1. AANI SC Agenda Dec 1 2016 Teleconference
July 2009
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AANI SC Agenda Dec Teleconference
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2. Jan 2009
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Abstract
Agenda for: The AANI SC (Advanced Access Network Interface Standing Committee)

3. IEEE 802.11 AANI Standing Committee
July 2009
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IEEE AANI Standing Committee
Agenda
December 1, 2016
Chair: Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

4. Attendance, etc. Call for a secretary: please, volunteer
July 2009
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Attendance, etc.
Call for a secretary: please, volunteer
Reminders to attendees:
Please send an to the chair to record your attendance
Please mute when you are not speaking
No recordings

5. Agenda Call for Secretary
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Agenda
Call for Secretary
Administrative: Attendance, Participants, Patents, Duty to Inform, Call for Patents, Guideline, Agenda, announcements
Reply to LS: 11-16/1384 – Draft Reply in 11-16/1510r1
Background – 3GPP Liaison Activity
Current LS activity:
To 3GPP RAN on: Requesting 3GPP RAN status and information on radio-level integration  between 3GPP/NR and system
To 3GPP SA on: Requesting 3GPP SA status and information on improving WLAN integration in the 3GPP NextGen System
Review and Discussion of “Option A”: “IEEE “5G” Specification”
New Business
Future Sessions Planning 

6. 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 [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]:
“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
“Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of 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
Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged
No duty to perform a patent search

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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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Announcements: Call for a Vice Chair
Please the AANI Chair if you are interested in being the AANI SC Vice Chair
The OmniRAN 5G SC Action A ICAID discussion conference call on December 6th at 9:30-11:00AM ET
Agenda proposal:
Introduction
IEEE SA Industry Connections
Industry Connections Activity Initiation Document (ICAID)
Plan for Jan '17 Atlanta meeting
AoB
WebEX details:

11. Reply to LS: 11-16/1384 Draft Reply in 11-16/1510r1 Status?
Goal for January F2F Meeting:
Complete liaison statement to RAN2 on Throughput

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AANI SC Background
At the July 802 Plenary meeting in San Diego passed a motion to form this standing committee [1] to:
Coordinate and support an IMT-2020 proposal, external proposal (option B3) [2]
Coordinate with and support (lead) in meeting the actions towards “IEEE “5G” specification” (option A) [2]
Report status to on the activities of this committee.
Activity related to an IMT-2020 external proposal (option B3)
sent a Liaison (11-16/1101r10) to 3GPP RAN and SA (9/17)
The Liaison was presented and discussed at the 3GPP RAN meeting on 9/19 and at the 3GPP SA meeting on 9/22,23
Activity related to “IEEE “5G” specification” (option A)
802.1CF OmniRAN – held a brain storming meeting (9/14)
Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

13. 3GPP RAN and SA reactions to the 802.11 liaison
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3GPP RAN and SA reactions to the liaison
Both RAN and SA are supportive of working with to improve WLAN aggregation and integration, as we requested.
RAN Conclusion Sept [3]: “RAN chair will inform PCG about RAN conclusion: From RAN point of view it is desirable to discuss radio-level integration between 3GPP/NR and system”
SA position on the role of WLAN in IMT-2020 Sept [4]:
SA considers it desirable to continue to improve WLAN integration in the 3GPP NextGen System in future
There are related objectives in on-going stage 1 and stage 2 work.
From Rel-6 to Rel-13, there was continual advancement of features to improve integration of WLAN with the 3GPP system.
SA defers to PCG to further discuss how cooperation between IEEE and 3GPP TSGs and WGs can be pursued beyond the existing collaboration (through LS exchanges).
In particular, SA requests PCG consider all aspects of the incoming LS concerning IMT-2020 submission and to provide guidance.
Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

14. Status of 802 EC activity on liaison to 3GPP PCG
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Status of 802 EC activity on liaison to 3GPP PCG
The 802 EC has sent an liaison to the 3GPP PCG [5] ec-16/0158r0
“ Summary
The IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (IEEE 802) would like to collaborate with the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) towards support of IMT-2020 and next generation networks. We suggest that this begin with developing a common understanding of interworking with IEEE 802 networks in meeting the requirements of next generation networks. We also believe it would be helpful for our organizations to identify mutually agreeable collaboration mechanisms that takes into account the existing procedures of each organization. We propose some collaborative approaches and request the 3GPP Project Coordination Group (PCG) to suggest further details consistent with its goals and operating procedures. …..”
Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

15. 3GPP PCG Response to the Liaisons 1/4
The PCG met on the 20 October and discussed both the liaison to RAN and SA and the 802 EC liaison
The result was a reply liaison to and 802 EC, copied to TSG RAN and TSG SA (This liaison may not have been officially sent, yet. This information is from [6] and [7])
In summary (my view):
The LS is a polite reply that thanks us for the LSs, states the existing collaboration is productive and efficient, and that the collaboration has led to positive outcomes that serve the industry.
The LS goes on to say that the current methods of collaboration are adequate and no change in how 3GPP works with 802 is called for. In addition, 3GPP will continue with their current plan for IMT-2020.

