1. TGn Chairs’ Report Jacksonville, FL, US 802 Interim – 12-16 May ‘08
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May 2008
TGn Chairs’ Report Jacksonville, FL, US 802 Interim – May ‘08
Date:
Authors:
Name
Company
Address
Phone
5488 Marvell Lane,
Santa Clara, CA, 95054
+1 (321)
Bruce Kraemer
Marvell
marvell
.com
Sheung Li
SiBEAM
+1 (408)
555 Mathilda Ave,
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Adrian Stephens
Intel Corporation
15 JJ Thompson
+1 (503)
intel.com
Avenue, Cambridge,
CB3 0FD, UK
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Bruce Kraemer (Marvell), Sheung Li (SiBEAM)

2. Primary Meeting Documents
May 2008
doc.: IEEE /0503r2
May 2008
Primary Meeting Documents
Chair’s Opening Report r0
Chair’s Closing Report r0
Meeting Minutes r0
Editor’s Report r0
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3. May 2008
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May 2008
Welcome to the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront May The 109th Session and The 29th TGn Session
TGn Meeting rooms
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Grand 4
(250)
Grand 2
(80)
Grand 3
(50)
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4. May 2008
Meeting Protocol
Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot
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5. http://newton.events.ieee.org Register Indicate attendance Attendance
May 2008
Attendance
Register
Indicate attendance
See document r0 for more details
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6. Attendance, Voting & Document Status
May 2008
Attendance, Voting & Document Status
Make sure your badges are correct
If you plan to make a submission be sure it does not contain company logos or advertising
Questions on Voting status, Ballot pool, Access to Reflector, Documentation, member’s area
see Adrian Stephens –
Cell Phones Silent or Off
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7. Current Policies May 2008 Policies and Procedures:
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Current Policies
Policies and Procedures:
IEEE Patent Policy -
Are there any patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that the participant believes may be essential for the use of that standard? Minute 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.
Affiliation FAQ -
Anti-Trust FAQ -
Ethics -
IEEE Policies and Procedures -
IEEE 802 Policies and Procedures -
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8. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
May 2008
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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
Slide #1
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Bruce Kraemer (Marvell), Sheung Li (SiBEAM)

9. May 2008
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 perations 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
Slide #2
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10. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
May 2008
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
Slide #3
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11. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
May 2008
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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.
Slide #4
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12. May 2008
Question
Are there any patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that the participant believes may be essential for the use of that standard?
Minute 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.
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13. May 2008
TGn Minutes
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14. TGn Minutes of March ’08 11-08-0371r1
May 2008
TGn Minutes of March ’ r1
Executive Summary (also see Chairs’ meeting doc r4 and closing report doc r0):
Resolved all remaining comments (190) in LB115 in 19 motions
Approved requesting a recirculation LB on D4.0 which now stands at 547 pages
The timeline changed to show sponsor ballot pool formation beginning in July ‘08
There will be no ad hoc meetings prior to the May interim meeting
There will be ad hoc teleconferences starting April 16 at 11:00 AM EDT with additional teleconferences TBD
The .11n leadership elections will be held at the May interim meeting; all of the incumbents stated they would be willing to carry on for another year
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15. May 2008
Approve Minutes
Motion to approve Mar ‘08 (Orlando) TGn minutes as contained in r1
Move: n/a
Second: n/a
No objections, accepted unanimously
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16. TGn Quick Review of Events prior to this meeting
May 2008
TGn Quick Review of Events prior to this meeting
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17. One Page History of TGn May 2008
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One Page History of TGn
HTSG formed – First meeting (Sep-11-’02 Monterey)
TGn formed – First meeting (Sep-15-’03 Singapore)
Began call for proposals (May 17 ’04 Garden Grove)
32 First round presentations (Sep 13 ’04 Berlin)
Down selected to one proposal (Mar ’05 Atlanta) –first confirm vote failed
Confirmation vote #2 failed - reset to 3 proposals -left the May ‘05 meeting with a serious deadlock. (Cairns)
3 proposal groups agreed to a joint proposal activity (Jul ’05 San Francisco)
JP proposal accepted by vote of 184/0/4, editor instructed to create draft (Jan ’06 Waikoloa)
Baseline specification converted into Draft 1.0 (335p). Letter ballot issued (LB84) March 20, ’06 (Denver) and closed on April 29, ‘06 (failed)
Draft 1.0 Comment resolution begins (May ’06 Jacksonville)
Approved 6711 editorial and 1041 technical resolutions; Created Draft (Jul ’06 San Diego)
Approved 568 technical resolutions (Sep ’06 Melbourne); Created Draft 1.06 (388p)
Approved 703 technical resolutions (Nov ’06 Dallas); Created Draft 1.09 (444p)
Approved 496 technical resolutions (Jan ’07 London); created D (500p); went to WG letter ballot Feb 7, ’07 with D 2.0; closed March 9, ’07
LB97 on TGn D2.0 passed with 83.4% approval. (Mar ’07 Orlando) Began comment resolution on with target of Draft 3.0 completion and release to ballot in Sep ’07.
