1. May 2015 802.11 Session Supplementary Material
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
May 2015
May Session Supplementary Material
Date:
Authors:
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

2. May 2015
Introduction
This report provides supplementary material related to attending the May plenary meetings.
Refer to the agenda: 11-15/482r<latest>
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3. May 2015
Monday
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4. M2.3.1 Summary of new and ongoing Liaisons and Status
May 2015
M2.3.1 Summary of new and ongoing Liaisons and Status
Ongoing
NGMN Liaison and Whitepaper - Owned by REG SC
Liaison from 3GPP (March 2015), Regarding Coexistence of Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) and IEEE 802 – Owned by REG SC
Liaison from 3GPP, Regarding Study on LTE Support for V2X Services
“3GPP TSG SA would like to inform ETSI ITS, US SAE, US ITSA, Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, GSMA Connected Living and IEEE that V2X study has been started in SA WG1 to identify use cases and requirements for LTE V2X (V2V, V2I, and V2P).”
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5. M2.3.1 – Liaison in person from 3GPP in 802.19
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
May 2015
M2.3.1 – Liaison in person from 3GPP in
Invitation from Chair to 3GPP to present on LTE-LAA
Havish Koorapaty (Ericsson), from 3GPP, will be coming to give a presentation on this topic
The timeslot is Tuesday pm2 in Georgia B (2nd Floor). Room will hold 50.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

6. M3.2 Joint meetings and Reciprocal Credit
May 2015
M3.2 Joint meetings and Reciprocal Credit
Joint Meetings
Thu am1: TGak, 802.1Qbz, 802.1AC, and ARC
Reciprocal credit is provided to voters for attendance at: , , , and Privacy ECSG
Reciprocal credit for is for Coexistence in Unlicensed Bands Study Group
Reciprocal credit for is for 801.1Qbz, 802.1CF and 802c (Local MAC address) Study Group
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7. M3.10 Topics for Wednesday plenary
May 2015
M3.10 Topics for Wednesday plenary
Response from the IEEE-SA Standards Board on request sent by WG related to ah
Edgar Figueroa, CEO of the Wi-Fi Alliance will address us
Discussion on how TG chairs should be determined
Information on exchange with the RAC on ANA
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8. M3.11 802 EC and IEEE-SA Standards Board decisions
May 2015
M EC and IEEE-SA Standards Board decisions
PARS
P802.11ay ( was approved at the March IEEE SASB meeting.
Approval of draft standards
None
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9. May 2015
Wednesday
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10. W2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
May 2015
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
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

11. W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder
May 2015
W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder
Leaders of Task Groups, Study 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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12. W5.2 – How the TG chair should be determined
May 2015
W5.2 – How the TG chair should be determined
There is a conflict between what the rules say and what I perceive to be our recent practice.
The 802 WG P&P states:
“7.3 Subgroups of the WG
The WG may, from time to time, form subgroups for the conduct of its business. …
The WG Chair shall appoint the chair of the subgroup. “
The OM states:
“4.2 Task Group Chair
The TG Chair shall be appointed by the WG Chair and confirmed by a WG majority approval. The TG Chair is re-affirmed every 2 years: one session after the WG Chair is elected.”
What we actually do:
Each TG holds an election, and the WG affirms the TG’s choice
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13. Why change anything / what will change?
May 2015
Why change anything / what will change?
This is part of continuous process improvement – managing the WG effectively is the primary job responsibility of the WG chair.
I have consulted with other WG chairs, the officers and the CAC to determine what is best practice and how we should respond.
I will in future ask TGs to produce a recommendation for TG chair, and will share the qualifications I am looking for with the TG.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

14. TG chair qualifications
May 2015
TG chair qualifications
The prospective TG chair should indicate that their employer will support their attendance at all sessions, and that they will normally be present to run TG meetings at those sessions.
The main qualification sought is demonstrated competency in a job carrying a management responsibility in ; such as: Task or study group chair or vice chair, ad-hoc chair
Note, we are looking for a manager, not a leader.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

15. W5.3 – Exchange with IEEE RAC
May 2015
W5.3 – Exchange with IEEE RAC
The IEEE “RAC” is the registration authority for IEEE standards
They coordinate use of resources created in IEEE standards
They are a significant source of income for IEEE-SA
The following was an enquiry from the RAC on entry of P (Revision MC) to sponsor ballot, prompted by the existence of <ANA> flags and explanatory editors notes.
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16. May 2015
W5.3 – from RAC
"IEEE Std , front matter, p. v, Participants — Per IEEE-SA rules, the Registration Authority has right of first refusal for all registration activities.  Please explain why the WG has (or had) an Assigned Number Authority, and what numbers that authority was administering, and why those numbers are not appropriate as an IEEE RA registry.  (Other standards have code points in various protocols that they specify (and reserve for future specification) without objection of the RAC, so this is just a request for additional information.  (That title for a WG responsibility acted as a red flag.)"
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

17. W5.3 – Reply from WG chair 2015-04-28
May 2015
W5.3 – Reply from WG chair
The ANA is an organizational convenience for standards.  We have had times when there were 6 simultaneous amendments all amending the same table specifying things like Element IDs.   We needed a mechanism to take control of this situation.  We have done that by creating a database identifying controlled resources (those likely to be updated by more than one amendment at a time).   A controlled resource can only be used by requesting assignment from the ANA.  We have a review process that checks that an amendment uses only numbers assigned to it from the ANA. 
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18. W5.3 – Reply from WG chair 2015-04-28 - II
May 2015
W5.3 – Reply from WG chair II
Notwithstanding this,  it is the published standard or amendment that is definitive.  For example,  we had an amendment that published an value of a controlled resource that had not been assigned to it,  and we therefore had to shuffle up previously assigned resources in in-development amendments to make room for it. The flag “<ANA>” is not allowed in the published standard or amendment,  it is a placeholder during development of the document only.
 There have been two exceptions to the “internal to ” purpose.   Firstly,  we record the use of controlled resources by third parties without the consent of in order to avoid collision.  Examples are various manufacturers,  and the Chinese in their WAPI protocol.  Secondly,  we have allocated a number to because they have chosen to adopt a ciphersuite identifier table from ,  but wanted to make an addition of their own.
 [snip]
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19. May 2015
W5.3 – Response from RAC
(From RAC IEEE-SA staff administrator)
I have received confirmation from Bob Grow that he is satisfied with your response and that the RAC has no problems with the WG defining and reserving unused protocol code points, handling management arcs under their assignments, and defining appropriate for them structures for coordination between multiple projects.  The RAC years ago passed on managing selector field values used in Ethernet auto negotiation even though they were being allocated to other standards (and even in one case appropriated).  The cyber suite number seems to be similarly acceptable for WG management, even if it bridges a few standards.  If the RAC can be of assistance in management of any of the external number issues, we are available to help, but see no reason why this would be a registry issue of concern to the IEEE-SA BOG.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

20. W5.4 – should voting be stated on 802.11 website
May 2015
W5.4 – should voting be stated on website
Issue: somebody who submits an invalid vote in an working group letter ballot has no way to discover this unless they ask the WG chair.
ePoll is a simple tool used to collect data. ePoll can’t determine if a WG letter ballot vote is invalid
“no” without MBS comments
“abstain” for reason not equal to “lack of expertise”
vote from non-voter
Of the 21 voters who recently lost their voting rights, ~5 did so with invalid votes.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

21. May 2015
Straw poll
Should we add to the members list an indication that allows members to determine if they have failed to submit a vote, or have submitted an invalid vote for the qualifying mandatory ballots?
Yes No
Abstain
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22. May 2015
friday
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23. F2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
May 2015
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

24. F2.4 Administrative Reminders
May 2015
F2.4 Administrative Reminders
Next Full WG Session: July 12-17
1st CAC telecon – June 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 – June 29th at noon ET (-2 weeks)
Snapshots to be send to Dorothy Stanley before this telecon.
This meeting is being held a week early to avoid clash with USA holday
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25. F2.5 Letters of Assurance Database is here
May 2015
F2.5 Letters of Assurance
Database is here
5 requests for LoA pending**:
Qualcomm (802.11ah),
Broadcom (802.11ai),
Texas A&M University System (802.11n, .11ac, .11ad)
Intel Corporation (REVmc)
Key: New this session
Data as of
** i.e. Chair has not received a substantive response
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26. F2.6 Availability of documents- Jan 2015
November 2011
doc.: IEEE /0203r2
March 2014
May 2015
F2.6 Availability of documents- Jan 2015
Publication
Draft in
TechStreet
Draft in Members Area
Published in
Get 802?
Published by ISO?
IEEE P802.11REVmc
D4.0 $600 pdf
D4.0
IEEE P802.11ai
D4.0 $165 pdf
D4.2
IEEE P802.11ah
D4.0 $433 pdf
D5.0
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
IEEE Std <x>:
b, k, i, n, p, y, r, w, u, v, z, s
$100 - $309
Last updated:
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Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

27. F2.7 802.11 drafts to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6
November 2011
doc.: IEEE /0203r2
March 2014
May 2015
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
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Andrew Myles, Cisco

28. F7.1 802 Wireless Chairs meeting
May 2015
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.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

29. F7.2 Next Meeting – 802 Plenary
May 2015
F7.2 Next Meeting – 802 Plenary
July 12-17, Hilton Waikoloa, HI, USA
IEEE 802 Plenary
All groups meeting
Will include a our 25th anniversary celebration
Meeting Registration and Hotel Registration are Open
For information and registration links, see
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