TGn Opening Report Orlando , Fl, US March 2004 Bruce Kraemer, Chair bkraemer@conexant.com Garth Hillman, Secretary garth.hillman@amd.com March 15, 2004 Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD

IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 March 2004 IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – December 2002 6. Patents IEEE standards may include the known use of essential patents and 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. This assurance shall be provided without coercion and prior to approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent becomes known after initial approval of the standard). This assurance shall be a letter that is in the form of either: a) A general disclaimer to the effect that the patentee will not enforce any of its present or future patent(s) whose use would be required to implement the proposed IEEE standard against any person or entity using the patent(s) to comply with the standard or b) A statement that a license will be made available without compensation or under reasonable rates, with reasonable terms and conditions that are demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination This assurance shall apply, at a minimum, from the date of the standard's approval to the date of the standard's withdrawal and is irrevocable during that period. Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD John Doe, His Company

Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings March 2004 Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – March 2003 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 Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD

March 2004 January Session Close There were 24 submissions presented during the January session ( listing in 11-04-0079r3) Minutes for the session were in 11-03-0997r0 Since the close of the session there have been 73 submissions (40 unique document numbers) Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD

Interim Activities The FRCC held 3 calls. Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 March 2004 Interim Activities The FRCC held 3 calls. TGn simulation methodology ad-hoc sub-committee held 3 conference calls. Reports to TGn and ongoing discussions will occur on Monday thru Wednesday. Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD John Doe, His Company

Objectives for March 2004 Complete Selection Procedure (11-03-665r9) Adopt Updated Usage Models Adopt Functional Requirements Adopt Comparison Criteria Resolve Simulation Methodology Receive relevant presentations Issue a Call for Proposals/Review Timeline Receive Technical Presentations Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD

March 2004 Agenda Logic (1) Monday afternoon will be devoted to placing all documents and upcoming decision topics in front of the group. There will not be adequate time to resolve each issue in session on Monday as it would be very time consuming to listen to every comment, objection, change suggestion. Hence, the plan will be to ask that comments on the FRCC be submitted to Adrian at least by 09:00 am on Tuesday morning using bona fide submissions with document numbers. A form for this purpose has been prepared (04-0262). 6 FRCC presentations have been noted prior to session start. Additional FRCC presentations may be submitted. Those pertaining to FRCC would need to be heard Tuesday morning. Adrian then needs time present the summary of comments on FRCC and drive to resolution . This would occupy the bulk of time on Tuesday until 6 pm and perhaps Wednesday. Jeff will need to convene a single-topic simulation methodology session during Monday evening where prepared presentations would be heard. Discussion in front of the whole of 11n would be more productive than in sub-committee. Point presentations on the simulation ad-hoc will be held on Monday evening. Straw polls may be used to assess the degree of consensus. Voting will be expected Tuesday evening. Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD

March 2004 Agenda Logic (2) The call for proposals letter needs to be reviewed and approved. Completion of the wording should not be difficult EXCEPT for the specification of the time line. Hence, the time line also needs to be reviewed and critical dates and dependencies worked out. These two topics need to be coupled together in one session for the sake of continuity. An optimistic (but feasible) goal would be one hour to discuss both. Time remaining on Thursday would be used to complete voting on any topic not resolved by Wednesday and hear any technical presentations. TGn session time ends at 3:30 pm. Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD

Agenda Logic (3) Voting sequence March 2004 Agenda Logic (3) Voting sequence Simulation ad-hoc - presentations & straw polls Monday - final discussion and formal voting Tuesday evening 7:30pm-9:30pm slot if needed expand into Wednesday am 8-10 am FR – CC - Usage Models comments review begin Tuesday at 10:30am - 6:00 Tuesday Vote on FR @ 1:30pm then continue with CC discussions to 6pm CC discussion continues through Wed 1:30 pm – 6:00PM with presentations on subject under discussion CC voting Wednesday afternoon Discuss Usage models on Thursday 8 am - vote in first session if possible Then call for proposals and time line 10:30- 11:30 Thursday - any remaining technical presentations between 11:30 and 3:30 end of session– unless we find a need for sub-committee break-out time earlier in the day which will allow presentations earlier. Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD

March 2004 Mon & Tues Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD

March 2004 Wed & Thurs Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD

New Documents as of Sunday March 14 Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD

Key Documents Key TGn Documents as of March ’04 Opening TGn Schedule 03- 0488 r0 TGn Selection Procedure 03-0665 r9 Selection Procedure Minutes 03-0740 r2 Channel Models 03-0940 r2 Usage Models 03-0802 r10 r13 Functional Requirements 03-0813 r9 FRCC Cumulative Minutes 03-0815 r6 r10 Comparison Criteria 03-0814 r13 r17 Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD

FRCC Presentations - March FRCC Report and Process for TGn Meeting Adrian Stephens 04-0261 FRCC Template for Comments Adrian Stephens 04-0262 FRCC Items PHY Abstraction based on PER Prediction John Ketchum 04-0269 Carrier Frequency/Symbol Clock Offset Proposal for TGn FRCC Colin Lanzl 04-0209r2 Simple Model for Phase Noise Impairment for TGn CC Colin Lanzl 04-0224r0 TGN FRCC Proposed new IM6 Colin Lanzl 04-0229r0 TGN FRCC Proposed new IM7: Antenna Configuration Colin Lanzl 04-0240r0 Simulation Methodology Problems including adaptation in PHY simulation black box Adrian Stephens 04- Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD

Technical Presentations - March MIMO Ant OFDM Solutions for Enhanced PHY Alexandre Dias 04-0229r0 Turbo Codes for IEEE 802.11n Marie-Helene Hamon 04-0243r0 20ms Effective Preamble MIMO OFDM Seigo Nakao 04-0249r1 PCCC Turbo Codes for802.11n Bart Van Poucke 04-0256r0 Number of MIMO Multiplex for 11n Standards Yusuke Asai 04-0259r0 Field Measurements of 2 by 2 MIMO Comm Dabak Daneshad 04-0263r0 Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD

March 2004 End Opening Report Kraemer, Conexant; Hillman, AMD