March 2012 TGac Ad Hoc Meeting Agenda doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 March 2012 March 2012 TGac Ad Hoc Meeting Agenda Date: 2012-03-07 Authors: Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

IEEE 802.11ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group March 2012 IEEE 802.11ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group San Jose, CA March 7-9, 2012 Chair: Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies) Vice Chair: Menzo Wentink (Qualcomm) Vice Chair: Joonsuk Kim (Broadcom) Technical Editor: Robert Stacey (Apple) Secretary: David Yang (Huawei Technologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

March 2012 Meeting Protocol Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot Slide 3 Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

Patent Policy Following 5 slides March 2012 March 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 March 2012 Patent Policy Following 5 slides Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Instructions for the WG Chair March 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 March 2012 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 consistent with the ANSI patent policy and is described in Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws; Early identification of patent claims which may be essential for the use of standards under development is strongly encouraged; There may 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 may 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 12 and 12a 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. (Optional to be shown) Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform March 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 March 2012 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants: “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 “Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such 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 Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2 Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged No duty to perform a patent search Slide #1 Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Patent Related Links Patent Policy is stated in these sources: March 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 March 2012 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/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org or visit http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html This slide set is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt Slide #2 Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Call for Potentially Essential Patents March 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 March 2012 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 Slide #3 Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings March 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 March 2012 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 may 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. Slide #4 Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Agenda for Wednesday, March 7th , 09:00 – 17:00 TG meeting call to order Patent policy, etc Host Information Editor Report Call for submissions Set agenda Comment Resolution Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

Host Information Thanks to Cisco for hosting the TGac ad hoc meeting March 2012 Host Information Thanks to Cisco for hosting the TGac ad hoc meeting Special thanks to Brian Hart, Reza Hedayat, and Peter E for arranging hotels and facilities. Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

General Flow of the Meeting March 2012 General Flow of the Meeting Wednesday Administrivia Editor Report Resolution of Comments Thursday Friday Adjourn Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

Editor Report Robert Stacey March 2012 Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

All Straw Polls will be converted to Motions during the March 2012 Telecon Minutes To be added All Straw Polls will be converted to Motions during the IEEE 802.11 Meeting next week Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

March 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 March 2012 Submissions 11-12/0266rx, “LB187 Clause 1 to 3 proposed resolutions”, Adrian Stephens 11-12/0232rx, “LB187 Clause 6 Comment Resolutions”, Adrian Stephens. 11-12/0234, “Resolutions for general frame format CIDs (11ac/D2.0)” Mark Rison 11-12/0238, “Resolutions for highest supported rate CIDs (11ac/D2.0)”, Mark Rison 11-12/0240, “HT IE subfield applicability to VHT”, Mark Rison. 11-12/0245, “LB187 Clause 10 Comment Resolutions”, Adrian Stephens. 11-12/0250, “clause 22.3.10 cids”, Eldad Perahia 11-12/0251, “clause 22.3.20 cids”, Eldad Perahia 11-12/0287, “Clause 4.3.10a Comment Resolution”, Osama Aboul-Magd 11-12/0291, “LB187 Clause 22.1, 22.2.3, 22.2.4, 22.4.3 Comment Resolutions », Youhan Kim 10-12/0293, Cropping VHT Basic/Supported MCS Sets from Below, Brian Hart 10-12/0295, Cropping VHT Basic/Supported MCS Sets from Below, Brian Hart 10-12/0297, TPC, Operating Classes, and Channel Switching, Brian Hart 11-12/300, Proposed Resolutions to Comments on Clauses 9.15 and 9.16, Allert Van Zelst 11-12/301, Resolutions to Comments on Clause 22.5, Allert Van Zelst Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Submissions (Contd) March 2012 11-12/0303r0, “clause-9.7 proposed resolutions part 1”, Liwen Chu 11-12/0304r0, “comment 4691 resolution”, Liwen Chu 11-12/0311r0, “LB187 CID 4574 Comment Resolutions”, Youhan Kim 11-12/0313, “Resolution to CID 5310”, Vish Ponnampalam 11-12/0318, “LB187 CID 4147, 4686, 4267, 4268 Comment Resolutions », Youhan Kim. 11-12/0319r0, D20 Link Adaptation Comment Resolution, Hongyuan Zhang 11-12/0320r0, “Comment resolution clause 9.17a”, Simone Merlin Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

March 2012 11-12/0226r5 No objection was noted for the resolutions of the CIDs, 4987, 4265, 5043, 5044, 4003, 4474, 4779, 5047, 5048, 5049, 5050 4687 5397, 4006, 4970, 4971, 4972, 4504, 4505, 4506, 5271, 4974, 5333, 5374, 5051, 4582, 4974, 5052, 4917, 4880, 5399, 5054, 5400, 5357, 4507, and 4508. Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

March 2012 11-12/0287r1 No objection was noted for the resolutions of the CIDs, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4270, 4511, 4638, 4678, 4782, 4924, 4925, 4931, 4932, 4975, 5026, 5055, 5334, and 5401. Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

Agenda for Thursday, March 8th, 9:00 – 17:00 Comment Resolution 9:00 – 10:45 Comment Resolution 10:45 – 11:00 Break 11:00 - 12:30 Comment Resolution 12:30 – 1:15 Lunch 1:15 – 3:00 Comment Resolution 3:00 – 3:15 Break 3:15 – 5:00 Comment Resolution Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

Agenda for Friday, March 9th, 9:00 – 17:00 Comment Resolution Editor Report Adjourn Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)