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Clear description of the referenced document:
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Name:
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IEEE 802.15.4-2011
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Title:
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IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks -- Part 15.4: Low Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs)
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Status of approval:
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Approved by IEEE-SA on 2011-06-16, superseded standard in 2015. Normative reference should not be made.
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3.
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Justification for the specific reference:
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The encryption scheme for MAC frame payload is based on the generic algorithm described in IEEE 802.15.4-2011 which itself references NIST FIPS Pub 197 (also normatively referenced in Rec. ITU-T Y.lorawan).
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4.
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Current information, if any, about IPR issues:
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No known issues (see section 6.1 at https://development.standards.ieee.org/myproject-web/public/view.html#pardetail/4240).
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Other useful information describing the "Quality" of the document:
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The document is in existence since 2011. Superseded by IEEE 802.15.4-2015 https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/802.15.4/5788/ (also superseded in 2020).
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6.
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The degree of stability or maturity of the document:
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It is an approved IEEE standard.
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Relationship with other existing or emerging documents:
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None (see section 5.3 at https://development.standards.ieee.org/myproject-web/public/view.html#pardetail/4240).
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Any explicit references within that referenced document should also be listed:
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- FIPS Pub 197, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)./
- NITS/CWPAN Part 15.4, Chinese standard for the Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) and the Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications for Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks, GB/T 15629.15-2010.2 (CWPAN publications are available from either the China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI), http://www.cssn.net.cn) or the China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS)).
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Qualification of
IEEE:
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The IEEE was recognized under the provisions of ITU-T Recommendation A.5 on 1 November 1999. Qualifying information is on file with TSB.
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Other (for any supplementary information):
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None
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