doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 1 Date: Authors: IEEE aj Task Group Sept 2012 Report

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 2 Meeting Protocol Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 3 Attendance 1.Register 2.Indicate attendance See document r0 for more details

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 4 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 – Cell Phones Silent or Off

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 5 Patent Policy Following 5 slides

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 6 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 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)

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 7 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

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 8 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 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual Material about the patent policy is available at Slide #2 If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit This slide set is available at

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 9 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

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 10 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 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

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Agenda Items for the Week Set agenda for the week New members orientation Review approved IEEE aj PAR & 5 Criteria Task group logistics Task group meeting schedule Task group election Submission and presentation Planning for November Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 11

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Tentative IEEE aj Agenda for the Week Wednesday Sept 26 th, 11:00 – 12:30 –Set agenda for the week –New member orientation –Review approved IEEE aj PAR & 5 Criteria –Task Group logistics Wednesday Sept 26 th, 13:30 – 15:30 –Task group meeting schedule –Task group election –Review TGaj Process Overview – 11/ r0 –Review TGad Selection Procedure – 11/ r5 –Review TGac Selection Procedure – 11/ r6 –Review TGad Usage Model – 11/ r4 –Review TGn Usage Model – 11/ r23 –Review TGad Functional Requirement – 11/ r5 Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 12

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Tentative IEEE aj Agenda for the Week Wednesday Sept 26 th, 16:00 – 18:00 –Review TGad Channel Model – 11/ r8 –Review TGad Evaluation Methodology – 11/ r16 –Presentation – 11/ r0 –Presentation – 11/ r0 Thursday Sept 27 th, 09:00 – 10:00 –Presentation – 11/ r1 –Review Task List –Goal for Nov meeting Thursday Sept 27 th, 10:30 – 12:30 –Submission –Presentation Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 13

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Notes for Tuesday Sept 26 th, 11:00 – 12:30 Reviewed New member orientation – 11-12/0628r1 Reviewed Approved IEEE aj PAR & 5C –PAR – 11-12/0149r9 –5C – 11-12/0141r7 Reviewed Task Group Logistic – 11-12/0827r2 Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 14

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Notes for Wednesday Sept 26 th, 13:30 – 15:30 Reviewed aj meeting schedule – 11/ r0 Result of Task Group Officer Election –Task Group Vice Chair: Eldad Perahia –Task Group Vice Chair: Haiming WANG –Secretary: Peng HAO Group recess for 20 minutes to prepare the documents for presentation Reviewed aj Process Over – 11/ r0 Eldad reviewed TGad Selection Procedure – 11/ r5 Eldad reviewed TGac Selection Procedure – 11/ r6 Eldad reviewed TGad Usage Model – 11/ r4 Eldad reviewed TGn Usage Model – 11/ r23 Eldad reviewed TGad Functional Requirement – 11/ r5 Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 15

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission IEEE aj Meeting Schedule aj #DateMeeting VenuePlenary/Interim 1Sept 24-28, 2012Beijing, China802.11aj/CWPAN (China Interim) 2Nov 11-16, 2012San Antonio TX, USAPlenary Jan 13-18, 2013USAInterim 3Jan 21-25, 2013Shenzhen China802.11aj/CWPAN (China Interim) 4March 17-22, 2013Orlando, Florida, USAPlenary May 12-17, 2013Big Island, Hawaii, USAInterim 5April 22-26, 2013Beijing, China802.11aj/CWPAN (China Interim) 6July 14-19, 2013 Geneva, SwitzerlandPlenary 7Sept 15-20, 2013Nanjing China802.11aj/CWPAN (Co-located Interim) 8Nov 10-15, 2013Dallax TX, USAPlenary Jan 13-18, 2014Los Angeles, CA, USAInterim 9Jan 6-10, 2014Sanya, China802.11aj/CWPAN (China Interim) 10March 16-21, 2014Atlanta, USAPlenary May 12-17, 2014Hawaii, USAInterim 11May 20-24, 2014Beijing, China802.11aj/CWPAN (China Interim) 12July 13-18, 2014San Diego California, USAPlenary Sept 15-20, 2014Kobe, Japan (TBC)Interim 13Sept 23-27, 2014Chengdu, China802.11aj/CWPAN (China Interim) 14Nov 10-15, 2014San Antonio Texas USAPlenary aj meeting on Wednesday, Thursday CWPAN meeting on Monday, Tuesday and Friday 16

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Task Group Election Task Group Chair: PENG Xiaoming Other Task Group Officer Positions Task Group Vice Chair (2) Technical Editor Secretary Nominations for Officer positions in aj are currently open Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 17

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission September 2012 Slide 18 There is currently known to be two candidates for the position of aj vice chair There is currently known to be one candidate for the position of aj Secretary Call for additional candidates Close of nominations Election aj Officer Election Process Xiaoming Peng

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Task Group Election Other Task Group Officer Positions Task Group Vice Chair: Eldad Perahia Task Group Vice Chair: Haiming WANG Secretary: Peng HAO Motion to approve the Task Group Positions for two Vice Chairs and Secretary Motion was unanimously approved. Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 19

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Task Group task list Process Overview (Volunteer: Xiaoming PENG) Selection Procedure (Volunteer: Xiaoming PENG) Evaluation Methodology (Xiaoming PENG, Jiaming CHEN, Bo SUN) Usage model (Volunteer: Jiamin CHEN, Bo SUN) Functional Requirement (Volunteers: Bo SUN, Jiamin CHEN) Channel model (Volunteers: Haiming WANG) Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 20

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Notes for Wednesday Sept 26 th, 16:00 – 18:00 Eldad reviewed TGad Channel Model – 11/ r8 Eldad reviewed TGad Evaluation Methodology – 11/ r16 Zhiqiang LI presented document 11/ r0 Zhengyu XIAO presented document – 11/ r0 Session recessed at 17:20 Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 21

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Notes for Thursday Sept 27 th, 09:00 – 10:00 Haiming WANG presented 11-12/1196r1 Reviewed Task list with volunteers for each task Set goal for Nov meeting Scheduled a conference call before Nov meeting Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 22

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Notes for Thursday Sept 27 th, 10:30 – 12:30 Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 23

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Goals for November Review TG Selection Procedure Review TG Evaluation Methodology Review Usage model Review TG Functional Requirement Review Channel model New Submission and Presentation Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 24

doc.: IEEE /1194r3 Submission Conference call times Oct 25 5pm (Pacific Time) – 1 hour Sept 2012 Xiaoming PengSlide 25