IEEE P802.11 Wireless LANs Resolution for CID 1501 Back off timer 2018-04 Date: Author(s): Name Affiliation Address Phone email Graham SMITH SR Technology Davie, FL, USA. 916 799 9563 gsmith@srtrl.com CID Commenter Clause Page Line Comment Proposed 1501 Mark Rison "backoff timer" is confusing since Change all the it's not really a timer, it's just a instances of "backoff counter (and indeed there are a timer" throughout the number of "backoff counter"s). draft to "backoff The "backoff counter" should be counter" referenced instead, and then it's not that it expires but that it is/reaches zero In document 17/0987r11 we had CID Commenter Clause Page Comment Proposed Line 294 Mark RISON 10.3.3 Is the backoff timer in units Be consistent. It's probably of slots or in units of time easiest if the backoff timer is (multiples of aSlotTime)? something that counts in units of For example, Equation slots indicates the backoff time (or Backoff Time) is in units of time, but at 1351.61 the backoff timer is "decremented" and 1351.8 says the backoff timer has a value measured in "backoff slots" 189 10.22.2.4 1486.27 timer” is Change all instances of “backoff “backoff confusing since it is not timer” in the draft to “Backoff really a timer, it’s just a counter” counter (and indeed there are a number of “backoff counters) The resolution was to change the formula Timer”to Counter”. “Backoff “Backoff Equation 10-1 was changed to be Backoff Count = Random () and everywhere we had backoff timer we replaced with backoff count, or so we thought. So theoretically this comment 1501 should have been satisfied by CIDs 294 and 189. BUT
IEEE P802.11 Wireless LANs Resolution for CID 1501 Back off timer Date: 2018-04 Author(s): Name Affiliation Address Phone email Graham SMITH SR Technology Davie, FL, USA. 916 799 9563 gsmith@srtrl.com CID Commenter Clause Page Line Comment Proposed 1501 Mark Rison "backoff timer" is confusing since it's not really a timer, it's just a counter (and indeed there are a number of "backoff counter"s). The "backoff counter" should be referenced instead, and then it's not that it expires but that it is/reaches zero Change all the instances of "backoff timer" throughout the draft to "backoff counter" In document 17/0987r11 we had CID Commenter Clause Page Line Comment Proposed 294 Mark RISON 10.3.3 Is the backoff timer in units of slots or in units of time (multiples of aSlotTime)? For example, Equation indicates the backoff time (or Backoff Time) is in units of time, but at 1351.61 the backoff timer is "decremented" and 1351.8 says the backoff timer has a value measured in "backoff slots" Be consistent. It's probably easiest if the backoff timer is something that counts in units of slots 189 10.22.2.4 1486.27 “backoff timer” is confusing since it is not really a timer, it’s just a counter (and indeed there are a number of “backoff counters) Change all instances of “backoff timer” in the draft to “Backoff counter” The resolution was to change the formula “Backoff Timer”to “Backoff Counter”. Equation 10-1 was changed to be Backoff Count = Random () and everywhere we had backoff timer we replaced with backoff count, or so we thought. So theoretically this comment 1501 should have been satisfied by CIDs 294 and 189. BUT
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