TGac May 2013 Agenda Date: 2013-04-09 Authors: May 2013 May 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 May 2013 TGac May 2013 Agenda Date: 2013-04-09 Authors: Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

IEEE 802.11ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group May 2013 IEEE 802.11ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group Big Island, Hawaii May 12-17, 2013 Chair: Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies) Vice Chair: Menzo Wentink (Qualcomm) Vice Chair: Joonsuk Kim (Apple) Technical Editor: Robert Stacey (Intel) Secretary: David Yang (Huawei Technologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

May 2013 Meeting Protocol Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot Slide 3 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Register Indicate attendance Attendance May 2013 Attendance https://murphy.events.ieee.org/imat/attendance/index Register Indicate attendance See document 11-09-0517r0 for more details Slide 4 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Attendance, Voting & Document Status May 2013 Attendance, Voting & Document Status Make sure your badges are correct If you plan to make a submission be sure it does not contain company logos or advertising Questions on Voting status, Ballot pool, Access to Reflector, Documentation, member’s area see Adrian Stephens – adrian.p.stephens@intel.com Cell Phones Silent or Off Slide 5 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Patent Policy Following 5 slides May 2013 May 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 May 2013 Patent Policy Following 5 slides Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Instructions for the WG Chair May 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 May 2013 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 (Huawei Technologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform May 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 May 2013 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 (Huawei Technologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Patent Related Links Patent Policy is stated in these sources: May 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 May 2013 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 (Huawei Technologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Call for Potentially Essential Patents May 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 May 2013 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 (Huawei Technologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings May 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 May 2013 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 (Huawei Technologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Agenda Items for the Week May 2013 Agenda Items for the Week Approve minutes from March meeting. Approve Telecon minutes. Start resolutions of comments received on the first sponsor ballot. Schedule Telecon times and ad hoc meeting. Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

General Flow of the Meeting May 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 May 2013 General Flow of the Meeting Monday May 13th, 10:30 – 12:30 IEEE IPR and Patent Policy. Review from March meeting TG Motions Comment Resolution Monday May 13th, 19:30 – 21:30 TGac Meeting Tuesday May 14th 19:30 – 21:30 IEEE IPR and Patent Policy Wednesday May 15th, 08:00 – 10:00 TGac Meeting IEEE IPR and Patent Policy TG Motions Comment Resolution Wednesday May 15th, 01:30 – 03:30 TG Meeting Goals for July 2013 Ad Hoc meeting and Conference calls Adjourn Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Agenda for Monday May 13th, 10:30 – 12:30 TG Meeting Patent policy, etc. Call for submissions Set agenda and Ad Hoc groups schedule. Status Report. TG motions Approve minutes from the March meeting and Telecon (May 9, 2013) Editor Report Comment Resolution Recess Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

TGac Schedule in a Glance May 2013 TGac Schedule in a Glance Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday AM1 TGac AM2 PM1 PM2 Evening Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

May 2013 Submissions 11-13/0528, “TGac SB01 Comment Resolution – Osama1”, Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies. Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Summary from March Meeting May 2013 Summary from March Meeting Approved resolutions to comments received on draft D5.0 (LB 191). Comment spreadsheet is available at: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0199-03-00ac-lb191-comments-tgac-d5-0.xls A motion passed to start a 15-day recirculation ballot on draft D5.0. Ballot closed on April 4th. IEEE 802 EC voted to grant TGac a conditional approval for sponsor ballot Sponsor ballot ended on May 5th. Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

May 2013 SB 01 Results Ballot Opening Date: Friday April 05, 2013 - 23:59 ET Ballot Closing Date: Sunday May 05, 2013 - 23:59 ET RESULTS: 211 eligible people are in this ballot group. 155 affirmative votes 11 negative votes with comments 0 negative votes without comments 11 abstention votes ======= 177 votes received = 83.9 % valid returns = 6.2% valid abstentions This ballot has met the 75% returned ballot ratio requirement APPROVAL RATE: 155 affirmative votes = 93.4 % affirmative 11 total negative votes = 6.6 % negative The motion PASSES. There were 364 comments received Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

May 2013 Approval of Minutes (March 2013 Meeting Minutes) and Telecon (May 09 2013) Move to approve https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0390-01-00ac-tgac-meeting-minutes-orlando-mar-2013.doc https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0502-00-00ac-tgac-teleconference-minutes-20130509.doc Move: Joonsuk Kim Second: David Accepted with no objection Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

May 2013 Comment Resolution #57 Move to accept resolutions to CIDs 10142, 10183, 10244, 10245, 10246, 10247, 10248, 10311 in doc 11-13/0528r1. Move: David Second: Menzo Accepted with no objection. Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Comment Resolution Motion #58 May 2013 Comment Resolution Motion #58 Move to accept resolutions to CIDs 10058 and 10141 in document 11-13/0485r2. Move: Dan Harkins Second: Menzo Wentink Accepted with no objection. Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Agenda for Monday May 13th, 19:30 – 21:30 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 May 2013 Agenda for Monday May 13th, 19:30 – 21:30 Task Group Meetings IEEE IPR and Patent Policy TG Motions Comments Resolutions Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Agenda for Tuesday, May 14th, 19:30 – 21:30 Task Group Meetings IEEE IPR and Patent Policy TG Motions Comments Resolutions Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Agenda for Wednesday, May15th, 08:00 – 10:00 Task Group Meetings IEEE IPR and Patent Policy TG Motions Comments Resolutions Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Agenda for Wednesday, May 15th, 08:00 – 10:00 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 May 2013 Agenda for Wednesday, May 15th, 08:00 – 10:00 TG Meeting TG Motions Comment Resolution Goals for July 2013 Ad Hoc Meeting(s) Conference calls Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

May 2013 July Ad Hoc Meeting A motion passed in March to authorize the TG to hold an ad hoc meeting in July 10-12, 2013 somewhere in Europe Meeting will be held in Munich, Germany. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz. Please contact Osama Aboul-Magd or Liza Ward for details. An epoll will open soon. Please approve the epoll if you plan to attend. Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Motion for Ad Hoc Meeting May 2013 Motion for Ad Hoc Meeting Authorize <group> to hold an ad-hoc meeting on <dates> in <location>, with the preferred venue being <preferred location>, for the purpose of <purpose>.   [Moved by <name> on behalf of <group> <group> vote: Moved: <name>, Seconded: <name>, Result: y-n-a] Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

Conference call times May 2013 May 2013 doc.: IEEE 802.11-12/xxxxr0 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies) Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)