1. TGac September 2011 Agenda Date: 2011-09-18 Authors: September 2011
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TGac September 2011 Agenda
Date:
Authors:
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

2. IEEE 802.11ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group
September 2011
IEEE ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group
Okinawa, Japan
September 18-23, 2011
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)
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3. September 2011
Meeting Protocol
Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot
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4. Register Indicate attendance Attendance
September 2011
Attendance
Register
Indicate attendance
See document r0 for more details
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5. Attendance, Voting & Document Status
September 2011
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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6. Patent Policy Following 5 slides September 2011 September 2011
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Patent Policy
Following 5 slides
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

7. Instructions for the WG Chair
September 2011
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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)

8. 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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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

9. 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)

10. 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)

11. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
September 2011
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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 (Huawei Technologies)

12. Agenda Items for the Week
September 2011
Agenda Items for the Week
Editor Report and Review from July and September ad hoc meetings
Approve minutes from July meeting.
Approve telecon minutes, (August 18, 25 and September 1, 8).
Approve minutes from September Ad Hoc meeting, Seoul, Korea
Approve resolutions to comments resolved during the Telecons and the ad hoc meeting.
LB 178 Comment Resolution
Ad Hoc group meetings and straw polls (pre-motions)
Technical Submissions
Schedule telecons and ad hoc meeting.
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13. General Flow of the Meeting
September 2011
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General Flow of the Meeting
Monday September 19th, 10:30 – 12:30
IEEE IPR and Patent Policy
Approve of July meeting minutes, September Ad Hoc meeting, and telecons minutes.
Editor Report
Comment Resolution
Monday September 19th, 13:30 – 15:30
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Presentations, straw polls, and pre-motions
Tuesday September 20th 08:00 – 10:00
Tuesday September 20th 10:30 – 12:30
Tuesday September 20th 13:30 – 15:30
Wednesday September 21st, 08:00 – 10:00
TG Meeting
TG Motions
Thursday September 22nd, 10:30 – 12:30
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Presentations and Straw Polls
Thursday September 22nd, 16:00 – 18:00
Ad Hoc group reports and straw polls
Presentations
Goals for November 2011
Ad Hoc meeting and Conference calls
Adjourn
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

14. Agenda for Monday, September 19th, 10:30 – 12:30 (Conference Room A1)
TG Meeting
Patent policy, etc.
Call for submissions
Set agenda and Ad Hoc groups schedule.
Editor Report.
TG motions
Approve minutes from July meeting, September Ad Hoc meeting, and Telecons (August 18, 25 and September 1, 8)
TG documents and presentations
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15. Submissions September 2011 PHY MAC GEN
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Submissions
PHY
11/1199r0, “D1.0 Comment Resolution – Various PHY CIDs”, Reza Hedyat
11/1216r0, “D1_comment_resolution_brianh_part6”, Brian Hart
11/1235, “D1.0 Comment Resolution - Misc. PHY Comments Part 2 , Youhan Kim
11/1042, D1 comment resolution brianh part3, Brian Hart
11/1260, Proposed resolution for CID 2934 on L-SIG parity bit, Peter Loc
11/1282, “D1.0-comment-resolution-clause ”, Minho Cheong
11/1284, “D1.0-comment-resolution-equation-errors”, Minho Cheong
11/1285, “D1.0-comment-resolution-clause ”, Minho Cheong
MAC
11/1198r0, “D1.0 Comment Resolution – TXOP for Group-Addressed Frames”, Reza Hedyat
11/1127, “LB proposed resolutions”, Adrian Stephens
11/1279, “Comment_resolution_ ”, Chao-Chun Wang (Mediatek)
11/1186r1, Comment resolutions on BSS BW operation, simone
11/1258, Proposed resolutions for comments related to max lengths, Peter Loc
11/1281, “comments resolution for CID2954” Lv Kaiying (ZTE Corporation)
GEN
11/1256r0, “lb178 gcmp proposed resolutions”, Adrian Stephens (Intel Corporation)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

