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March 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0432r1 May 2007 Abstract Running record of Agenda, Minutes, Results and Motions for TGn LB97 General ad hoc group from March 2007 meeting through May 2007 meeting. Joseph Levy (InterDigital) Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

TGn General ad hoc 05/16/07 AM1 Agenda May 2007 TGn General ad hoc 05/16/07 AM1 Agenda Review Status Overall status CID Assingnments Submissions 07/0556r0 Review Motion Tab #1, #2 Review/Assign Open Comments Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

TGn General ad hoc 05/16/07 AM1 Status May 2007 TGn General ad hoc 05/16/07 AM1 Status The following CIDs are resolved and motionable: 310, 473, 480, 481, 597, 822, 1499, 2001 The following 11 CIDs were transferred to General: 944, 77, 889, 27, 81, 1482, 1485, 1486, 311, 3011, 544 STATUS – 80 CIDs assigned to General 8 Resolved CIDs (pre-motion) 1 Accepted; 4 Countered; 2 Rejected; 1 Withdrawn (via e-mail) 26 Assigned 2 are out of scope for the ad hoc - Patcomm 11 are duplicates 33 Open (including 11 newly transferred) Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

GEN Assignment Status 03/16/07 March 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0432r1 May 2007 GEN Assignment Status 03/16/07 J. Levy CID 470, 956, 1061 1983, 3403 B. Kraemer CID 3404 All PIC CIDs: 167, 893, 1269, 1273 T. Adachi – submission 07/0556r1 All Correction CIDs: 47, 48, 49, 50, 518, 520, 523, 524, 525, 526, 765, 905, 910, 912, 914, 2795 Joseph Levy (InterDigital) Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

T. Adachi – submission 07/0556r1 May 2007 T. Adachi – submission 07/0556r1 All Correction CIDs: 47, 48, 49, 50, 518, 520, 523, 524, 525, 526, 765, 905, 910, 912, 914, 2795 Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

Review/Assign Open Comments May 2007 Review/Assign Open Comments Transferred comments: 27 - sweeping 889 – sweeping 81 – Def 1182 – sweeping 1482 – sweeping 1485 – Def 1486 – Def 311 – Clarification 3011 – Clarification 544 – Clarification 77 – Clarification 944 - Clarification To be Transferred comments: 1984 – to PHY Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

May 2007 GEN Motion #1 Move to accept the comment resolutions on GEN Motion #1 TAB in 07/0368r5 Moved J. Levy Second Solomon Passes un - #172 Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

May 2007 GEN Motion #2 Move to accept the comment resolutions in GEN Motion #2 TAB of 07/0368r5. REF - 07/0556r2 Moved J. Levy Second Adrian Stevens Agreed unanimously - 173 Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

May 2007 Historic Slides Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

TGN LB97 General ad hoc agenda 03/14/07 March 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0432r1 May 2007 TGN LB97 General ad hoc agenda 03/14/07 03/14/07 – Wednesday – AM1 Review LB97 General ad hoc status 90 Technical comments (editorial comments all moved to Editor group) Review Categories and Characterization Discuss Categories – Transfers Begin work on non-transferred CIDs Joseph Levy (InterDigital) Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

TGN LB97 General ad hoc 03/14/07 (1 of 2) March 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0432r1 May 2007 TGN LB97 General ad hoc 03/14/07 (1 of 2) 03/14/07 – Wednesday – AM1 Review LB97 General ad hoc status Reviewed Categories and Characterization Discussed Categories – Transfers Multiple transfers All category 40-20 CIDs transferred to COEX All A-MSDU CIDs Additional transfers based on discussions Joseph Levy (InterDigital) Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

TGN LB97 General ad hoc 03/14/07 (2 of 2) March 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0432r1 May 2007 TGN LB97 General ad hoc 03/14/07 (2 of 2) 03/14/07 – Wednesday – AM1 Begin work on non-transferred CIDs Assigned J. Levy CID 3403, 470, 956, Assigned B. Kraemer CID 3404, all PIC: 167, 893, 1269, 1273 Assigned T. Adachi All Correction CIDs: 47, 48, 49, 50, 518, 520, 523, 524, 525, 526, 914, 765, 905, 910, 912, 2795 Accepted to be Motioned CID 1727 Joseph Levy (InterDigital) Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

Categories 40-20 – Corrections for related to the 40-20 operation May 2007 Categories 40-20 – Corrections for related to the 40-20 operation Acronym – Corrections to the Acronyms A-MSDU – A-MSDU corrections Baseline – corrections to address inconstancies due to updates to baseline document (or transfer errors) Clarification – comments to remove ambiguity, improve clarity Comments – addressing mandatory/optional requirements Correction – corrections to values or missing details Def – Suggested corrections to the definitions PatComm – Out of Scope for this ad hoc PICs – PIC suggested corrections Sweeping – these comments address changes that suggest major changes to the spec across various areas Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

Notes on comment database May 2007 Notes on comment database TGn is using a new comment database management tool Ad hoc chairs will use the tool to process comments Tool window on screen will look similar to spreadsheet Comments still referenced by CID Excel spreadsheets will be created and distributed as before Containing comment group sheets Same resolution status designations Exception – “D” no longer used – see ad hoc-status column where defer is indicated (this slide was taken from 11-07-0372-00-000n-tgn-lb97-mac-adhoc-report) Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

GEN Assignment Status 03/14/07 March 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0432r1 May 2007 GEN Assignment Status 03/14/07 J. Levy CID 3403, 470, 956 B. Kraemer CID 3404 All PIC CIDs: 167, 893, 1269, 1273 Assigned T. Adachi All Correction CIDs: 47, 48, 49, 50, 518, 520, 523, 524, 525, 526, 914, 765, 905, 910, 912, 2795 Joseph Levy (InterDigital) Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

TGN LB97 General ad hoc agenda 03/15/07 March 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0432r1 May 2007 TGN LB97 General ad hoc agenda 03/15/07 03/15/07 – Thursday – AM1 Review Status Progress on assigned CIDs Continue to work/assign CIDs Way forward (10 minutes) Telcon – 1 HOUR May Adhoc – 2 sessions Joseph Levy (InterDigital) Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

TGn General ad hoc 03/15/07 AM1 Status May 2007 TGn General ad hoc 03/15/07 AM1 Status The following CIDs were resolved at the GEN AM1 meeting: 310, 473, 480, 481, 597, 822, 1499, 2001 The following CID was assigned: 1983 to J. Levy The following were transferred: 473 and 1998 to Editor STATUS – 58 open comments of original 90 25 are assigned 31 are to be addressed 2 are out of scope for the ad hoc Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

GEN Assignment Status 03/15/07 March 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0432r1 May 2007 GEN Assignment Status 03/15/07 J. Levy CID 3403, 470, 956, 1983 B. Kraemer CID 3404 All PIC CIDs: 167, 893, 1269, 1273 Assigned T. Adachi All Correction CIDs: 47, 48, 49, 50, 518, 520, 523, 524, 525, 526, 914, 765, 905, 910, 912, 2795 Joseph Levy (InterDigital) Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

References 11-07-0432-00-000n-tgn-lb97-general-mac-adhoc-report.ppt March 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0432r1 May 2007 References 11-07-0432-00-000n-tgn-lb97-general-mac-adhoc-report.ppt (this document) 11-07-0368-00-000n-tgn-lb97-gen-comments.xls Comment spreadsheet original Latest versions 11-07/0432/r3, 11-07/0368r4 Joseph Levy (InterDigital) Joseph Levy (InterDigital)