TGax September 2017 Ad Hoc Meeting Agenda (Non-PHY ad hoc) Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 August 2017 TGax September 2017 Ad Hoc Meeting Agenda (Non-PHY ad hoc) Date: 2017-08-15 Authors: Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies John Doe, Some Company

IEEE 802.11 TGax: High Efficiency WLAN Task Group Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 August 2017 IEEE 802.11 TGax: High Efficiency WLAN Task Group Santa Clara, California September 06-08, 2017 Chair: Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies) Vice Chair: Simone Merlin (Qualcomm) Vice Chair: Ron Porat (Broadcom) Secretary: Yasuhiko Inoue (NTT) Technical Editor: Robert Stacey (Intel) Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies John Doe, Some Company

August 2017 Host Information Thanks to Hongyuan and Marvell for hosting this meeting. Host announcements, if any. Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 August 2017 Meeting Protocol Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies John Doe, Some Company

Patent Policy Following 5 slides August 2017 Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

Instructions for the WG Chair August 2017 Instructions for the WG Chair The IEEE-SA strongly recommends that at each WG meeting the chair or a designee: Show slides #1 through #4 of this presentation Advise the WG attendees that: The IEEE’s patent policy is described in Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws; Early identification of patent claims which January be essential for the use of standards under development is strongly encouraged; There January be Essential Patent Claims of which the IEEE is not aware. Additionally, neither the IEEE, the WG, nor the WG chair can ensure the accuracy or completeness of any assurance or whether any such assurance is, in fact, of a Patent Claim that is essential for the use of the standard under development. Instruct the WG Secretary to record in the minutes of the relevant WG meeting: That the foregoing information was provided and that slides 1 through 4 (and this slide 0, if applicable) were shown; That the chair or designee provided an opportunity for participants to identify patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) of which the participant is personally aware and that January be essential for the use of that standard 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. The WG Chair shall ensure that a request is made to any identified holders of potential essential patent claim(s) to complete and submit a Letter of Assurance. It is recommended that the WG chair review the guidance in IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual 6.3.5 and in FAQs 14 and 15 on inclusion of potential Essential Patent Claims by incorporation or by reference. Note: WG includes Working Groups, Task Groups, and other standards-developing committees with a PAR approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board. Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform August 2017 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from 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 “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) 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 Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

August 2017 Patent Related Links All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development. Patent Policy is stated in these sources: IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/materials.html If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org or visit http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/index.html This slide set is available at https://development.standards.ieee.org/myproject/Public/mytools/mob/slideset.ppt Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

Call for Potentially Essential Patents August 2017 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 Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings August 2017 Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches January be discussed in standards development meetings. Technical considerations remain primary focus Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object. --------------------------------------------------------------- See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause 5.3.10 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details. Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings August 2017 Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings All participation in IEEE 802 Working Group meetings 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.pdfsection 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”. (subclause 4.2.1 “Establishment”, of the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures) Participants have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. A Participant’s obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders. Participants 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 the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures, subclause 3.4.1 “Chair”, 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. (Latest revision of IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures: http://www.ieee802.org/devdocs.shtml and Participation slide: https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/16/ec- 16-0180-03-00EC-ieee-802-participation-slide.ppt Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

General Flow of the Meeting Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.11-yy/xxxxr0 August 2017 General Flow of the Meeting Wednesday (10:00 am – 6:00 pm) Comment Resolution Recess Thursday (9:00 am – 6:00 pm) Friday (9:00 am – 5:00 pm) Adjourn Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies John Doe, Some Company

Agenda for Wednesday September 06, 2017 August 2017 Agenda for Wednesday September 06, 2017 Call meeting to order Patent policy, etc. Announcements Call for submissions Set agenda Presentations and Comment Resolution Recess Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

Detailed Agenda 10:00 – 12:00 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch August 2017 Detailed Agenda 10:00 – 12:00 Call Meeting to order IEEE IPR Policy and procedure Announcements Submissions Comment Resolution 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch 1:00 – 3:00 Comment Resolution 3:00 – 3:15 Break 3:15 – 6:00 Comment Resolution Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

Submissions See embedded spreadsheet August 2017 Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

August 2017 11-17/1275 (Abhishek) DO you agree to resolutions to CIDs; 3011, 6079, 7482, 8534, 5914, 6290, 7742, 8344, 8652, 7743, 7744, 9629, 9823, 7483, 9776, 7671, 8656, 7524, 6083, 5825, 6061, 9259, 8339, 9632, 7747, 8023, 9634, 9758, 7746, 9347, 9830, 9474, 5380, 3017 7954, 9639, 7265, 8379, 9506, 7751, 5707 In doc 11-17/1275r4. No objection Zhou has a point on the setting of AID, an issue that needs to be considered by the TG. Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

