1. IEEE 802.11 TGaf Meeting Plan and Agenda
April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
May 2010
IEEE TGaf Meeting Plan and Agenda
Date:
Authors:
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

2. April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
May 2010
Abstract
This presentation is the agenda and meeting plan for the meeting of IEEE TGaf taking place the week of May 17, 2010 at the IEEE 802 Wireless Interim in Beijing, PRC
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

3. Plan for the Week Joint session with 802.19 and 802.22 (Tuesday PM3)
May 2010
Plan for the Week
Joint session with and (Tuesday PM3)
TVWS regulatory update
Overview of the Technical Review and comment spreadsheet
Categorize the comments
Hear proposals directly related to received comments
Plan for July and teleconferences
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

4. Tuesday PM3 Joint Session Agenda
May 2010
Tuesday PM3 Joint Session Agenda
Meeting call to order
Administrative items including IEEE IP statement
Modify and approve the agenda
TGaf Chair Election
Review TGaf status and progress
Review status and progress
4 presentations
Introduction and status
System design document
July Tutorial
July Workshop
Review status and progress
Recess
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5. Wednesday AM1 Agenda Meeting call to order
May 2010
Wednesday AM1 Agenda
Meeting call to order
Administrative items including IEEE IP statement
Modify and approve the agenda
[Approve teleconference minutes]
[Vote to approve Draft d0.02 moved to Wednesday PM2]
Update on the TVWS regulatory status
Begin to review the received Technical Review comments
Recess
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

6. May 2010
Administrative Items
Please be familiar with the documents at the following links:
IEEE Patent Policy -
Patent FAQ -
LoA Form -
Affiliation FAQ -
Anti-Trust FAQ -
Ethics -
IEEE Working Group Policies and Procedures -
 Chair , Vice-chair and Secretary
Chair: Rich Kennedy (Research In Motion)
Vice-chair: Peter Ecclesine (Cisco Systems)
Recording Secretary: Zhou Lan (NICT)
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7. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
May 2010
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
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

8. Patent Related Links
May 2010
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
If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit
This slide set is available at
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9. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
May 2010
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
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

10. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
May 2010
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.
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

11. March 2010
doc.: IEEE /0265r1
May 2010
Meeting Etiquette
IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization
Meetings are to be conducted in an orderly and professional manner in accordance with the policies and procedures governed by the organization.
Individuals are to address the “Technical” content of the subject under consideration and refrain from making “personal” comments to or about the presenter.
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Stephen McCann, RIM

12. TV Bands Regulatory Requirements
May 2010
TV Bands Regulatory Requirements
These [FCC] rules are primarily intended to ensure the efficient sharing of the TV Bands while protecting incumbent users
The FCC has enabled this band for TVBDs if and only if the licensed users’ interests are protected
We must not interfere
Mitigation of any interference issue should not increase the enforcement requirements for the Commission
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

13. May 2010
Introduction
WELCOME to the third face-to-face meeting of IEEE TGaf!
On Friday, November 20, 2009 the IEEE TGaf was approved by the EC (10/1/4) with this motion:
Believing that the PAR and Five Criteria contained in the document referenced below meet IEEE-SA guidelines,
Move to forward the TVWS PAR information from 11-09/934r8 to NesCom.
On December 8th NesCom approved the formation of the Task Group for P802.11af
We have just completed a Technical Review and have many comments to categorize and review
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

14. May 2010
PAR Scope and Purpose
Approved PAR Scope: An amendment that defines modifications to both the physical layers (PHY) and the Medium Access Control Layer (MAC), to meet the legal requirements for channel access and coexistence in the TV White Space
Approved PAR Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to allow wireless networks to be used in the TV white space
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15. February 2010
Purpose, Principles and Vision/Outcome “If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”*
cbp-and-david-allens-methods
Purpose: the Task Group should create an amendment whose implementation in solutions is likely to receive FCC approval for operation in the TV White Spaces under the 47 CFR Part 15 subpart H rules.
Principles:
If the FCC changes the rules, the Task Group should change the amendment accordingly
The amendment should not duplicate functionality that is being standardized in other Task Groups that are likely to complete before af.
There is no need for backwards compatibility with 2.45 GHz ISM operation.
The starting point is changes to Clauses 17 and 20 and Annexes I and J
Vision/Outcome: Use the OFDM PHYs with 5-, 10- and 20-MHz channel widths to specify the basis for a system that the regulators can approve for operation in the TVWS bands.
* Yogi Berra
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16. Technical Review Started May 6th
Closed May 16th (Midnight EDT – Noon May 17th here)
16 Responders
150 Comments received
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17. The Comment Spreadsheet
May 2010
The Comment Spreadsheet
Starting comment spreadsheet in 11-10/595r1
Develop categories and group the comments
Limit the number of categories [7]
Following the review, spreadsheet is at r4
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

18. Wednesday PM2 Agenda Meeting call to order
May 2010
Wednesday PM2 Agenda
Meeting call to order
Modify and approve the agenda
Administrative items
Reminder and Call for essential patents
Approve Orlando meeting and teleconference minutes
Approve draft d0.02
Approve comment spreadsheet in 10-11/595r4
Review and resolve comments
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

19. Motion #1 Approve Meeting & Teleconference Minutes Motion:
May 2010
Motion #1
Approve Meeting & Teleconference Minutes
March Meeting in Orlando
af-meeting-minutes-for-Orlando-2010 (posted 3/24)
March 30th, April 13th, April 27th and May 11th teleconferences
af-march-30-teleconference-minutes (posted 4/1)
af-april-13-teleconference-minutes(posted 4/19)
af-april-27th-teleconference-minutes (posted 5/9)
af-may-11th-teleconference-minutes (posted 5/17)
Motion:
To approve the TGaf minutes from the March Plenary in Orlando and the March 30th, April 13th, April 27th and May 11th teleconferences in documents 11-10/428r0, 11-10/452r0, 11-10/475r /516r1 and 11-10/575r1 respectively
Moved by: Peter Ecclesine (Cisco)
Seconded by: Allan Thompson (Cisco)
Discussion on the motion? None heard
Vote: Approved by unanimous consent
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

20. Motion #2 Approve Draft d0.02
May 2010
Motion #2
Approve Draft d0.02
Draft d0.02 is the approved d0.01 with changes adopted from the proposals that were included based on the results of straw polls in March
Draft d0.02 will be that starting point for the incorporation of Technical Review comments
Motion: To approve P802.11af draft d0.02 as the base for the P802.11af amendment
Moved by: Jae-Hyung Song (LGE)
Seconded by: Peter Ecclesine (Cisco)
Discussion on the motion? None heard
Vote: Approved by unanimous consent
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

21. May 2010
Motion #3
Move: To accept 11-10/595r4 as the comment spreadsheet for d0.02 excluding column “T”
Moved by: Peter Ecclesine (Cisco)
Seconded by: C.S. Sum (NICT)
Discussion on the motion? None heard
Vote: Approved by unanimous consent
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

22. Starting the Comment Review Spreadsheet in 11-10/595r4
May 2010
Starting the Comment Review Spreadsheet in 11-10/595r4
Step 1 – Priority (and efficiency)
Because we expect changes to the FCC rules in 3Q10, putting “US Regulatory” last should prevent us from writing draft changes that we may have to redo once we know what the final rules are
Step 2 - Impartiality
Select a starting point [a suggestion]
16 responders; each assigned a number between 0 and 15
Four coin tosses to randomly select a commenter to begin with
Heads = 1; Tails = 0
LSB to MSB [ T, H, H, H ]
And the winner is:
Continue in sequence from there
Step 3 – Divide and conquer
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

23. Thursday PM1 Agenda Meeting call to order Administrative items
May 2010
Thursday PM1 Agenda
Meeting call to order
Administrative items
Reminders and Call for essential patents
Modify and approve the agenda
Approve the revised spreadsheet
Review a few comments with proposals
Enablement a good place to start
Discussion of the timeline
REVmb will complete before us
Plan for July and teleconferences
Adjourn
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

24. May 2010
Motion #4
Move: To accept 11-10/595r5 as the comment spreadsheet for d0.02
Moved by: Peter Ecclesine (Cisco)
Seconded by: Marc Emmelmann (TU Berlin)
Discussion on the motion? None heard
Vote: Approved by unanimous consent
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

