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P802.11n/D1.04 September 2006
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Editorial Notes
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beamforming)” or “Figure n51 (Transmitter block diagram)”. The title in parenthesis is there to aid in
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following new subclause”. New subclause headings are generally introduced by an editorial instruction
“insert the following new subclause heading”. Each new heading or subclause has its own editorial
instruction. The instruction intentionally does not include where to insert the subclause because that is
determined uniquely by the subclause number.
EDITORIAL NOTE—Pronunciation. It is assumed that while reading the spec aloud, a reader will read
“HT” as “ ‘aitch tee “ (which slightly more stress on the initial syllable) rather than read it as “high
throughput”. This determines the spelling of the indefinite article to be “an” rather than “a”. The
attention of readers is also drawn to Footnote 1 (As presented in Document 11-04-1097-r0 and approved
and minuted at the Berlin 2004 802.11 interim meeting, the standardized pronunciation of MIMO is ‘mie-
mow.), and are encourage to emit only compliant vocalizations of this and related terms.