Approved 1470 editorial resolutions and approved TGn draft Also approved 450 technical comment resolutions. (May 07 Montreal) Cumulative insertion of resolutions contained in TGn draft (494p)
Approved 750 technical resolutions and approved TGn draft (July 07 San Francisco) Cumulative insertion of resolutions now contained in TGn draft (498p)
Approved 507 technical resolutions and approved recirculation ballot for TGn draft 3.0 (544p). (Sep 07 Waikoloa) Recirculation passed.
Approved 282 editorial resolutions and approved TGn draft Approved 97 technical resolutions. (Nov 07 Atlanta) Cumulative insertion of resolutions now contained in TGn draft (558p)
Approved 313 technical comment resolutions (Jan ‘08 Taipei). Cumulative approved comments now in D3.03. Additional ad hoc comment resolutions contained in speculative edits D3.04, D3.05, D3.06.
Approved 190 technical comment resolutions (Mar ’08 Orlando). Approved recirculation ballot for TGn draft 4.0 (547p).
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18. Passed with 253Approve, 34 Not Approve, 25 Abstain
May 2008
LB124 on TGn D4.0
15 day Recirculation ballot closed on April 12
Passed with 253Approve, 34 Not Approve, 25 Abstain
196 Technical, 153 Editorial (349 Total) Comments
Editor has posted a speculative D4.01 based on resolutions in r0
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19. TGn Ad Hoc Organization
May 2008
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TGn Ad Hoc Organization
Ad Hoc Topic
Ad hoc leader
In Jacksonville Interim?
PHY
Vinko Erceg
Yes
MAC
Matt Fischer
Coexistence
Eldad Perahia
General
Joe Levy
Beamforming & Adaptation
John Ketchum
Joonsuk Kim No
TGn
Bruce Kraemer
Editorial
Adrian Stephens
CA Doc
Sheung Li
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Bruce Kraemer (Marvell), Sheung Li (SiBEAM)

20. Comment Spreadsheets P May 2008 Ad Hoc Topic Ad hoc leader Spreadsheet
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Comment Spreadsheets P
Ad Hoc Topic
Ad hoc leader
Spreadsheet
file #
Rev #
Report
Composite TG r1
MAC
Matt Fischer
Coexistence
Eldad Perahia
PHY
Vinko Erceg
Beamforming & Adaptation
John Ketchum
Joonsuk Kim r2 r0
General
Joe Levy
Editorial
Adrian Stephens
TGn all
Bruce Kraemer
CA Doc
Sheung Li
Bruce Kraemer, Marvell
Bruce Kraemer (Marvell), Sheung Li (SiBEAM)

21. TGn Teleconference Plan
May 2008
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TGn Teleconference Plan
Call time: 11:00 – 13:00 ET
Call number:
Wednesday
Blocking events
Ad hoc group
Meeting chair
Bridge #
Passcode
May 14
Interim
May 21
May 28
June 04
June 11
June 18
June 25
July 02
July 09
July 16
Plenary
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22. May 2008
TGn Document History
Mar ‘06
Jul ‘06
Sep ‘06
Nov ‘06
Jan ‘07
1.0
1.01
1.02
1.03
1.04
1.05
1.06
1.07
1.08
1.09
1.10
LB 84
Comment Resolution
Feb ‘07
May ‘07
July ‘07
Sep ‘07
2.0
2.01
2.02
2.03
2.04
2.05
2.06
2.07 95
LB 97
Comment Resolution
Oct ‘07
Nov ‘07
Dec ‘07
Feb ‘08
Mar ‘08
Mar ‘08
Mar ‘08
Mar ‘08
3.0
3.01
3.02
3.03
3.04
3.05
3.06
3.07
115
Comment Resolution
Apr ‘08
May ‘08
4.0
4.01
124 CR
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23. TGn Draft Page History May 2008 4.01 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
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24. TGn Voting & History Balloted Draft comments unique unique tech D1.0
May 2008
TGn Voting & History
 Balloted Draft
comments
unique
unique tech
D1.0
12400
6400
3124
D2.0
3171
3076
1594
D3.0
906
881
602
D4.0
349
348
195
D5.0
200
180
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25. TGn Document History Ballot authorization Ballot close
May 2008
TGn Document History
Ballot
authorization
Ballot close
Apr 2 9
‘06
Jan 19
‘07
LB 84
D1.0 Comment Resolution days
Mar 09
‘07
Sep 21
‘07 95
LB 97
D2.0 Comment Resolution days
Oct 27
‘07
Mar 21
‘08
115
D3.0 Comment Resolution 146 days
Apr 12
‘08
Jul 18
‘08
124
D days
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26. TGn Resolution History
May 2008
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Ballot
Authorization date
Ballot close date
TGn Resolution History
Apr 2 9
‘06
Jan 19
‘07
LB 84
D1.0 Comment Resolution days
Mar 09
‘07
Sep 21
‘07
11.8/day
8.1/day 95
LB 97
D2.0 Comment Resolution days
Oct 27
‘07
Mar 21
‘08
115
D3.0 Comment Resolution 146 days
4.1/day
Apr 12
‘08
Jul 18
‘08
3.1/day
124
D days
Unique Technical Comment Resolution Rate CIDs/day
Aug 05
‘08
Sep 12
‘08
4.7/day
13x
D days
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Bruce Kraemer (Marvell), Sheung Li (SiBEAM)

27. May 2008
May
TGn
Agenda
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28. May 2008
May WG11 Agenda
am1
am2
pm1
pm2
eve
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29. TGn – May ‘08 Schedule May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 Time Monday Tuesday
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TGn – May ‘08 Schedule
May 12
May 13
May 14
May 15
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
am 1
8:00-10:00 X
TGn 1 14 20
am 2
10:30-12:30
TGn 1, 2 8
lunch
12:30-13:30
pm 1
13:30-15:30
Full TGn 2 10 16 22
pm 2
16:00-18:00 4 18 24
eve
19:30-21:30 6 12
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30. TGn – May ‘08 Schedule May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 Time Monday Tuesday
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TGn – May ‘08 Schedule
May 12
May 13
May 14
May 15
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
am 1
8:00-10:00 X
TGn 1
MAC
am 2
10:30-12:30
TGn 1, 2
COEX
GEN
lunch
12:30-13:30
pm 1
13:30-15:30
Full TGn 2
PHY
pm 2
16:00-18:00 18 24
eve
19:30-21:30
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31. Agenda Plan and Topics Primary topic: Comment Resolution
May 2008
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Agenda Plan and Topics
Primary topic: Comment Resolution
General Order – TGn Full with topics introduced by ad hoc where appropriate, consider reverting to ad hoc when full business complete
Monday – TGn summary, ad hoc status and comment resolution discussions
Strawpolls if useful
Tuesday – Discussion and Votes
Wednesday – Discussion and Votes, Discussion of DOS (30mins)
Thursday - Voting on prepared comment resolutions
Timeline review
Plans
Teleconferences
Approval of ad hoc in Denver during July ‘08
Any other Business for the agenda?
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32. May 2008
Approve Agenda
Motion to approve May ’08 TGn agenda as contained on slide (with any minuted amendments).
Move: n/a
Second: n/a
No objections, accepted unanimously
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33. 802.11 P&P – TG Elections (11-07-0360r4)
May 2008
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P&P – TG Elections ( r4)
3.2 Task Group Chair
The TG Chair shall be appointed by the WG Chair and confirmed by a WG majority approval. The TG Chair is re-affirmed every 2 years: one session after the WG Chair is elected.
The TG Chair is required to confirm that the function of secretary is performed for each TG meeting. TG meetings are not allowed to function without a secretary.
3.3 Task Group Vice-Chair
TG Vice-Chair is elected by a WG majority approval.  The TG Vice-Chair is reaffirmed every 2 years; one session after the WG Chair is elected.
3.4 Task Group Secretary
The TG Secretary shall be appointed by the TG Chair and confirmed by a TG motion that is approved with a minimum 50% majority. The TG Secretary is re-affirmed every 2 years; one session after the WG Chair is elected.
The minutes of meetings taken by the Secretary (or designee) are to be provided to the TG Chair in time to be available to the WG Chair for publication one week after close of the session.
The minutes of the meeting are to include documents produced by the voting process and document list. See IEEE® Standards Companion for details on content and form of minutes.
3.5 Task Group Technical Editor
The TG Technical Editor shall be appointed by the TG Chair and confirmed by a TG majority approval.
