1. September 2014 802.11 Session Supplementary Material
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
September 2014
September Session Supplementary Material
Date: xx
Authors:
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

2. September 2014
Introduction
This report provides supplementary material related to attending the September interims.
Refer to the agenda:
11-14/997 (Athens Wireless Interim)
11-14/996 (Chengdu, China Interim)
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

3. September 2014
Monday
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

4. 802 Ground rules Respect … give it, get it NO product pitches4
July 2014
802 Ground rules
Respect … give it, get it
NO product pitches
NO corporate pitches
NO prices
NO restrictive notices –
presentations must be openly available
Silence your cell phone ringers
Silence your electronic devices
Dorothy Stanley (Aruba Networks) 4

5. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
March 2014
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July 2014
Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy.
Participants
[Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]:
“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
Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged
No duty to perform a patent search
Agenda item 2.1.1
Dorothy Stanley (Aruba Networks)
Jon Rosdahl, CSR

6. Patent Related Links Patent Policy is stated in these sources:
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July 2014
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
If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit
This slide set is available at
Dorothy Stanley (Aruba Networks)
Jon Rosdahl, CSR

7. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
March 2014
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July 2014
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
Dorothy Stanley (Aruba Networks)
Jon Rosdahl, CSR

8. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
March 2014
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July 2014
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.
Dorothy Stanley (Aruba Networks) 8
Jon Rosdahl, CSR

9. IEEE-SA policy documents
March 2014
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July 2014
IEEE-SA policy documents
IEEE Code of Ethics
IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Affiliation FAQ
Antitrust and Competition Policy
Letter of Assurance Form
IEEE-SA Patent Committee FAQ & Patent slides
and
Agenda item
Dorothy Stanley (Aruba Networks)
Jon Rosdahl, CSR

10. Current IEEE-SA Rule documents
March 2014
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July 2014
Current IEEE-SA Rule documents
The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws is available at: 
(HTML version) 
(PDF version) 
The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual is available at: 
(HTML version) 
(PDF version) 
Dorothy Stanley (Aruba Networks)
Jon Rosdahl, CSR

11. Current IEEE 802, 802.11 rules documents
March 2014
doc.: IEEE /0318r0
July 2014
Current IEEE 802, rules documents
IEEE 802 Policies & Procedures
(link to AudCom, approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board Dec 2012)
IEEE 802 Operations Manual (21 March, 2014)
IEEE 802 Working Group Policies &Procedures (21 March 2014)
IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines (23 March 2014)
IEEE WG OM: (Approved March 2014)
Policies and Procedures hierarchy
IEEE 802 Procedural document website:
Dorothy Stanley (Aruba Networks)
Jon Rosdahl, CSR

12. M Summary of Liaisons and Status
September 2014
M Summary of Liaisons and Status
Ongoing
WBA request for clarification on location fields r1. Owner: Stephen McCann
Stephen is looking to generate a reply with substantive comment.
WFA liaison response on “Non-OFDM Use Cases”. Owner: Dorothy Stanley.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

13. M Joint meetings and Reciprocal Credit
September 2014
M Joint meetings and Reciprocal Credit
Internal Joint Meetings
TGaq / TGai (Tue pm1)
External
None
Reciprocal credit is provided to voters for attendance at: , ,
Reciproal credit is being considered for 802.1
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

14. M Topics for Wednesday plenary
September 2014
M Topics for Wednesday plenary
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15. M 802 EC and IEEE-SA Standards Board decisions
September 2014
M 802 EC and IEEE-SA Standards Board decisions
PARS
The IEEE 802 EC approved the P802.11ah & P802.11ai PAR Extension requests during its closing plenary, July 2014.
P802.11ah & P802.11ai PAR Extension requests were submitted to myProject on 21st July.
They are currently on the NesCom continuing process agenda (October).
Approval of draft standards
None
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

16. September 2014
Wednesday
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17. W2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
September 2014
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

18. September 2014
friday
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

19. F2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
September 2014
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

20. F Administrative Reminders
September 2014
F Administrative Reminders
Next Session: 2-7 November
1st CAC telecon – 29th Sept 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 – 27th Oct at noon ET (-1 week)
Snapshots to be send to Dorothy Stanley before this telecon.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

21. F Letters of Assurance Database is here
September 2014
F Letters of Assurance
Database is here
15 Entries have 2014 submission dates
8 Request for LoAs sent out since October 2013
3 requests pending**: Marvell (802.11ai), Qualcomm (802.11ah), Broadcom (802.11ai)
Data as of
** i.e. Chair has not received a substantive response
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

22. F IEEE Store Contents - July 2014
November 2011
doc.: IEEE /0203r2
March 2014
September 2014
F IEEE Store Contents - July 2014
Publication
Draft in
TechStreet
Draft in Members Area
Published in
Get 802?
IEEE P802.11REVmc
D3.0 $600 pdf
D3.0
IEEE P802.11ai
D2.0 $165
D2.0
IEEE Std af-2013
$165 pdf
IEEE Std ac-2013
$309 print
Yes
IEEE Std ad-2012
$371 print
IEEE Std ae-2012
$108 print
IEEE Std aa-2012
$185 print
IEEE Std
$556 print
IEEE Std <x>:
b, k, i, n, p, y, r, w, u, v, z, s
$100 - $309
Last updated:
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

23. F 802.11 drafts to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6
November 2011
doc.: IEEE /0203r2
March 2014
September 2014
F 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
P802.11REVmc D3 LB202 (June 2014)
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Andrew Myles, Cisco

24. F Early 802.11 Documentation Project
September 2014
F Early Documentation Project
There is a continuing interest in being able to access early submissions.
The submissions on the server are not necessarily accessible:
Some submissions were never uploaded
Some submissions are in word processor formats that are no longer generally available.
Vic Hayes, former chair, has a large paper archive of early submissions. He has obtained funding and has scanned this archive. WG chair has these.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

25. F Early Documentation - continued
September 2014
F Early Documentation - continued
The IEEE-SA has employed an intern on a part-time basis to work on making the documentation accessible.
The tasks involve
Merging, splitting and renaming the scanned pdf files
Checking that nothing is missing from the scans.
Updating a database of document numbers, revisions and files.
It is hoped that the work will be completed this year.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

26. F Next Meeting – 802 Wireless Interim, Athens, Greece
September 2014
F Next Meeting – 802 Wireless Interim, Athens, Greece
November 2-7, San Antonio, Tx, USA
At the Hyatt Regency
Meeting Registration and Hotel Registration are open
Standard registration deadline: October 24th 2014.
Hotel reservation deadline: October 18th.
For information and registration links, see
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

27. F 802 Wireless Chairs meeting
September 2014
F 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