16. 3GPP PCG Response to the LSs 2/4
“The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Project Coordination Group (PCG) thanks the IEEE WG for its LS dated September 16, 2016, which was submitted to TSG SA and TSG RAN, and thanks IEEE 802 for its LS dated October 13, 2016, which was submitted to the PCG leadership, regarding the role of WLAN in IMT GPP PCG appreciates the LSs and the collaborative activities between 3GPP and IEEE 802 over the past several years.”
(CONTINUED)

17. 3GPP PCG Response to the LSs 3/4
“3GPP PCG believes that the existing collaboration between our organizations has proven to be extremely productive and efficient, resulting in increased interconnectivity and many positive outputs for the interworking and aggregation between 3GPP and IEEE 802 technologies. Furthermore, 3GPP PCG believes that the existing collaboration has served the industry well. 3GPP PCG believes the communication and exchange of information between our organizations has proven successful via existing representation at meetings in our respective organizations. We understand this technical cooperation went further with LAA and we encourage further technical collaboration in this manner in the future. We believe the existing formal and informal processes are sufficient to achieve successful collaboration.” (CONTINUED)

18. 3GPP PCG Response to the LSs 4/4
“3GPP will produce an IMT-2020 submission in a similar manner as it did for the IMT-Advanced submission and 3GPP PCG has not identified any reasons to change its approach.
3GPP looks forward to our continued discussions of potential enhancements to allow improved WLAN integration/aggregation.”

19. At the November F2F Meeting
Two straw polls were taken:
The AANI SC should send a liaison statement to ask RAN to provide some insight on their status and approach to radio-level integration between 3GPP/NR and Y/N/A – 8/0/19
The AANI SC should send a liaison statement to ask SA to provide some insight on their status and approach to improve WLAN integration in the 3GPP NextGen System - Y/N/A – 7/0/14

20. For Discussion Two draft LS have been created:
11-16/1573r0 - Draft LS from to 3GPP RAN Requesting Status and Information on Radio-Level Integration
11-16/1574r0 - Draft LS from to 3GPP SA Requesting Status and Information on WLAN integration in 3GPP NextGen System

21. 802.1/OmniRAN led activity on “Option A”: “IEEE 5G”
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802.1/OmniRAN led activity on “Option A”: “IEEE 5G”
At the September OmniRAN meeting on “IEEE 5G”
Discussed:
Industry Connections (IC), possible industries, possible way forwards
Possible Industries:
Cable Operators, Cloud Operators, Automotive, Metropolitan, Networks/Public Networks, Enterprise, Stadium/Event Venues
On the October ANNI SC Teleconference
Reviewed the status and had some limited discussion
At the November OmniRAN meeting on “IEEE 5G”
Reviewed and discussed what an IC is
802.1 authorized the OmniRAN TG to create an ICAID proposal addressing the 5G SC Action A and authorized the Chair to pre-circulate the ICAID proposal to the EC for consideration.
Draft ICAID:
Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

22. New Business Any other business? August, 17 2016
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New Business
Any other business?
Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

23. Future Sessions Planning
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Future Sessions Planning
Teleconference:
Thursday 15 December at 10:00am EDT
Continue discussion on LS reply to 3GPP
Continue discussion on “IEEE “5G” Standard”/IC project
Thursday 5 January at 10:00am EDT
15-20 January F2F meeting in Atlanta, GA:
Goals:
Generate a new liaison to RAN and SA
Complete liaison statement to RAN2 on Throughput
Track and support the Industry Connections Activity Initiation Document (ICAID) development.
Tuesday PM1: TBD
Thursday AM2: TBD
Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

24. References 11-16-1057-01-0000-802-11-imt-2020-5g-sc-proposal
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References
imt g-sc-proposal
ec GSG-report-ieee-802-ec-5g-imt-2020-sc
section 9 New Radio, RP
6 General Incoming Liaisons, TD SP , note also see SP‑160737
802 EC, Collaboration Proposal, ec-16/0158r0
Proposed PCG Response to IEEE and IEEE 802 LSs: PCG37_40
brief PCG 37/ OP 36 report to SA ( )
Joseph Levy (InterDigital)

25. IC Resources RESOURCES FOR INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS ACTIVITIES
Policies and Procedures
IEEE-SA Industry Connections Committee Operations Manual
Standards Board Bylaws
Standards Board Operations Manual
IC Activity P&P Individual Baseline (.doc)
IC Activity P&P Entity Baseline (.doc)
IC Activity P&P Individual Checklist (.doc)
IC Activity P&P Entity Checklist (.doc)
All Policies and Procedures
Templates
IC Activity Initiation Document (ICAID) Form (.doc)
IC Activity Status Report Template (.ppt)
IC Activity Contribution Permission Request (.doc)
IC Activity Contribution Permission Response (.doc)
IC Activity Document Template (.doc)
IC Activity Document Copyright Statement (.doc)
IC Activity Document Notice and Disclaimer of Liability (.doc)