Broadband over power-line Project
• The standards board recently approved a
project for broadband over power-line
• At the March plenary meeting there were
several concerns regarding the BPL PAR
– The architecture committee had some
architecture concerns
– The 802.19 coexistence TAG had some
concern regarding potential interference to
wireless systems
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Broadband over power-line Project
• The BPL PAR states that voting will be by
entity and not individual
• It was suggested that 802 join the BPL
sponsor ballot as an entity
• In checking with Steve Mills 802 cannot
become an entity since it does not have an
independent board of directors
• Hence 802 cannot join the BPL sponsor
ballot
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Comment from Geoff Thompson
• Geoff Thompson requested that his
following comment be on record in the EC
meeting minutes,
– Geoff considers the denial of access to 802 to
voting is denial of participation to a "materially
interested party" and thus potentially grounds
for an appeal of the IEEE process to ANSI.
– The IEEE needs to get this fixed. We have a
legitimate interest in this project.
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