May 2015 802.11 Session Supplementary Material doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0051r2 May 2015 May 2015 802.11 Session Supplementary Material Date: 2015-05-13 Authors: Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

May 2015 Introduction This report provides supplementary material related to attending the May 2015 802.11 plenary meetings. Refer to the agenda: 11-15/482r<latest> Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

May 2015 Monday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

M2.3.1 Summary of new and ongoing Liaisons and Status May 2015 M2.3.1 Summary of new and ongoing Liaisons and Status Ongoing NGMN Liaison and Whitepaper - Owned by REG SC Liaison from 3GPP (March 2015), Regarding Coexistence of Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) and IEEE 802 – Owned by REG SC Liaison from 3GPP, Regarding Study on LTE Support for V2X Services “3GPP TSG SA would like to inform ETSI ITS, US SAE, US ITSA, Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, GSMA Connected Living and IEEE that V2X study has been started in SA WG1 to identify use cases and requirements for LTE V2X (V2V, V2I, and V2P).” Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

M2.3.1 – Liaison in person from 3GPP in 802.19 May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0051r2 May 2015 M2.3.1 – Liaison in person from 3GPP in 802.19 Invitation from 802.19 Chair to 3GPP to present on LTE-LAA Havish Koorapaty (Ericsson), from 3GPP, will be coming to give a presentation on this topic The timeslot is Tuesday pm2 in Georgia B (2nd Floor). Room will hold 50. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

M3.2 Joint meetings and Reciprocal Credit May 2015 M3.2 Joint meetings and Reciprocal Credit Joint Meetings Thu am1: TGak, 802.1Qbz, 802.1AC, and ARC Reciprocal credit is provided to 802.11 voters for attendance at: 802.18, 802.19, 802.24, 802.1 and Privacy ECSG Reciprocal credit for 802.19 is for Coexistence in Unlicensed Bands Study Group Reciprocal credit for 802.1 is for 801.1Qbz, 802.1CF and 802c (Local MAC address) Study Group Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

M3.10 Topics for Wednesday plenary May 2015 M3.10 Topics for Wednesday plenary Response from the IEEE-SA Standards Board on request sent by WG related to 802.11ah Edgar Figueroa, CEO of the Wi-Fi Alliance will address us Discussion on how TG chairs should be determined Information on Email exchange with the RAC on ANA Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

M3.11 802 EC and IEEE-SA Standards Board decisions May 2015 M3.11 802 EC and IEEE-SA Standards Board decisions PARS P802.11ay (http://www.ieee802.org/11/PARs/P802.11ay.pdf) was approved at the March IEEE SASB meeting. Approval of draft standards None Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

May 2015 Wednesday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0051r2 May 2015 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 May 2015 W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder Leaders of 802.11 Task Groups, Study 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 – How the TG chair should be determined May 2015 W5.2 – How the TG chair should be determined There is a conflict between what the rules say and what I perceive to be our recent practice. The 802 WG P&P states: “7.3 Subgroups of the WG The WG may, from time to time, form subgroups for the conduct of its business. … The WG Chair shall appoint the chair of the subgroup. “ The 802.11 OM states: “4.2 Task Group Chair The TG Chair shall be appointed by the WG Chair and confirmed by a WG majority approval. The TG Chair is re-affirmed every 2 years: one session after the WG Chair is elected.” What we actually do: Each TG holds an election, and the WG affirms the TG’s choice Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

Why change anything / what will change? May 2015 Why change anything / what will change? This is part of continuous process improvement – managing the WG effectively is the primary job responsibility of the WG chair. I have consulted with other WG chairs, the 802.11 officers and the CAC to determine what is best practice and how we should respond. I will in future ask TGs to produce a recommendation for TG chair, and will share the qualifications I am looking for with the TG. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

TG chair qualifications May 2015 TG chair qualifications The prospective TG chair should indicate that their employer will support their attendance at all 802.11 sessions, and that they will normally be present to run TG meetings at those sessions. The main qualification sought is demonstrated competency in a job carrying a management responsibility in 802.11; such as: Task or study group chair or vice chair, ad-hoc chair Note, we are looking for a manager, not a leader. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W5.3 – Exchange with IEEE RAC May 2015 W5.3 – Exchange with IEEE RAC The IEEE “RAC” is the registration authority for IEEE standards They coordinate use of resources created in IEEE standards They are a significant source of income for IEEE-SA The following was an enquiry from the RAC on entry of P802.11 (Revision MC) to sponsor ballot, prompted by the existence of <ANA> flags and explanatory editors notes. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

