1. Joint Proposal Opening Report
March 2005
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September 2005
Joint Proposal Opening Report
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2. September 2005
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3. September 2005
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4. September 2005
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5. Parc les Algorithmes, Gif-sur-Yvette 91193 France +33 1 69352573
September 2005
Markus Muck
Motorola Labs
Parc les Algorithmes, Gif-sur-Yvette France
Jean-Noel Patillon
Sebastien Simoens
Stéphanie Rouquette
Alexandre Ribeiro Dias
Karine Gosse
Brian Classon
1301 E. Algonquin Rd, Schaumburg IL USA
Keith Blankenship
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6. VK Jones Airgo Networks vkjones@airgonetworks.com Richard van Nee
September 2005
VK Jones
Airgo Networks
Richard van Nee
Ali Raissinia
Allert van Zelst
Guido Frederiks
Bruce Edwards
Broadcom
Chris Hansen
Tushar Moorti
Chris Young
Takashi Ishidoshiro
Buffalo
Masato Kato
Dave Hedberg
Conexant
Cenk Kose
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7. Hughes Network Systems feroz@hns.com John Benko France Telecom
September 2005
Michael Seals
Conexant
Mark Webster
Menzo Wentink
Taehyun Jeon
ETRI
Sok-kyu Lee
Heejung Yu
Tim Wakeley
Hewlett Packard
Mustafa Eroz
Hughes Network Systems
John Benko
France Telecom
Marie-Helene Hamon
Lakshmi Iyer
Lin-Nan Lee
Feng-Wen Sun
Marc de Courville
Motorola
Markus Muck
Alexandre Ribeiro-Dias
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8. Stephanie Rouquette-Leveil Motorola stephanie.rouquette@motorola.com
September 2005
Stephanie Rouquette-Leveil
Motorola
Sebastien Simoens
Nico van Waes
Nokia
John Chang
Ralink
Sheng Lee
Tom Pare
David Tung
Der-Zheng Liu
Realtek
Ravi Mahadevappa
Stephan ten Brink
Gabriella Convertino
STMicroelectronics
Mike Moreton
Fabio Osnato
Pratima Pai
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9. Vincenzo Scarpa STMicroelectronics vincenzo.scarpa@st.com
September 2005
Vincenzo Scarpa
STMicroelectronics
Massimiliano Siti
George Vlantis
Anuj Batra
Texas Instruments
Srikanth Gummadi
Dale Hocevar
Richard Williams
Keith Chugg
TrellisWare
Paul Gray
Bob Ward
Jeng-Hong Chen
Winbond Electronics
Pansop Kim
Alfred Lin
Wei-Chung Peng
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10. September 2005
Abstract
This document provides an update on the joint proposal effort since San Francisco among TGn Sync, WWiSE, and Mitmot – who now comprise the Joint Proposal Team
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11. Progress Goal for a draft by Anaheim has not been achieved
September 2005
Progress
Aggressively working towards a JP draft
Weekly conf calls, Japan F2F, Pre-Anaheim F2F
Goal for a draft by Anaheim has not been achieved
Many technical issues have been resolved
Still several in discussion
Positive compromise among groups and companies is accelerating
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12. Outline of JP Activities
September 2005
Outline of JP Activities
Procedural
The process of making decisions
Logistical
Meeting calendar
reflector
Web tool for ballots
Technical
Progress we’ve made towards the joint proposal
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13. Procedural JP process has been closely modeled on the IEEE process
September 2005
Procedural
JP process has been closely modeled on the IEEE process
The PHY and the MAC groups each are being co-chaired by one TGn Sync rep and one WWiSE rep
We’ve started from a clean sheet – there are no preconditions
Technical presentations typically open a topic for discussion
The sequence of discussion topics is derived from dependencies
We may conduct non-binding strawpolls to identify consensus
As consensus is identified, motions are crafted for formal consideration.
Motions are put to a binding ballot on a web based tool
1 vote per company in the JP pool (42 voting entities)
72 hour window
75% approval required for technical motions to pass
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14. September 2005
Logistical
The Tech teams conducts a 2 hour conference call every Thursday
Preliminary agenda is circulated on the reflector approximately 24 hours before the call
Series of ongoing Face-to-Face meetings since Cairns (May 2005):
Chicago (June 2005)
San Francisco (July 2005)
Tokyo (August 2005)
Orange County (Sep 2005)
Europe planned for Oct 2005
To help accelerate progress, tiger teams have been created that operate in parallel
Web based tool for communication and coordination
4 reflectors: all members, PHY, MAC, and Administrative
Document repository
Ability to conduct ballots
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15. September 2005
PHY Status
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16. Technical Architecture items fall in one of three buckets:
September 2005
Technical
Architecture items fall in one of three buckets:
Discussed and agreed upon
Still under discussion
Yet to be discussed
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17. Recap of Architecture Encoder Puncturer Parser Interleaver QAM Mapper
September 2005
Recap of Architecture
Encoder
Puncturer
Parser
Interleaver
QAM
Mapper
Antenna
Mapper
iFFT
Window
& GI RF
Pilot
Preamble
Agreed upon
Under discussion
Yet to be discussed
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18. Items discussed & agreed upon
September 2005
Items discussed & agreed upon
Convolutional Encoder – Mandatory
Generator polynomial (1338, 1718)
Rate = ½
Puncturing rates and patterns – Mandatory
Rate = 2/3, 3/4, and 5/6
Interleaver – Mandatory
Block based
One for each spatial stream
Spatial streams separated by frequency rotations RF
20MHz mandatory (64 point FFT)
40MHz optional (128 point FFT)
MCS set - mandatory
1 & 2 Spatial Streams
BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, and 64-QAM
Rate = 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, and 5/6
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19. Items currently under discussion
September 2005
Items currently under discussion
Preamble Construct:
Mixed Mode
Greenfield
Etc
FFT Tone Format:
Number of data tones and pilots tones in 20MHz and 40MHz
Advanced Coding:
as part of the Advanced Coding tiger team
Transmit Beamforming
Range Extension
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20. Items in the pipeline for discussion
September 2005
Items in the pipeline for discussion
Parser
Rate feedback (link adaptation)
Space time block coding
Support for Single Spatial Stream devices
Spatial spreading
Antenna selection
256 QAM
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21. September 2005
MAC Status
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22. MAC Feature Architecture
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MAC Feature Architecture
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23. Convergence emerging MSDU aggregation Block Ack modifications
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Convergence emerging
MSDU aggregation
Draft text is in process of ballot
Block Ack modifications
Includes:
Compressed Block Ack
Partial State BA
Implicit BAR
No-Ack
Draft text in final revision stage
EPP (PLCP length spoofing)
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24. Items currently under discussion
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Items currently under discussion
“PSDU aggregation”
A-MPDU draft text currently under ballot
Initial draft of A-PPDU under review before ballot
MMP/PSAD (power saving multi-poll mechanism)
Draft text created, but not ready for balloting
Reverse direction grant
Substantial progress, draft text almost complete
Coexistence
Presentations presented/reviewed
HT Control field
Topic covers signaling for several HT features
Straw polls ongoing
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25. Items in the pipeline for discussion
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Items in the pipeline for discussion
Rate feedback (link adaptation)
Cross MAC/PHY team recently created
Capabilities advertisement
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26. September 2005
Next Steps
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27. Plans for this Week Listen and Respond to TGn input
September 2005
Plans for this Week
Listen and Respond to TGn input
JP F2F this Tuesday and Wednesday
Closing report on Thursday
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28. Joint Proposal Timeline - Revised
September 2005
Joint Proposal Timeline - Revised
San Fran
F2F
Anaheim
F2F
Vancouver
Final Joint Prop
Confirm Vote
F2F
Hawaii
Draft proposal owned by TGn
JAP
F2F
EUR
F2F
Weekly Conference Calls between F2F Meetings
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
2005
2006
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