March 2018 802.11 Session WG Chair’s Supplementary Material Sept 2016 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 March 2018 March 2018 802.11 Session WG Chair’s Supplementary Material Date: 2018-03-07 Authors: Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

March 2018 Introduction This report provides the WG chair’s supplementary material related to attending the March 2018 802.11 WG plenary meetings. Refer to the agenda: 11-18/272r<latest> Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

March 2018 Wednesday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W 2.1 - Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings November 2016 doc.: ec-16-0149-00-00EC March 2018 W 2.1 - Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings All participation in in any IEEE 802 meeting (Sponsor, Sponsor subgroup, Working Group, Working Group subgroup, etc.) is on an individual basis. •     Participants in the IEEE standards development individual process shall act based on their qualifications and experience. (https://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws.pdf section 5.2.1) •    IEEE 802 Working Group membership is by individual; “Working Group members shall participate in the consensus process in a manner consistent with their professional expert opinion as individuals, and not as organizational representatives”. (http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 4.2.1) You have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. Your obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders. You shall not direct the actions or votes of any other member of an IEEE 802 Working Group or retaliate against any other member for their actions or votes within IEEE 802 Working Group meetings, see https://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws.pdf section 5.2.1.3 and http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 3.4.1, list item x By participating in IEEE 802 meetings, you accept these requirements. If you do not agree to these policies then you shall not participate. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

W2.2 – Call for potentially essential patents Sept 2016 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 March 2018 W2.2 – Call for potentially essential patents If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance, please respond at this time by providing relevant information to the WG Chair. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder March 2018 W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder Leaders of 802.11 Task Groups, Study Groups, Topic Interest Groups and Standing Committees (or their nominee) should attend the Thursday CAC at 7:30pm. The purpose of the CAC is: To prepare the agenda and material for the closing WG plenary To create room requests for the next session To advise and support the chair in his responsibilities as an EC member Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

Nominees W5.2 - Chair’s Election Dorothy Stanley Osama Aboul-Magd March 2018 W5.2 - Chair’s Election Nominees Dorothy Stanley Osama Aboul-Magd Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

Chairs Election Process March 2018 Chairs Election Process Only voting members of 802.11 are eligible to vote There will be a secret selection ballot – vote only for one individual Kat Bennett and Michelle Turner (IEEE-SA staff) will count the votes The result will be announced by the WG chair as soon as they have completed their count Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

Chair ballot distribution process March 2018 Chair ballot distribution process Form two queues based on first letter of surname: A-M and N-Z Come forward when your initial letter is called Use a bubble sort** to sort the queue approximately alphabetically You will be given a ballot paper, and your name will be marked off a list Mark your ballot and place it in the bowl Queue 2 (right) Current letter: Lv-Z Queue 1 (left) Current letter: A-Lu **other sorting algorithms are available Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

Chair confirmation ballot March 2018 Chair confirmation ballot Confirm Dorothy Stanley as the IEEE 802.11 Working Group chair Moved Marc Emmelmann Seconded Andrew Myles Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W5.4 - Vice Chairs’ Election March 2018 W5.4 - Vice Chairs’ Election Nominees Osama Aboul-Magd Jon Rosdahl Robert Stacey Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

Vice Chairs Election Process March 2018 Vice Chairs Election Process Only voting members of 802.11 are eligible to vote There are two positions open There will be a secret down-selection ballot – vote for (up to) two individuals, who must be valid candidates at the time of the ballot Note: because we have to print the ballot papers in advance, and the valid candidates depend on the chair’s ballot, the ballot form contains one extra name. The extra name will be struck off when the ballot paper is given out. Kat Bennett and Michelle Turner (IEEE-SA staff) will count the votes The result will be announced as soon as they have completed their count Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

Vice Chair ballot distribution process March 2018 Vice Chair ballot distribution process Candidates: Osama Aboul-Magd, Jon Rosdahl, Robert Stacey Form two queues based on first letter of surname: A-M and N-Z Come forward when your initial letter is called Use a bubble sort to sort the queue approximately alphabetically Vote for up to 2 candidates. Mark your ballot and place it in the bowl Queue 1 (left) Current letter: A-Lu Queue 2 (right) Current letter: Lv-Z Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

Vice Chair confirmation ballot March 2018 Vice Chair confirmation ballot Confirm Jon Rosdahl as an IEEE 802.11 Working Group vice chair Moved Sean Coffey Seconded Rich Kennedy Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

Vice Chair confirmation ballot March 2018 Vice Chair confirmation ballot Confirm Robert Stacey as an IEEE 802.11 Working Group vice chair Moved Vijay Auluck Seconded Ian Sherlock Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

March 2018 friday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F 2.1 - Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings November 2016 doc.: ec-16-0149-00-00EC March 2018 F 2.1 - Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings All participation in in any IEEE 802 meeting (Sponsor, Sponsor subgroup, Working Group, Working Group subgroup, etc.) is on an individual basis. •     Participants in the IEEE standards development individual process shall act based on their qualifications and experience. (https://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws.pdf section 5.2.1) •    IEEE 802 Working Group membership is by individual; “Working Group members shall participate in the consensus process in a manner consistent with their professional expert opinion as individuals, and not as organizational representatives”. (http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 4.2.1) You have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. Your obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders. You shall not direct the actions or votes of any other member of an IEEE 802 Working Group or retaliate against any other member for their actions or votes within IEEE 802 Working Group meetings, see https://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws.pdf section 5.2.1.3 and http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 3.4.1, list item x By participating in IEEE 802 meetings, you accept these requirements. If you do not agree to these policies then you shall not participate. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

F2.2 – Call for potentially essential patents Sept 2016 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 March 2018 F2.2 – Call for potentially essential patents If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance, please respond at this time by providing relevant information to the WG Chair. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.4 Administrative Reminders March 2018 F2.4 Administrative Reminders Next Full WG Session starts: 2018-05-06 1st CAC telecon – Tuesday 2018-04-03 at noon ET (~ -5 weeks) (Monday is a public holiday in some countries) Initial objectives/agendas should be uploaded as mentor documents (.ppt format) or send to chair (.xls tab format) before the telecon. Meeting date set to meet 30-day agenda submission deadline. 2nd CAC telecon – Monday 2018-04-30 at noon ET (~ -1 week) Send snapshots to Dorothy Stanley before this telecon. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

March 2018 F2.5 Letters of Assurance Database is here Open LoA requests (i.e., those that the WG chair is pursuing) None Detailed status is here: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-1489-09-0000-register-of-loa-requests.docx – Last updated March 2018 Recent change: New LoA request to “endiio Engineering GmbH” related to P802.11ba. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.6 Availability of documents – as of 2018-03-05 November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 Sept 2016 March 2018 F2.6 Availability of documents – as of 2018-03-05 Publication Published in TechStreet Draft in Members Area Get 802? Published by ISO? IEEE Std 802.11-2012 $659 print Yes IEEE Std 802.11-2016 $1070 print In Process IEEE Std 802.11ai-2016 $180 print IEEE Std 802.11ah-2016 $322 pdf IEEE P802.11aj D9.0 $267 D9.0 IEEE P802.11ak D6.0 $145 D6.0 IEEE P802.11aq D14.0 $84 D14.0 IEEE Std 802.11af-2013 $201 print IEEE Std 802.11ac-2013 $309 print IEEE Std 802.11ad-2012 $371 print IEEE Std 802.11ae-2012 $108 print IEEE Std 802.11aa-2012 $185 print ** = request pending Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

F2.7 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Ballots Drafts November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 Sept 2016 March 2018 F2.7 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Ballots Drafts Drafts are sent to JTC1/SC6 during sponsor ballot to solicit comments. Approved drafts may also be sent during working group ballot. Any comments received from ISO are processed by the comment resolution committee Drafts are liaised subject to EC approval Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Andrew Myles, Cisco

F7.1 802 Wireless Chairs meeting March 2018 F7.1 802 Wireless Chairs meeting The wireless chairs meeting makes decisions related to the operation of the wireless interim meetings, such as location and cost. The meeting is open to all. If you are interested in these topics, please attend. The wireless chairs meeting takes place at 4:00pm local time on the Sunday of 802 Plenary and 802 Wireless Interim sessions. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F7.2 Next Meeting – Interim March 2018 F7.2 Next Meeting – Interim 2018-05-06 to 2018-05-11 at Mariott Hotel, Warsaw, Poland Hotel reservations are open Meeting registration is TBD For information and registration links, see http://www.ieee802.org/11/Meetings/Meeting_Plan.html Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation