802.11 Working Group Opening Report September 2018 doc.: IEEE 802.11-18/1390 September 2018 802.11 Working Group Opening Report September 2018 Date: 2018-09-10 Authors: Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

September 2018 Introduction This presentation, together with the reports cited on the next slide, forms the opening report of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group for September 2018. Subgroup status is reported in the “Snapshots” submission (see documents slide for link). This is incorporated by reference into this opening report. “Mx.y.z” terminology indicates that the item was on the tentative agenda for the Monday 802.11 plenary, and was agenda item x.y.z. R1: updated reference member slides 22-25, Slide 10 corrected S1G SG name, slide 15 TGbb editor name correction Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

% M1.3 Meeting Decorum Please observe proper decorum in meetings September 2018 M1.3 Meeting Decorum % Please observe proper decorum in meetings Photography or recording is not allowed Press (i.e., anyone reporting publicly on this meeting) are to announce their presence (December 2015 IEEE-SA Standards Board Ops Manual 5.3.3.3) Laptop speakers, cell phone / tablet ringers off Wear your badges at all times in meeting areas Help the hotel security staff improve the general security of the meeting rooms Laptops HAVE BEEN STOLEN at previous meetings DO NOT assume that meeting areas are secure Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

M2.3.1 Summary of Liaisons - Incoming September 2018 M2.3.1 Summary of Liaisons - Incoming Liaison statement from 3GPP RAN4 on Certain Channel Combinations in 5GHZ for LAA, see https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-1561-00-0000-3gpp-ran-wg4-reply-ls-to-ieee-802-11-wg-regarding-certain-channel-combinations-for-laa-in-5ghz.docx ; to be discussed in Coex SC Liaison statement from WBA on MAC randomization impacts, see 11-18-1579 (to be posted) Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

M2.4 802 EC decisions July – September 2018 EC decisions: Approval of IEEE Std 802.11ak™-2018 Press Release IEEE Std 802.11aq ™ -2018 Press Release Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

M2.4 IEEE-SA Standards Board (SASB) decisions September 2018 M2.4 IEEE-SA Standards Board (SASB) decisions P802.11ax PAR Extension 2018-09-27 Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

M3.1 802.11 Working Group Session Documents September 2018 doc.: IEEE 802.11-18/1390 September 2018 M3.1 802.11 Working Group Session Documents WG Session Reports WG Agenda https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/11-18-1389 Opening report https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/11-18-1390 Snapshots https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/11-18-1394 1st vice chair https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/11-18-1399 2nd vice chair https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/11-18-1396 Treasurer https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/11-18-1400 Chair's Supplementary Material https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/11-18-1391 Motions https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/11-18-1395 Closing report https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/11-18-1397 Previous Session Minutes https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/11-18-0634 Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

M3.2 Joint meetings and Reciprocal Credit September 2018 M3.2 Joint meetings and Reciprocal Credit Reciprocal credit is provided to 802.11 voters for attendance at: 802.18, 802.19, 802.24, 802.1, NENDICA Industry Connections Activity** Reciprocal credit for 802.1 is for 801.1Qbz, 802.1CF, 802E ** When meeting Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

September 2018 M3.2 802.18 details Agenda: 18-18/111 Meeting times: Tuesday AM2, Thursday AM1, and AM2 Discussion items this week of interest to 802.11 include European 2.4 GHz standard status; issues preventing publication may lead to vendor use of Notified Body process 60GHz Google Waiver reply comments FCC NOI/PN – Expanding flexible use of the 3.7 GHz to 4.2 GHz band; FCC asking about unlicensed in this 500MHz, see https://mentor.ieee.org/802.18/dcn/18/18-18-0049-00-0000-fcc-pn-expanding-flexible-use-of-3-7-4-2-ghz-band-gn-18-122-da-18-446.pdf European Position on Spectrum Management Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

September 2018 doc.: IEEE 802.11-18/1390 September 2018 M3.2 802.19 details Agenda: 18-19/67 Meeting times: Monday PM2 (Opening Plenary), Thurs PM1 (Closing Plenary Discussion items this week of interest to 802.11 include Sub-1GHz Coexistence Study Group, see https://mentor.ieee.org/802.19/dcn/18/19-18-0069-01-S1GH-study-group-opening-sllides.pptx Monday & Tuesday PM1, Thursday AM1 Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

M4.1.1 Type of Groups Type of Group Description September 2018 doc.: IEEE 802.11-18/1390 September 2018 M4.1.1 Type of Groups Type of Group Description WG Working Group SC Standing Committee TG Task Group SG Study Group TIG Topic Interest Group AHG Ad Hoc Group Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

M4.1.1 IEEE 802.11 Groups September 2018 Type Group doc.: IEEE 802.11-18/1390 September 2018 M4.1.1 IEEE 802.11 Groups Type Group WG & Infrastructure WG WG11 The IEEE 802.11 Working Group SC AANI Advanced Access Networking Interface (AANI) ARC Architecture COEX Coexistence PAR PAR review 802 SC JTC1 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Type Group Amendments/Revision TG AK General Link (GLK) AQ Pre-association Discovery (PAD) AX High Efficiency Wireless LAN (HEW) AY Next Generation 60 GHz (NG60) AZ Next Generation Positioning (NGP) BA Wake-up Radio BB Light Communication (LC) MD Revision (REVmd) Type Group New Work SG BCS Broadcast Services EHT Extremely High Throughput TIG FD Full Duplex NGV Next Generation V2X SC WNG Wireless Next Generation RTA Real Time Applications Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

M4.1.2 PAR Expiration/Renewal Schedule September 2018 M4.1.2 PAR Expiration/Renewal Schedule Project PAR Expiration Date AQ 31-DEC-2018 AX AY 31-DEC-2019 AZ BA 31-DEC-2020 BB 31-DEC 2022 802.11 (REVmd) 31-DEC 2021 http://www.ieee802.org/11/PARs/index.html Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

M4.1.3 802.11 WG Appointed positions September 2018 M4.1.3 802.11 WG Appointed positions WG Secretary – Stephen McCann Treasurer – Jon Rosdahl ANA Authority – Robert Stacey WG Technical Editors – Robert Stacey, Peter Ecclesine Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

M4.1.3 Officers September 2018 New last meeting September 2018 doc.: IEEE 802.11-18/1390 September 2018 Cat Group Chair Vice Chair Technical Editor Secretary WG Dorothy STANLEY Jon ROSDAHL, Robert STACEY Robert STACEY Peter ECCLESINE Stephen MCCANN SC AANI Joseph LEVY ARC Mark HAMILTON Coex Andrew MYLES Guido HIERTZ PAR Jon ROSDAHL Michael MONTEMURRO WNG Jim LANSFORD Lei WANG TG MD Emily QI Edward AU (subeditor) AK Donald EASTLAKE Donald EASTLAKE, Norm FINN Open AQ Yunsong YANG Lee ARMSTRONG AX Osama ABOUL-MAGD Alfred ASTERJADHI, Ron PORAT Yasuhiko INOUE AY Edward AU Sang KIM Carlos CORDEIRO Jeorge HURTARTE AZ Jonathan SEGEV Assaf Kasher CC WANG Roy WANT BA Minyoung PARK Yunsong YANG, Eunsung PARK Po-Kai Huang Leif WILHELMSSON BB Nikola SERAFIMOVSKI Oliver Pengfei LUO Tuncer BAYKAS Volker JUNGNICKEL Gaurav PATWARDHAN SG BCS Marc EMMELMANN Hitoshi MORIOKA, Stephen MCCANN Xiaofei WANG EHT TIG FD James GILB Kome OTERI NGV Bo SUN Hongyuan ZHANG Jing MA (TBC) RTA Allan JONES New last meeting Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

M4.1.4 IEEE 802.11 Revisions September 2018 May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0483r0 September 2018 802.11 -2016 11aa Video Transport 11ae QoS Mgt Frames 11ac -VHT >1 Gbps @ 5GHz 11ad - VHT >1 Gbps @ 60GHz 11af TV Whitespace 802.11 -2012 11w Management Frame Security 11k RRM 11r Fast Roam 11v Network 11s Mesh 11u WIEN 11y Contention Based Protocol 11n High Throughput (>100 Mbps) 11z TDLS 11p WAVE 802.11 -2007 11g 54 Mbps 2.4GHz 11e QoS 11i Security 11h DFS & TPC 11j JP bands 11f Inter AP 802.11 -2003 11a 54 Mbps 5GHz 11b 11 Mbps 2.4GHz 11d Intl roaming MAC IEEE Std 802.11 -1997 PHY & MAC Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Page 16 Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

M4.1.4 IEEE 802.11 Standards Pipeline May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0483r0 September 2018 M4.1.4 IEEE 802.11 Standards Pipeline 802.11 -2016 MAC 802.11aq PAD 802.11 REVmd 802.11ak GLK Broadcast Services (BCS) SG 802.11az NGP 802.11ai FILS Real Time Applications (RTA) TIG 802.11ba WUR WNG Next Gen V2X SG 802.11ax HEW 802.11ah < 1Ghz Ex. High Throughput SG 802.11ay NG60 802.11bb LC Full Duplex (FD) TIG 802.11aj CMMW MAC & PHY Discussion Topics Published Standard TIG/Study groups Sponsor Ballot Published Amendment TG without Approved draft WG Letter Ballot Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise 17 Page 17 Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

M4.1.5 Summary of ballots and comment collections September 2018 doc.: IEEE 802.11-18/1390 September 2018 M4.1.5 Summary of ballots and comment collections Type Label Group Opened (mm-dd) Dur (d) # Comments Ballot Group Approve Disapprove + invalid Abstain Return % Approve % Result T 234 TGay 08-01 30 742 322 219 21 29 83 92 Pass CC CC28 TGaz 08-03 546 Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

M4.1.6 Current Membership Status September 2018 doc.: IEEE 802.11-18/1390 September 2018 M4.1.6 Current Membership Status Status Number Aspirant 85 Potential Voter 36 Voter 322 Ex Officio Voter 11 Data as of 2018-07-13 Definitions: Aspirant: a member who has attended 1 qualifying meeting Potential Voter: a member who has attended 2 qualifying meetings and will become a voter at the start of the next plenary they attend Ex Officio Voter: a voter who has voting rights by virtue of their membership of the 802 EC and has requested to be recorded as an ex officio voter in 802.11 Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

M4.1.6 Recent voting member history September 2018 doc.: IEEE 802.11-18/1390 September 2018 M4.1.6 Recent voting member history Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

background data September 2018 September 2018 doc.: IEEE 802.11-18/1390 September 2018 background data Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

Membership by Country and Region September 2018 Membership by Country and Region Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

Members by Affiliation September 2018 Members by Affiliation Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

Meeting Attendance – Historic Data September 2018 Meeting Attendance – Historic Data Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

Membership – Historic Data September 2018 Membership – Historic Data Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise