Report and Minutes of TGm January 2007 May 2006 doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/0664r0 January 2007 Report and Minutes of TGm January 2007 DATE: 2007-01-15 Author(s) Name Company Address Phone email Bob O’Hara Cisco Systems 3625 Cisco Way, San Jose, CA 95134 +1 408 853 5513 bob.ohara@cisco.com Notice: This document has been prepared to assist IEEE 802.11. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor grants a free, irrevocable license to the IEEE to incorporate material contained in this contribution, and any modifications thereof, in the creation of an IEEE Standards publication; to copyright in the IEEE’s name any IEEE Standards publication even though it may include portions of this contribution; and at the IEEE’s sole discretion to permit others to reproduce in whole or in part the resulting IEEE Standards publication. The contributor also acknowledges and accepts that this contribution may be made public by IEEE 802.11. Patent Policy and Procedures: The contributor is familiar with the IEEE 802 Patent Policy and Procedures <http:// ieee802.org/guides/bylaws/sb-bylaws.pdf>, including the statement "IEEE standards may include the known use of patent(s), including patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard." Early disclosure to the Working Group of patent information that might be relevant to the standard is essential to reduce the possibility for delays in the development process and increase the likelihood that the draft publication will be approved for publication. Please notify the Chair <stuartk@ok-brit.com> as early as possible, in written or electronic form, if patented technology (or technology under patent application) might be incorporated into a draft standard being developed within the IEEE 802.11 Working Group. If you have questions, contact the IEEE Patent Committee Administrator at < patcom@ieee.org> Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

May 2006 doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/0664r0 January 2007 Abstract Report and minutes of the meeting of TGm at the January 2007 session. Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

May 2006 doc.: IEEE 802.11-06/0664r0 Goals for January 2007 January 2007 Prepare response to interpretation requests received Propose new PAR for 802.11 maintenance Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Submissions January 2007 Submissions Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Proposed Agenda Consent agenda: Review IEEE Patent Policy January 2007 Consent agenda: Approve minutes and report from November 2006 meeting (document 06/1752r0) Review IEEE Patent Policy Review interpretation request procedure Old business New business Prepare response to interpretation requests Prepare PAR for 802.11 maintenance Adjourn Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Motion #1 to adopt Agenda January 2007 Moved: to adopt the agenda Mover: Inoue, Rayment Passes: 2-0-0 Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards January 2007 IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Question to the members January 2007 Chair: Are there any patents or patent applications of which the members are aware, for which the Working group chair needs to be notified? Response: No responses were received to the question. Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Interpretation Procedure January 2007 http://standards.ieee.org/reading/ieee/interp/ Send email to Rona Gertz (r.gertz@ieee.org) IEEE forwards requests to the WG WG responds Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Interpretation Request #1 January 2007 Section 17.3.10.1 contains the following sentence: "The packet error rate (PER) shall be less than 10% at a PSDU length of 1000 octets for rate-dependent input levels shall be the numbers listed in Table 145 or less." This sentence is grammatically incorrect, and more importantly cannot be interpreted to make a correct implementation. Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Interpretation Response #1 January 2007 The standard is ambiguous in the area identified by the requester. This item will be forwarded to the 802.11 Working Group for consideration in a future revision of the standard. Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Motion #2 January 2007 Moved: to accept document 07/0095r0 as the response to the interpretation request #1. Moved: Calhoun, Inoue Passes: 2-1-1 Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Proposal for PAR Review document 07/0070r0 January 2007 Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Motion #3 January 2007 Moved: to forward document 07/0070r0 to the 802.11 working group, for their approval and further forwarding to the 802 Executive Committee, to be placed on the ExCom March 2007 agenda. Moved: Engwer, Calhoun Passes: 4-0-0 Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Presentation on Loss of Letter Identifiers January 2007 Darwin Engwer presented a draft of some material he plans to send to the 802.11 reflector regarding the disposition of the amendments incorporated into 802.11-2007. Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Output Documents 07/0094r0: This report January 2007 07/0094r0: This report 07/0095r0: Interpretation Response #1 (January 2007) 07/0070r0: Proposed PAR for 802.11 maintenance Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Goals for March None, TG will be dissolved January 2007 Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems

Adjourn Meeting adjourned at 17:07 on Monday, 15 January 2006. Bob O'Hara, Cisco Systems