16. Submission (Cntd) Coexistence MU-MIMO September 2011
11/1234, “D1.0 Comment Resolution - MU Comments, Youhan Kim
11/1216, D1_comment_resolution_brianh_part6, Brian Hart
11/1283, “Comemnt resolution - CID 3250” Simone Merlin
11/xxxx, wei
11/1259, «TGac-comment-resolution-beamforming-report-clarification, Joonsuk Kim
11/1215, «D1-comment-resolution-Group-ID-management-frame, Jonghyun Park (LG Electronics)
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17. TGac Schedule in a Glance
September 2011
TGac Schedule in a Glance
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
AM1
PHY
MU-MIMO
TGac
AM2
COEX
MAC
PM1
PM2
PM3
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18. Summary from Seoul Ad Hoc Meeting
September 2011
Summary from Seoul Ad Hoc Meeting
24 Submissions were discussed over a couple of days, September 14 and 15.
Resolutions to 176 CIDs were considered and agreed to.
Agenda, including all straw polls, is available at:
Meeting minutes:
Thanks for LG for hosting the meeting.
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

19. Editor Report (11/1184r1) Technical Editor: Robert Stacey
September 2011
Editor Report (11/1184r1)
Technical Editor: Robert Stacey
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20. September 2011
Approval of Minutes (July 2011 Meeting, September Ad Hoc Meeting, and Telecons)
Move to approve
July 2011 TGac meeting minutes available at:
TGac Telecons minutes available at:
TGac September Ad Hoc meeting, Seoul, Korea. Minutes are available at:
Move: Joonsuk Second: Robert
Accepted with no objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

21. September 2011
Motion #1: Telecon
Move to accept changes to Clause as in doc r1.
Move: Joonsuk
Second: Robert
Motion accepted with no objection
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22. Agenda for Monday, September 19th, 13:30 – 15:30
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Agenda for Monday, September 19th, 13:30 – 15:30
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Ad Hoc 1: Rehearsal Room (PHY)
Ad Hoc 2: Conference Room B2 (MU-MIMO)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

23. September 2011
Pre-Motion #1
Do you agree with resolutions to CIDs 2010, 3588, 3587, 2588, 3762, 3592, 3591, 2686, 3594, 2590, 3764, 2099, 3266, 3593, 3192, 3766, 3718, 2592, 3769, 3647, 2593, and 3626 as in doc r2?
No objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

24. Agenda for Tuesday, September 20th, 08:00 – 10:00
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Agenda for Tuesday, September 20th, 08:00 – 10:00
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Ad Hoc 1: Rehearsal Room (PHY)
Ad Hoc 2: Conference Room B2 (MU-MIMO)
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

25. Agenda for Tuesday, September 20th, 10:30 – 12:30
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Agenda for Tuesday, September 20th, 10:30 – 12:30
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Ad Hoc 1: Rehearsal (MAC)
Ad Hoc 2: Conference Room B2 (COEX)
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

26. Agenda for Tuesday, September 20th, 13:30 – 15:30
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Agenda for Tuesday, September 20th, 13:30 – 15:30
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Ad Hoc 1: Rehearsal (PHY)
Ad Hoc 2: Conference Room B2 (MAC)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

27. Agenda for Wednesday, July 21st, 08:00 – 10:00 (Conference Room A1)
September 2011
Agenda for Wednesday, July 21st, 08:00 – 10:00 (Conference Room A1)
TG Meeting
11/1256r0, “lb178 gcmp proposed resolutions”, Adrian Stephens (Intel Corporation)
TG Motions
Comment Resolution and Presentations
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

28. Straw Poll (Pre-motion)
September 2011
Straw Poll (Pre-motion)
Do you agree to resolutions of CIDs 2329, 2330, 2333, 2334, 2327, 2328, 2253, 2252, 2113, 3538, 2331, 2332, 2812, 3302, 2298, 2251, 2633, 2634, 3120, 2250, 2635, 3121, 2636, 3048, 3049, 2111, 3117, 2112, 3118, 2101, 2102, 2012, 2594, 2595, 2596, 2597, 2598, and 3119 as in 11/1256r1?
No objection noted
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29. Comment Resolution Motion #4: COEX
September 2011
Comment Resolution Motion #4: COEX
Move to approve comment resolutions as in:
COEX: 11/ ac-lb178-coex-comments-tgac-d1-0:
COEX for Motion
Move: Joonsuk
Second: Robert
Accepted with no objection
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30. Comment Resolution Motion #5: MAC
September 2011
Comment Resolution Motion #5: MAC
Move to approve comment resolutions as in:
MAC: 11/ ac-tgas-ld1-0-mac-comments-for-motion:
MAC TELECON
MAC TELECON
MAC TELECON
MAC ADHOC, except those presented in submissions 11/1200r1 and in 11/1201r1
MAC ADHOC
MAC AM2
MAC AM2
MAC PM1
Move: Joonsuk
Second: Robert
Accepted with no objection
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31. Comment Resolution Motion #6: MAC
September 2011
Comment Resolution Motion #6: MAC
Move to approve comment resolutions as in:
MAC: 11/ ac-tgas-ld1-0-mac-comments-for-motion:
MAC ADHOC, CIDs 2675, 3786, 2134, 2135, 2136, 2137, 2676, 2852, 3342, 2162, 2033, 2677, 2851, 3341, 2161, 3259, 3260, 3804, 3805 in 11/1200r1
CIDs 2846, 3336, 2853, 3343, 2845, and 3335 in 11/1201r1
Move: joonsuk
Second: Robert
Yes: 38 No:3 Abstain: 3
Motion Passes
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32. Comment Resolution Motion #7: MU-MIMO
September 2011
Comment Resolution Motion #7: MU-MIMO
Move to approve comment resolutions as in:
MU: ac-D1-MU-comment-spreadsheet:
MU-Seoul , except CIDs 2667 and 3673 and CIDs 3307 and 2897
MU PM1
MU AM1
Move: Joonsuk
Second: Robert
Yes: 37 No: 0 Abstain: 4
Motion passes
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33. Comment Resolution Motion #8: MU-MIMO
September 2011
Comment Resolution Motion #8: MU-MIMO
Move to approve resolutions to CIDs 2667 and 3673 as in 1206r2.
Move: Joonsuk
Second Robert
Yes: 43 No: 0 Abstain:3
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34. Comment Resolution Motion #9: MU-MIMO
September 2011
Comment Resolution Motion #9: MU-MIMO
Move to approve resolutions to CIDs 3307 and 2897 as in 1191r2.
Move: Joonsuk
Second: Robert
Yes: 40 No: 0 Abstain: 3
Motion Passes
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35. Comment Resolution Motion #10: GEN
September 2011
Comment Resolution Motion #10: GEN
Move to approve comment resolutions as in:
GEN: 11/ ac-lb178-ld1-0-gen-bucket-comments:
GEN AD-HOC
Move: Joonsuk
Second: Robert
Yes: 30 No: 0 Abstain 4
Motion Passes
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36. Comment Resolution Motion #11: PHY
September 2011
Comment Resolution Motion #11: PHY
Move to approve comment resolutions as in:
PHY: 11/1257r1TGac D1.0 PHY comments for Motion in Okinawa:
PHY Comments for Motion 0921, except CID 2215
Move: Joonsuk
Second: Robert
Yes: 36 No: 0 Abstain: 7
Motion Passes
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37. Comment Resolution #12: PHY
September 2011
Comment Resolution #12: PHY
Move to approve resolution to CID 2072 as in 1190r0.
Move: Joonsuk
Second: Robert
Motion accepted with no objection
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38. Agenda for Thursday, September 22nd, 10:30 – 12:30
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Ad Hoc 1: Conference Room A1 (PHY)
Ad Hoc 2: Rehearsal (MAC)
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39. Agenda for Thursday, September 22nd, 16:00 – 18:00 (Rehearsal Room)
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Agenda for Thursday, September 22nd, 16:00 – 18:00 (Rehearsal Room)
TG Meeting
Ad Hoc group reports and straw polls
TG Motions
Presentations
Goals for November 2011
Ad Hoc Meeting(s)
Conference calls
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

40. September 2011
Ad Hoc Meeting
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41. Conference call times Previously Approved September 2011
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Conference call times
Not to overlap with TGad
Oct 27, Nov 17, Dec 8
10:00 – 12:00 ET
Oct 20, Nov 3, Dec 1, Dec 15
20:00-22:00 ET
Previously Approved
September 29, October 13
20:00 – 22:00 ET
October 6
10:00 – 12:00
10:00-12:00 ET
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)