January 2016 802.11 Session Supplementary Material May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0051r2 January 2016 January 2016 802.11 Session Supplementary Material Date: 2016-01-21 Authors: Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

January 2016 Introduction This report provides supplementary material related to attending the Jan 2016 802.11 WG plenary meetings. Refer to the agenda: 11-15/1485r<latest> Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

January 2016 Wednesday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0051r2 January 2016 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: 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 Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder January 2016 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

W5.2 Status & future of regulatory January 2016 W5.2 Status & future of regulatory In November, the 802 EC decided to form an ad-hoc to write a new “mission” statement for a regulatory subgroup. The output of 802.11 (see 11-15/1433r2) was presented to the EC and, in the view of this author, generally well received. This would be an input to the ad-hoc. The WG chair will be on the ad-hoc. The status of the “subgroup” as a TAG (technical advisory group) or a SC (standing committee) has not yet been determined. The 802.11/.15 Regulatory SC chair stood down at the last session. So the future of this activity in 802.11/.15 is open to question. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W5.4 A few reminders about process January 2016 W5.4 A few reminders about process We have a hierarchy of “rules” above us Applicable Law, IEEE, IEEE-SA, IEEE 802 WG P&P The WG chair, subject to these rules, decides process in 802.11. See IEEE 802 WG P&P “duties of the chair” The WG chair is not bound by Robert’s rules, but is wise to stick to them when the going gets sticky. In IEEE 802 WG P&P: “Robert’s Rules of Order (Revised) is the recommended guide on questions of parliamentary procedure not addressed in these procedures.” WG chair decisions can be appealed. The consensus of the WG members always prevails over the chair over decisions open to the chair. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W5.5 – Items for EC Workshop related to 802.11 January 2016 W5.5 – Items for EC Workshop related to 802.11 What is the workshop? A chance for the IEEE 802 EC members to spend time working on topics that they don’t have time to give due diligence during the normal plenary meetings. To be held in Hanover “E” – holds 20 + seats at the back Friday afternoon – open to all attendees: 1:00pm to 5:00pm Saturday – IEEE 802 EC only – hosted by hotel, limited to 20 attendees Agenda here: https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/16/ec-16-0004-01-00EC-jan-2016-leadership-conference-agenda-worksheet.xlsx Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

Friday pm EC workshop Review / approve agenda, administration items January 2016 Friday pm EC workshop Review / approve agenda, administration items Nikolich 15 01:00 PM Radio regulatory (RR) process plan - discuss results of ad hoc Thaler 45 01:15 PM Discussion of the impact of updated patent policy on IEEE 802 30 02:00 PM Attendance requirements for obtaining membership Stephens 02:30 PM Break   03:00 PM 5G and IMT-2020: What it is, its relevance, and ways to participate Stephens / Marks 90 03:15 PM Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

Saturday EC workshop Review / approve agenda, administration items Law January 2016 Saturday EC workshop Review / approve agenda, administration items Law Clarification on 'affiliated block’ text Thompson Final clarification of the indemnification policy Nikolich A single sentence tag line for 802 projects, press releases, and similar Gilb Discussions on the development of YANG models Can a Study Group develop more than one PAR? Lunch   2 year backward (actuals) and 2 year forward looking (budgetary estimates) for the 802 treasury IEEE 802 plans for IMT-2020 Stephens / Marks Draft distribution and USPTO End of Day Wrap up **802 EC Executive Session** Get program Marks Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

IEEE / Wi-Fi Alliance Summit #2 Nov 16 2015 Meeting notes and action items

Attendees IEEE 802.11 Dorothy Stanley Jon Rosdahl Adrian Stephens Stephen McCann Wi-Fi Alliance Stephen Palm, Director Andy Davidson, Director Edgar Figueroa, CEO

Agenda Introductions (if any are needed) Review actions/suggestions from last meeting   Summary of new activities from both organizations 802.11ay – NG60 802.11az – NGP LRLP “802.11 as a component”  (perhaps handle in same main agenda item as LTE-LAA coex.). Relevance of OmniRAN (802.1CF) – see https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-1133-00-0arc-existing-oam-interface-specifications.pptx Privacy ECSG outcome -> 802E Trials at IETF and 802 Local MAC address work in 802.1 Edgar Figueroa will review the list of new task groups in WFA since the last summit meeting   from agenda, not actionable Discussion of the roles of 802.11 and WFA in Regulatory policy development – for next WRC IMT-2020 - https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-1279-01-0000-802-11-as-imt-2020.pptx LTE in unlicensed spectrum activity Action items Next meeting AOB

Actions items from last meeting - Notes IEEE 802.11 could make WFA aware of new process for an org to contribute comments into an IEEE standard Opportunity only available on first draft 60 day public review window

Notes WFA could allow in its SRD, or in other step in WFA spec dev process, option to have .11 develop the spec or a portion thereof This happens through individuals. There may be IPR reasons that prevent this.

