VHT SG July 2008 Report Date: 2008-07-14 Authors: July 2008 April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 2008 VHT SG July 2008 Report Date: 2008-07-14 Authors: Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Patent Policy Following 5 slides July 2008 April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 2008 Patent Policy Following 5 slides Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Instructions for the WG Chair April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 2008 Instructions for the WG Chair The IEEE-SA strongly recommends that at each WG meeting the chair or a designee: Show slides #1 through #4 of this presentation Advise the WG attendees that: The IEEE’s patent policy is consistent with the ANSI patent policy and is described in Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws; Early identification of patent claims which may be essential for the use of standards under development is strongly encouraged; There may be Essential Patent Claims of which the IEEE is not aware. Additionally, neither the IEEE, the WG, nor the WG chair can ensure the accuracy or completeness of any assurance or whether any such assurance is, in fact, of a Patent Claim that is essential for the use of the standard under development. Instruct the WG Secretary to record in the minutes of the relevant WG meeting: That the foregoing information was provided and that slides 1 through 4 (and this slide 0, if applicable) were shown; That the chair or designee provided an opportunity for participants to identify patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) of which the participant is personally aware and that may be essential for the use of that standard 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. The WG Chair shall ensure that a request is made to any identified holders of potential essential patent claim(s) to complete and submit a Letter of Assurance. It is recommended that the WG chair review the guidance in IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual 6.3.5 and in FAQs 12 and 12a on inclusion of potential Essential Patent Claims by incorporation or by reference. Note: WG includes Working Groups, Task Groups, and other standards-developing committees with a PAR approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board. (Optional to be shown) Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 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 Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Patent Related Links Patent Policy is stated in these sources: April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 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 Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Call for Potentially Essential Patents April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 2008 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 Slide #3 Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 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 Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Agenda Items for the Week July 2008 Agenda Items for the Week Review of initial PAR feedback Prepare official response to feedback 802.15.3c, individuals EC/other WG feedback due to 802.11 by Tuesday 5 PM Official 802.11 WG response due to EC by Wednesday 5 PM Review EC presentation Review PAR tutorials Selection of Task Group letters Update PARs based on feedback SG/WG motion on PARs SG/WG motion on response to feedback SG/WG motion on SG extension Joint meeting with 802.15.3c Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Tentative Agenda for the Week April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 2008 Tentative Agenda for the Week Monday July 14th, 8:00 – 11:00 Patent policy, etc. Set agenda Review from May Discussion of timeline Call for submissions Review of initial PAR feedback Review EC presentation Review PAR tutorials Task group letters Presentations Monday July 14th, 19:30 – 21:30 Joint meeting with 802.15.3c on 60 GHz PAR Tuesday July 15th, 16:00 – 18:00 Reaffirm agenda Review of additional PAR feedback Update PARs based on feedback Wednesday July 16th, 8:00 – 10:00 Reaffirm agenda Review of additional PAR feedback Update PARs based on feedback Prepare official response to feedback & motion PAR motion Presentations Thursday July 17th, 8:00 – 10:00 Update PARs based on WG feedback, if necessary Thursday July 17th, 10:30 – 12:30 PAR motion, if necessary SG extension motion 12:00 Review time line Goals for September Conference calls Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Review from May July 2008 April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 <6 GHz PAR & 5C’s development Presentations 11-08/0499r0, VHTL6 Throughput Metric Thoughts, Darwin Engwer 11-08/0535r0, PHY and MAC Throughput Analysis with 80 MHz for VHT below 6 GHz, Minyoung Park PAR & 5C’s proposal discussion lead by Marc de Courville 11-08/464r4, Below 6GHz 11vht PAR scope and purpose discussion 11-08/609r3, Proposal for PAR and 5 Criteria for Very High Throughput (VHT) SG for below 6 GHz operation 60 GHz PAR & 5C’s development 11-08/591r0, Background Information on Amendment and Standard, Eldad Perahia 11-08/632r0, VHT 60 GHz Channel Model Recommendation, Vinko Erceg PAR & 5C’s proposal discussion lead by Gal Basson 11-08/223r5, Proposal for PAR and 5 Criteria for Very High Throughput (VHT) SG for 60 GHz Proposal process 08/579r0, Towards an Improved Proposal Development Process for VHT, Rolf De Vegt Motion for VHT60 and VHTL6 PARs approved by SG and WG Goals for July Presentations related to “call for submissions” Should be prepared for presentation in the first VHT time slot Update PAR’s & 5C’s based on feedback Complete work on PAR & 5 C’s and re-submit motion to WG Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Review from Conference Calls April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 2008 Review from Conference Calls Conference call on May 22 Discussion on Task Group letter codes Conference call on July 19 Joint conference call with 802.15.3c 08/724r0, Response to 802.15.3c Questions, Eldad Perahia Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

July 2008 PAR Forms In May SG & WG approve PARs and 5C’s in 08/225r3 and 08/609r3 to be sent to EC NesCom online form was slightly different than those forms 08/715 and 08/716 contain a copy of the PARs from the NesCom form 08/806 and 08/807 added the 5C’s to the 08/715 and 08/716 We will continue editing these submissions Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Time Line July 2008 April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2007 (Interim) Initial meeting July 2007 (Plenary) Presentations WG approval of SG extension to Nov Sept 2007 (Interim) Nov 2007 (Plenary) SG motion for extension to March Jan 2008 (Interim) Initial version of PAR & 5 C’s Mar 2008 (Plenary) Work on PAR & 5 C’s SG/WG/EC motion for extension to July May 2008 (Interim) final version of PAR & 5 C’s WG approval June 2008 EC submission by June 17 July 2008 (Plenary) WG re-approval (if necessary) SG/WG/EC motion for extension to Sept EC approval on July 18 Aug 2008 NesCom submission by Aug 8 Sept 2008 (Interim) VHT TG’s unofficially begin NesCom meeting on Sept 17 Nov 2008 (Plenary) Task Group’s officially start Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 2008 Call for Submissions Information on following subjects will assist us in creating a PAR and 5 Criteria: Market needs, applications, usage scenarios Technology & feasibility MAC efficiency evaluation and enhancements, including evaluation of 11n MAC with higher PHY rates PHY enhancements to 11n new MAC & PHY technology Requirements metrics (i.e. throughput, network capacity, spectral efficiency, range) coexistence / interoperability Spectrum availability & regulatory options relationship with IMT-Advanced Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 2008 Submissions VHT SG PAR Feedback from Individuals, Eldad Perahia, 08/812r0 Response to 802.15.3c Questions on VHT60 PAR, Eldad Perahia, 08/724r1 EC report, Eldad Perahia, 08/813r0 60 GHz Tutorial, Eldad Perahia, 08/814r0 <6 GHz Tutorial, Marc De Courville Channel Modeling for 60 GHz WLAN Systems, Alexander Maltsev, 08/0811r0 Backward Compatible or Not?, Junghoon Jee, 08/790r0 Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Agenda for Monday July 14th April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 2008 Agenda for Monday July 14th Patent policy, etc. Set agenda Review from May Discussion of timeline Call for submissions Review of initial PAR feedback Review EC presentation Review PAR tutorials Task group letters Presentations Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Presentations for Monday July 14th April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 2008 Presentations for Monday July 14th Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Minutes for Monday July 14th April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 2008 Minutes for Monday July 14th Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Backup July 2008 April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

July 2008 PAR Motion Template Believing that the PAR and Five Criteria contained in the documents referenced below meet IEEE-SA guidelines, Request that the updated PARs and Five Criterias contained in 08/806rY and 08/807rY be sent to IEEE 802 Executive Committee (EC) for EC approval to submit to NesCom. Also request that the document <docment-reference> be sent to the IEEE 802 EC as the WG 801.11 responses to comments received on the version of the PAR and 5C previously circulated. Move: Second: Vote Y:, N:, Abs: Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

SG Extension Motion Template July 2008 SG Extension Motion Template Request the IEEE 802 LMSC to extend the 802.11 Very High Throughput Study Group. Move: Second: Vote Y:, N:, Abs: Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Goals for September Officer elections If necessary, April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 2008 Goals for September Officer elections If necessary, Update PAR’s & 5C’s based on feedback from EC or NesCom Complete work on PAR & 5 C’s and re-submit motion to WG Begin Task Group work Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Conference call times Continue conference call times: Topics: April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 July 2008 Conference call times Continue conference call times: Weekly on Thursday’s, 11:00 Eastern Time one hour Topics: Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation