TGn ad hoc Opening Report - Sep 03-05 ‘08 September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 TGn ad hoc Opening Report - Sep 03-05 ‘08 Date: 2008-September-01 Authors: Name Company Address Phone email Bruce Kraemer Marvell +1 - 321 4 27 4098 bkraemer@ marvell .com 5488 Marvell Lane, Santa Clara, CA, 95054 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 Welcome to Lihue Sep 03-05 Lihue Hilton Hotel Meetings Rooms Wed (starting at 09:00) Ginger Thur & Fri (starting at 9:00) Ginger One room – no parallel sessions Lunch orders (from menu) collected at 10:00 served from Driftwood at 12:00 no other events will be using these rooms Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Set up information SSID = TGn or TGs Cell phone signal strength OK September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 Set up information SSID = TGn or TGs Cell phone signal strength OK Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Pre-Registered for ad-hoc September 2008 Pre-Registered for ad-hoc Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2008 Present at ad-hoc – 2008-09-03 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

TGn Ad Hoc Organization September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 TGn Ad Hoc Organization Ad Hoc Topic Ad hoc leader In Lihue ad hoc? PHY Vinko Erceg Yes MAC Matt Fischer Coexistence Eldad Perahia General Joe Levy Beamforming & Adaptation John Ketchum Joonsuk Kim No TGn Bruce Kraemer Editorial Adrian Stephens CA Doc Sheung Li Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 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 Slide #1 - March 08 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2008 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 Slide #2 – March 08 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Call for Potentially Essential Patents September 2008 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 Slide #3 – March 08 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Response to call for potentially essential patents September 2008 Response to call for potentially essential patents Date 2008-09-03 Response: none (i.e. no new notifications) Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 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. Slide #4 – March 08 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

New Policies September 2008 Policies and Procedures: doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 New Policies Policies and Procedures: IEEE Patent Policy - http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt Are there any patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that the participant believes may be essential for the use of that standard? Minute any responses that were given, specifically the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that were identified (if any) and by whom. Affiliation FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html Anti-Trust FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf Ethics - http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/about/CoE_poster.pdf IEEE 802.11 Policies and Procedures - http://www.ieee802.org/11/DocFiles/06/11-06-0812-03-0000-802-11-policies-and-proceedures.htm IEEE 802 Policies and Procedures - http://standards.ieee.org/board/aud/LMSC.pdf Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2008 LB134 – Comments (195 Total) Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Primary Meeting Documents September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 Primary Meeting Documents Meeting Report 11-08-0971 r0 Editors Report 11-08-1008 r0 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Resolution Spreadsheet September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 Ad hoc Documents Ad hoc CID count Resolution Spreadsheet Report (ppt) Resolutions (doc) Tuesday, Sep 3, 10am EDT Beam 2 Coex 18 962 r0 997 r0 Gen 12 978 r0 BEAM + PHY 2 + 22 968 r0 MAC 32 975 r2 974 r2 976 r3 Editor 109 959 r0 Composite 195 958 r0 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

TGn Document History September 2008 1.0 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 Mar ‘06 Jul ‘06 Sep ‘06 Nov ‘06 Jan ‘07 1.0 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 LB 84 Comment Resolution Feb ‘07 May ‘07 July ‘07 Sep ‘07 2.0 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 95 LB 97 Comment Resolution Oct ‘07 Nov ‘07 Dec ‘07 Feb ‘08 Mar ‘08 Mar ‘08 Mar ‘08 Mar ‘08 3.0 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 115 Comment Resolution Apr ‘08 May ‘08 4.0 4.01 124 CR June ‘08 July ‘08 July ‘08 July ‘08 July ‘08 5.0 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 129 CR Aug ‘08 Sep ‘08 6.0 6.01 134 CR Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

TGn Resolution History September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 May 2008 Ballot Authorization date Ballot close date TGn Resolution History Apr 2 9 ‘06 Jan 19 ‘07 LB 84 D1.0 Comment Resolution 265 days Mar 09 ‘07 Sep 21 ‘07 11.8/day 95 LB 97 D2.0 Comment Resolution 196 days 8.1/day Oct 27 ‘07 Mar 21 ‘08 115 D3.0 Comment Resolution 146 days 4.1/day Apr 12 ‘08 May 19 ‘08 196 tech 5.3/day 124 D4.0 37 days Jun 12 ‘08 Jul 12 ‘08 Unique Technical Comment Resolution Rate CIDs/day 539 tech 129 D5.0 38 days 15/day Aug 12 ‘08 Sep 12 ‘08 195 total 5.1/day 134 D6.0 38 days Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Wednesday Agenda Plan September 2008 September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 Wednesday Agenda Plan Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Thursday Agenda Plan September 2008 September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 Thursday Agenda Plan Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Friday Agenda Plan September 2008 September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 Friday Agenda Plan Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2008 Next Week Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September WG11 Agenda am1 am2 pm1 pm2 eve September 2008 lunch dinner Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

TGn – Sep ‘08 Schedule Sep 08 Sep 09 Sep 10 Sep 11 Time Monday Tuesday September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 TGn – Sep ‘08 Schedule Sep 08 Sep 09 Sep 10 Sep 11 Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday am 1 8:00-10:00 X TGn ad hocs 14 Full TGn 20 am 2 10:30-12:30 2 8 lunch 12:30-13:30 pm 1 13:30-15:30 10 16 pm 2 16:00-18:00 4 18 22 eve 19:30-21:30 6 12 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

Post ad hoc – TGn agenda proposal September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 Post ad hoc – TGn agenda proposal Sep 08 Sep 09 Sep 10 Sep 11 Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday am 1 8:00-10:00 X Full TGn 12 20 am 2 10:30-12:30 Status reports lunch 12:30-13:30 pm 1 13:30-15:30 COEX Non 40/2.4 pm 2 16:00-18:00 TGn ad hocs MAC 40MHz /2.4 22 eve 19:30-21:30 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

September 2008 Master Schedule Plan Release Draft 7.0 to WG recirc following September meeting in Waikoloa Close ballot late-Sep (estimate 200 comments) Begin comment resolution immediately upon ballot close Complete comment resolution and release Draft 8.0 to WG recirc following Nov meeting in Denver Request conditional approval for sponsor ballot Nov ’08 Sponsor ballot pool formed during July/August ‘08 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

TGn Teleconference Plan September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/00941r0 September 2008 TGn Teleconference Plan Call time: 10:00 – 14:00 ET Call number: 916-356-2663 Wednesday Blocking events Ad hoc group Meeting chair Bridge # Passcode Sep 10 Interim Sep 17 Ballot Sep 24 Oct 01 TGn Oct 08 GEN – 1hr MAC – 3hr Oct 15 Oct 22 PHY – 2hr COEX – 2hr Oct 29 Nov 05 TGn Misc Nov 12 Plenary Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Bruce Kraemer, Marvell