1. September 2008
doc.: IEEE /1123r0
September 2008
802.11aa – Robust Audio Video Transport Streaming Waikoloa Closing Report
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Alex Ashley, NDS Ltd
Alex Ashley, NDS Ltd

2. September 2008
doc.: IEEE /1123r0
September 2008
Abstract
This submission summarizes the activities of aa during the Waikoloa (September 2008) meeting.
Alex Ashley, NDS Ltd
Alex Ashley, NDS Ltd

3. Closing Report September 2008 July 2008 September 2008
doc.: IEEE /918r0
doc.: IEEE /1123r0
September 2008
Closing Report
Slide 3
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Page 3
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Ganesh Venkatesan, Intel Corporation

4. September 2008
Recognition
Many thanks to Burak Baysal (Ubicom Inc.) and Mark Hamilton (Polycom) for volunteering to be the recording secretary in the meetings during this session
Slide 4
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5. 802.11aa Goal(s) for the Waikoloa Meeting
September 2008
November 2007
doc.: IEEE /2752r1
doc.: IEEE /1123r0
802.11aa Goal(s) for the Waikoloa Meeting
September 2008
Approvals
Approval of Denver Meeting minutes (08/860r1)
Approval of post-Denver telecon minutes (08/945r2)
Teleconference schedule
Review of PAR (gap analysis)
Complete OBSS Requirements
Complete Broadcast/Multicast Requirements
Listen to Technical Proposals
Discuss agenda for joint 802.1AVB meeting in Dallas
Slide 5
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Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

6. Technical Presentations
September 2008
Technical Presentations
r0 Harmonizing Multicast Proposals
08-803r1 Multicast/Broadcast Communication with Acknowledge
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7. Other Accomplishments
September 2008
Other Accomplishments
Gap analysis of PAR
Of the five topics, one has not yet received presentations/proposals
“Intra-Access Category prioritization of transport streams by modifying EDCA timing and parameter selection without any requirement for deep packet inspection”
Received two volunteers to work on TSPECs for joint 802.1AVB meeting in Dallas
Completed and adopted OBSS requirements document r7
Completed and adopted multicast/broadcast requirements document r0
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8. Teleconference Schedule
September 2008
Teleconference Schedule
Bi-Weekly on Mondays at 11:00 Eastern Time (1 hour long) starting from Sep 22, 2008.
Teleconference details will be sent to the TGaa reflector next week (week of Sep 14, 2008).
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9. Teleconference Agenda
Craft TSPEC tutorial
Specifically on TSPECs and what they mean and the management interface to QoS
Via the TGaa reflector
Via telephone conferences
Listen to technical proposals

10. Plans for Dallas Meeting
September 2008
Plans for Dallas Meeting
Joint meeting with 802.1AVB (2 meeting slots)
802.1Qat and QoS
(a) a tutorial on e, specifically on TSPECs and what they mean; management interface to QoS, (by )
(b) a tutorial on 802.1Qat, specifically the traffic classes and what their delay/latency and throughput characteristics are (by 802.1AVB) and
(c) define a map between each 802.1Qat traffic class to TSPECs (jointly).
Update on the status of 802.1Q C-tag CFI bit
Status of aa (what we have done so far)
Listen to technical proposals
Discuss process
Requirements documents for other PAR topics?
Alex Ashley, NDS Ltd

11. September 2008
References
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