25. Comment Groups [# of comments]
May 2010
Comment Groups [# of comments]
Channelization [11]
Draft [3]
Enablement [45]
Map [27]
Measurement [5]
Multi-band [11]
PHY [5]
US Regulatory [20]
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26. TGaf Timeline – Updated May 2010
January 2010
doc.: IEEE yy/xxxxr0
May 2010
TGaf Timeline – Updated May 2010
Initial Working Group Letter Ballot: September 2010
Re-circulation Working Group Letter Ballot: November 2010
Form Sponsor Ballot Pool: January 2011
Initial Sponsor Ballot: March 2011
Approved Sponsor Ballot: May 2011
Final WG/EC Approval: November 2011
RevCom/Standards Board Approval: December 2011
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Michael Montemurro, RIM

27. Teleconferences June 8 and 22 July 6 and 20 August 3, 17 and 31
May 2010
Teleconferences
June 8 and 22
July 6 and 20
August 3, 17 and 31
Time: 22:00 ET for 90 minutes (advanced two hours to accommodate European members)
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28. May 2010
Planning for July
Continue resolving comments from the Technical Review
Revise Draft 0.02
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29. May 2010
Any Other Business
None
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30. Process of Getting to Letter Ballot and Beyond
May 2007
doc.: IEEE /0679r2
May 2010
Process of Getting to Letter Ballot and Beyond
Completed Steps | Future Steps
Adoption of PAR and 5 Criteria
Technical Presentations and Discussions
Specify Any Additional Requirements, Comparison Criteria, or Other Documents
Call For Proposals
Presentation of Proposals
Select from Submitted Complete Proposals to Produce a Draft
Refine Draft
Letter Ballot – September 2010
Recirculation – November 2010
Sponsor Ballot – January 2010
Recirculation -
Final WG/EC Approval – June 2011
IEEE SB REVCOM Approval – July 2011
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Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

31. 3 Cycles of Comments and Resolution
May 2010
3 Cycles of Comments and Resolution
Call for Informal Comments
Comment Resolution
WG Letter Ballot
Comment Resolution, Recirculation
Sponsor Ballot
Comment Resolution, Recirculation
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32. References February 2010 11-09-0749-03-0000-802.11-in-the-tvws
IEEE Std IEEE Standard for Information Technology— Telecommunications and information exchange between systems— Local and metropolitan area networks— Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
FCC Second Report and Order and Memorandum and Order (
tvws-par-nescom-form-plus-5c
cbp-and-david-allens-methods
af-meeting-plan-and-agenda-los-angeles-2010
m-lb160-cid-2113-proposed-resolution
af-draft-call-for-proposals
af-feb teleconferenc-plan
af-feb-16-telecon-minutes
af-petere-amendment-proposal
af-amendment-proposal-for-measurement-report
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33. References [2] February 2010
af-modification-on-dfs-and-dcf-procedure-adapting-to-fcc-rules-in-tvws-part-2-hidden-node
af-modification-on-dfs-and-dcf-procedure-adapting-to-fcc-rules-in-tvws-part-1-synchronized-quiet
af-regulatory-operating-classes-specifications
af-mac-and-phy-proposal-for af
af-radio-resource-measurement-type-and-procedure-for-tvws-application-under-fcc-rules
af-enabling-procedure-of-communication-in-tvws-under-fcc-rules
af-requirements-and-amendments-regarding-tvws-database-access
af-amendment-proposal-for-tv-white-spaces-operation
af-mar teleconferenc-plan
af-summary-of-nict-fs-technical-proposals-for-tgaf
af-march-9-teleconference-minutes
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34. References [3] February 2010
af-meeting-plan-and-agenda-orlando-2010
af-closing-report-orlando-2010
af-meeting-minutes-for-Orlando-2010
af-text-document-for-proposal
af-text-document-for-proposal
af-text-for-regulatory-operating-classes-specifications-proposal
af-mar teleconferenc-plan-and-agenda
af-march-30-teleconference-minutes
af-apr-13-teleconference-plan-and-agenda
af-normative-text-for-scanning-in-tv-whitespaces
af-april-13-teleconference-minutes
af-apr-27-teleconferenc-plan-and-agenda
af-global-operating-channels
af-relocating-3650mhz-enabling-signal
af-april-27th-teleconference-minutes
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35. References [4] 11-10-0575-00-00af-May-11th-teleconference-minutes
af-meeting-plan-and-agenda-beijing-2010 (this document)
af-d0-02-comment-spreadsheet
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36. Categorizing the Comments
May 2010
Categorizing the Comments
To simplify the process of reviewing and responding to the comments, we will
Group them into categories
Prioritize the categories
Process one category at a time
The categories
Sorted by draft clause and/or annex
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