VTS SG November Opening Report doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 November 2007 VTS SG November Opening Report Date: 2007-11-10 Authors: Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 November 2007 Abstract This submission summarizes the VTS SG agenda for IEEE 802.11 Atlanta (November 2007) meeting. Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Opening Report November 2007 November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Attendance Recording -802.11 November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 November 2007 Attendance Recording -802.11 Sign-in at http://newton.events.ieee.org “newton” is a local server, not reachable via a VPN “newton” is active only during 802.11 sessions First “sign in” to provide contact information Only name and affiliation may be posted publicly, as per IEEE rules No other personal information will not be publicly available Second, log attendance Since VTS is a Study Group, attendance recording is also done on paper. Please sign your name, affiliation and e-mail-id in the attendance sign-up sheet. Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

TGy – November 2007 November 2007 Call Meeting to Order doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 November 2007 TGy – November 2007 Call Meeting to Order Policies and Procedures, Attendance reminder: http://newton/ **IEEE Patent Policy http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt Are there any patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that the participant believes may be essential for the use of that standard? Minute 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. ***Affiliation FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html Anti-Trust FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf Ethics - http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/about/CoE_poster.pdf IEEE 802.11 Policies and Procedures - http://www.ieee802.org/11/DocFiles/07/11-07-0360-04-0000-802-11-policies-and-proceedures.htm IEEE 802 Policies and Procedures - http://www.ieee802.org/policies-and-procedures.pdf ** Read slide deck *** Note especially items #7 & #11 Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 November 2007 Copyright Under the current US copyright law — the author of information is deemed to own the copyright from the moment of creation The IEEE Bylaws require copyright of all material to be held by the IEEE Must consult with IEEE for re-use of copyright material The IEEE Standards accomplishes transfer of copyright ownership through the Project Authorization Request (PAR) process 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. Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

September 2007 Essential Patents Are there any patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that the participant believes may be essential for the use of this standard? Knowledge of essential patents from the SG members -- Essential patent knowledge that the 802.11 WG chair needs to be aware of -- Ganesh Venkatesan (Intel Corporation)

November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 November 2007 Equipment Well-dressed criminals often enter meetings and steal laptops, PDAs, and similar devices Do not leave your devices unattended!! Make sure you log your attendance http://newton.events.ieee.org Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Study Group – Operating Process September 2007 Study Group – Operating Process Anyone can vote, move or second (no special voting right requirements) Attendance is recorded in a sign up sheet (in addition to the usual online attendance) and eventually added to the minutes. Friendly Reminder -- Please turn your phones to “quiet” or “vibrate” mode. Ganesh Venkatesan (Intel Corporation)

VTS SG Goals for Atlanta November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 November 2007 VTS SG Goals for Atlanta Complete VTS SG PAR/5C document, have the PAR/5C document approved by the SG, WG and 802.1avb. Present a case for “Modified ARQ/FEC”, address known concerns and make a decision on this proposal – (a) leave it in the PAR since all concerns are addressed to the satisfaction of all members, (b) spend more time understanding/addressing concerns so that the proposal works in all cases or (c) remove this proposal from the PAR. Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

VTS SG Agenda Tuesday PM2 (16:00-18:00) November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 November 2007 VTS SG Agenda Tuesday PM2 (16:00-18:00) * VTS SG Meeting Call To Order - Chair 16:00   Review IEEE/802 & 802.11 Policies and Rules Chair/All 10 16:10 Approve or Modify and approve modified agenda 5 16:15 MI Review and Approve All Minutes 16:20 Teleconference Scheduling All 16:25 SG extension – request WG chair to forward to EC 16:30 DT Presentation (2766r0 – Michael Livshitz, Metalink) 20 16:50 Presentation ( -- Graham Smith, DSP group) 40 17:30 Presentation ( -- Denis, LG Electronics) 17:50 Joint meeting with 802.1avb goals 18:00 Recess until Wednesday PM2 (16:00)  0 10:00 Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

802.1avb-802.11VTS SG Joint Meeting Agenda Wednesday PM2 (16:00-18:00) November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 November 2007 802.1avb-802.11VTS SG Joint Meeting Agenda Wednesday PM2 (16:00-18:00) * Meeting Call To Order - Chair 1 16:00   Meeting Goals All 5 16:05 Approve Agenda 16:10 DT Review of VTS SG PAR/5C document 07/1972r10 30 16:40 Discussion on “Modified ARQ/FEC” document 07/2714r1 50 17:30 Straw poll on “Modified ARQ/FEC” proposal 10 17:40 M Amend (if needed) and Vote of PAR/5C document 17:50 Agenda for March 2008 joint meeting 18:00 Adjourn till March 2008 meeting 00 Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Minutes review Waikoloa Minutes 07/2581r0 November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 November 2007 Minutes review Waikoloa Minutes 07/2581r0 Teleconference Minutes 07/2641r1 Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 November 2007 Motion-1 Move to approve VTS SG Waikoloa meeting minutes (document 07-2581r0). Moved: Second: Vote: Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 November 2007 Motion-2 Move to approve VTS SG October-Novemeber teleconference meeting minutes (document 07-2641r1). Moved: Second: Vote: Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

September 2007 Motion-3 Move to request the WG to authorize VTS SG teleconferences scheduled as follows: Weekly on Mondays starting from 2007-12-03 starting at 11:00 AM EST (60 minutes long) till two weeks after the March 2008 IEEE 802.11 meeting. Moved: Seconded: Vote: Ganesh Venkatesan (Intel Corporation)

September 2007 Motion-4 Move to approve PAR/5C as specified in document 07-1972/r10 and forward it to the 802.11 WG for approval. Moved: Seconded: Vote: Ganesh Venkatesan (Intel Corporation)

November 2007 Motion-5 Move to request the IEEE 802.11 Working Group to approve extension of the VTS Study Group through the May 2008 meeting and WG Chair to forward the request to the Executive Committee for Approval. Moved: Seconded: Vote: Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation

September 2007 Straw Poll The Scope statement of VTS SG PAR (section 5.2 of the PAR/5C Submission) includes “Modified FCS/ARQ behaviour allowing the delivery of frames with configurable retransmission policies, and in certain well defined instances, appropriately tagged frames with payload bit errors”: Option-1: leave the statement as is, in the scope Option-2: remove the statement from the scope Option-3: have the SG study this feature in detail and bring a complete solution to the March 2008 meeting. Ganesh Venkatesan (Intel Corporation)

Motion-template Move to Moved: Seconded: Vote: November 2007 Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation

March 2008 Joint Meeting Agenda November 2007 March 2008 Joint Meeting Agenda Goal -- Identify and emphasize some of the topics that might be controversial, which can possibly be resolved easily. AVB overview – Michael Johas Teener [15] Defended network The 3 standards Higher-level streaming protocols (IEEE 1722, RTP+) Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation

March 2008 Joint Meeting Agenda (contd) November 2007 March 2008 Joint Meeting Agenda (contd) Applying 802.1 AVB Standards to 802.11 15 minutes: 802.1AS time synch with 802.11v and higher-level – (Kevin Stanton) 15 minutes: 802.1Qat reservations – mapping to 802.11e TSPEC (Myron Hattig) 15 minutes: 802.1Qav traffic shaping over 802.11 – proposed requirements (???) Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation