1. TGn Opening Report – November 05
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November 2005
TGn Opening Report – November 05
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Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

2. This Opening Report 05-1154 Administrative Intro
November 2005
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This Opening Report Administrative Intro
Attendance server
Is not available
Mark attendance at registration desk
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

3. IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
November 2005
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November 2005
IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – May 2004
6. Patents
IEEE standards may include the known use of essential patents and patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard. This assurance shall be provided without coercion and prior to approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent becomes known after initial approval of the standard). This assurance shall be a letter that is in the form of either:
a) A general disclaimer to the effect that the patentee will not enforce any of its present or future patent(s) whose use would be required to implement the proposed IEEE standard against any person or entity using the patent(s) to comply with the standard or
b) A statement that a license will be made available without compensation or under reasonable rates, with reasonable terms and conditions that are demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination
This assurance shall apply, at a minimum, from the date of the standard's approval to the date of the standard's withdrawal and is irrevocable during that period.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

4. Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings
November 2005
Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings
Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – March 2003
Don’t discuss licensing terms or conditions
Don’t discuss product pricing, territorial restrictions or market share
Don’t discuss ongoing litigation or threatened litigation
Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed… do formally object.
If you have questions,
contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

5. November 2005
Additional Guidance
After a patent letter of assurance (LoA) has been accepted by PatCom, it is allowable for a presenter to state that an LoA has been filed by a Patent Holder, accepted by PatCom, and listed in the online listing of LoAs at
Anyone seeking a copy of the accepted LoA should contact the PatCom Administrator.
Discussion of the content of accepted, submitted, or proposed LoAs is prohibited.
Discussion of licensing terms and conditions is prohibited.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

6. Attendance, Voting & Document Status
November 2005
Attendance, Voting & Document Status
If you have Attendance questions during the session talk to Harry Worstell
Questions on Voting status, Ballot pool, Access to Reflector
– see Harry Worstell –
Make sure your badges are correct
Make sure your submissions contain no company logos or advertising
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

7. Attendance Recording -802.11
November 2005
Attendance Recording
A sign-in sheet will be located at the 802 Concierge desk
Each member must sign-in “once” (1) per day, between the hours of 0800 and 1700 local time
Participants must “sign” their name in the appropriate place and state of attendance for that day in terms of AM1/AM2, PM1/PM2, EV1 (if an evening meeting exists)
Only “sign-in” for yourself, do NOT “sign-in” for and other participate.
Attendance will be checked against other 802 groups.
Those found abusing the honor system will lose ALL credit for that day.
These sheets are provided daily. If you don’t sign up during the “regular sign-in” hours, you will NOT be given credit for that day.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

8. November 2005
TGn Quick Review of events prior to this meeting up to September 05 Meeting in Garden Grove, California, USA
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

9. Historical Background
November 2005
Historical Background
We left the May meeting with a serious deadlock.
In subsequent discussions with the 3 proposal groups they indicated that they would agree to participate in a joint proposal activity.
When TGn met in July we agreed to proceed with a merger activity that would continue through the November session.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

10. Selection Procedure (continued)
November 2005
Selection Procedure (continued)
During steps 9, 16 and 18, mergers will be allowed between remaining proposals, and between remaining proposals and proposals that have been eliminated. Mergers will not be allowed between eliminated proposals only. The TGn chair will provide an opportunity for the task group to decide by simple majority whether proposals that have merged or that have technical changes require normal time for consideration prior to a down-selection vote (4 meeting hours) or require extended time. Time extension beyond 24 hours shall require support of 2/3 of the voting members present.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

11. November 2005
Motion:
Moved: Because the TGn selection process allows proposals to ask for time to complete mergers prior to consideration, M&T&W are granted time to complete a merged Joint Proposal (JP) that will replace the current three remaining TGn proposals.
The time line is:
July 2005:
Provide time this week (ref 5557R0 Bruce’s opening report) for these groups to go work on this effort.
Sept 2005
JP draft will be provided to TGn; Q&A sessions on JP to that time.
November 2005:
JP replaces current 3 proposals; Confirmation vote on JP.
Vote: 195/2/3
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

12. September Agenda Plans and Accomplishments
November 2005
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September Agenda Plans and Accomplishments
Between now and September
Partial merged proposal draft posted to server & announced on reflector by Monday Sept 12
Question submission via Thursday Sept 15
Responses will be presented beginning Monday Sept 19
September Meeting Plan (Monday = September 19)
Merged proposal Presentation & Discussion
Coexistence Assurance status update
( a, a, cordless phones)
Review Document linkage for changed FR
Formulate and Consider WFA liaison request
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

13. Key Documents from Sept Session
November 2005
Key Documents from Sept Session
r2 Wireless VoIP Eldad Perahia, Brett Douglas
r1 JP Status Report (Monday)
r0 JP Status Report (Thursday)
r3 TGn Opening Report
r0 TGn September Minutes
r0 TGn Closing Report
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

14. November 2005
Questions Considered
Given the current joint proposal status , can we still expect a complete draft to be posted before the November meeting?
Is there anything the chair or membership can do to further expedite or facilitate the process?
Was the pause for merger the correct decision?
What happens if the merged proposal is not completed on time?
Decided to continue with JP plan as previously agreed
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

15. November 14-18, 2005 Vancouver Agenda Plan
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November 2005
November 14-18, Vancouver Agenda Plan
Between now and November
No teleconference calls for SS or CA will be needed
No teleconferences or interim meetings of TGn will be needed
Merged proposal draft posted to server & announced on reflector by Monday, Nov 07 (1 week prior to meeting)
Questions submitted via by Thursday Nov 10
Technical Proposal and Responses will be presented beginning Monday Nov 14
November Meeting Plan (Monday = November 14)
Merged proposal Presentation & Discussion , Q&A
1st Confirmation vote, “no” vote explanations & remedies if <75% “yes”
Technical Editor Election
Coexistence Assurance status update
Review Timeline
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

16. Procedure from doc.: IEEE 802.11-03/665r9
November 2005
Procedure from doc.: IEEE /665r9
Step 16:
Rounds of voting will be held that successively eliminate one candidate proposal at a time. On each round of voting, the candidate proposal that receives the least number of votes shall be eliminated from consideration. In the event of a tie for the least number of votes, a separate vote shall be held to select which of the candidates receiving the least votes shall be eliminated in the current round. The other candidate(s) shall remain for the next round. Between rounds of voting, presenters will again have the opportunity to merge proposals and/or make technical changes to their proposals. If a merger occurs or if technical changes are made to a proposal, all presenters shall have the opportunity to present the details of their proposal again. If two or more proposals are left, time permitting and at the discretion of the TGn Chair there may be a Panel Discussion with all the remaining Presenters. The rounds of voting will continue until only one candidate proposal remains. The order in which the proposals are eliminated will be recorded in the minutes. This ordering will serve as the ranking of the eliminated proposals needed in step 18.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

17. September TGn Minutes 05-1029r0
November 2005
September TGn Minutes r0
Executive Summary
Executive Summary (also see Chairs’ meeting doc r3 and closing report doc r0):
Only 3 out of the allotted 8 hours of session time was used to allow the JP as much time as possible to meet F2F.
The JP gave two reports, an Opening Report ( r1) in which reviewed the scope of the task, itemized the progress they have made since July and the topics currently being worked on as well as the topics remaining to be addressed, and a Closing Report ( r0) in which they described the progress made during the week and presented a time line.
The JP time line indicated that their goal remained to deliver a baseline draft to the TG November 7.
TGn chair, using the ‘draft in November’ assumption projected a best case scenario of ratified standard in April [See r3]
One technical presentation on Wireless VoIP Design Considerations was made by Eldad Perahia, doc r2
The TGn chair presented a strawman agenda for the Nov meeting which was highly dependent on progress made between now and November by the JP team. JP team will give a status update after their Oct. F2F. If a draft is presented in November a confirmation vote could be held and a call for LB made at the November meeting.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

18. November 2005
Approve Minutes
Motion to approve September TGn minutes as contained in r1
Move: Jon Rosdahl
Second: Jim Petranovich
Approved unanimously
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

19. November 2005
Plans for November
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20. November 2005
Agenda Plan -November
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21. TGn – Initial November Schedule
Meeting Room: Regency C
Nov 14
Nov 15
Nov 16
Nov 17
Nov 18
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:00-10:00 X 4
10:30-12:30 6 10
13:30-15:30 8 12
16:00-18:00 2
19:30-21:30
am 1
am 2
pm 1
pm 2
eve
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

