November 2016 802.11 Session Supplementary Material Sept 2016 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 November 2016 November 2016 802.11 Session Supplementary Material Date: 2016-11-09 Authors: Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

November 2016 Introduction This report provides supplementary material related to attending the November 2016 802.11 WG plenary meetings. Refer to the agenda: 11-16/1292r<latest> Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

November 2016 Wednesday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents Sept 2016 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 November 2016 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: 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 Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder November 2016 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 his responsibilities as an EC member Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

W 3.1 - Update in TGai dominance investigation November 2016 W 3.1 - Update in TGai dominance investigation The report (11-16/1187r1) on alleged TGai dominance was presented at the September 802.11 session. An updated report is available here in doc 11-16/1187r2. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

November 2016 friday Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents Sept 2016 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 November 2016 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: 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 Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.4 Administrative Reminders November 2016 F2.4 Administrative Reminders Next Full WG Session starts: 2017-01-15 1st CAC telecon – 2016-12-12 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 – 2017-01-09 at noon ET (-1 week) Snapshots to be send to Dorothy Stanley before this telecon. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.5 Letters of Assurance Detailed status is here: November 2016 F2.5 Letters of Assurance Database is here Open LoA requests (i.e., those that the WG chair is pursuing) Holder notification from TGaz – IHP GmbH. Acknowledgement received, waiting until next meeting to see if an LoA is filed. Notwithstanding that, chair actions complete. Detailed status is here: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-1489-07-0000-register-of-loa-requests.docx Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F2.6 Availability of documents - July 2016 November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 Sept 2016 November 2016 F2.6 Availability of documents - July 2016 Publication Draft in TechStreet Draft in Members Area Published in Get 802? Published by ISO? IEEE P802.11REVmc D8.0 $740 pdf D8.0 IEEE P802.11ai D11.0 $137 pdf D11.0 IEEE P802.11ah D10.0 $312 pdf D10.0 IEEE P802.11ak D2.4 IEEE P802.11aq D7.0 $56 pdf D7.0 IEEE Std 802.11af-2013 $201 print Yes IEEE Std 802.11ac-2013 $309 print IEEE Std 802.11ad-2012 $371 print IEEE Std 802.11ae-2012 $108 print IEEE Std 802.11aa-2012 $185 print IEEE Std 802.11-2012 $556 print ** = request pending Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

F2.7 802.11 drafts to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 November 2011 doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1067 Sept 2016 November 2016 F2.7 802.11 drafts to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Drafts are sent to ISO 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 with prior EC approval The following were liaised to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 since the last session: P802.11 (revision mc D8.0) Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation Andrew Myles, Cisco

F2.8 – Announcements related to EC handling of TGax dominance November 2016 F2.8 – Announcements related to EC handling of TGax dominance The 802 executive committee (EC) will determine any remedies that will be applied to respond to the allegation of dominance in TGax. The EC meets today at 13:00 in Texas C. Last night, the 802.11 CAC identified questions related to tentative remedies identified in doc ec-16/186r0. These questions and tentative responses were posted to the EC reflector, see here: http://www.ieee802.org/secmail/msg20702.html Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F7.1 802 Wireless Chairs meeting November 2016 F7.1 802 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. Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

F7.2 Next Meeting – Wireless Interim November 2016 F7.2 Next Meeting – Wireless Interim 2017-01-15 to 2017-01-20 at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead, Atlanta, GA, USA IEEE 802 Wireless Interim Meeting Registration and hotel reservation are open. For information and registration links, see http://www.ieee802.org/11/Meetings/Meeting_Plan.html Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation