January 2017 doc.: IEEE 802.15-17-0079-01-0000 May 2017 Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [Liaison Report on 802.11 for May 2017] Date Submitted: [11, May 2017 ] Source: [Al Petrick 802.11] Company [Jones-Petrick and Associates] Address [Orlando, Florida, 32832] Voice:[321-235-3269], FAX: [], E-Mail:[al@jpasoc.com ] Re: [Liaison Report on 802.11 for May, 2017] [If this is a response to a Call for Contributions, cite the name and date of the Call for Contributions to which this document responds, as well as the relevant item number in the Call for Contributions.] [Note: Contributions that are not responsive to this section of the template, and contributions which do not address the topic under which they are submitted, may be refused or consigned to the “General Contributions” area.] Abstract: [Liaison Report on 802.11 for May, 2017] Purpose: [Informative] Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P802.15. NOTE: Update all red fields replacing with your information; they are required. This is a manual update in appropriate fields. All Blue fields are informational and are to be deleted. Black stays. After updating delete this box/paragraph. Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

Daejeon Convention Center January 2017 doc.: IEEE 802.15-17-0079-01-0000 May 2017 802.11 Liaison Report Daejeon Convention Center Daejeon, Korea May 2017 Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

IEEE 802.11 Standards Pipeline May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0483r0 May 2017 IEEE 802.11 Standards Pipeline MAC & PHY Sponsor Ballot MAC TIG/Study groups Published Standard WG Letter Ballot TG without Approved draft Discussion Topics Amendment 802.11ai FILS WNG 802.11aq PAD 802.11aj CMMW 802.11ak GLK 802.11ax HEW 802.11ay NG60 802.11 -2016 802.11az NGP 802.11ba WUR 802.11ah < 1Ghz Light Comms (LC) TIG REVmd Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates 3 Page 3 Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

802.11 Task Groups in Comment Resolution May 2017 802.11 Task Groups in Comment Resolution Task Group Ballot Draft Comments Resolved Plans July 2017 Closing Report TGax LB225 D1.0 6,000 900 Continue comment resolution 17/832r0 TGaq SB #3 D8.0 - ALL - Issue 2nd SB recir – D9.0 - Comment resolution in July 17/821r0 TGaj SB1 D5.0 74 - Issue recirc- SB on D6.0 - Comment resolution in July 17/824r0 TGak D4.0 165 SB1 closed 5/11/2017 81% approved Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

REVmd (802.11 Maintainence) Held 1st meeting as REVmd Elected officers November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0xxxr0 May 2017 REVmd (802.11 Maintainence) Held 1st meeting as REVmd Elected officers Chair: Dorothy Stanley Vice Chair: Mark Hamilton, Michael Montemurro Secretary: Jon Rosdahl Editor: Emily Qi, Sub-editor: Edward Au Created D0.1 includes 802.11ai Approved contribution criteria 11-17-806r1 Approved call for contributions from 3GPP liaison 11-17-0315r0 Discussions on including: 11ai, 11ah, 11ak, 11aq, 11aj (not 11ax, 11ay…) Closing report: 17/0822r0 Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

802.11WNG (Wireless Next Generation) January 2017 doc.: IEEE 802.15-17-0079-01-0000 May 2017 802.11WNG (Wireless Next Generation) Presentations reviewed “Wi-Fi enhancement for full Coverage at smart home : part-I (coverage investigation)” - Jinsoo Choi (LG Electronics) https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/17/11-17-0784-00-0wng-wi-fi-enhancement-for-full-coverage-at-smart-home-part-i-coverage-investigation.pptx "Concurrent multi-band transmission in WLAN“ - Julian Webber (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International - ATR) https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/17/11-17-0767-00-0wng-concurrent-multi-band-transmission-in-wlan.pptx Meeting Minutes https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/17/11-17-0800-00-0wng-wireless-next-generation-wng-standing-committee-meeting-minutes-for-may-2017-daejeon-meeting.docx Two strawpolls, No recommendations for TIGs or SGs Closing report:17/0798r0 Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

802.11ax (HEW) Continued with the comment resolution on draft D1.0. November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0xxxr0 May 2017 802.11ax (HEW) Continued with the comment resolution on draft D1.0. Good progress during the ad hoc meeting and this meeting. Resolutions of over 900 comments were approved. The TG Editor is planning to produce draft D1.3 based on resolved comments Converging on Spatial Reuse issues and CIDs Discussed the need to produce a reference waveform generator similar to that for HT and VHT – looking for volunteers Plans for July 2017 Hold several teleconference calls for comment resolution in June 2017 Work towards resolving remaining comments. Closing report: 17/0832r0 Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

802.11ba [WUR –(Wake-Up Radio)] May 2017 802.11ba [WUR –(Wake-Up Radio)] 33 technical presentations – PHY & MAC Approved TGba Spec Framework Document (SFD) Reviewed TGba task group documents Usage model document Simulation Scenarios and Evaluation Methodology Document Plans for July 2017 Review basic WUR packet transmission and reception Closing Report: 17/0833r0 Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

802.11ay (Next Generation 60 GHz (20Gb/s) January 2017 doc.: IEEE 802.15-17-0079-01-0000 May 2017 802.11ay (Next Generation 60 GHz (20Gb/s) 33 submissions were covered during the meeting covering areas related to: Draft amendment Comment resolution for CC24 Significant progress was made in the development of draft amendment Comment resolution started on draft D0.3 105 CIDs are resolved and approved Closing report: 17/0737r0 Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

Editor’s Projected Completion of 802.11 Amendments July 2007 Nov 2015 May 2017 Editor’s Projected Completion of 802.11 Amendments Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates Peter Ecclesine (Cisco Systems)

May 2017 Thank you !! Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates