Sept 2015 802.11 Session Supplementary Material May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0051r2 September 2015 Sept 2015 802.11 Session Supplementary Material Date: 2015-09-14 Authors: Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

September 2015 Introduction This report provides supplementary material related to attending the September 2015 802.11 plenary meetings. Refer to the agenda: 11-15/984r<latest> Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

September 2015 Wednesday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W 2.2 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform September 2015 W 2.2 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants (IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2) “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 [Author’s emphasis] “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of 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) [Author’s emphasis] 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 Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged No duty to perform a patent search Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0051r2 September 2015 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

W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder September 2015 W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder Leaders of 802.11 Task Groups, Study 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

W5.3 – Review of Secretary’s Guidelines September 2015 W5.3 – Review of Secretary’s Guidelines The 802.11 operating manual contains guidelines for WG and TG secretaries. 10. Guidelines for 802.11 Secretaries Please prepare the minutes taking into account the following: Use the template for documents. Make sure the Chair of the group can deliver the minutes to the 802.11 WG chair within 30-days after closure of the session. Use the following in the left side footer: “Minutes”. Make the style of motions such that they are easily identifiable. Number the motions. Make a hierarchy of motions by indentation. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W5.3 – Review of Secretary’s Guidelines (continued) September 2015 W5.3 – Review of Secretary’s Guidelines (continued) Appendix B: Guidelines for Secretaries Minutes should be short—don’t include every detail in your meetings. After all, they’re called minutes, not hours. What should be in minutes? Name of Group Date and location of meeting Officer presiding, including the name of the secretary who wrote the minutes Attendance – [snip] Call to order, chair’s remarks. Approval of minutes of previous meetings. Approval of agenda Review of Policies and Procedures of IEEE Technical Topics Brief summary of discussion, pros and cons, and conclusions Motions and actions items with name and due date Copies [references to] of handouts/presentations Do not include names, except for movers and seconders of motions unless a roll-call vote is ordered. Subcommittee reports Next meeting—date and location Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W5.3 – How to record discussion September 2015 W5.3 – How to record discussion Recording discussion/debate is an option for the secretary, which members often find helpful, but there is a balance of detail to be struck Don’t attempt to record a transcript of discussion Record the big points, straw polls, and any agreed outcome (e.g. actions) Don’t attribute anything to individuals, except: The author of a straw poll Who owns an action (e.g., assignment of a comment to resolve) For an example see: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-0993-01-000m-revmc-brc-minutes-for-f2f-aug-cambridge.docx Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

September 2015 friday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents May 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0051r2 September 2015 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

F2.4 Administrative Reminders September 2015 F2.4 Administrative Reminders Next Full WG Session: November 8-13 1st CAC telecon – Oct 5th 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 – Nov 2nd at noon ET (-1 week) Snapshots to be send to Dorothy Stanley before this telecon. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.5 Letters of Assurance Database is here September 2015 F2.5 Letters of Assurance Database is here 4 new “holder” notifications related to P802.11ai: NTT, Blackberry, HP, Microsoft 5 requests for LoA pending**: Broadcom (802.11ai), Texas A&M University System (802.11n, .11ac, .11ad) NTT (802.11ai) Blackberry (802.11ai) HP (802.11ai) Microsoft (802.11ai) Was pending in last session (LoA now accepted): Qualcomm (802.11ah) (See 11-15/1026r0) Intel Corporation (REVmc) Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation ** i.e., No related LoA has been accepted by IEEE-SA

F2.6 Availability of documents- Aug 2015 November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-14/0203r2 March 2014 September 2015 F2.6 Availability of documents- Aug 2015 Publication Draft in TechStreet Draft in Members Area Published in Get 802? Published by ISO? IEEE P802.11REVmc D4.0 $600 pdf D4.2 IEEE P802.11ai D6.0 $165 pdf D6.0 IEEE P802.11ah D5.0 $302 pdf D5.0 IEEE P802.11ak D1.1 IEEE Std 802.11af-2013 $201 print Yes 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 IEEE Std 802.11-2012 $556 print IEEE Std 802.11<x>: b, k, i, n, p, y, r, w, u, v, z, s $100 - $309 ** = request pending Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

F2.7 802.11 drafts to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-14/0203r2 March 2014 September 2015 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 Resolution of comments received from JTC1/SC6 were liaised to JTC1/SC6 at the last session (802.11-15/0958r0). No comments outstanding Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Andrew Myles, Cisco

F7.1 802 Wireless Chairs meeting September 2015 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 – LMSC Plenary September 2015 F7.2 Next Meeting – LMSC Plenary 2015-11-08 to 2015-11-13 at Hyatt Regency, Dallas, TX, USA IEEE LMSC (802) Plenary Meeting Registration and Hotel Registration are open For information and registration links, see http://www.ieee802.org/11/Meetings/Meeting_Plan.html Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation