Section 3 of 5
Who actually decides
IEEE, 3GPP, the ITU and the alliances that name things.
A committee room. The output of a working group is a document approved by ballot.
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A working group, not a company
IEEE 802.11 is a working group whose output is a document, and the ballot process explains why amendments arrive in the order they do.
Everything in Committee
- A working group, not a companyIEEE 802.11 is a working group whose output is a document, and the ballot process explains why amendments arrive in the order they do.
- Releases as a clock3GPP numbers releases rather than years, and a feature's real availability date is the release it landed in plus the silicon lag.
- Certification is a separate businessThe Wi-Fi Alliance and Bluetooth SIG certify and name; they do not write the underlying standard, which is a distinction that gets lost constantly.
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