November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 July2008 802.11aa – Robust Audio Video Transport Streaming Jacksonville Opening Report Date: 2008-07-14 Authors: Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 July2008 Abstract This submission summarizes 802.11aa goals and agenda for the IEEE 802.11 Denver (July 2008) meeting. Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Opening Report July2008 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 July2008 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 Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

802.11aa – July 2008 July2008 Call Meeting to Order November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 July2008 802.11aa – July 2008 Call Meeting to Order Policies and Procedures, Attendance reminder: http://newton.events.ieee.org/ **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

802.11aa Goal(s) for the Jacksonville Meeting November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 802.11aa Goal(s) for the Jacksonville Meeting July2008 Approvals Approval of Jacksonville Meeting minutes (08/702r1) Teleconference schedule Joint Meeting with 802.1AVB Listen to Technical Proposals (10, so far) Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Agenda Tuesday AM2 (1030-1230) Meeting Call To Order November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 July2008 Agenda Tuesday AM2 (1030-1230) Meeting Call To Order Review IEEE/802 & 802.11 Policies and Rules Call for knowledge of Essential Patents Approve agenda or Modify and approve modified agenda General Agenda for the week – Review/Discussion Review and Approve All Minutes Announcements TGaa Secretary Joint meeting with 802.1AVB Call for Presentations Recess until Tuesday PM1 (1330) Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Agenda Tuesday PM1 (1330-1530) Meeting Call To Order November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 July2008 Agenda Tuesday PM1 (1330-1530) Meeting Call To Order Call for knowledge of Essential Patents Approve agenda or Modify and approve modified agenda Technical Presentation(s) Recess till Wednesday AM1 (0800 – 1000) Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Agenda Wednesday AM1 (0800-1000) November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 July2008 Agenda Wednesday AM1 (0800-1000) Meeting Call To Order Call for knowledge of Essential Patents Approve agenda or Modify and approve modified agenda Technical Presentation(s) Recess till Thursday AM2 (1030 – 1230) – Joint Meeting with 802.1AVB Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Agenda Thursday AM2 (1030-1230) Meeting Call To Order November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 July2008 Agenda Thursday AM2 (1030-1230) Meeting Call To Order Call for knowledge of Essential Patents Approve agenda or Modify and approve modified agenda 802.11aa Status Update 802.1Qat/802.11e “Reservations” Recess till Thursday PM2 (1600 – 1800) Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Agenda Thursday PM2 (1600-1800) Meeting Call To Order November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 July2008 Agenda Thursday PM2 (1600-1800) Meeting Call To Order Call for knowledge of Essential Patents Approve agenda or Modify and approve modified agenda Technical Presentations Closing Report Review Adjourn till September 2008 (Waikoloa Meeting) Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Minutes review Jacksonville Minutes 08/0702r1 July2008 November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 July2008 Minutes review Jacksonville Minutes 08/0702r1 Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Technical Presentations July2008 Technical Presentations 802.11 Packets and MPEG Frames Background (08/717r1) Using Packet Drop Precedence for Graceful Degradation (08/764r0) OBSS Requirements (08/765r0) Group Block Acknowledgements for Multicast Traffic (08/766r0) VTS Frame Structure (08/802r0) Multicast/Broadcast Communication with Acknowledgement (08/803r0) Block ACK Enhancements for Multicast Transmissions (08/809r1) EDCA Enhancements to Improve Link Reliability for Multicast Streams (08/810r0) More Reliable Broadcast/Multicast (08/816r0) Managed Contention Access – A Technique to Improve Video Streaming Performance (08/818r1) Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation

November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 July2008 Motion-1 Move to approve TGaa Orlando meeting minutes (document 08/0435r0). Moved: Second: Vote: Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

November 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 July2008 Motion-2 Move to approve the following schedule for TGaa Teleconferences <<Mondays 1100-1200 Hrs ET>> Moved: Second: Vote: Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Announcements - Call for Presentations July2008 Announcements - Call for Presentations Graceful degradation of audio video streams when there is insufficient channel capacity, by enabling packet discarding without any requirement for deep packet inspection, Increased robustness in overlapping BSS environments, without the requirement for a centralised management entity, Intra-Access Category prioritization of transport streams by modifying EDCA timing and parameter selection without any requirement for deep packet inspection, Improved link reliability and low jitter characteristics for multicast/broadcast audio video streams, Interworking with relevant 802.1AVB mechanisms (802.1Qat, 802.1Qav, 802.1AS) Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation