Thank you Anthony for your insight off line as to my concerns. I apologize for 
my comments, and feel more comfortable that
my concerns have been managed well in the current draft. 

Sincerely, 
Nancy Bravin

On Dec 21, 2012, at 9:58 AM, Nancy Bravin wrote:

> HI Gabor,
> 
> I do not understand when doing a global standard, and only referring to 
> underserved areas, which is more common in developed countries, 
> why use cases are left out for not only rural, but remote, which happens to 
> involve many countries that can or do not relate to underserved, 
> implying that some use is already there. 
> The constant use of the term wifi, and no other technology or use cases left 
> out seems to promote one technology over others.
> This is not agnostic in my view, it is if all other efforts done or in 
> process globally are irrelevant.
> Combining use cases as was done is not in the best interests of the market, 
> their choices of what to use, or a global effort in demographics, 
> whether population, terrain, or different regs that apply or options that 
> other countries can use to determine what is the best course for their
> sovereign nation.
> 
> Sorry to violently disagree, but even the device regs from the US are ignored 
> as stated before.
> 
> Nancy
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: [email protected]
>> Subject: [paws] I-D Action: 
>> draft-ietf-paws-problem-stmt-usecases-rqmts-09.txt
>> Date: December 21, 2012 9:10:51 AM PST
>> To: [email protected]
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> 
>> 
>> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts 
>> directories.
>> This draft is a work item of the Protocol to Access WS database Working 
>> Group of the IETF.
>> 
>>      Title           : Protocol to Access White Space (PAWS) Database: Use 
>> Cases and Requirements
>>      Author(s)       : Anthony Mancuso
>>                          Basavaraj Patil
>>      Filename        : draft-ietf-paws-problem-stmt-usecases-rqmts-09.txt
>>      Pages           : 27
>>      Date            : 2012-12-21
>> 
>> Abstract:
>>   [Editor's Note: This version is submitted for review.  A final, post-
>>   review version is anticipated that will supersede this version].
>> 
>>   Portions of the radio spectrum that are assigned to a particular use
>>   but are unused or unoccupied at specific locations and times are
>>   defined as "white space."  The concept of allowing additional
>>   transmissions (which may or may not be licensed) in white space is a
>>   technique to "unlock" existing spectrum for new use.  An obvious
>>   requirement is that these additional transmissions do not interfere
>>   with the assigned use of the spectrum.  One approach to using white
>>   space spectrum at a given time and location is to verify spectrum
>>   availability with a database that manages spectrum sharing and
>>   provides spectrum-availability information.
>> 
>>   This document describes a number of possible use cases of white space
>>   spectrum and technology as well as a set of requirements for the
>>   database query protocol.  The concept of white spaces is described
>>   along with the problems that need to be addressed to enable white
>>   space spectrum for additional uses without causing interference to
>>   currently assigned use.  Use of white space is enabled by querying a
>>   database that stores information about spectrum availability at any
>>   given location and time.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-paws-problem-stmt-usecases-rqmts
>> 
>> There's also a htmlized version available at:
>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-paws-problem-stmt-usecases-rqmts-09
>> 
>> A diff from the previous version is available at:
>> http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-paws-problem-stmt-usecases-rqmts-09
>> 
>> 
>> Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
>> ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
>> 
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