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34. Current Officers The following are currently Officers of TGn
May 2008
Current Officers
The following are currently Officers of TGn
TGn Chair: Bruce Kraemer
TGn Vice Chair: Sheung Li
Technical Editor: Adrian Stephens
Secretary:
Additional nominations?
None, so nominations closed
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35. May 2008
Officer Motion
Moved, to re-affirm the following Officers and to adopt the recommendation below for TGn chair:
Secretary, xxx
Technical Editor, re-affirm: Adrian Stephens
Vice Chair, re-affirm: Sheung Li
TGn Chair, Recommendation to WG : Bruce Kraemer
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36. Technical Editor’s Report 11-08-0506r0 Ad hoc reports
May 2008
Technical Editor’s Report r0 Ad hoc reports
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37. May 2008
Thursday topics Plans from May to July Time Line Ad hoc meeting Teleconferences
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38. Currently Published Date
May 2008
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Timeline Events
Event Name
Currently Published Date
Actual
Predicted
PAR Approved
Sep ‘03
Initial WG Letter Ballot
Mar ‘06
Recirculation WG Letter Ballot
Oct ‘07
Form Sponsor Ballot Pool
Jul ‘08
Initial Sponsor Ballot
Recirculation Sponsor Ballot
Nov ‘08
Final WG Approval
Mar ‘09
Final EC Approval
RevCom/ Stds Board Approval
Jun ‘09
Publication
Jul ‘09
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39. TGn Teleconference Plan
May 2008
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May 2008
TGn Teleconference Plan
Call time: 11:00 – 13:00 ET
Call number:
Wednesday
Blocking events
Ad hoc group
Meeting chair
Bridge #
Passcode
May 14
Interim
May 21 5
May 28
June 04
June 11
June 18
June 25
July 02
July 09
July 16
Plenary
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40. Ad hoc in July 2008 Request authorization for TGn to hold an ad hoc
May 2008
Ad hoc in July 2008
Request authorization for TGn to hold an ad hoc
on Dates TBD
in Denver, CO, US
with the venue of choice being the 802 Plenary conference hotel (Hyatt Regency Denver)
for the purpose of resolving comments received during LB124 on Draft 4.0
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41. End of Chair's Opening Report
May 2008
End of Chair's
Opening Report
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42. May 2008
ad hoc Reports
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43. May 2008
Any other business?
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44. May 2008
Recess
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45. TGn Wednesday pm2 update
May 2008
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May 2008
TGn
Wednesday pm2
update
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46. TGn – May ‘08 Schedule ? May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 Time Monday
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TGn – May ‘08 Schedule ?
May 12
May 13
May 14
May 15
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
am 1
8:00-10:00 X
TGn 1
MAC
am 2
10:30-12:30
TGn 1, 2
COEX
GEN
Grand 2 ??
lunch
12:30-13:30
pm 1
13:30-15:30
Full TGn 2
PHY
pm 2
16:00-18:00 18 24
eve
19:30-21:30
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47. May 2008
Social – Wednesday Eve
Social is on Wednesday at the River City Brewing Company starting at 6:30 pm (buses start loading on Newman Street at 6pm).
We have made arrangements to include at no extra charge from 6:30 to 7:30 pm:
Ice Tea, Coffee, Soda, Bottled Water, House Wine, Handcrafted Ales, Bottled Beers (domestic & imports)
Cash bar for the above items after 7:30pm.
Attendees must wear their name badge.
Guest badges are available at the registration desk.
Walking instructions are available at the registration desk.
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48. Comment Spreadsheets May 2008 Ad Hoc Topic Ad hoc leader Spreadsheet
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Comment Spreadsheets
Ad Hoc Topic
Ad hoc leader
Spreadsheet
file #
Rev #
Report
Composite TG r1
MAC
Matt Fischer r3
Coexistence
Eldad Perahia r2
PHY
Vinko Erceg
xls
doc
Beamforming & Adaptation
John Ketchum
Joonsuk Kim
General
Joe Levy
Editorial
Adrian Stephens r0
TGn all
Bruce Kraemer
CA Doc
Sheung Li
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49. Resolution Spreadsheet
May 2008
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Wednesday Motions ?
Ad hoc
Motions
CID
count
Resolution Spreadsheet
Report Doc
Beam 1
474r3
495r2
Coex 3
466r2
516r2
Gen 10
601r2
PHY 25
475 r1
509r2
MAC
511r3
510r3
Editor
TGn
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50. Any other TGn Full business? Convert to ad hoc
May 2008
Other
Any other TGn Full business?
Convert to ad hoc
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51. May 2008
Recess
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