Plenary Information - March 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0286r5 March 2009 Plenary Information - March 2009 Date: 2009-03-07 Authors: Name Company Address Phone email 5488 Marvell Lane, Santa Clara, CA, 95054 +1 (321) 427-4098 Bruce Kraemer Marvell bkraemer@ marvell .com Abstract: Information on topics for WG11 Plenary meetings – March 2009 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

March 2009 Monday Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

March 2009 Monday Agenda Item 1.2 Motion to Reaffirm Actions taken during Interim Session   Whereas an Interim Session was held on January 18-23, 2009 in Los angeles, CA, USA Whereas a quorum was not in attendance, but actions and decisions were made on behalf of the WG. Whereas the minutes of the January Interim Session has been approved, Move to affirm the actions and decisions that were taken during the January 18-23, Interim Session as documented in the document 11-09-0085r0. Moved: Jon Rosdahl    2nd: Adrian Stephens Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Monday Agenda 4.1.5 New WG PARs that WG11 must consider in March 802.21 WG : Support for Emergency Services The PAR and 5C can be found at: http://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/file/09/21-09-0027-00-00es-emergency-services-par-and-5c.doc 802.21 WG : Multi-Radio Power Management http://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/file/09/21-09-0021-00-mrpm-mrpm-revised-par-5c.doc 802.22 WG : TV WhiteSpace PAR Amendment to add mobile and portable device functionality https://mentor.ieee.org/802.22/file/09/22-09-0029-00-0000-draft-22a-par.doc https://mentor.ieee.org/802.22/dcn/09/22-09-0030-01-0000-draft-22a-5c.doc Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Monday Agenda 4.1.5 New WG PARs that WG11 must consider in March 802.3ad PAR for Priority-based Flow Control MAC Control Frame This proposed PAR is to add a MAC Control Frame to IEEE 802.3 to support 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control. Note that the 802.1 Working Group will be responsible for this PAR. As usual when doing a cross group PAR, 802.3 voters who request it will be added to the Working Group voting pool on this project. The PAR is at: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/bb-thaler-pfc-frame-par-1108.pdf Since this PAR is to support the 802.1Qbb PAR, the same 5 criteria applies to it: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/new-dcb-thaler-draft-pfc-5c-0208-v3.pdf Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Monday Agenda item 4.1.6 March 2009 - Tutorials doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0286r5 March 2009 Monday Agenda item 4.1.6 March 2009 - Tutorials Monday, March 9, 2009 Tutorial #1 (6:30 pm): Multi-radio Power Conservation Management sponsored by Vivek Gupta Dennis Edwards - CoCo Communications Junghoon Jee - ETRI H Anthony Chan - Huawei Technology Call for interest (8:00 pm): IEEE 802.3 Support for IEEE 802.1AS Time and Synchronization Steve Carlson - High Speed Design David Law - IEEE 802.3 WG Chair Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Tutorial #2 (6:30 pm): White Space Tutorial Matthew Sherman - BAE Systems Tutorial #3 (9:00 pm): IEEE-SA Patent Pool Collaboration with Via Licensing Edward Rashba - IEEE Standards Association Torey Bruno - Via Licensing Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

Monday Agenda 4.1.8 ECSG White Space Meetings March 2009 Monday Agenda 4.1.8 ECSG White Space Meetings Day Start Time End Time Monday 13:30 15:30 Tuesday 08:00 10:00 Tuesday 13:30 15:30 (votes) Wednesday 08:00 10:00 Wednesday 13:30 15:30 (votes) Thursday 10:30 12:30 Thursday 13:30 15:30 (votes) All meetings: Regency E 3rd Floor Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Monday Agenda item 4.1.9 ATIS Home Network Update March 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0286r5 March 2009 Monday Agenda item 4.1.9 ATIS Home Network Update Bruce Kraemer, IEEE 802.11 Chair Dear Bruce, Over the past year, AT&T along with other industry leaders, has been conducting an assessment of standards development with respect to Home Network as a participant in ATIS’ Home Networking Focus Group (HNET-FG).  The HNET-FG was commissioned to assess issues impacting the development of a cohesive home networking infrastructure to support VoIP, IPTV and other IP-based services and has completed its effort at the beginning of this year. A copy of the Executive Summary is attached for your consideration and some of the highlights of the Assessment & Work Plan include: A home networking technological assessment from both logical and functional perspectives.  This includes a high-level framework and the identification of IP home networking’s essential “building blocks.” An in-depth industry analysis to better understand the current status of home networking standards’ development; the study revealed 34 different, uncoordinated groups with study programs related to the home network. A standards gap analysis in technical areas, such as: management, QoS, security, connection and discovery, remote access, and energy consumption. The HNET-FG study revealed 33 technical standards gaps.  In order to address the issues set forth in this assessment, ATIS will be creating a Home Networking Forum, thereby creating a single, centralized body responsible for comprehensively addressing home networking standards. ATIS’ HNET Forum is unique in that it’s the only body to holistically assess the wide variety of on-going home networking standards development work.  Given IEEE 802.11’s extensive work in Home Networking standards, I would like to extend an invite to you and any other members of IEEE 802.11 to the initial meeting of the HNET Forum.  The initial meeting will be held virtually on Tuesday, February 3, 2008 from 1 to 5 pm EDT.  This meeting will include a review of the Home Networking (HNET) Assessment & Work Plan and identification of next steps to address those issues outlined in the Work Plan.  The first meeting will be open to all interested participants from information, entertainment and communications industry, including: carriers, service providers, content suppliers, equipment manufacturers and others interested in home networking technical standardization.  Future meetings will be limited exclusively to Forum member companies.  For more information on the Home Networking Forum, and to register for the February 3rd meeting, please contact Jackie Voss at jvoss@atis.org. I hope that you’ll be able to attend and please let me know if you have any questions! Best regard, Harry Worstell, Principal Member of the Technical Staff, 180 Park Ave, Building 103 Room b233, Florham Park, NJ 07932 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

Monday Agenda item 4.1.9 ATIS Home Network March 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0286r5 March 2009 Monday Agenda item 4.1.9 ATIS Home Network ATIS’ Home Networking Focus Group (HNET-FG) Home networking infrastructure to support VoIP, IPTV and other IP-based services 34 different, uncoordinated groups with study programs related to the home network. A standards gap analysis revealed 33 technical standards gaps in technical areas, such as: management, QoS, security, connection and discovery, remote access, and energy consumption. ATIS will be creating a Home Networking Forum, thereby creating a single, centralized body responsible for comprehensively addressing home networking standards.     The next meeting will be held virtually on Thursday, March 12, 2009 from 1 to 5 pm EDT.  For more information on the Home Networking Forum, and to register for the meeting, please contact Jackie Voss at jvoss@atis.org. Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

ATIS Home Networking Home URL: http://www.atis.org/ March 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0286r5 March 2009 ATIS Home Networking Home URL: http://www.atis.org/ Additional details on the project are available at: http://www.atis.org/hnet/_Com/Docs/ATIS_HNET_Assessment_&_Work_Plan.pdf Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

Monday Agenda item 4.1.9 TGT Draft Retention March 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0286r5 March 2009 Monday Agenda item 4.1.9 TGT Draft Retention 802 P&P clearly state that we can keep the MOST RECENT version of the TGT : Clause 17.5.6 of 802 P&P (http://standards.ieee.org/board/aud/LMSC.pdf Occasionally a PAR is withdrawn. When a PAR is to be withdrawn, the responsible WG chair in consultation with the WG shall consider whether the most current draft has content that should be archived. If so, the WG chair shall ensure the most current draft of the proposed standard is placed on the IEEE Document Distribution Service list. The WG chair shall add a cover page to the draft alerting the reader that the PAR has been withdrawn for this work, giving the specific date of the withdrawal and the rationale for the withdrawal. The withdrawn draft shall be maintained on the IEEE Document Distribution Service list for a period of 3 years after the time of withdrawal, after which it shall be removed from the list. During July, >75% of the membership expressed a desire to preserve the TGT information: Chair’s Action: 1. Retain TGT 1.01 in the member’s area. 2. Prepare appropriate cover letter, in accordance to Cls 17.5.6, for Draft 1.01 of TGT and forward to the IEEE Document Distribution Service . Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

Monday Agenda 4.1.10 WG19 Agenda March 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0286r5 March 2009 Monday Agenda 4.1.10 WG19 Agenda https://mentor.ieee.org/802.19/dcn/09/19-09-0003-00-0000-march-2009-agenda.xls Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

Monday Agenda 4.2 EC Discussion Topics March 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0286r5 March 2009 Monday Agenda 4.2 EC Discussion Topics Electronic Participation (Sherman) Wed 12:30-13:30 (Adrian, Bruce) 802 Task Force (Nikolich) Wed 13:30-15:00 (Jon) 802 Future Budget ( Hawkins) Wed 15:00 – 16:00 (Jon) EC Retreat Plans (Thompson/Rigsbee) Wed 17:00 – 18:00 (Bruce) Windsor meeting room – seating for ~15 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

March 2009 Wednesday Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

TG K Radio Resource Measurements March 2009 Wednesday Agenda Item 5.5 TG K Radio Resource Measurements Plaque Stuart Kerry Harry Worstell Richard Paine Joe Kwak Certificate Pub: 9 May 2008 Bernard Aboda Simon Barber Simon Black Darwin Engwer Peter Ecclesine Roger Durand Paul Gray Brian Hart Jari Jokela Walter Johnson Daryl Kaiser Byoung-Jo Kim Joe Kwak Martin Lefkowitz Sudheer Matta Bob O’Hara Tim Olson Steve Pope Emily Qi David Skellern Ganesh Venkatesan Harry Worstell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

TG R Fast Basic Service Set (BSS) Transition March 2009 TG R Fast Basic Service Set (BSS) Transition Wednesday Agenda Item 5.5 Pub: 15 Jul 2008 Certificate Plaque Stuart Kerry Harry Worstell Clint Chaplin Bill Marshall Michael Montemurro Nancy Cam-Winget Lily Chen Ranjeesh Kumar Jouni Malinen Henry Ptasinski Dorothy Stanley Kapil Sood Jon Edney Jesse Walker Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

TG Y 36503700 MHz Operation in USA March 2009 TG Y 36503700 MHz Operation in USA Wednesday Agenda Item 5.5 Pub: 6 Nov 2008 Plaque Peter Ecclesine Certificate Scott Blue Doug Chan Charles Cook Vinko Erceg Brian Hart Jari Jokela Richard Kennedy Dan Lubar Bob O’Hara Eldad Perahia Jim Petranovich Emily Qi Jason Trachewsky Allan Thomson Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

March 2009 Wednesday Agenda Item 5.6 Proposals: Delete the Opening Plenary; as an alternative, post any info (treasurer’s report, PARs…etc.) in well known place. Opening EC: cut the proforma stuff and reduce it to 2 hours (8-10) Tutorials: keep Monday but have 3 slots if necessary – 6-7:30, 7:30-9, 9-10:30. Use Tuesday only on an optional basis. Closing EC: II are only II if they have I associated with them ahead of time. Move to 3:00-8:00 PM Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Improvement Suggestion Summary (1 of 2) March 2009 Wednesday Agenda Item 6 Improvement Suggestion Summary (1 of 2) Instate Voting during TG telecons Beginning ballots not initiated during a face to face meeting Bring in running code before beginning standardization Use of web tools for document sharing, polling, voting, comment queuing Use Entity voting No loss of voting rights due to lack of attendance if job is lost Drop 15 day procedural review of ballot prior to technical ballot on draft Venue cost, location, food Selectively drop TG activities from meetings Fewer parallel sessions Charge separately for social Meeting frequency; Fewer but longer meetings Delete interims , keep only plenaries Voting required to maintain voting rights Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Improvement Suggestion Summary (2 of 2) March 2009 Wednesday Agenda Item 6 Improvement Suggestion Summary (2 of 2) Instate TG membership TG attendance too small Project completion takes too long Amendments contain useless features How is Online voting audited 802 needs to at least think about the possibility of evolving past the RF centric MAC/PHY ; start an End-to-End Study Group Don’t use telecons because of disadvantages due to time shift and language Synchronize IEEE and WFA meeting venues Many of our organizations are going through reductions in force and travel budgets Copy the IETF mode of operation . Don’t rely on either face-to-face or telecons; just use email. Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

March 2009 Friday Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

WG11 Task & Study Group Officers March 2009 Friday Agenda item 2.7 WG11 Task & Study Group Officers Group Chair Vice Chair Technical Editor Secretary WG11 Bruce Kraemer Jon Rosdahl Adrian Stephens Terry Cole Stephen McCann Mb Matthew Gast Michael Montemurro -OPEN- N Sheung Li P Lee Armstrong none Wayne Fisher Susan Dickey S Donald Eastlake Stephen Rayment U Necati Canpolat V Dorothy Stanley Emily Qi W Jesse Walker Nancy Cam-Winget Z Menzo Wentink Daniel Borges AA Ganesh Venkatesan Hang Liu AC Osama Aboul-Magd AD Eldad Perahia Vinko Erceg, John Barr WNG TK TAN Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Friday Agenda Item 2.9 IEEE Store March 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0286r5 March 2009 Friday Agenda Item 2.9 IEEE Store 802.11k-2008 IEEE Standard for Information Technology - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems - Local and metropolitan area networks - Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY)  Member and Affiliate Price: $0 Non-Member Price: $0 Part Number:STDGT95793Format:PDF P802.11n (D7.0) Draft Standard for Information Technology-Telecommunications and information exchange between systems- Local and Metropolitan Area Networks-Specific Requirements-Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Member and Affiliate Price: $99 Non-Member Price: $121 Part Number:STDUD5966Format:PDFISBN (13 DIGIT):978-0-7381-5568-5ISBN (10 DIGIT):0-7381-5568-3 802.11r-2008 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks - Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications - Amendment 2: Fast BSS Transition Member and Affiliate Price: $77 Non-Member Price: $99 Part Number:STD95794Format:PDF P802.11.2 (D1.01) Draft Recommended Practice for the Evaluation of 802.11 Wireless Performance   Member and Affiliate Price: $77 Non-Member Price: $99 Part Number:STDUD5611Format:PDFISBN (13 DIGIT):978-0-7381-5734-4ISBN (10 DIGIT): Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

Friday Agenda Item 2.9 IEEE Store cont’ March 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0286r5 March 2009 Friday Agenda Item 2.9 IEEE Store cont’ P802.11u (D3.0) IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan networks -specific requirements -Part II: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications: IEEE 802.11 Interworking with External Networks Amendment    Member and Affiliate Price: $77 Non-Member Price: $99 Part Number:STDUD5618Format:PDF P802.11w (D7.0) Draft Standard - Specific requirements - Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications Amendment 4: Protected Management Frames Draft Version 7.0 Member and Affiliate Price: $61 Non-Member Price: $77 Part Number:STDUD5619Format:PDFISBN (13 DIGIT):978-0-7381-5759-7ISBN (10 DIGIT): P802.11y (D10.0)Draft Standard for Information Technology--Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications - Amendment 3: 3650–3700 MHz Operation in USA Member and Affiliate Price: $77 Non-Member Price: $99 Part Number:STDUD5988Format:PDFISBN (13 DIGIT):978-0-7381-5337-7ISBN (10 DIGIT): Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

Friday Agenda Item 2.9 IEEE Store cont’ March 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0286r5 March 2009 Friday Agenda Item 2.9 IEEE Store cont’ Drafts which could be available in the store are also: 11n D8.0 11p 11s 11u (update from D3.0 to D5.0) 11v 11z Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

March 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0286r5 March 2009 Friday Agenda Item 2.13 Call for Candidates for IEEE-SA Board of Governors Member-at-Large The IEEE Standards Association Nominations & Appointments Committee is calling for candidates for the position of IEEE-SA member-at-large to serve on the IEEE SA Board of Governors (IEEE SA-BOG) beginning in 2010-2011. All candidates shall be members of the IEEE-SA and of IEEE Member, Senior Member, or Fellow grade. Members-at-large shall have demonstrated involvement in standards activities within the IEEE, interest in and commitment to global standards, and IEEE regional representation. All candidates shall have had recent experience within industry or government. "Recent" experience is defined as association, within the past three years, with industry or government as an employee, consultant, or another demonstrable relationship that provides an understanding of the standards needs of industry or government. The meetings for 2010 will take place at the IEEE Operations Center, Piscataway, NJ 23 February A.M. - International ad hoc meeting - optional 23 February P.M. - Business Development ad hoc meeting - optional 24 February P.M. - BOG caucus 25 February All day BOG meeting 7 June A.M. - International ad hoc meeting - optional 7 June P.M. - Business Development ad hoc meeting - optional 8-9 June BOG meeting 2 December A.M. - International ad hoc meeting - optional 2 December P.M. Business Development ad hoc meeting - optional 3-4 December - BOG meeting 5 December P.M. - Awards Ceremony - optional For more detailed information on duties, qualifications and the election process, including a timetable, please see the IEEE-SA Operations Manual: http://standards.ieee.org/sa/sa-om-sect4.html The names and credentials (one page bio/CV) of all candidates are to be submitted to Rona Gertz at r.gertz@ieee.org at the IEEE Standards office no later than 1 June. It is to be noted that travel expenses are not included as a part of the IEEE SA-BOG membership. Thank you for your interest in the IEEE-SA Board of Governors. Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

ECSG WhiteSpace Friday Agenda Item 2.10, 6.1 March 2009 Friday Agenda Item 2.10, 6.1 ECSG WhiteSpace Summary Report & Recommendations https://mentor.ieee.org/802-sg-whitespace/dcn/09/sg-whitespace-09-0062-00-0000-ecsg-s-chairs-report-to-the-ec.ppt Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Meeting Expense Structure March 2009 Meeting Expense Structure Hotel Room nights Food & Beverage Face to Face Verilan + Hotel AV Shipping Meeting Space Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

March 2009 Contract Outline Hotel revenue expectation is based upon room nights and F&B Significant room rate reductions are negotiated Meeting room space is provided (25 rooms/24 hour hold) Some properties require payment upon signing contract Cancellation fees Are negotiated to be low based upon history of no venue cancellations Increase as meeting date approaches Room nights are re-evaluated/negotiated between contract signing and meeting date Each contract is audited by IEEE prior to signature Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Example Expense Alocation March 2009 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Topic #1 March 2009 Reduce meeting expenses Reduce the number of meetings per year Reduce venue costs Change meetings to teleconference / electronic Synchronize IEEE and WFA meeting venues Delete interims , keep only plenaries Reduce venue cost, location, food Reduce the need to attend every session - Selectively drop TG activities from meetings Reduce the need to send as many people to a session - Fewer parallel sessions Charge separately for social Meeting frequency; Fewer but longer meetings Many of our organizations are going through reductions in force and travel budgets Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Topic #2 March 2009 Improve Standards Production Process Process Improvement Shorten times to publication Increase face to face time Face to face meetings provide significant value especially during project formation/start-up TG attendance too small Project completion takes too long Amendments contain useless features Bring in running code before beginning standardization 802 needs to at least think about the possibility of evolving past the RF centric MAC/PHY ; start an End-to-End Study Group Establish a task force to monitor the progress of active task groups and suggest improvements Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

March 2009 Topic #3 Change the method of Conducting meetings and Voting Improve remote meetings to a point where they can be substituted for venue meetings Enable voting without attending a face to face Instate Voting during TG telecons Instate TG membership Beginning ballots not initiated during a face to face meeting Use of web tools for document sharing, polling, voting, comment queuing Use Entity voting No loss of voting rights due to lack of attendance if job is lost Drop 15 day procedural review of ballot prior to technical ballot on draft Voting required to maintain voting rights How is Online voting audited Don’t use telecons because of disadvantages due to time shift and language Copy the IETF mode of operation . Don’t rely on either face-to-face or telecons; just use email. Bruce Kraemer, Marvell