TGaq Agenda Date: 2017-05-11 Authors: May 2017 May 2017 doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 TGaq Agenda Date: 2017-05-11 Authors: Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

May 2017 doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 Abstract Agenda for TGaq Pre-Association Discovery meeting for May 2017, Daejeon, South Korea Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Monday 8 May 2017, 16:00 – 18:00 Room: 106 (Ground Floor) doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 Monday 8 May 2017, 16:00 – 18:00 Room: 106 (Ground Floor) Call Meeting to Order Chair’s welcome Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform May 2017 doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]: “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 “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of 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 Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged No duty to perform a patent search Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Patent Related Links Patent Policy is stated in these sources: May 2017 doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 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/develop/policies/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/materials.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 Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Call for Potentially Essential Patents May 2017 doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 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 Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings May 2017 doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 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 March 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. Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation May 2017 doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 Resources – URLs Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html Links to IEEE Antitrust Guidelines http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf Link to IEEE Code of Ethics http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/ethics/code_ethics.html Link to IEEE Patent Policy http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings November 2016 doc.: ec-16-0149-00-00EC May 2017 Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings All participation in IEEE 802 Working Group meetings is on an individual basis •     Participants in the IEEE standards development individual process shall act based on their qualifications and experience. (https://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws.pdfsection 5.2.1) •    IEEE 802 Working Group membership is by individual; “Working Group members shall participate in the consensus process in a manner consistent with their professional expert opinion as individuals, and not as organizational representatives”. (subclause 4.2.1 “Establishment”, of the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures) Participants have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. A Participant’s obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders. Participants shall not direct the actions or votes of any other member of an IEEE 802 Working Group or retaliate against any other member for their actions or votes within IEEE 802 Working Group meetings, see https://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws.pdf section 5.2.1.3 and the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, subclause 3.4.1 “Chair”, list item x. By participating in IEEE 802 meetings, you accept these requirements. If you do not agree to these policies then you shall not participate. (Latest revision of IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures: http://www.ieee802.org/devdocs.shtml and Participation slide: https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/16/ec-16-0180-03-00EC-ieee-802-participation-slide.ppt ) Slide 9 Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Page 9 Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization May 2017 doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 Meeting Etiquette IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization Meetings are to be conducted in an orderly and professional manner in accordance with the policies and procedures governed by the organization. Individuals are to address the “Technical” content of the subject under consideration and refrain from making “personal” comments to or about the presenter. The Copyright Act of 1976 made a dramatic change to U.S. copyright law. Copyright was now deemed to exist from the moment of creation. Thus anything that is created is deemed to be owned by its creator. Additionally, a work no longer needs to be published in order to be protected. Therefore, even your scribbles on a piece of note paper constitute copyrighted material that you own and control. The NII (National Information Infrastructure) and the GII (Global Information Infrastructure) are causing lawmakers and copyright owners to assess the ability of current copyright law to protect owners rights in a digital environment. While at this point the changes being talked about are not significant, they will make it clear that copyright protection is afforded to owners in the digital environment making it a requirement to honor the rights accorded to owners. It is a requirement under the IEEE Bylaws that copyright ownership of all material published by the IEEE resides with the IEEE. The Standards Department accomplishes the transfer of copyright ownership from the volunteer authors to the Institute via the Project Authorization Request (PAR) form. Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Monday 8 May 2017, 16:00 – 18:00 Approve Agenda Chair’s welcome doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 Monday 8 May 2017, 16:00 – 18:00 Approve Agenda 11-17-0549r1 (this document) Chair’s welcome Editor’s Report Secretary Position Establish secretary for the week Teleconference minutes approval https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/17/11-17-0530-03-00aq-tgaq-march-to-april-2017-teleconference-minutes.doc Comment Resolution 11-17-573r1 11-17-574r0 Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Tuesday I 9 May 2017, 08:00 – 10:00 Room 106 (Ground Floor) doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 Tuesday I 9 May 2017, 08:00 – 10:00 Room 106 (Ground Floor) Re-circulation Sponsor Ballot Comment Resolution 11-17-573r1 11-17-611r1 11-17-574r0 Recess Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Tuesday II 9 May 2017, 16:00 – 18:00 Room 106 (Ground Floor) doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 Tuesday II 9 May 2017, 16:00 – 18:00 Room 106 (Ground Floor) Re-circulation Sponsor Ballot Comment Resolution 11-17-0782r0 11-17-0799r0 11-17-0572r1 Recess Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Wednesday 10 May 2017, 16:00 – 18:00 Room 106 (Ground Floor) Motions doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 Wednesday 10 May 2017, 16:00 – 18:00 Room 106 (Ground Floor) Motions Approve comments in 11-17-0573r3, (not CIDs 7137, 7140) 11-17-0611r2 11-17-0574r2 11-17-0572r1 11-17-0799r1 (CIDs 7137, 7140) Recess to allow comment database update Re-circulation Sponsor Ballot Analysis 11-17-0572r2 – continued draft resolutions Recess Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Thursday I (cancelled) 11 May 2017, 08:00 – 10:00 doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 Thursday I (cancelled) 11 May 2017, 08:00 – 10:00 Room 106 (Ground Floor) Re-circulation Sponsor Ballot Comment Resolution Recess Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Thursday II 11 May 2017, 16:00 – 18:00 Room 106 (Ground Floor) doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 Thursday II 11 May 2017, 16:00 – 18:00 Room 106 (Ground Floor) Re-circulation Sponsor Ballot Comment Resolution 7088, 7096, 7099, 7108 Consider re-circulation sponsor ballot Motions Preparation for EC June 6th teleconference Is this reasonable or wait until July EC meeting? Conditional/Unconditional Approval to RevCom Report to RevCom Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Thursday II cont’ 11 May 2017, 16:00 – 18:00 doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 Thursday II cont’ 11 May 2017, 16:00 – 18:00 Preparation for July 2017 Plenary Room/Slot Allocation – 4 slots, room for 20 EC teleconference June 6th 2017 Teleconferences 26 May; 2, 16, 23, 30 June, 7 July 2017 12:00 noon ET for 2 hours Timeline update (see next slide) AoB Adjourn Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

Timeline – May 2017 Approval of PAR & 5C: March 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/0549r6 May 2017 Timeline – May 2017 Approval of PAR & 5C: March 2012 Initial TG meeting: March 2013 Initial Working Group Letter Ballot: March 2015 Re-circulation Working Group Letter Ballot: March 2016 Form Sponsor Ballot Pool: August 2016 Mandatory Draft Review: June 2016 Initial Sponsor Ballot: October 2016 Sponsor Ballot Recirculation: February 2017 Final WG/EC Approval: July 2017 RevCom/Standards Board Approval: August 2017 Stephen McCann, BlackBerry Stephen McCann, Blackberry