1. January 2017
doc.: IEEE
March 2017
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
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2. Vancouver, BC, Canada March 2017
January 2017
doc.: IEEE
March 2017
Liaison Report
Hyatt Regency
Vancouver, BC, Canada March 2017
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates
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3. IEEE 802.11 Standards Pipeline
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0483r0
March 2017
IEEE Standards Pipeline
802.11
-2016
MAC
802.11aq
PAD
802.11az
NGP
802.11ak
GLK
802.11ai
FILS
802.11ba
WUR
WNG
Light Comms
(LC) TIG
802.11ax
HEW
802.11ah
< 1Ghz
802.11ay
NG60
802.11aj
CMMW
MAC & PHY
Discussion Topics
TIG/Study
groups
TG without
Approved draft
Sponsor
Ballot
Published
Amendment
Published
Standard WG
Letter Ballot
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Page 3
Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

4. 802.11 Task Groups in Comment Resolution
March 2017
Task Groups in Comment Resolution
Task Group
Ballot
Draft
Comments
Resolved
Plans
May 2017
Closing Report
TGax
LB225
D1.0
6,000
~1000 T
Continue comment resolution
17/-512r0
TGaq
SB #2
D8.0
Currently in SP recirc – finishes March 18th
17/0493r0
TGaj
LB226
D5.0
Completed documents for 1st Sponsor Ballot approval
17/491r0
TGak
LB227
D4.0
Issued 15-day WG recirc LB
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5. 802.11ax (HEW) Continued with the comment resolution on draft D1.0.
November 2011
doc.: IEEE /0xxxr0
March 2017
802.11ax (HEW)
Continued with the comment resolution on draft D1.0.
Very good progress during the ad hoc meeting and this meeting
The TG Editor is planning to generate a new revision of the TG draft (D1.2) and a new revision of the status of the comment resolution.
Spatial Reuse issues were discussed at length
Some progress on spatial resource
Agreed to hold an ad hoc meeting in Seoul, Korea, May 3-5
Draft 2.0 WG letter ballot planned – September 2017
Closing report: 17/0512r0
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Samsung)

6. 802.11WNG (Wireless Next Generation)
January 2017
doc.: IEEE
March 2017
802.11WNG (Wireless Next Generation)
Presentations reviewed
“Introduction to Rotation Polarization Wave System,” Ken Takei, Hitachi
“Review of existing approaches and use cases of obtaining transmission opportunity from multiple channels,” Kazuto Yano, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)
No motions, No recommendations for TIGs or SGs
Closing report:17/0503r0
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

7. 802.11ba [WUR –(Wake-Up Radio)]
March 2017
802.11ba [WUR –(Wake-Up Radio)]
Selected 2 Vice-Chairs
Start to reach consensus on high level MAC and PHY concepts
OOK receiver / Management frames
Reviewed Simulation Scenarios and Evaluation Methodology, Specification Framework Document
Closing Report: 17/0496r0
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

8. 802.11az (TGaz Next Generation Positioning)
March 2017
802.11az (TGaz Next Generation Positioning)
Reviewed and adopted text to Framework Specification Document
Framework on SU Ranging Sequence
MU Trigger frame design
Addressing scheme for the <6Ghz band.
Technical submissions presented
Negotiation resource allocation
Design consideration for near far problem of class B devices
Closing Report: 17/0510r0
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

9. 802.11ay (Next Generation 60 GHz (20Gb/s)
January 2017
doc.: IEEE
March 2017
802.11ay (Next Generation 60 GHz (20Gb/s)
26 technical submissions
Channel model
Draft amendment
Updated Draft D0.3
Plans for May 2017
Review technical submissions
Internal comment review Draft D0.3 (April )
Closing report: 17/0405r0
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Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

10. Light Communications (LC) (Topic Interest Group)
January 2017
doc.: IEEE
March 2017
Light Communications (LC) (Topic Interest Group)
Appointed Secretary and Technical Editor
WG approved liaison statement 17/0272r3 to various lighting associations
Applicable documents reviewed and updated
Draft report outline doc: 17/0023r4
Link budget for LC doc. 17/0479r0
Use cases doc: 17/0497r1
Closing report: 17/0505r0
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Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates

11. Editor’s Projected Completion of 802.11 Amendments
July 2007
Nov 2015
March 2017
Editor’s Projected Completion of Amendments
Amendment Number
Task Group
Projected REVCOM Date
Dec 2016
Amendment 1
TGai
Amendment 2
TGah
Amendment 3
TGaq - 74
July 2017
Amendment 4
TGaj - 321
September 2017
Amendment 5
TGak - 98
Jan 2018
Amendment 6
TGax – 453
Dec 2018
Amendment 7
TGay - 193
Nov 2019
Amendment 8
TGaz
Mar 2021
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Peter Ecclesine (Cisco Systems)

12. March 2017
Thank you !!
Al Petrick, Jones-Petrick and Associates