July 2017 802.11 Session Chair’s Supplementary Material Sept 2016 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 July 2017 July 2017 802.11 Session Chair’s Supplementary Material Date: 2017-07-13 Authors: Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

July 2017 Introduction This report provides supplementary material related to attending the July 2017 802.11 WG plenary meetings. Refer to the agenda: 11-17/0847r<latest> Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

July 2017 Wednesday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents Sept 2016 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 July 2017 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

W 2.2 - Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings November 2016 doc.: ec-16-0149-00-00EC July 2017 W 2.2 - Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings All participation in in any IEEE 802 meeting (Sponsor, Sponsor subgroup, Working Group, Working Group subgroup, etc.) 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.pdf section 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”. (http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 4.2.1) You have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. Your obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders. You 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 http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 3.4.1, 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. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder July 2017 W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder Leaders of 802.11 Task Groups, Study Groups, Topic Interest 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

July 2017 friday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents Sept 2016 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 July 2017 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

F 2.2 - Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings November 2016 doc.: ec-16-0149-00-00EC July 2017 F 2.2 - Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings All participation in in any IEEE 802 meeting (Sponsor, Sponsor subgroup, Working Group, Working Group subgroup, etc.) 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.pdf section 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”. (http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 4.2.1) You have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. Your obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders. You 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 http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 3.4.1, 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. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

F2.4 Administrative Reminders July 2017 F2.4 Administrative Reminders Next Full WG Session starts: 2017-09-10 1st CAC telecon – 2017-08-07 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 – Thu 2017-08-31 at noon ET (~ -1 week) Avoids 2017-09-04, which is a public holiday in the USA Snapshots to be send to Dorothy Stanley before this telecon. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

M3.10 802 EC and IEEE-SA Standards Board decisions July 2017 M3.10 802 EC and IEEE-SA Standards Board decisions The EC Approved (6 June telecon) 802.11 and 802.11ai comment responses to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 802.11aj D5.0 and 802.11ak D4.0 for information to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 802.11 & 802.11ai press release (http://standards.ieee.org/news/2017/ieee_802.11.html ) Update to IEEE SA standards board on TGax ec-17-0086-01 While the WG chair moved this in the EC, the source of this document is the IEEE 802 chair. The WG officers contributed to it. Note, it was determined that no EC approval was necessary to liaise the PDED liaison to ETSI BRAN (11-17/634r5), so this was sent on the 7th June without EC approval. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.5 Letters of Assurance Database is here July 2017 F2.5 Letters of Assurance Database is here Open LoA requests (i.e., those that the WG chair is pursuing) None Detailed status is here: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-1489-07-0000-register-of-loa-requests.docx Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.6 Availability of documents – as of June 30 November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 Sept 2016 July 2017 F2.6 Availability of documents – as of June 30 Publication Published in TechStreet Draft in Members Area Get 802? Published by ISO? IEEE Std 802.11-2012 $646 print No Yes IEEE Std 802.11-2016 $1049 print In Process IEEE Std 802.11ai-2016 $176 print IEEE Std 802.11ah-2016 $322 pdf IEEE P802.11aj D6.0 $262 pdf D6.0 IEEE P802.11ak D4.0 $142 pdf D4.0 IEEE P802.11aq D9.0 $92 pdf D9.0 IEEE Std 802.11af-2013 $201 print 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 ** = request pending Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

F2.7 802.11 drafts to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 Sept 2016 July 2017 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 Drafts are liaised subject to EC approval The following were liaised for information to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6: P802.11aj D5.0 P802.11ak D4.0 P802.11ah liaison for adoption started by IEEE-SA staff on 11 May. The response to comments received during the 802.11-2016 and 802.11ai-2016 60-day ballots was liaised to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 802.11-2016 - 11-17/0629r01 802.11ai-2016 - 11-17/0612r01 Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Andrew Myles, Cisco

F7.1 802 Wireless Chairs meeting July 2017 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 – Plenary July 2017 F7.2 Next Meeting – Plenary 2017-09-10 to 2017-09-15 at Hilton Waikoloa Village Hotel, Kona, HI, USA Hotel reservations are open Meeting registration is open For information and registration links, see http://www.ieee802.org/11/Meetings/Meeting_Plan.html Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation