Hi, I participated in IEEE 802.11 a few years, 10 years ago, there is a lot of politics and you have to approach the main actors (at the time Broadcom and qualc

Hi, I participated in IEEE 802.11 a few years, 10 years ago, there is a lot of politics and you have to approach the main actors (at the time Broadcom and qualcomm) and discuss with them in bilateral meetings for maybe a year, to understand what they would consider or not. Normally if the are business cases, they should be interested and help you. Yet because it's mainly about politics you will find one or two strong groups opposed to your group for whatever weird reasons, but mainly because they do not know you: You are outsiders. After yet one or two years of 802.11 discussions, you will succeed because they will accept you as insiders. Just for the anecdote, the internal wars within 802.11 were quite nasty for 802.11n in 2007, and when the group met at Hawaii, suddenly all people agreed. One participant said that seing all those nude breasts was an important factor for the adoption of the 802.11n proposal!