August 2017 11-17/1278 (Abhishek) Do you agree to the resolution to CID 9846 in doc 11- 17/1278r1 No objection Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

August 2017 11-17/1276 (Abhishek) Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs; 8172, 5023, 3073 (Zhou), 10016, 7651, 6154, 7181, 3236, 6000 (Kiseon), 8389, 7409, 7425, 6139, 5860, 6711, 6712 (Sean), 6008, 5676, 7419, 9956, 6038, 6108, 7204 (Jeongki), 9578, 5740, 5738, 5507 (Jarkko), 5508, 9740, 4787, 6039, 8288, 9741, 9957, 6043, 9742, 10295, 4788, 7422, 6182, 7043, 5401 (Kaiying and Yongho) In doc 11-17/1276r1 No objection on CIDs written in black Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

August 2017 11-17/1010 Do you agree to resolutions of CIDs; 3041, 3129, 6469, 6470, 8204, 3043, 3045, 5341, 4644, 5069, 5340, 5770, 5771, 5952, 5950, 3044, 5951, 7563, 5845, 8205, 5846, 6471, 6473, 7777, 8203, 8206, 9112 (27 CIDs) In doc 11-17/1010r2 No objection to resolutions. Some Editorial changes are pending. Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

August 2017 11-17/1009 Do you accept resolutions to CIDs; CIDs: 5068, 6048 ,6804 ,6805 ,6807, 6814 ,6815 ,5230 ,6816 ,8243 ,8421 ,8422 ,8244 ,8245 ,8289 ,8622 ,9593, 5952 (18 CIDs) In Doc 11-17/1009r1 No objection, Editorials are pending. Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

August 2017 11-17/1264 (Alfred) Revisited to show changes made since last presentation. Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs; 3012, 3013, 3014, 3117, 3164, 3168, 3170, 3172, 3173, 4988, 5012, 5129, 5132, 5158, 5319, 5757, 5826, 5915, 5955, 5956, 6081, 6151, 6309, 6323, 6325, 6326, 6327, 7261, 7263, 7485,7486, 7488, 7748, 7749, 7750, 7913, 7956, 7958, 8112, 8189, 8253, 8254, 8650, 8653, 8654, 86559102, 9264, 9350, 9470, 9473, 9631, 9635, 9638, 9640, 9641, 9644, 9822, 9824, 9825, 9829, 9832, 9833, 9990, 9991, 9992, 9994, 10002, 10238 In doc 11-17/1264rx Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

August 2017 11-17/1263 (Alfred) Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs 4773, 5552, 5553, 5554, 5555, 5556 7382, 7774, 7870, 8355, 9664, 9665 in doc 11-17/1263r2? 3178 ad 4927 are not in the list No objection   Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

August 2017 11-17/1262 (Alfred) Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs 3303, 3304, 3305, 3306, 5193, 5194, 5195, 5367, 5368, 5812, 6010, 6011, 6012, 6104, 6732, 6733, 7111, 7637, 7638, 7639, 7640, 7641, 7818, 7819, 8222, 8503, 8504, 8588, 8709, 8710, 8711, 8712, 8713, 8716, 9224, 9225, 9300, 9301, 9302, 9304, 9305, 9536, 9720, 9923, 9924, 9925, 9926, 9927, 9928, 9929, 10151, 10152, 10153, 10156, 10160, 8066 In doc 11-16/1262r1? 7641, 8503, 8504, 9720 – add a condition according to Liwen’s comment. No objection to resolutions to CIDs in black. Robert’s comments on 20 MHz only STA handling 80 MHz NDP Will come back to this document later. Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

August 2017 11-17/1060 (Jeonkgi) Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs 6053 ad 6042 in doc 11-17/1060r3? Wait for Chhitto Raja concern about the value of the No RA RU using the reserved bit. Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

August 2017 11-17/1351 (Jeongki) Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs; 6040, 7420, 7421, 7601 in doc 11-17/1351r2? No objection Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

Agenda for Thursday September 07, 2017 August 2017 Agenda for Thursday September 07, 2017 Call the meeting to order IPR Policy and procedure reminder Comment Resolution Recess Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

Agenda for Friday September 08, 2017 August 2017 Agenda for Friday September 08, 2017 Call the meeting to order IPR Policy and procedure reminder Comment Resolution Adjourn Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies