TGn Opening Report – September ‘06 doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/1132r0 September 2006 TGn Opening Report – September ‘06 Date: 2006-09-18 Authors: Notice: This document has been prepared to assist IEEE 802.11. 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 grants a free, irrevocable license to the IEEE to incorporate material contained in this contribution, and any modifications thereof, in the creation of an IEEE Standards publication; to copyright in the IEEE’s name any IEEE Standards publication even though it may include portions of this contribution; and at the IEEE’s sole discretion to permit others to reproduce in whole or in part the resulting IEEE Standards publication. The contributor also acknowledges and accepts that this contribution may be made public by IEEE 802.11. Patent Policy and Procedures: The contributor is familiar with the IEEE 802 Patent Policy and Procedures <http:// ieee802.org/guides/bylaws/sb-bylaws.pdf>, including the statement "IEEE standards may include the known use of patent(s), including patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard." Early disclosure to the Working Group of patent information that might be relevant to the standard is essential to reduce the possibility for delays in the development process and increase the likelihood that the draft publication will be approved for publication. Please notify the Chair <stuart.kerry@philips.com> as early as possible, in written or electronic form, if patented technology (or technology under patent application) might be incorporated into a draft standard being developed within the IEEE 802.11 Working Group. If you have questions, contact the IEEE Patent Committee Administrator at <patcom@ieee.org>. Name Company Address Phone email Bruce Kraemer Marvell +1 - 321 4 27 4098 bkraemer@ marvell .com Garth Hillman AMD 5402 East Ben White, Austin TX 78741 +1 (512) 602 7869 Garth.hillman@amd.com Sheung Li Atheros 529 Almanor Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 +1 (408) 773 5295 sheung@atheros.com Adrian STEPHENS Intel Corporation 15 JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK +1 (503) 616 3800 adrian.p.stephens@intel.c om 5488 Marvell Lane, Santa Clara, CA, 95054 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 This Report 11-06-1132 r1 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings September 2006 doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/1132r0 Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings September 2006 Don’t discuss the validity/essentiality of patents/patent claims Don’t discuss the cost of specific patent use Don’t discuss licensing terms or conditions Don’t discuss product pricing, territorial restrictions, or market share Don’t discuss ongoing litigation or threatened litigation Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed… do formally object. If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org or visit http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html This slide set is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – March 2003 (Revised January 2006) Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Attendance, Voting & Document Status September 2006 Attendance, Voting & Document Status Make sure your badges are correct Questions on Voting status, Ballot pool, Access to Reflector or member’s area see Harry Worstell – hworstell@att.com If you plan to make a submission be sure it does not contain company logos or advertising Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Attendance http://newton Register Indicate attendance September 2006 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 Clock Time Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

TGn Quick Review of Events prior to this meeting September 2006 TGn Quick Review of Events prior to this meeting Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/1132r0 September 2006 One Page History of TGn HTSG formed – First meeting (Sep-11-’02 Monterey) TGn formed – First meeting (Sep-15-’03 Singapore) Began call for proposals (May 17 ’04 Garden Grove) 32 First round presentations (Sep 13 ’04 Berlin) Down selected to one proposal (Mar ’05 Atlanta) –first confirm vote failed Confirmation vote #2 failed - reset to 3 proposals -left the May ‘05 meeting with a serious deadlock. (Cairns) 3 proposal groups agreed to a joint proposal activity (Jul ’05 San Francisco) JP proposal accepted by vote of 184/0/4, editor instructed to create draft (Jan ’06 Waikoloa) Baseline specification converted into Draft 1.0. Letter ballot issued (LB84) March ’06 (Denver) and closed on April 29 (failed) Draft 1.0 Comment resolution begins (May ’06 Jacksonville) Approved 6711 editorial and 1041 technical resolutions; Created Draft 1.03 (Jul ’06 San Diego) Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

11n - Overall timeline September 2006 HT SG Formed PAR Approved TGn 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 HT SG Formed PAR Approved TGn Formed Publication REVCOM Approval First Sponsor Letter Ballot Selection Process & Criteria 2nd WG Letter Ballot Call for Proposals 1st WG Letter Ballot Proposal Presentations Confirmation Down Select Joint proposal Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Comment Resolution Events September 2006 Comment Resolution Events Weekly teleconferences Ad hoc – Melbourne, AU Sep 13-15 ‘06 Interim – Melbourne Sep 18-22 ‘06 Ad hoc – West coast Oct 17 – 19 ‘06 Ad hoc – Dallas Nov 8-10 ‘06 Plenary – Dallas Nov 12-17 ‘06 Interim – London Jan 15-19 ‘07 Goal = release of Letter Ballot 2.0 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

TGn Ad Hoc Organization September 2006 TGn Ad Hoc Organization Ad Hoc Topic Ad hoc leader PSMP Naveen Kakani CA Doc Sheung Li Frame Format Peter Loc PHY Jim Petranovich MAC Matt Fischer Coexistence Don Schultz Beamforming & Adaptation John Ketchum Joonsuk Kim General Jon Rosdahl Editorial Adrian Stephens Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Ad Hoc Output Document Summary September 2006 Ad Hoc Output Document Summary Ad Hoc Topic .xls resolution file # Revision as of Sep 17 8 am Beamforming & Adaptation 675 35 PSMP 687 29 General 688 31 MAC 690 33 PHY 693 38 Editorial 706 14 Frame Format 717 34 Coexistence 724 22 CA Doc 731 04 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

802.11 Draft Revision Procedure September 2006 802.11 Draft Revision Procedure Editor prepares revision Chair reviews and uploads 1 page submission on 802wirelesworld public server indicating new document exists in the private server draft area. Harry receives draft and posts in members area Server area will differentiate approved from un-approved versions Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Draft Revision History September 2006 Draft Revision History Black = actual past events, Blue = expected future events Draft 1.0 - Approved by WG for letter ballot (LB84) Draft 1.01 - Working draft –contains proposed editorials Draft 1.02 - Contains editorials only - P TGn (July ‘06) Draft 1.03 - Working draft -Contains July technical resolutions Draft 1.04 - Contains July technicals - P TGn (Sep ‘06) Draft 1.05 - Working draft -Contains Sep technical resolutions Draft 1.06 - Contains Sep technicals - P TGn (Nov ‘06) Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Letter Ballot #1 Comments September 2006 Letter Ballot #1 Comments 12400 Editorial & Technical Unique Duplicate 6400 6000 Editorial Technical 3276 3124 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Comment Allocation Technical 3124 September 2006 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Comment Allocation 3124 Technical Approved in July Done Motion tabs September 2006 Comment Allocation 3124 Technical Approved in July Done Motion tabs ready Done Pending 467 499 1117 1041 (=1084 - 43 recycled) Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

TGn Minutes of July ’06 06/0968r1 September 2006 Executive Summary (also see Chairs’ meeting doc 11-06-0957r5 and closing report doc. 11-06-1122r0): Session focused on Comment Resolution; the number of comment resolutions accepted in 34 motions by the respective ad hocs were: General – 1+24+33+17+12+9+13+12+ 5+ 62+16+1 = 205 Editorial – 6711 Phy – 47+48+48 = 143 MAC – 353 Frame Format – 62+49+3+1 = 115 Coexistence – 64+65 = 129 PSMP – 16 Beam forming and Link Adaptation – 21+16+26+29+18+8+5 = 123 For a total of 7795 comments resolved (49% of technical)! The numbers indicate the number of comments in particular motions wrt that ad hoc as taken from the minutes. Draft approved for this session was D1.02 Important straw polls taken: Shall we make processing GF preamble mandatory (for-48, against 78, abstain 9) Shall we rename the control channel the Primary channel and the extension channel the Secondary channel for a 40 MHz channel (for-40, against-5, abstain-26) Should L-STF be retained as an abbreviation (overwhelmingly for) ANA Category code for .11n High Throughput was requested Two Calls for Interest which will be vetted over the reflector: Decouple MAC and Phy so MAC more independent of Phy – Jon Rosdahl to lead Rationalize .11k (which is likely to finish before .11n) and .11n – Joe Levy to lead Planning for September and November Conference calls – Wednesdays, 11:00 to 13:00 ET starting August 2 through November 8 Special ad hoc Wednesday 9-13 through Friday 9-15 in Melbourne to resolve comments Special ad hoc Tuesday 10-17 through Friday 10-19 in either Santa Clara or Boston to resolve comments Special ad hoc Wednesday 11-8 through Friday 11-10 in Dallas to resolve comments Time Line – D2.0 will likely be ready in January for another Letter Ballot; this would optimistically put publication of the standard out to April 2008 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 Approve Minutes Motion to approve July ‘06 TGn minutes as contained in 06-0968-r1 Move: Second: Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 Agenda Planning Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 September WG Graphic Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Primary Goals for September Continue Comment Resolution Review timeline Plan activities from end of Sep meeting thru Jan meeting Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Agenda Logic Administrative details Status Summary 2 hours September 2006 Agenda Logic Administrative details Status Summary Ad hoc Summary Reports Ad hoc Detailed presentations, discussions, comment resolution, preparation for approval motions in TGn TGn Ad hoc inspired presentations, discussions, comment resolution voting Review comment implementation (D1.03) and recycles Approve draft 1.04 Time Line Plans for future meetings 2 hours 24 hours 2 hours Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Special Interest Topics September 2006 Special Interest Topics Security review Matt 1348 = overview (1347= proposed resolutions) Jesse Walker Nancy Cam-Winget Dorothy Stanley Henry Ptanski Clint Chaplin Coexistence document revision Eldad 11-06-0338-04 Coexistence 11-06-0731-04 Comment resolution Waveform Generator Technical discussion in PHY 11-06-1400-01 Micha Anholt Draft incorporation – Editors meeting – 7am Tuesday in John Batman Suite Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/1132r0 September 2006 TGn –Sep ‘06 Schedule Meeting Room for the week: Bellarine Room 6 (5th level) Sep 18 Sep 19 Sep 20 Sep 21 Sep 22 Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8:00-10:00 WG Plenary X 16 22 10:30-12:30 2 - Full TGn 8 24 13:30-15:30 4 10 18 26 16:00-18:00 12 20 28 19:30-21:30 6 14 am 1 am 2 pm 1 pm 2 eve Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/1132r0 September 2006 TGn –Sep ‘06 Schedule Meeting Room for the week: Bellarine Room 6 (5th level) Sep 18 Sep 19 Sep 20 Sep 21 Sep 22 Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8:00-10:00 WG Plenary X 16 22 10:30-12:30 2 - Full TGn 8 24 13:30-15:30 4 10 18 26 16:00-18:00 12 20 28 19:30-21:30 6 14 am 1 +2 +2 am 2 +2 pm 1 +2 +2 pm 2 eve +4 +4 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

TGn – Main Room for the week: Bellarine Room 6 (5th level) September 2006 doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/1132r0 September 2006 TGn – Main Room for the week: Bellarine Room 6 (5th level) Possible additional meeting space Note: You Yangs & John Batman holds ~12 Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 8:00-10:00 WG Plenary X John Batman Suite 1 You Yangs Suite 2 10:30-12:30 2 - Full TGn 8 - Full TGn 13:30-15:30 4 - Full TGn 10 16:00-18:00 12 20 28 19:30-21:30 Bellarine 2 Corryong 2 Corryong 3 am 1 am 2 pm 1 pm 2 eve Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September Rooms/Capacities doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/1132r0 September 2006 September Rooms/Capacities Bellarine 2 40 Bellarine 1 40 Corryong 2 40 Corryong 3 40 You Yangs Suite 2 12 - Casual meetings only John Batman Suite 1 12 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/1132r0 September 2006 TGn –Sep ‘06 Schedule Meeting Room for the week: Bellarine Room 6 (5th level) Sep 18 Sep 19 Sep 20 Sep 21 Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8:00-10:00 WG Plenary X Full TGn PHY MAC 22 10:30-12:30 2 - Full TGn Full TGn CA 24 13:30-15:30 Coex PHY 18 Full TGn 16:00-18:00 20 19:30-21:30 4 ad hocs am 1 Editor ad hoc You Yangs S 2 +1s +1s am 2 +1s pm 1 +1s +1s pm 2 eve +3 +3 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/1132r0 September 2006 TGn –Sep ‘06 Schedule Meeting Room for the week: Bellarine Room 6 (5th level) Sep 18 Sep 19 Sep 20 Sep 21 Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8:00-10:00 WG Plenary X Full TGn PHY-vote MAC Frame PHY 10:30-12:30 2 - Full TGn Full TGn CA Full TGn 13:30-15:30 Coex Beam 16:00-18:00 19:30-21:30 2 ad hocs PHY,MAC Beam, Coex am 1 Editor ad hoc You Yangs S 2 Gen -batman am 2 +1s pm 1 +1s Gen -batman pm 2 eve +3 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 Any other agenda items? Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 Approve Agenda Motion to approve September ’06 TGn agenda as contained on slide 22 - 31 (with any minuted amendments). Move: Second: Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Introduction to Planning Discussion September 2006 Introduction to Planning Discussion Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Posted Timeline – as of Sept 18 ‘06 September 2006 Posted Timeline – as of Sept 18 ‘06 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

11n - Overall timeline September 2006 HT SG Formed PAR Approved TGn 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 HT SG Formed PAR Approved TGn Formed Publication REVCOM Approval First Sponsor Letter Ballot Selection Process & Criteria 2nd WG Letter Ballot Call for Proposals 1st WG Letter Ballot Proposal Presentations Confirmation Down Select Joint proposal Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Comment Resolution Events September 2006 Comment Resolution Events Weekly teleconferences Ad hoc – Melbourne, AU Sep 13-15 ‘06 Interim – Melbourne Sep 18-22 ‘06 Ad hoc – West coast Oct 17 – 19 ‘06 Ad hoc – Dallas Nov 8-10 ‘06 Plenary – Dallas Nov 12-17 ‘06 Ad hoc – London Jan 09-12 ‘07 Interim – London Jan 15-19 ‘07 Details pending this week Details pending this week Blue -Proposed event, discussion pending Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 End Chairs Report Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Technical Editor’s Report 11-06-1372-r1 September 2006 Technical Editor’s Report 11-06-1372-r1 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 End of Opening Report Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2006 Ad Hoc Leader Reports Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

~ 10 minute Ad Hoc Reports Ad Hoc Topic .xls resolution file # September 2006 ~ 10 minute Ad Hoc Reports Ad Hoc Topic .xls resolution file # Revision as of Sep 17 8 am Beamforming & Adaptation 675 35 PSMP 687 29 General 688 31 MAC 690 33 PHY 693 38 Editorial 706 14 Frame Format 717 34 Coexistence 724 22 CA Doc 731 04 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell