January 2010 VHTL6 (TGac) Meeting Agenda doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 January 2010 VHTL6 (TGac) Meeting Agenda Date: 2010-01-15 Authors: Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

IEEE 802.11ac: Very High Throughput < 6 GHz Task Group January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 IEEE 802.11ac: Very High Throughput < 6 GHz Task Group Los Angeles 17-22 January, 2010 Chair: Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung Electronics) osama53@rogers.com +1-613-599-5078 Vice Chairs: Menzo Wentink (Qualcomm) and Joonsuk Kim (Broadcom) Technical Editor: TBD Secretary: TBD Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

General Flow of the TGac Meeting January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 General Flow of the TGac Meeting Monday AM2 Call meeting to Order Attendance Recording Selection of Secretary Review of IEEE 802 and 802.11 Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property and Inappropriate Topics Approve November meeting minutes Approve telecon minutes Agenda Discussion and approval TG presentations and motions Monday PM1 Ad Hoc Groups meetings (MU-MIMO and Coexistence) Tuesday AM1 Ad Hoc Groups meetings (MAC and PHY) Tuesday AM2 Ad Hoc Groups meetings (MU-MIMO and Coexistence) Wednesday AM1 Ad Hoc Groups meetings (MAC and PHY) Thursday AM2 TG Meeting and motions Teleconference schedule Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Miscellaneous Announcements January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 Miscellaneous Announcements Warning: Do not leave your laptops unattended! The meeting is not responsible for your unwatched stuff. Wear your badge at all times in the meeting area! Individual membership In all IEEE standards meetings, membership is by individual, hence you do not represent a company or organization. Photographs and Recordings No sound recordings are permitted at 802.11 WG or TG meetings. No photographs allowed without WG Chair permission. Media – Press and Analyst briefings Only the 802.11/.15/.18/.19/.22 WG Chair and WG Vice-Chairs are allowed to give verbal statements/interviews to the media on behalf of their respective IEEE working group. Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Important Stuff January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 Important Stuff Affiliation Frequently Asked Questions: http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html Anti-Trust: http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf IEEE Ethics: http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/ethics/code_ethics.html Letter of Assurance Form: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/loa.pdf IEEE Patent Committee: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html IEEE Patent Policy: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt Patent FAQ: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/faq.pdf Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants: “Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents “Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents) The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2 Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged No duty to perform a patent search Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 Patent Related Links All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development. Patent Policy is stated in these sources: IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html 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 Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Call for Potentially Essential Patents January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 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: Either speak up now or Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or Cause an LOA to be submitted Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. Technical considerations remain primary focus Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object. --------------------------------------------------------------- See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause 5.3.10 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details. Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Automated Attendance Recording January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 Automated Attendance Recording Go to http://newton/11/attendance Sign-in Claim attendance credit for each session. Only “sign-in” and “claim credit” for yourself, do NOT “sign-in” for others. You have to log in every session! Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Monday, January 18 2010 10:30 – 12:30 Call meeting to Order Attendance Recording Selection of Secretary Review of IEEE 802 and 802.11 Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property and Inappropriate Topics Approve November meeting minutes Approve telecon minutes Agenda Discussion and approval TG presentations and motions Functional Requirements and Evaluation Methodology Channel Models Selection Procedure Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Motion to Approve Minutes January 2010 Motion to Approve Minutes Move to approve the November 2009 meeting minutes in 11-09/1285r0. MAC Telecon Minutes 11-10/0060r0 Coexistence Telecon minutes 11-10/xxxxr0 Move: Second: Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Monday, January 18 2010 13:30 – 15:30 Ad Hoc group meetings MU-MIMO Coexistence Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Tuesday, January 19 2010 08:00– 10:00 Ad Hoc group meetings MAC PHY doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 Tuesday, January 19 2010 08:00– 10:00 Ad Hoc group meetings MAC PHY Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Tuesday, January 19 2010 10:30– 12:30 Ad Hoc group meetings MU-MIMO doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 Tuesday, January 19 2010 10:30– 12:30 Ad Hoc group meetings MU-MIMO Coexistence Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Wednesday, January 20 2010 08:00– 10:00 Ad Hoc group meetings MAC PHY doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 Wednesday, January 20 2010 08:00– 10:00 Ad Hoc group meetings MAC PHY Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Thursday, January 21 2010 10:30– 12:30 TG Meeting doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 Thursday, January 21 2010 10:30– 12:30 TG Meeting Call meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder Ad Hoc group reports Ad Hoc group motions Conference Calls schedule Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

Conference Calls Schedule January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0020r0 January 2010 Conference Calls Schedule PHY MAC MU-MIMO Coexistence Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung) Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)