1. January 2016 802.11 Session Supplementary Material
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
January 2016
January Session Supplementary Material
Date:
Authors:
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

2. January 2016
Introduction
This report provides supplementary material related to attending the Jan WG plenary meetings.
Refer to the agenda: 11-15/1485r<latest>
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3. January 2016
Wednesday
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4. W2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
January 2016
W2.2 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
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
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5. W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder
January 2016
W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder
Leaders of Task Groups, Study Groups, Topic Interest Groups and Standing Committees (or their nominee) should attend the Thursday CAC at 7:30pm.
The purpose of the CAC is:
To prepare the agenda and material for the closing WG plenary
To create room requests for the next session
To advise and support the chair in his responsibilities as an EC member
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6. W5.2 Status & future of regulatory
January 2016
W5.2 Status & future of regulatory
In November, the 802 EC decided to form an ad-hoc to write a new “mission” statement for a regulatory subgroup.
The output of (see 11-15/1433r2) was presented to the EC and, in the view of this author, generally well received. This would be an input to the ad-hoc. The WG chair will be on the ad-hoc.
The status of the “subgroup” as a TAG (technical advisory group) or a SC (standing committee) has not yet been determined.
The /.15 Regulatory SC chair stood down at the last session. So the future of this activity in /.15 is open to question.
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7. W5.4 A few reminders about process
January 2016
W5.4 A few reminders about process
We have a hierarchy of “rules” above us
Applicable Law, IEEE, IEEE-SA, IEEE 802 WG P&P
The WG chair, subject to these rules, decides process in
See IEEE 802 WG P&P “duties of the chair”
The WG chair is not bound by Robert’s rules, but is wise to stick to them when the going gets sticky.
In IEEE 802 WG P&P: “Robert’s Rules of Order (Revised) is the recommended guide on questions of parliamentary procedure not addressed in these procedures.”
WG chair decisions can be appealed. The consensus of the WG members always prevails over the chair over decisions open to the chair.
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8. W5.5 – Items for EC Workshop related to 802.11
January 2016
W5.5 – Items for EC Workshop related to
What is the workshop? A chance for the IEEE 802 EC members to spend time working on topics that they don’t have time to give due diligence during the normal plenary meetings.
To be held in Hanover “E” – holds 20 + seats at the back
Friday afternoon – open to all attendees: 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Saturday – IEEE 802 EC only – hosted by hotel, limited to 20 attendees
Agenda here:
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9. Friday pm EC workshop Review / approve agenda, administration items
January 2016
Friday pm EC workshop
Review / approve agenda, administration items
Nikolich 15
01:00 PM
Radio regulatory (RR) process plan - discuss results of ad hoc
Thaler 45
01:15 PM
Discussion of the impact of updated patent policy on IEEE 802 30
02:00 PM
Attendance requirements for obtaining membership
Stephens
02:30 PM
Break
03:00 PM
5G and IMT-2020: What it is, its relevance, and ways to participate
Stephens / Marks 90
03:15 PM
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10. Saturday EC workshop Review / approve agenda, administration items Law
January 2016
Saturday EC workshop
Review / approve agenda, administration items
Law
Clarification on 'affiliated block’ text
Thompson
Final clarification of the indemnification policy
Nikolich
A single sentence tag line for 802 projects, press releases, and similar
Gilb
Discussions on the development of YANG models
Can a Study Group develop more than one PAR?
Lunch
2 year backward (actuals) and 2 year forward looking (budgetary estimates) for the 802 treasury
IEEE 802 plans for IMT-2020
Stephens / Marks
Draft distribution and USPTO
End of Day Wrap up
**802 EC Executive Session** Get program
Marks
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11. IEEE / Wi-Fi Alliance Summit #2
Nov
Meeting notes and action items

12. Attendees IEEE 802.11 Dorothy Stanley Jon Rosdahl Adrian Stephens
Stephen McCann
Wi-Fi Alliance
Stephen Palm, Director
Andy Davidson, Director
Edgar Figueroa, CEO

13. Agenda Introductions (if any are needed)
Review actions/suggestions from last meeting  
Summary of new activities from both organizations
802.11ay – NG60
802.11az – NGP
LRLP
“ as a component”  (perhaps handle in same main agenda item as LTE-LAA coex.).
Relevance of OmniRAN (802.1CF) – see
Privacy ECSG outcome -> 802E
Trials at IETF and 802
Local MAC address work in 802.1
Edgar Figueroa will review the list of new task groups in WFA since the last summit meeting  
from agenda, not actionable
Discussion of the roles of and WFA in
Regulatory policy development – for next WRC
IMT
LTE in unlicensed spectrum activity
Action items
Next meeting
AOB

14. Actions items from last meeting - Notes
IEEE could make WFA aware of new process for an org to contribute comments into an IEEE standard
Opportunity only available on first draft
60 day public review window

15. Notes
WFA could allow in its SRD, or in other step in WFA spec dev process, option to have .11 develop the spec or a portion thereof
This happens through individuals.
There may be IPR reasons that prevent this.

16. Notes
IEEE could detail option to have WFA contribute a WFA spec into an IEEE standard
One hurdle is IP policy discrepancy
Another obstacle is the possibility that a spec would change
Another obstacle is making the document public where it had been private previously
This is called an “adoption” and all it includes is changing the front matter.
Ballot is open and comments received
Comments are made to the source and resolved there.
After comment window IEEE votes—no guarantee it would pass if comments are not addressed
Are there any obstacles to obtaining the Wi-Fi Alliance specs now—they are available as per the IEEE understanding of available. No unsurmountable issues.

17. Update from 802.11 (1 of 6) 802.11ay – NG60 (Next generation 60GHz)
Evolutionary update to .11ad
Targeting November 2019
The .11ay-NG60 group will update the relevant Wi-Fi Alliance TG once .11 converges/stabilizes its high level technical direction. TGay will determine this timing

18. Update from (2 of 6)
802.11az – NGP (Next Generation Positioning)
Requirements less “stable” than ay. Targets angle, accuracy, and scalability
Similar to TGay, update to WFA-relevant TG at appropriate time

19. Update from 802.11 (3 of 6) LRLP (Long Range Low Power)
First Topic interest group (TIG as opposed to study group).
How does this relate to .ah? It potentially addresses different bands
Bands TBD
Standards pipeline slide 16 ieee /1218r2
Similar to TGay, update to WFA-relevant TG at appropriate time

20. Update from (4 of 6)
“ as a component”  (perhaps handle in same main agenda item as LTE-LAA coex.). Still a discussion topic in .11—pre study group phase
Relevance of OmniRAN (802.1CF) – see
Survey of existing OEM (non MAC/PHY)
Addresses issues of managing large systems with thousands of nodes
Address market confusion with 5G.
Not a study group right now but simply a discussion topic. Had a tutorial and discussion in different groups

21. Update from (5 of 6)
“ as a component”  (perhaps handle in same main agenda item as LTE-LAA coex.). Still a discussion topic in .11—pre study group phase
Related to LWA in 3GPP—LWA scope is not clear right now, and some changes in .11 may bring benefit to LWA
This could be a good topic for the WFA OMTG—how to promote LWA adoption
See Matt Fischer submission on throughout estimation 11-15/653r2. This is a good example of 3GPP coordination with .11
.11 will determine whether to send LS to 3GPP asking whether there is additional specification needed in .11 to support LWA requirements ( RAN1 and SA2)
WFA will determine whether to send LS to 3GPP regarding any requirements in support of LWA, including testing

22. Update from (6 of 6)
Privacy ECSG (Executive Committee Sub Study Group) outcome -> 802E
Trials at IETF and 802 MAC address randomization
Manufacturers can choose to randomize MAC addresses without impact to network
Microsoft and Apple have incorporated various methods to randomize MAC addresses now
Recommendations on privacy to used by future 802 standards groups
Local MAC address work in 802.1
PAR submitted protocol to manage MAC addresses
The protocols are for data center rather than Wi-Fi network

23. Wi-Fi Alliance Activities Initiated Since February 2015
Application Specific Platform Infrastructure Task Group— renamed recently to Pre-Association Infrastructure Service Discovery
Dedicated Short Range Communications Marketing Task Group
Sensor Net Task Group renamed “IoT for the Connected Home” Task Group includes elements of
.11v power save mechanisms
IPV6
For a comprehensive list of work areas please refer to:

24. 5. Discussion of the roles of 802.11 and WFA in WRC and IMT 2020
Impact on Wi-Fi Alliance regulatory related processes
802 is trying to become more effective in its regulatory submissions
Top level is EC (executive committee)
regulatory TAG (technical advisory group) interacts with ITU-R
WG have numbers e.g. .11
.18 has its own membership, focused on regulatory for all 802 wireless tech
.19 is focused on coex
.11/.15 regulatory standing committee exclusively for unlicensed spectrum (Rich had been chairing now intends to step down). If this group hibernates then work would go into to maintain Wi-Fi Alliance informed about ongoing contact for regulatory topics (.11 chair)
.11 will look at its rules to see if EC can approve submissions in short window (5 days?). If this is cleared, then .11 could inform Wi-Fi Alliance about it
.11 will investigate if there is a way to allow voting by its regulatory standing committee via teleconferences
.11 will notify Wi-Fi Alliance if there is a mechanism for .11 to endorse Wi-Fi Alliance regulatory submissions
Depending on the two action items 1 and 2 above, Wi-Fi Alliance could outreach to .11 when it seeks endorsements if time allows