22. TGn – Proposed November Schedule Monday
TASK GROUP N AGENDA - Monday Nov 14th : : time block
duration
start time 1 II
Meeting Call to Order -
KRAEMER / LI 5
16:00 2
Chair's Status Update & Review of IEEE 802 & Policies and Procedures (IP, Voting, Previous minutes, etc) 15
16:05 3
Plans for the week 30
16:20 4 MI
Approve or Modify the Agenda 10
16:50 DT
Proposal Presentations
VARIOUS 60
17:00 6
Recess for the day
18:00
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

23. TGn – Proposed November Schedule Tuesday
TASK GROUP N AGENDA - Tuesday Nov 15th : : time blocks
duration
start time 7 II
Meeting Call to Order -
KRAEMER / LI
08:00 8 DT
Technical presentations
VARIOUS
120 9 MI
Recess for break 30
10:00 10
Technical presentations + Q & A session # 1
10:30 11
Recess for the day 60
12:30
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

24. TGn – Proposed November Schedule Wednesday
TASK GROUP N AGENDA - Wednesday Nov 16th : : time block
duration
start time 12 II
Meeting Call to Order -
KRAEMER / LI
13:30 13 DT
Technical presentations + Q & A session # 2
VARIOUS
120 14 MI
Recess for the day
15:30
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

25. TGn – Proposed November Schedule Thursday
TASK GROUP N AGENDA - Thursday Nov 18th : : time blocks
duration
start time 15 II
Meeting Call to Order -
KRAEMER / LI
10:30 16 DT
Joint Proposal Presentation Current Status and submission of Proposal to TGn
VARIOUS 60 17
Confirmation, technical editor and other votes as necessary
11:30 18 MI
Recess for lunch
12:30 19
Status report of .19 and Coexistence LI 30
13:30 20
Plans for January + approval of telecons
14:00 21
Any other business
15:00 22
Adjourn for session
15:30
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

26. New Documents posted for Nov meeting
November 2005
New Documents posted for Nov meeting
Submissions
r0 JP Opening Report
r0 JP Advanced Coding Timeline
r1 JP MAC Presentation
r2 JP MAC Proposal Text
r0 JP PHY Presentation
r2 JP PHY Proposal Text
r0 JP Closing Report
r0 TGn Minutes for Nov meeting
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

27. Any other Presentations Any other Business
November 2005
Any other Presentations
Any other Business
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

28. November 2005
Approve Agenda
Motion to approve November TGn agenda as contained on slides and 25 of this document.
Move: Jim Petranovich
Second: Jon Rosdahl
Approved unanimously
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

29. First Presentation Joint Proposal Status Report 05-1051
November 2005
First Presentation Joint Proposal Status Report
Collaborative status presentations from proposal groups:
WWiSE
TGn Sync
MITMOT
No questions
Questions from the floor only – none made
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

30. November 2005
End of Opening Report
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

31. November 2005
Questions
Given the current joint proposal status, can we still expect a complete draft to be posted at the January meeting?
Is there anything the chair or membership can do to further expedite or facilitate the process?
Was the pause for merger the correct decision?
What happens if the merged proposal is not completed on time?
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

32. November 2005
Topics for Thursday
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

33. Selection Procedure (continued)
November 2005
Selection Procedure (continued)
During steps 9, 16 and 18, mergers will be allowed between remaining proposals, and between remaining proposals and proposals that have been eliminated. Mergers will not be allowed between eliminated proposals only. The TGn chair will provide an opportunity for the task group to decide by simple majority whether proposals that have merged or that have technical changes require normal time for consideration prior to a down-selection vote (4 meeting hours) or require extended time. Time extension beyond 24 hours shall require support of 2/3 of the voting members present.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

34. Motion Move: Jon Rosdahl Second: Jim Petranovich Approved unanimously
November 2005
Motion
(from r0)
Move to continue the time to complete the merger of MITMOT, TGn Sync and WWiSE proposals until the end of the Jan 2006 meeting.
Move: Jon Rosdahl
Second: Jim Petranovich
Approved unanimously
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

35. Coexistence Assurance
November 2005
Coexistence Assurance
Status Update and plans
Presentations on coexistence issues and mechanisms in P802.11k, P802.16h
Review of CA on P b
Review of coexistence assurance methodology in
Voted to create SG to produce PAR and 5 Criteria for recommended practice on CA
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

36. November 2005
Timeline
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

37. Only change is to initial WG LB Approved without objection
November 2005
Updated Timeline
Only change is to initial WG LB
Approved without objection
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

38. 11n - Overall timeline 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 November 2005 HT SG
Formed
Publication
PAR Approved
TGn Formed
ExCom
RevCom
Stds Brd
Approval
Selection
Process &
Criteria
First
Sponsor
Letter
Ballot
Call for
Proposals
First WG
Letter
Ballot
First Proposal
Presentations
Down
Select
Joint proposal
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

39. Balloting to Publication Process (part 1)
November 2005
Balloting to Publication Process (part 1)
Draft 1.0 Complete
Mar ‘06
Submit documentation to 802 ExCom
Submit documentation to RevCom
Standards Board Approval
Conduct WG Letter Ballot
Comment Resolution
Letter Ballot Completed No
Approved?
Yes
Sep ‘06
Sep ‘06
Conduct Sponsor Ballot
Comment Resolution
Sponsor Ballot Completed No
Approved?
Yes
Jan ‘07
Publication
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

40. Balloting to Publication Process (part 2)
November 2005
Balloting to Publication Process (part 2)
Draft 1.0 Complete
Submit documentation to 802 ExCom 30 days prior to Plenary
Submission ExCom
June, Jul 17-21, 2006
Oct, Nov 13-17, 2006
Feb, Mar 12-16, 2007
May, Jul 16-20, 2007
Letter Ballot
Submit documentation to RevCom 40 days prior to Standards Board meeting sequence
Submission RevCom Stds Board
August 4, Sep Sep 16, 2006
Feb 9, Mar Mar 22, 2007
April 27, Jun Jun 28, 2007
Aug 17, Sep Sep 27, 2007
Sponsor Ballot
Publication (+30 days) April ‘07
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

41. Process Backup Material
November 2005
Time Line
Process Backup Material
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

42. RevCom (Standards Review Committee)
November 2005
RevCom (Standards Review Committee)
All requests for approval of a standard shall be reviewed by RevCom prior to submission to the IEEE SA Standards Board to ensure that the submittal is complete and that appropriate IEEE procedures are followed completely and correctly (see the IEEE-SA Standards Board Working Guide for Submittal of Proposed Standards). The IEEE-SA Standards Board has assigned to RevCom the review of standards submittals and the responsibility for recommending final approval to the IEEE-SA Standards Board.
Approval or adoption of a standard requires a consensus of RevCom that the requirements of the procedures of RevCom and those of the IEEE-SA Standards Board (IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws and IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual ) have been satisfied. Specifically, this means that the final results of the ballot and statements submitted by balloters who participated in the development of the standard indicate that consensus has been achieved and unresolved negative ballots have been properly considered, together with reasons why the comments could not be resolved.
All IEEE standards shall be approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board prior to publication. Approval requires a majority vote of the IEEE-SA Standards Board .
3 Meetings per year : March, June, September
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

43. IEEE-SA Standards Board
November 2005
IEEE-SA Standards Board
The Board consists of no fewer than 18 nor more than 26 voting members, who are Members or higher grade of the Institute. A liaison from the IEEE Technical Activities Board serves as a voting member. Nonvoting members who may attend meetings include two Members Emeriti.
David J. Law
Daleep C. Mohla Paul Nikolich
Ted W. Olsen
Ronald C. Petersen
Gary S. Robinson
Frank Stone
Malcolm V. Thaden
Richard L. Townsend
Joe D. Watson
Richard V. Cox, Member/TAB Rep
Jay Forster, Member Emeritus
Joseph L. Koepfinger, Member Emeritus
Richard DeBlasio, DOE Representative
Alan H. Cookson, NIST Representative
Satish K. Aggarwal, NRC Representative
Chairman: Steve M.Mills
Vice Chairman: Richard H. Hulett
Past Chairman: Don Wright
Secretary: Judith Gorman
Members: Mark D. Bowman
Dennis B. Brophy
Joseph Bruder
Bob Davis
Joanna N. Guenin
Mark S. Halpin
Raymond Hapeman
William B. Hopf
Richard H. Hulett
Lowell G. Johnson
Hermann Koch
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

44. NesCom (New Standards Committee)
November 2005
NesCom (New Standards Committee)
This committee examines PARs and makes recommendations to the IEEE-SA Standards Board regarding their approval.
responsible for ensuring that proposed standards projects are within the scope and purpose of the IEEE, that standards projects are assigned to the proper Society or other organizational body, and that interested parties are appropriately represented in the development of IEEE standards. The NesCom secretary is Jodi Haasz.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

45. November 2005
January Plans
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46. November 2005
Any Other Business?
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

47. November 2005
Motion to Adjourn?
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant