1. May 2012 TGac Ad Hoc Meeting Agenda
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May 2012 TGac Ad Hoc Meeting Agenda
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

2. IEEE 802.11ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group
May 2012
IEEE ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group
Santa Clara, CA
May 9-11, 2012
Chair: Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)
Vice Chair: Menzo Wentink (Qualcomm)
Vice Chair: Joonsuk Kim (Broadcom)
Technical Editor: Robert Stacey (Apple)
Secretary: David Yang (Huawei Technologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

3. May 2012
Meeting Protocol
Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot
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4. Patent Policy Following 5 slides May 2012 May 2012
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Patent Policy
Following 5 slides
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5. Instructions for the WG Chair
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Instructions for the WG Chair
The IEEE-SA strongly recommends that at each WG meeting the chair or a designee:
Show slides #1 through #4 of this presentation
Advise the WG attendees that:
The IEEE’s patent policy is consistent with the ANSI patent policy and is described in Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws;
Early identification of patent claims which may be essential for the use of standards under development is strongly encouraged;
There may be Essential Patent Claims of which the IEEE is not aware. Additionally, neither the IEEE, the WG, nor the WG chair can ensure the accuracy or completeness of any assurance or whether any such assurance is, in fact, of a Patent Claim that is essential for the use of the standard under development.
Instruct the WG Secretary to record in the minutes of the relevant WG meeting:
That the foregoing information was provided and that slides 1 through 4 (and this slide 0, if applicable) were shown;
That the chair or designee provided an opportunity for participants to identify patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) of which the participant is personally aware and that may be essential for the use of that standard
Any responses that were given, specifically the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that were identified (if any) and by whom.
The WG Chair shall ensure that a request is made to any identified holders of potential essential patent claim(s) to complete and submit a Letter of Assurance.
It is recommended that the WG chair review the guidance in IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual and in FAQs 12 and 12a on inclusion of potential Essential Patent Claims by incorporation or by reference.
Note: WG includes Working Groups, Task Groups, and other standards-developing committees with a PAR approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board.
(Optional to be shown)
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

6. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
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Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
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
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7. Patent Related Links Patent Policy is stated in these sources:
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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
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

8. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
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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
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

9. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
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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.
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Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

10. May 2012
Host Information
Thanks to Edward and Kim for taking care of the arrangement at Huawei for the TGac ad hoc meeting
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11. Room Assignment May 2012 Capacity Wednesday Thursday Friday
Capacity
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Cafeteria Conference Room (1/F, C1) 50
8am - 1pm
8am - 6pm
Employee Training Room (2/F, C2) 30
1pm - 6pm NA
Fremont (2/F, C2-322) 14
2pm - 6pm
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12. May 2012
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Submissions
11-12/558, “LB187 resolution to CID 5163”, Nihar Jindal
11-12/539, “LB187 resolutions for various MU CIDs”, Nihar Jindal
11-12/557, “LB187, Miscellaneous PHY CIDs”, Reza Hedayat
11-12/556, “LB187, MU sub-clause 8.4 CIDs”, Reza Hedayat
11-12/555, “LB187 - Misc. MAC and Coex Comment Resolution” Chao-Chun Wang
11-12/554, “Proposed resolutions to comments on PMD transmit specification” Yusuki Asai
11-12/542, “Comment resolution for CID 5119”, Sigurd Schelstraete
11-12/541, LB187-PR-AMPDU-LENGTH-PAD” Matthew Fischer
11-12/540, “LB187-PR-IE-CAP-OP-LOAD-AND-MORE” Matthew Fischer
11-12/539, “LB187 resolutions for various MU CIDs” Nihar Jindal
11-12/536, “D2_comment_resolution_brianh_part2” Brian Hart
11-12/379r4, “TPC, Operating Classes and Channel Switching” Brian Hart
11-12/484r3, “Sub-Clause 9.19 Comments Resolutions Part 2” Allan Zhu
11-12/533, “Comment resolutions for clause ”, Sigurd Schelstraete
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

13. May 2012
Submissions
11-12/532, “comment resolution for clause ” Sun Bo
11-12/521, “Resolutions for EDCA protection settings”, Erik Lindskog
11-12/245r5, “LB187 Clause 10 Comment Resolutions”, Adrian Stephens
11-12/506, “LB187 Misc MAC Comment Resolutions” Adrian Stephens
11-12/503, “LB187 Clause & PMD comment resolutions” Adrian Stephens
11-12/529, “Proposed resolutions to comments on country elements and operating classes” Yusuki Asai
11-12/528, “Proposed resolutions to comments on PMD transmit specification” Yusuki Asai
11-12/527, “Proposed resolutions to comments on channelization” Yasuki Asai
11-12/526, “Proposed resolutions to comments on timing-related parameters” Yusuki Asai
11-12/525, “Proposed resolutions to comments on transmitter block diagram” Yusuki Asai
11-12/413r2, “clause comment resolutions”, Kaiying
11-12/523, “d2-0-sounding-comment-resolutions-part 2” Yong Liu
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14. May 2012
Submissions
11-12/522, “Resolution for LB187 CID Sequence Control numbers for VHT Compressed Beamforming frame” Erik Lindskog
11-12/521, “LB187- More PICS Related Comments” Osama Aboul-Magd
11-12/512, “sub-clause 9.19 comment resolutions for LB187 part 4” Allan Zhu
11-12/511, “Proposed Resolutions to Comments on Section ”, Allert van Zelst
11-12/303r2, “clause-9.7 proposed resolutions part 1” Liwen Chu
11-12/417, “Clause 9.7 proposed resolutions part 2” Liwen Chu
11-12/361, “comment resolution for sub-clause 10_9_3”, Yongho Seok
11-12/337r2
11-12/593, “Comment-resolution-TXOP-power-save” Sandhya Patil
11-12/592, “D2 Comment Resolution, brianh, part 3” Brian Hart
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11-12/431, “CID 4691”, Simone Merlin
11-12/491r0, “Comment Resolutions to Sub-Clause ” David Xun
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15. General Flow of the Meeting
May 2012
General Flow of the Meeting
Wednesday
Administrivia
Editor Report
Resolution of Comments
Thursday
Friday
Adjourn
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

16. Editor Report COEX: 9 CIDs left MU: 48 CIDs left PHY: 125 CIDs left
May 2012
Editor Report
COEX: 9 CIDs left
MU: 48 CIDs left
PHY: 125 CIDs left
MAC: 168 CIDs left
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17. Meeting and Telecon Minutes
May 2012
Meeting and Telecon Minutes
tbd
All Straw Polls will be converted to Motions during the
IEEE Meeting next week
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18. Agenda for Wednesday, May 9th , 09:00 – 18:00
TG meeting call to order
Patent policy, etc
Host Information
Editor Report
Call for submissions
Set and approve genda
Comment Resolution
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19. Wednesday Schedule 9:00 – 12:00 Comment Resolution 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
May 2012
Wednesday Schedule
9:00 – 12:00 Comment Resolution
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
Ad Hoc Meetings 1:00 -3:00
PHY
MAC
3:00 – 4:00 Recess
4:00 – 6:00 Ad Hoc Meetings
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20. May 2012
Straw Poll #1
Do you agree to resolutions of CIDs 4248, 4252, 4257, 4258, 4259, 4260, 4346, 4461, 4462, 4254, 4249, 4749, 4336, 4571, 5411, 4337, 4872, 5260, 4335, 4250, 4253 and as in 11-12/379r5
using 11acD2.1 as the baseline
No objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

21. May 2012
Straw Poll #2
Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs 4928 and 4348as in 11-12/0592r0
No Objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

22. May 2012
Straw Poll #3
Do you agree to the resolution of CID 5163 as in 11-12/558r2
No objection
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23. May 2012
SP #4
Do you agree to the resolutions of CIDs 4656, 4658, 5250, 5251 as in 11-12/0539r4?
No objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

24. May 2012
SP #5
Do you agree to the resolutions to CIDs 4072 and 5115 as in11-12/0532r1?
No objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

25. May 2012
SP #6
Do you agree to resolutions of all CIDs in 11-12/0503r2 except 4772, 5236 , 4113, 4778?
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26. May 2012
SP #7
Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs 4780, 5240, 4793, 4760, 5243, 5308, 4709, 4821, 4541, 4475, 4546, 4470, in 11-12/506r1?
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27. Agenda for Thursday, March 8th, 9:00 – 17:00
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Agenda for Thursday, March 8th, 9:00 – 17:00
Comment Resolution
9:00 – 10:45 Comment Resolution
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11: :30 Comment Resolution
12:30 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 3:00 Comment Resolution
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 5:00 Comment Resolution
5:00 Recess
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28. Agenda for Friday, March 9th, 9:00 – 17:00
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Agenda for Friday, March 9th, 9:00 – 17:00
Comment Resolution
9:00 – 10:45 Comment Resolution
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11: :30 Comment Resolution
12:30 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 3:00 Comment Resolution
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 5:00 Comment Resolution
5:00 Adjourn
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