25. IMT 20/20
.11 standards, 3gpp, ITU
ITU is where IMT designation lives. Now working on IMT 20/20
Certain advantages to be included in IMT 20/20 e.g., global spectrum allocations
ITE-U R is most official source for 5G (NGMN and 3GPP others)
Continue to consider IMT 20/20
Liaison statements as necessary
Each org to coordinate as/if necessary

26. 6. LTE in unlicensed activity
.19 may contact Wi-Fi Alliance with request to engage in .19 test effort
Wi-Fi Alliance test effort already underway

27. January 2016
friday
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28. F2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
January 2016
F2.2 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
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

29. F2.4 Administrative Reminders
January 2016
F2.4 Administrative Reminders
Next Full WG Session: March 13-19
1st CAC telecon – Feb 8th at noon ET (-5 weeks)
Initial objectives/agendas should be uploaded as mentor documents (.ppt format) or send to chair (.xls tab format) before the telecon.
Meeting date set to meet 30-day agenda submission deadline.
2nd CAC telecon – Feb 29th at noon ET (-2 weeks)
Date chosen to avoid those travelling to Wi-Fi Alliance meeting
Snapshots to be send to Dorothy Stanley before this telecon.
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30. F2.5 Letters of Assurance Detailed status is here:
January 2016
F2.5 Letters of Assurance
Database is here
5 requests for LoA have not been responded to:
Nokia (802.11ai)
HP (802.11ai)
Microsoft (802.11ai)
Detailed status is here:
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31. F2.6 Availability of documents- Nov 2015
November 2011
doc.: IEEE /0203r2
March 2014
January 2016
F2.6 Availability of documents- Nov 2015
Publication
Draft in
TechStreet
Draft in Members Area
Published in
Get 802?
Published by ISO?
IEEE P802.11REVmc
D4.0 $600 pdf
D5.0
IEEE P802.11ai
D6.0 $165 pdf
D6.3
IEEE P802.11ah
D5.0 $302 pdf
D5.1
IEEE P802.11ak
D1.4
IEEE P802.11aq
D3.1
IEEE Std af-2013
$201 print
Yes
IEEE Std ac-2013
$309 print
IEEE Std ad-2012
$371 print
IEEE Std ae-2012
$108 print
IEEE Std aa-2012
$185 print
IEEE Std
$556 print
** = request pending
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Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

32. F2.7 802.11 drafts to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6
November 2011
doc.: IEEE /0203r2
March 2014
January 2016
F drafts to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6
Drafts are sent to ISO during sponsor ballot to solicit comments.
Approved drafts may also be sent during working group ballot.
Any comments received from ISO are processed by the comment resolution committee
No comments outstanding
REVmc D5.0 will be liaised when Sponsor Recirc completes
Supplementary
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Andrew Myles, Cisco

33. F2.8 Summary of ballots and comment collections
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
January 2016
F2.8 Summary of ballots and comment collections
Current:
REVmc Sponsor first recirculation ballot closes 26 Jan
Type
Label
Group
Opened
(mm-dd)
Dur (d)
# Comments
Pool
Approve
Disapprove + invalid
Abstain
Return %
Approve %
Result LB
217
TGaj
12-21 30
174
378
221
+13 31 78 88 P
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34. January 2016
F6.3 – Leadership summit
The leadership summit is a sporadic meeting of the EC (Chair, Vice-chairs, Secretary) and members of the WFA board.
The purpose of the meeting is to improve communication between the two bodies
It does this by discussing items of mutual interest and trying to identify actions to be considered by the organization
No confidential material is considered. Notes are published on mentor.
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35. Straw poll Do you approve of the leadership summit Yes No Abstain
January 2016
Straw poll
Do you approve of the leadership summit
Yes No
Abstain
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36. January 2016
Straw poll
Is advance working group review of the tentative agenda for the leadership summit needed?
Yes No
Abstain
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37. F7.1 802 Wireless Chairs meeting
January 2016
F Wireless Chairs meeting
The wireless chairs meeting makes decisions related to the operation of the wireless interim meetings, such as location and cost.
The meeting is open to all.
If you are interested in these topics, please attend.
The wireless chairs meeting takes place at 4:00pm local time on the Sunday of 802 Plenary and 802 Wireless Interim sessions.
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38. F7.2 Next Meeting – LMSC Interim
January 2016
F7.2 Next Meeting – LMSC Interim
to at Sands Venetian Hotel, Macau, PRC
IEEE LMSC (802) Plenary
Meeting Registration and Hotel Registration
are open
For information and registration links, see
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