January 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<13-0077-00> January 2013 Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [Liaison Report on 802.11 for 2013-01] Date Submitted: [17 January, 2013] Source: [Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison] Company [Samsung Electronics] Address [] Voice:[], FAX: [], E-Mail:[] Abstract: [Liaison Report on 802.11 for January, 2013.] 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. Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)

January 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<13-0077-00> January 2013 Liaison Report on 802.11 for 2013-01 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)

IEEE 802.11 Standards Pipeline January 2013 May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<13-0077-00> doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0483r0 January 2013 IEEE 802.11 Standards Pipeline 802.11 -2012 802.11-2015 MAC GLK 802.11AK PAD 802.11AQ 802.11aa Video Transport 802.11ai FILS Smart Grid 802.11ae QoS Mgt Frames WNG 802.11 ah 802.11af TVWS 802.11aj 802.11ac VHT 5GHz 802.11ad VHT 60 GHz PHY Discussion Topics Study groups TG without Approved draft WG Letter Ballot Sponsor Ballot Published Amendment Published Standard Slide 3 Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Slide 3 Page 3 Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

802.11 Status Went out to first WG ballot: January 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<13-0077-00> January 2013 802.11 Status Went out to first WG ballot: Went out to recirculation WG ballot: Went out to first Sponsor ballot: Went out to recirculation Sponsor ballot: Going out for initial WG ballot: Going out for recirculation WG ballot: 802.11ac, 802.11af Going out for initial Sponsor Ballot: Going out for recirculation Sponsor ballot: Going to ExCom for Conditional Approval to Publish: Going to SASB for Final Approval: Asking to form Task Groups: Asking to form Study Groups: Do not know. Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)

802.11 TGad Very High Throughput 60GHz January 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<13-0077-00> January 2013 802.11 TGad Very High Throughput 60GHz Published Eldad Perahia Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) 5 Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)

Finished addressing all the comments (this time for sure) January 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<13-0077-00> January 2013 802.11 TGaf TV White Space Second Initial WG Ballot LB189 on draft 2.0 closed August 19, 2012. Results 163/43/14 79.13% Received 998 comments: 595 technical, 316 editorial, 87 general comments. Finished addressing all the comments (this time for sure) Will go out for recirculation after this meeting Rich Kennedy Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) 6 Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)

Work continued on specification framework January 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<13-0077-00> January 2013 802.11 TGah Less than 1GHz Work continued on specification framework Update to the spec framework adopted 11-11-1137-13-00ah-specification-framework-for-tgah.docx 20 Specification framework submissions presented and passed 20 motions to update the specification framework document. Hoping to go to internal task group ballot on draft in March 2013 Dave Halasz Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) 7 Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)

802.11 WNG Wireless Next Generation SC January 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<13-0077-00> January 2013 802.11 WNG Wireless Next Generation SC Four presentations at January 2013 meeting 802.11: Looking Ahead to the Future – Part II (11-13-0098-00-0wng-802-11-looking-ahead-to-the-future-part-ii.pptx) – Osama Aboul-Magd Applications and Requirements for Next Generation WLAN (11-13-0113-00-0wng-applications-and-requirements-for-next-generation-wlan.pptx) - Huai-Rong Shao A Physical-layer Network Coding Relay scheme for IEEE 802.11 (11-13-0111-01-0wng-a-physical-layer-network-coding-relay-scheme-for-ieee-802-11.ppt) – Joint Coding and Modulation Diversity for the Next Generation WLAN (11-13-0112-00-0wng-joint-coding-and-modulation-diversity-for-the-next-generation-wlan.ppt) – May start special BOF sessions. Clint Chaplin Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) 8 Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)