May 2019 802.11 Session WG Chair’s Supplementary Material doc.: IEEE 802.11-19/0567r0 May 2019 May 2019 802.11 Session WG Chair’s Supplementary Material Date: 2019-05-15 Authors: Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

May 2019 Introduction This report provides the WG chair’s supplementary material related to attending the May 2019 802.11 WG plenary meetings. Refer to the agenda: 11-19/0565r<latest> Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

May 2019 Wednesday Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

W 2.1 - Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings May 2019 doc.: IEEE 802.11-19/0567r0 May 2019 W 2.1 - Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings All participation in in any IEEE 802 meeting (Sponsor, Sponsor subgroup, Working Group, Working Group subgroup, etc.) 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.pdf section 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”. (http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 4.2.1) You have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. Your obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders. You 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 http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 3.4.1, 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. Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

W2.2 – Call for potentially essential patents May 2019 doc.: IEEE 802.11-19/0567r0 May 2019 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, please respond at this time by providing relevant information to the WG Chair. Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder May 2019 W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder Leaders of 802.11 Task Groups, Study Groups, Topic Interest 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 her responsibilities as an EC member Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

May 2019 doc.: IEEE 802.11-19/0567r0 May 2019 W2.4 – Meeting Decorum-II Reminder: No Photographs permitted during session meetings. Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

W2.5 Comment Resolution Resources May 2019 W2.5 Comment Resolution Resources Comment resolution resources See https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0230-03-0000-comment-resolution-tutorial.ppt See https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/11/11-11-1625-02-0000-comment-resolution-guide.doc There are many examples of good practice for documentation of comment analysis and resolution; ensures there is a record of comment consideration and agreed resolution https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-0237-00-000m-cid-177.docx https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-0930-00-000m-cid-1007.docx https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-0669-04-000m-revmd-mac-comments-assigned-to-hamilton.docx https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-1410-00-00ax-lb233-cr-spatial-reuse.docx Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

May 2019 friday Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

F2.1 - Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings May 2019 doc.: IEEE 802.11-19/0567r0 May 2019 F2.1 - Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings All participation in in any IEEE 802 meeting (Sponsor, Sponsor subgroup, Working Group, Working Group subgroup, etc.) 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.pdf section 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”. (http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 4.2.1) You have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. Your obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders. You 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 http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 3.4.1, 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. Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

F2.2 – Call for potentially essential patents May 2019 doc.: IEEE 802.11-19/0567r0 May 2019 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, please respond at this time by providing relevant information to the WG Chair. Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

F2.4 Administrative Reminders May 2019 F2.4 Administrative Reminders Next Full WG Session starts: July 14-19, 2019 1st CAC telecon – Monday 2019-06-10 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 – Monday 2019-07-08 at noon ET (~ -1 week) Send snapshots to Robert Stacey before this telecon. Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

F2.4 Administrative Reminders: Requests May 2019 F2.4 Administrative Reminders: Requests Request for ETSI ITS document access IEEE staff worked with ETSI counterparts; final approval expected end June 2019 Link to website will be added at approval Request for website with transmitted liaison documents Completed, see http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Liaisons/Liaisons-and-External-Communications.html Reflector website fixes – add links to session agendas, calendar import Request for ETSI mirrored document automatic updates Reflector website fixes – recaptcha, etc Done Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

May 2019 doc.: IEEE 802.11-19/0567r0 May 2019 F2.5 Letters of Assurance IEEE PatCom LOA Listing for 802.11 is https://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/patents.html Open LoA requests (i.e., those that the WG chair is pursuing) : Siemens related to P802.11ax Communication Systems LLC Detailed status is here: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-1489-12-0000-register-of-loa-requests.docx Recent changes: None Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

F2.6 Availability of documents – as of 2019-05-11 November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-19/0567r0 May 2019 May 2019 F2.6 Availability of documents – as of 2019-05-11 Publication Published in TechStreet Draft in Members Area Get 802? Published by ISO? IEEE Std 802.11-2016 $1070 print Yes IEEE Std 802.11ai-2016 $180 print In Process IEEE Std 802.11ah-2016 $322 pdf IEEE Std 802.11aj-2018 $268 pdf IEEE Std 802.11ak-2018 $94 pdf IEEE P802.11REVmd D2.0 $856 D2.2 IEEE Std 802.11aq-2018 $60 pdf IEEE P802.11ax D4.0 $329 pdf D4.1 IEEE P802.11ay D3.0 $389 pdf D3.1 IEEE P802.11ba D2.0 $150 pdf D2.1 ** = request pending Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

F2.7 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Ballots: Drafts November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-19/0567r0 May 2019 May 2019 F2.7 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Ballots: Liaise drafts for information as motioned P802.11ax and P802.11ay in progress Drafts Drafts are sent to JTC1/SC6 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 Drafts are liaised subject to EC approval Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

F2.8 Press Releases in progress November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-19/0567r0 May 2019 May 2019 F2.8 Press Releases in progress Subgroup Event Status Target/Published document TGbe TG formation Request to IEEE Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

F2.8 Published IEEE Press Releases. Blogs November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-19/0567r0 May 2019 May 2019 F2.8 Published IEEE Press Releases. Blogs Subgroup Event Published document TGaj Amendment publication http://standards.ieee.org/news/2018/standard_increased_high_bandwidth_wlan_china.html BCS SG SG Formation http://standards.ieee.org/news/2018/ieee_802-11_study_groups.html NGV SG TGak http://standards.ieee.org/news/2018/ieee_802_11ak-2018.html TGbb TGbb formation  https://beyondstandards.ieee.org/general-news/ieee-802-11-launches-standards-amendment-project-for-light-communications-lifi/ TGaq https://standards.ieee.org/news/2018/ieee-802_11aq-standard-amendment-wlan.html EHT Study Group Formation https://standards.ieee.org/news/2018/ieee-802_11-extremely-high-throughput-study-group.html RTA Topic Interest Group Formation Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

F6.1 802 Wireless Chairs meeting May 2019 F6.1 802 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. Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

F6.2 Next Meeting – Interim May 2019 doc.: IEEE 802.11-19/0567r0 May 2019 F6.2 Next Meeting – Interim 2019-07-14 to 2019-07-19 at Austria Center Vienna, Vienna Austria Hotel reservations, Meeting registration are open For information and registration links, see http://www.ieee802.org/11/Meetings/Meeting_Plan.html Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise

References and additional material May 2019 References and additional material Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise