1. doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0196r0 Meeting Report January 2007 Pat R. Calhoun, CiscoSlide 1 Closing Report of TGv – January 2007 DATE: January 2007 Author(s) NameCompanyAddressPhoneemail Pat R. CalhounCisco Systems, Inc 170 West Tasman Dr., San Jose, CA 95134 408 853 5269pcalhoun@cisco.com Notice: This document has been prepared to assist IEEE 802.11. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor grants a free, irrevocable license to the IEEE to incorporate material contained in this contribution, and any modifications thereof, in the creation of an IEEE Standards publication; to copyright in the IEEE’s name any IEEE Standards publication even though it may include portions of this contribution; and at the IEEE’s sole discretion to permit others to reproduce in whole or in part the resulting IEEE Standards publication. The contributor also acknowledges and accepts that this contribution may be made public by IEEE 802.11. Patent Policy and Procedures: The contributor is familiar with the IEEE 802 Patent Policy and Procedures, including the statement "IEEE standards may include the known use of patent(s), including patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard." Early disclosure to the Working Group of patent information that might be relevant to the standard is essential to reduce the possibility for delays in the development process and increase the likelihood that the draft publication will be approved for publication. Please notify the Chair as early as possible, in written or electronic form, if patented technology (or technology under patent application) might be incorporated into a draft standard being developed within the IEEE 802.11 Working Group. If you have questions, contact the IEEE Patent Committee Administrator at http:// ieee802.org/guides/bylaws/sb-bylaws.pdffpatcom@ieee.org

2. doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0196r0 Meeting Report January 2007 Pat R. Calhoun, CiscoSlide 2 Abstract Closing report of the meeting of TGv at the January 2007 session.

3. doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0196r0 Meeting Report January 2007 Pat R. Calhoun, CiscoSlide 3 Goals for January 2007 Address Internal Review Comments (highest priority) Go to Letter Ballot Entertain new submissions

4. doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0196r0 Meeting Report January 2007 Pat R. Calhoun, CiscoSlide 4 Submissions Submissions for January Meeting –11-06-1615-08-000v-tgv-internal-review-comment-submissions –11-07-0072-00-000v-tgv-internal-review-comment-submissions-sta-statistics –11-07-1937-00-000v-comment-resolution-sta-statistics –11-07-0052-00-000v D0.5 Comment Resolution –11-07-0066-00-000v-cid-186-211-normative-text –11-06-1834-01-000v-comment-resolution-virtual-ap –11-06-1847-00-000v-comment-resolution-multicast-diagnostics –11-06-1851-01-000v-tgv-internal-reviewcomment-resolution-event-log –11-06-1856-00-000v-comment-resolution-tgv-d5-fbms –11-06-1863-02-000v-00-000v-tgv-internal-reviewcomment-resolution-event- log –11-06-1918-01-000v-tgv-d5-0-comment-resolution-presence –11-07-0053-00-000v-tgv-roaming-comment-resolution –11-07-0091-01-000v-tgv-d5-comment-resolution-ecsa –11-06-0350-04-000v-Idle Mode Operation in IEEE 802.11 WLANs –11-06-1828-01-000v-admission-control-traffic-request

5. doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0196r0 Meeting Report January 2007 Pat R. Calhoun, CiscoSlide 5 TGv Comment Sub-Groups General (11-06/1863r2) – Emily Qi Event (11-06/1851r1) – Emily Qi, Dorothy Stanley Station Statistics (11-07/0072r0) – Emily Qi Diagnostics (11-06/1819r0) – Bob Miller, Alex Ashley Diagnostics (11-070146r0) –Alex Ashley –1 Open Issues: Alex: 232. resolutions in 11-07/0131r0 – motion failed Multicast Diagnostics (11-06/1847r1) – Jari Jokela, Subbu Ponnuswamy FBMS (11-06/1856r0) – Allan Thomson, Qi Wang, Jari Jokela –2 Open Issues. Ready to review 11-07/0123r2 (Stanley), which addresses issues 207, 219 Presence (11-06/1918r3) – Allan Thomson –2 Open Issues. Ready to review 11-07/0122r1 (Stanley), which addresses issues 139, 140 Roaming Management (11-07/0053r1) – Emily Qi, Joe Epstein, John Bahr, Bob Miller –4 Open Issues. Normative Text (Ganes), resolving 22, 244, 192, 241, 284 – 11-07/0093r1 vote on Thursday. Extended Channel Switch (11-07/0091r0) – Allan Thomson, Qi Wang, Victoria Poncini Virtual AP (11-06/1834r1) – Subbu Ponnuswamy, Joe Epstein

6. doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0196r0 Meeting Report January 2007 Pat R. Calhoun, CiscoSlide 6 TGv Proposed Timeline The following time table will be used by TGv –Base line accepted: January 06 (Completed) –Submissions addressing objectives: Start in March 06 –TG Ad-Hoc Draft Internal Review: October 06 (Completed) Internal review created 446 comments –New Timeline Initial Working Group Letter Ballot: May 07 Re-circulation Working Group Letter Ballot: November 07 Form Sponsor Ballot Pool: March 07 Initial Sponsor Ballot: September 08 Re-circulation Sponsor Ballot: November 08 Final WG/EC Approval: May 09 RevCom/Standards Board Approval: June 09 IEEE Publish: July 09

7. doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0196r0 Meeting Report January 2007 Pat R. Calhoun, CiscoSlide 7 Work completed Due to the large number of new submissions (8 repeat, 4 new) in March, TGv is NOT going to letter ballot Results from the Internal Review Process, of which the closed comments will be integrated into the TGv 0.07 draft, resulting in draft 0.08 –Comments Submitted: 446 –Number of Comments Closed: 236 The following normative text has been accepted and will be integrated into the TGv 0.07 draft –11-07-0066-00-000v-cid-186-211-normative-text –11-06-1863-02-000v-00-000v-tgv-internal-reviewcomment-resolution-event-log –document 11-06-1851-01-000v-tgv-internal-reviewcomment-resolution-event-log –11-07-0072-00-000v-tgv-internal-review-comment-submissions-sta-statistics –11-07-1937-01-000v-comment-resolution-sta-statistics –11-06-1847-01-000v-comment-resolution-multicast-diagnostics –11-06-1918-03-000v-tgv-d5-0-comment-resolution-presence –11-07-0053-02-000v-tgv-roaming-comment-resolution –11-07-0123-02-000v-comment-resolutions-348-350 –11-07-0053-02-000v-tgv-roaming-comment-resolution changing the resolution of issue 192 from “Counter” to “Deferred” –document 11-06-1856-03-000v-comment-resolution-tgv-d5-fbms –11-07-0146-00-000v-comment-resolution-from-internal-review-diagnostics-category-changes-since-dallas-meeting –11-07-0112-00-000v-STA-location-capability –11-07-0143-00-000v-comment-resolutions-cid-169-191-199 changing “Awake” to “None” on page 4 in Table v21 –11-07-0091-01-000v-tgv-d5-comment-resolution-ecsa –11-06-1834-02-000v-comment-resolution-virtual-ap –11-07-0081-01-000v-normative-text-proposal-traffic-generation-information-proactive-load-management –11-07-0173-00-000v-tgv-comment-resolution-51-198-213 –11-07-0122-01-000v-normative-text-139-140 –11-07-0123-02-000v-comment-resolutions-348-350

8. doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0196r0 Meeting Report January 2007 Pat R. Calhoun, CiscoSlide 8 Output Documents D0.07 TGv Draft Specification 11-05-0827-11-000v-tgv-objectives 11-06-1615-08-000v-tgv-internal-review-comment- submissions 11-07-0067-06-000v-meeting-report-january-2007 11-07-0196-00-000v-closing-report-January-2007 (this document) 11-07-0076-03-000v-minutes-tgv-london-meeting-jan-07

9. doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0196r0 Meeting Report January 2007 Pat R. Calhoun, CiscoSlide 9 Goals for March Complete Comment Resolution TGv Proposals –Multi-Level Power Control (Floyd) –Idle Mode Paging (Qi) –Frequent Handover Avoidance (Qi) –Power Saving (Qi) –Leader Based Multicast (Donghee) –FBMS Termination (Donghee) –Location for Emergency Call (Donghee) –Preferred Channel (Kwak) –Management Objects (Kwak) –Admission Control Traffic Request (Stanley) –TIM Request (Menzo) –QoS Load Balancing (Moo) Review updated objectives draft