May 2015 W5.3 – Email from RAC 2015-04-28 "IEEE Std 802.11, front matter, p. v, Participants — Per IEEE-SA rules, the Registration Authority has right of first refusal for all registration activities.  Please explain why the WG has (or had) an Assigned Number Authority, and what numbers that authority was administering, and why those numbers are not appropriate as an IEEE RA registry.  (Other standards have code points in various protocols that they specify (and reserve for future specification) without objection of the RAC, so this is just a request for additional information.  (That title for a WG responsibility acted as a red flag.)" Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W5.3 – Reply from WG chair 2015-04-28 May 2015 W5.3 – Reply from WG chair 2015-04-28 The 802.11 ANA is an organizational convenience for 802.11 standards.  We have had times when there were 6 simultaneous amendments all amending the same table specifying things like Element IDs.   We needed a mechanism to take control of this situation.  We have done that by creating a database identifying controlled resources (those likely to be updated by more than one amendment at a time).   A controlled resource can only be used by requesting assignment from the 802.11 ANA.  We have a review process that checks that an amendment uses only numbers assigned to it from the 802.11 ANA.  Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W5.3 – Reply from WG chair 2015-04-28 - II May 2015 W5.3 – Reply from WG chair 2015-04-28 - II Notwithstanding this,  it is the published standard or amendment that is definitive.  For example,  we had an amendment that published an value of a controlled resource that had not been assigned to it,  and we therefore had to shuffle up previously assigned resources in in-development amendments to make room for it. The flag “<ANA>” is not allowed in the published standard or amendment,  it is a placeholder during development of the document only.  There have been two exceptions to the “internal to 802.11” purpose.   Firstly,  we record the use of controlled resources by third parties without the consent of 802.11 in order to avoid collision.  Examples are various manufacturers,  and the Chinese in their WAPI protocol.  Secondly,  we have allocated a number to 802.15 because they have chosen to adopt a ciphersuite identifier table from 802.11,  but wanted to make an addition of their own.  [snip] Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

May 2015 W5.3 – Response from RAC 2015-04-29 (From RAC IEEE-SA staff administrator) I have received confirmation from Bob Grow that he is satisfied with your response and that the RAC has no problems with the WG defining and reserving unused protocol code points, handling management arcs under their assignments, and defining appropriate for them structures for coordination between multiple projects.  The RAC years ago passed on managing 802.3 selector field values used in Ethernet auto negotiation even though they were being allocated to other standards (and even in one case appropriated).  The cyber suite number seems to be similarly acceptable for WG management, even if it bridges a few standards.  If the RAC can be of assistance in management of any of the external number issues, we are available to help, but see no reason why this would be a registry issue of concern to the IEEE-SA BOG. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W5.4 – should voting be stated on 802.11 website May 2015 W5.4 – should voting be stated on 802.11 website Issue: somebody who submits an invalid vote in an 802.11 working group letter ballot has no way to discover this unless they ask the WG chair. ePoll is a simple tool used to collect data. ePoll can’t determine if a WG letter ballot vote is invalid “no” without MBS comments “abstain” for reason not equal to “lack of expertise” vote from non-voter Of the 21 voters who recently lost their voting rights, ~5 did so with invalid votes. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

May 2015 Straw poll Should we add to the members list an indication that allows members to determine if they have failed to submit a vote, or have submitted an invalid vote for the qualifying mandatory ballots? Yes No Abstain Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

May 2015 friday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0051r2 May 2015 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 May 2015 F2.4 Administrative Reminders Next Full WG Session: July 12-17 1st CAC telecon – June 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 – June 29th at noon ET (-2 weeks) Snapshots to be send to Dorothy Stanley before this telecon. This meeting is being held a week early to avoid clash with USA holday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.5 Letters of Assurance Database is here May 2015 F2.5 Letters of Assurance Database is here 5 requests for LoA pending**: Qualcomm (802.11ah), Broadcom (802.11ai), Texas A&M University System (802.11n, .11ac, .11ad) Intel Corporation (REVmc) Key: New this session Data as of 2015-03-12 ** i.e. Chair has not received a substantive response Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.6 Availability of documents- Jan 2015 November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-14/0203r2 March 2014 May 2015 F2.6 Availability of documents- Jan 2015 Publication Draft in TechStreet Draft in Members Area Published in Get 802? Published by ISO? IEEE P802.11REVmc D4.0 $600 pdf D4.0 IEEE P802.11ai D4.0 $165 pdf D4.2 IEEE P802.11ah D4.0 $433 pdf D5.0 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 IEEE Std 802.11<x>: b, k, i, n, p, y, r, w, u, v, z, s $100 - $309 Last updated: 2014-10 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 May 2015 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 Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Andrew Myles, Cisco

F7.1 802 Wireless Chairs meeting May 2015 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 – 802 Plenary May 2015 F7.2 Next Meeting – 802 Plenary July 12-17, Hilton Waikoloa, HI, USA IEEE 802 Plenary All 802.11 groups meeting Will include a our 25th anniversary celebration 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