Notes IEEE could detail option to have WFA contribute a WFA spec into an IEEE standard One hurdle is IP policy discrepancy Another obstacle is the possibility that a spec would change Another obstacle is making the document public where it had been private previously This is called an “adoption” and all it includes is changing the front matter. Ballot is open and comments received Comments are made to the source and resolved there. After comment window IEEE votes—no guarantee it would pass if comments are not addressed Are there any obstacles to obtaining the Wi-Fi Alliance specs now—they are available as per the IEEE understanding of available. No unsurmountable issues.

Update from 802.11 (1 of 6) 802.11ay – NG60 (Next generation 60GHz) Evolutionary update to .11ad Targeting November 2019 The .11ay-NG60 group will update the relevant Wi-Fi Alliance TG once .11 converges/stabilizes its high level technical direction. TGay will determine this timing

Update from 802.11 (2 of 6) 802.11az – NGP (Next Generation Positioning) Requirements less “stable” than ay. Targets angle, accuracy, and scalability Similar to TGay, update to WFA-relevant TG at appropriate time

Update from 802.11 (3 of 6) LRLP (Long Range Low Power) First Topic interest group (TIG as opposed to study group). How does this relate to .ah? It potentially addresses different bands Bands TBD Standards pipeline slide 16 ieee 802.11-15/1218r2 Similar to TGay, update to WFA-relevant TG at appropriate time

Update from 802.11 (4 of 6) “802.11 as a component”  (perhaps handle in same main agenda item as LTE-LAA coex.). Still a discussion topic in .11—pre study group phase Relevance of OmniRAN (802.1CF) – see https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-1133-00-0arc-existing-oam-interface-specifications.pptx Survey of existing OEM (non MAC/PHY) Addresses issues of managing large systems with thousands of nodes Address market confusion with 5G. Not a study group right now but simply a discussion topic. Had a tutorial and discussion in different groups

Update from 802.11 (5 of 6) “802.11 as a component”  (perhaps handle in same main agenda item as LTE-LAA coex.). Still a discussion topic in .11—pre study group phase Related to LWA in 3GPP—LWA scope is not clear right now, and some changes in .11 may bring benefit to LWA This could be a good topic for the WFA OMTG—how to promote LWA adoption See Matt Fischer submission on throughout estimation 11-15/653r2. This is a good example of 3GPP coordination with .11 .11 will determine whether to send LS to 3GPP asking whether there is additional specification needed in .11 to support LWA requirements ( RAN1 and SA2) WFA will determine whether to send LS to 3GPP regarding any requirements in support of LWA, including testing

Update from 802.11 (6 of 6) Privacy ECSG (Executive Committee Sub Study Group) outcome -> 802E Trials at IETF and 802 MAC address randomization Manufacturers can choose to randomize MAC addresses without impact to network Microsoft and Apple have incorporated various methods to randomize MAC addresses now Recommendations on privacy to used by future 802 standards groups Local MAC address work in 802.1 PAR submitted protocol to manage MAC addresses The protocols are for data center rather than Wi-Fi network

Wi-Fi Alliance Activities Initiated Since February 2015 Application Specific Platform Infrastructure Task Group— renamed recently to Pre-Association Infrastructure Service Discovery Dedicated Short Range Communications Marketing Task Group Sensor Net Task Group renamed “IoT for the Connected Home” Task Group includes elements of .11v power save mechanisms IPV6 For a comprehensive list of work areas please refer to: https://www.wi-fi.org/who-we-are/current-work-areas

5. Discussion of the roles of 802.11 and WFA in WRC and IMT 2020 Impact on Wi-Fi Alliance regulatory related processes 802 is trying to become more effective in its regulatory submissions Top level is EC (executive committee) 802.18 regulatory TAG (technical advisory group) interacts with ITU-R WG have numbers e.g. .11 .18 has its own membership, focused on regulatory for all 802 wireless tech .19 is focused on coex .11/.15 regulatory standing committee exclusively for unlicensed spectrum (Rich had been chairing now intends to step down). If this group hibernates then work would go into .18. .11 to maintain Wi-Fi Alliance informed about ongoing contact for regulatory topics (.11 chair) .11 will look at its rules to see if EC can approve submissions in short window (5 days?). If this is cleared, then .11 could inform Wi-Fi Alliance about it .11 will investigate if there is a way to allow voting by its regulatory standing committee via teleconferences .11 will notify Wi-Fi Alliance if there is a mechanism for .11 to endorse Wi-Fi Alliance regulatory submissions Depending on the two action items 1 and 2 above, Wi-Fi Alliance could outreach to .11 when it seeks endorsements if time allows

IMT 20/20 .11 standards, 3gpp, ITU ITU is where IMT designation lives. Now working on IMT 20/20 Certain advantages to be included in IMT 20/20 e.g., global spectrum allocations ITE-U R is most official source for 5G (NGMN and 3GPP others) Continue to consider IMT 20/20 Liaison statements as necessary Each org to coordinate as/if necessary

6. LTE in unlicensed activity .19 may contact Wi-Fi Alliance with request to engage in .19 test effort Wi-Fi Alliance test effort already underway

January 2016 friday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0051r2 January 2016 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: 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 Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.4 Administrative Reminders January 2016 F2.4 Administrative Reminders Next Full WG Session: March 13-19 1st CAC telecon – Feb 8th at noon ET (-5 weeks) 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 – Feb 29th at noon ET (-2 weeks) Date chosen to avoid those travelling to Wi-Fi Alliance meeting Snapshots to be send to Dorothy Stanley before this telecon. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.5 Letters of Assurance Detailed status is here: January 2016 F2.5 Letters of Assurance Database is here 5 requests for LoA have not been responded to: Nokia (802.11ai) HP (802.11ai) Microsoft (802.11ai) Detailed status is here: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-1489-02-0000-register-of-loa-requests.xlsx Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.6 Availability of documents- Nov 2015 November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-14/0203r2 March 2014 January 2016 F2.6 Availability of documents- Nov 2015 Publication Draft in TechStreet Draft in Members Area Published in Get 802? Published by ISO? IEEE P802.11REVmc D4.0 $600 pdf D5.0 IEEE P802.11ai D6.0 $165 pdf D6.3 IEEE P802.11ah D5.0 $302 pdf D5.1 IEEE P802.11ak D1.4 IEEE P802.11aq D3.1 IEEE Std 802.11af-2013 $201 print Yes 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 IEEE Std 802.11-2012 $556 print ** = request pending Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

F2.7 802.11 drafts to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-14/0203r2 March 2014 January 2016 F2.7 802.11 drafts to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Drafts are sent to ISO 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 No comments outstanding REVmc D5.0 will be liaised when Sponsor Recirc completes Supplementary Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Andrew Myles, Cisco

F2.8 Summary of ballots and comment collections May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0051r2 January 2016 F2.8 Summary of ballots and comment collections Current: REVmc Sponsor first recirculation ballot closes 26 Jan Type Label Group Opened (mm-dd) Dur (d) # Comments Pool Approve Disapprove + invalid Abstain Return % Approve % Result LB 217 TGaj 12-21 30 174 378 221 +13 31 78 88 P Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

January 2016 F6.3 – Leadership summit The leadership summit is a sporadic meeting of the 802.11 EC (Chair, Vice-chairs, Secretary) and members of the WFA board. The purpose of the meeting is to improve communication between the two bodies It does this by discussing items of mutual interest and trying to identify actions to be considered by the organization No confidential material is considered. Notes are published on mentor. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

Straw poll Do you approve of the leadership summit Yes No Abstain January 2016 Straw poll Do you approve of the leadership summit Yes No Abstain Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

January 2016 Straw poll Is advance working group review of the tentative agenda for the leadership summit needed? Yes No Abstain Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F7.1 802 Wireless Chairs meeting January 2016 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 – LMSC Interim January 2016 F7.2 Next Meeting – LMSC Interim 2016-03-13 to 2016-03-19 at Sands Venetian Hotel, Macau, PRC IEEE LMSC (802) Plenary Meeting Registration and Hotel Registration are open For information and registration links, see http://www.ieee802.org/11/Meetings/Meeting_Plan.html Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation