. Millman Hitoshi Takanashi
John Fakatselis Hiroshi Miyano Mike Trompower
Jeffrey J. Fischer Warren Monroe Mark-Rene Uchida
Michael A. Fischer Masahiro Morikura Scott A. Valcourt
Robert J. Gagliano Shimon Muller Richard Van Nee
Gautam Garai Peter A. Murphy Sarosh N. Vesuna
Alireza Ghazizahedi Paul Nikolich John Viaplana
Tim Godfrey Erwin R. Noble Hirohisa Wakai
Patrick S. Gonia Satoshi Obara Robert M. Ward, Jr.
Steven D. Gray Robert O'Hara Mark Webster
Chris G. Guy Charles Oestereicher Harry R. Worstell
Vic Hayes Kazuhiro Okanoue Stefan M. Wurster
Allen Heberling Roger Pandanda Oren Yuen
Chris D. Heegard Ronald C. Petersen Jonathan M. Zweig
Juha T. Heiskala Al Petrick James Zyren
Vikram Punj
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At the time the draft of IEEE Std 802.11b-1999 was sent to sponsor ballot, the IEEE 802.11 Working Group
had the following voting members:
Vic Hayes, Chair Stuart J. Kerry and Al Petrick, Vice Chairs
George Fishel, Secretary
Robert O'Hara, Chair and editor, 802.11-rev
Allen Heberling and Michael A. Fischer, State-diagram editors
Dean M. Kawaguchi, Chair PHY group David Bagby, Chair MAC group
Naftali Chayat, Chair Task Group a Hitoshi Takanashi, Technical Editor, 802.11a
John Fakatselis, Chair Task Group b Carl F. Andren, Technical Editor, 802.11b
Jeffrey Abramowitz Chris D. Heegard Frits Riep
Reza Ahy Robert Heile
William Roberts
Juha T. Heiskala
Keith B. Amundsen
Kent G. Rollins
James R. Baker Maarten Hoeben
Clemens C.W. Ruppel
Kevin M. Barry Masayuki Ikeda
Anil K. Sanwalka
Phil Belanger Donald C. Johnson
Roy Sebring
John Biddick Tal Kaitz
Tie-Jun Shan
Simon Black Ad Kamerman
Stephen J. Shellhammer
Timothy J. Blaney Mika Kasslin
Matthew B. Shoemake
Jan Boer Patrick Kinney
Thomas Siep
Ronald Brockmann Steven Knudsen
Donald I. Sloan
Wesley Brodsky Bruce P. Kraemer
Gary Spiess
David S. Landeta
John H. Cafarella
Satoru Toguchi
Wen-Chiang Chen James S. Li
Ken Clements Stanley Ling Cherry Tom
Michael D. McInnis
Wim Diepstraten Mike Trompower
Peter Ecclesine Gene Miller
Tom Tsoulogiannis
Richard Eckard Akira Miura
Bruce Tuch
Darwin Engwer Henri Moelard
Sarosh N. Vesuna
Greg Ennis Masaharu Mori
Ikuo Wakayama
Jeffrey J. Fischer Masahiro Morikura
Robert M. Ward, Jr.
John Fisher Richard van Nee
Mark Webster
Ian Gifford Erwin R. Noble
Leo Wilz
Motohiro Gochi Tomoki Ohsawa
Harry R. Worstell
Tim Godfrey Kazuhiro Okanoue
Lawrence W. Yonge, III
Steven D. Gray Richard H. Paine
Chris Zegelin
Jan Haagh Roger Pandanda
Jonathan M. Zweig
Karl Hannestad Victoria M. Poncini
Kei Hara Gregory S. Rawlins James Zyren
Stanley A. Reible
The following members of the balloting committee voted on IEEE Std 802.11b-1999:
Carl F. Andren Richard Eckard Vic Hayes
Jack S. Andresen Philip H. Enslow Allen Heberling
Lek Ariyavisitakul John Fakatselis Chris D. Heegard
David Bagby Jeffrey J. Fischer Juha T. Heiskala
Kevin M. Barry Michael A. Fischer Raj Jain
John H. Cafarella Robert J. Gagliano A. Kamerman
James T. Carlo Gautam Garai Dean M. Kawaguchi
David E. Carlson Alireza Ghazizahedi Stuart J. Kerry
Linda T. Cheng Tim Godfrey Patrick Kinney
Thomas J. Dineen Patrick S. Gonia Daniel R. Krent
Christos Douligeris Steven D. Gray Walter Levy
Peter Ecclesine Chris G. Guy Stanley Ling
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Kazuhiro Okanoue
Randolph S. Little Leo Sintonen
Roger Pandanda
Roger B. Marks Hitoshi Takanashi
Ronald C. Petersen
Peter Martini Mike Trompower
Al Petrick
Richard McBride Mark-Rene Uchida
Vikram Punj
Bennett Meyer Scott A. Valcourt
Pete Rautenberg
David S. Millman Richard Van Nee
Stanley A. Reible
Hiroshi Miyano Sarosh N. Vesuna
Warren Monroe Edouard Y. Rocher John Viaplana
Kent G. Rollins
Masahiro Morikura Hirohisa Wakai
James W. Romlein
Shimon Muller Robert M. Ward, Jr.
Peter A. Murphy Floyd E. Ross Mark Webster
Christoph Ruland
Paul Nikolich Harry R. Worstell
Anil K. Sanwalka
Erwin R. Noble Stefan M. Wurster
Satoshi Obara Norman Schneidewind Oren Yuen
James E. Schuessler
Robert O'Hara Jonathan M. Zweig
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