1. November 2016
doc.: IEEE
November 2016
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: [Liaison Report on for November 2016]
Date Submitted: [10, November, 2016 ]
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2. 802.11 Liaison Report Grand Hyatt San Antonio, Texas November 2016
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3. IEEE 802.11 Standards Pipeline
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0483r0
November 2016
IEEE Standards Pipeline
802.11
-2012
MAC
802.11
-2016
802.11aa
Video Transport
802.11aq
PAD
802.11ak
GLK
802.11ae
QoS Mgt Frames
802.11ai
FILS
802.11az
NGP
WNG
WUR SG
Wake-up
Radio
802.11ax
HEW
802.11ah
< 1Ghz
802.11af
TVWS
802.11ac
VHT 5GHz
802.11ay
NG60
802.11ad
VHT 60 GHz
802.11aj
CMMW
MAC & PHY
Discussion Topics
Sponsor
Ballot
Published
Amendment
Published
Standard
TIG/Study
groups
TG without
Approved draft WG
Letter Ballot
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Page 3
Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

4. 802.11 Task Groups in Comment Resolution
November 2016
Task Groups in Comment Resolution
Task Group
Ballot
Draft
Comments
Resolved
Plans
Closing Report
TGax
InternalTG review
D0.5
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Prepare D1.0 for 30-day WG LB planned in Dec 2016
16/1043
TGaq
SB #1
7.0
235
145
Continue comment resolution in January 2017
16/1534r0
TGaj
LB223
D3.0 21
ALL
Prepare D3.0 for 15-day WG recirc LB
16/1536r0
TGak
LB218
D2.0 12
Prepare D3.0 for 15-day WG recir LB
16/1305r6
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5. 802.11WNG (Wireless Next Generation)
November 2016
doc.: IEEE
November 2016
802.11WNG (Wireless Next Generation)
Presentations reviewed
“Privacy considerations for networks”, Juan Carlos Zuniga (Sigfox), Mathieu Cunche (INSA – University of Lyon)
“LiFi – light communication for ”, Nikola Serafimovsky, (PureLiFi)
Approved to from a TIG
Closing report: 16/1540r0
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

6. WUR – SG (Wake-Up Receiver)
November 2016
WUR – SG (Wake-Up Receiver)
Completed updates to PAR / CSD for WG, EC and NesCom approval
4 presentations – PAR
1 presentation – CSD
Reviewed 8 presentations
OOK, Power Efficiency, Access Point discovery, WUR packet design, MAC procedures, and usage models
Closing Report: 16/1543r1
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

7. 802.11ay (Next Generation 60 GHz (20Gb/s)
November 2016
doc.: IEEE
November 2016
802.11ay (Next Generation 60 GHz (20Gb/s)
27 technical submissions
Channel models, Specification Framework Document (SFD)
Good progress on SFD
Plans for January 2017
Begin work on draft D0.1
Closing report: 16/1505
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

8. 802.11az (Next Generation Positioning)
November 2016
802.11az (Next Generation Positioning)
Reviewed and adopted text to Spec. Framework on protocol elementary stages: discovery, negotiation and measurement exchange
Reviewed technical submissions on measurement exchange, negotiation and secured location
Plans for January 2017
Review technical submissions:
measurement phase approaches, negotiation phase, adaptation to 11ax MU mode and secured location schemes
Closing report: 16/1548r0
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

9. Editor’s Projected Completion of 802.11 Amendments
November 2016
Editor’s Projected Completion of Amendments
Amendment Number
Task Group
Projected REVCOM Date
802.11REVmc
TGmc
Dec 2016
Amendment 1
TGai - 170
Amendment 2
TGah - 627
Amendment 3
TGaq - 34
Mar 2017
Amendment 4
TGaj - 288
Jul 2017
Amendment 5
TGak - 86
Jan 2018
Amendment 6
TGax - 317
Dec 2018
Amendment 7
TGay
Nov 2019
Amendment 8
TGaz
Mar 2020
Closing report: 16/1373r1
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

10. Example: P802.11ax Contents (New Style)
November 2016
Example: P802.11ax Contents (New Style)
3. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations
4. General description
6. Layer management
8. PHY service specification
9. Frame formats
10. MAC sublayer functional description
11. MLME
17. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) PHY specification
25. High Efficiency (HE) MAC specification
26. High Efficiency (HE) PHY specification
New Style Guide: 16/1472r1
Main change is addition of an HE MAC specification clause
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11. November 2016
Thank you !!
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates