1. IEEE 802.11 TGaf DRAFT Ad Hoc Meeting Plan and Agenda
April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
March 2011
IEEE TGaf DRAFT Ad Hoc Meeting Plan and Agenda
Date:
Authors:
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

2. April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
March 2011
Abstract
This presentation is the agenda and meeting plan for the ad hoc meeting of IEEE TGaf taking place May 4 - 6, 2011 in San Jose.
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3. Plan for the Week Review the list of contributions
March 2011
Plan for the Week
Review the list of contributions
Review the comment spreadsheet 11-11/277r11
Comment resolution
General
MAC
PHY
Plan for Palm Springs meeting
Task Group Officers
Chair: Rich Kennedy (Research In Motion)
Vice-chair: Peter Ecclesine (Cisco Systems)
Recording Secretary: Zhou Lan (NICT)
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4. Wednesday May 4th Agenda
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Wednesday May 4th Agenda
Meeting call to order
Administrative items including IEEE IP statement
Modify and approve the agenda
Review the list of contributions
Review status of 11-11/277r11 comment resolution spreadsheet
Begin the resolution process with General comments
Recess
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5. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
March 2011
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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6. Patent Related Links
March 2011
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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7. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
March 2011
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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8. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
March 2011
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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9. Other Documents and WebPages to Review
March 2011
Other Documents and WebPages to Review
Please review the documents at the following links: -  IEEE Patent Policy -  -  Patent FAQ -  -  LoA Form -  -  Affiliation FAQ -
-  Anti-Trust FAQ -  -  Ethics -  -  IEEE Working Group P&P -     
New 802 WG P&P:
New 802 LMSC P&P:
New 802 LMSC OM:
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10. Task Group Chair’s Functions
March 2011
Task Group Chair’s Functions
[From Policies and Procedures of IEEE Project ™, subclause 3.7.3]
The TG Chair may decide non-technical issues or may put them to a vote of the TG. The TG participants and the Chair decide technical issues by vote. The TG Chair decides what is non-technical and what is technical.
The TG Chair is responsible for presiding over TG sessions.
The TG Chair shall operate the TG in an unbiased fashion. To maintain impartiality, the TG Chair shall refrain from taking sides in debate on technical motions.
It is the responsibility of the TG Chair to lead the TG in producing a quality draft standard in a timely fashion as specified by the specific PAR
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11. Task Group Chair's Authority
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Task Group Chair's Authority
[From Policies and Procedures of IEEE Project ™, subclause 3.7.4]
To carry out the responsibilities cited in subclause 3.7.3*, the TG Chair has authority to:
Decide which issues are technical and which are non-technical.
Assign and unassign subtasks and task leaders or executors, e.g. secretary, subgroup leader, etc.
Speak for the TG to the WG.
Determine if an organization or consortium is dominating the TG, and, if so, raise the issue to the WG Chair.
Be representative of the TG during coordination and interaction with IEEE® staff.
* See slide 11
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12. March 2011
Introduction
WELCOME to the May 2011 ad hoc meeting of IEEE TGaf!
LB171 started on 1/24/11 and ran for 30 days, ending ar 23:59:59 EST on February 24th.
The 1st letter ballot failed with 61.81% approval and 14.96% abstaining
The plan is to review and develop resolutions to all remaining comments
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13. March 2011
PAR Scope and Purpose
Approved PAR Scope: An amendment that defines modifications to both the physical layers (PHY) and the Medium Access Control Layer (MAC), to meet the legal requirements for channel access and coexistence in the TV White Space
Approved PAR Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to allow wireless networks to be used in the TV white space
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14. March 2011
Purpose, Principles and Vision/Outcome “If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”*
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Purpose: the Task Group should create an amendment whose implementation in solutions is likely to receive Regulatory approval for operation in the TV White Spaces under the applicable regulatory rules in the different regulatory domains.
Principles:
The amendment should not duplicate functionality that is being standardized in other Task Groups.
There is no need for backwards compatibility with 2.45 GHz ISM operation.
The starting point was changes to Clauses 17 and 19 and Annexes D and E
In order to meet international requirements and utilize multiple non-contiguous channels, use of the TGac PHY should be our focus
Vision/Outcome: Use PHYs to specify the basis for a system that the regulators can approve for operation in the TVWS bands.
* Yogi Berra
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15. TV Bands Regulatory Requirements
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TV Bands Regulatory Requirements
These [FCC] rules are primarily intended to ensure the efficient sharing of the TV Bands while protecting incumbent users
The FCC has enabled this band for TVBDs if and only if the licensed users’ interests are protected
We must not interfere
Mitigation of any interference issue should not increase the enforcement requirements for the Commission
Other regulatory domains will have their own sets of rules, but all are intended to protect licensed allocations in these shared bands
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16. March 2011
Presentations
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17. Review the Comment Spreadsheet
March 2011
Review the Comment Spreadsheet
11-11/277r11
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18. General Comments Discussion Comment resolution March 2011
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19. MAC Comments Discussion Comment resolution March 2011
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20. Thursday May 5th Agenda March 2011 Meeting call to order
Modify and approve the agenda
Administrative items
Reminder and Call for essential patents
Finish reviewing Padam’s document
Continue comment resolutions
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Recess
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21. Friday May 6th Agenda Meeting call to order
March 2011
Friday May 6th Agenda
Meeting call to order
Modify and approve the agenda
Administrative items
including IEEE IP statement
PHY discussion
Update on P802.11ac
Comment resolutions
Review progress and plan for Palm Springs
Adjourn
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22. PHY Discussion Update on P802.11ac Discussion PHY comment resolutions
March 2011
PHY Discussion
Update on P802.11ac
Discussion
Carlson Wireless Technologies FCC filing
PHY-lite – center frequency and 3 dB bandwidth specified but no other changes to PHYs
PHY comment resolutions
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23. TGaf Timeline – Updated March 2011
January 2010
doc.: IEEE yy/xxxxr0
November 2010
TGaf Timeline – Updated March 2011
New
Initial Working Group Letter Ballot: January 2011
Second Working Group Letter Ballot: May 2011
Recirculation Letter Ballot: July 2011
Form Sponsor Ballot Pool: February 2012
Initial Sponsor Ballot: March 2012
Recirculate Sponsor Ballot: May 2012
Final WG/EC Approval: July 2012
RevCom/Standards Board Approval: September 2012
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Michael Montemurro, RIM

24. Any Other Business? None heard Motion to Adjourn Moved by:
March 2011
Any Other Business?
None heard
Motion to Adjourn
Moved by:
Seconded by:
Vote:
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25. Process of Getting to Letter Ballot and Beyond
May 2007
doc.: IEEE /0679r2
March 2011
Process of Getting to Letter Ballot and Beyond
Completed Steps | Future Steps
Adoption of PAR and 5 Criteria
Technical Presentations and Discussions
Specify Any Additional Requirements, Comparison Criteria, or Other Documents
Call For Proposals
Presentation of Proposals
Select from Submitted Complete Proposals to Produce a Draft
Refine Draft
Letter Ballot – January 2011
Recirculation – May 2011
Sponsor Ballot – July 2011
Recirculation – September 2011
Final WG/EC Approval – March 2012
IEEE SB REVCOM Approval – March 2012
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Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

26. 3 Cycles of Comments and Resolution
March 2011
3 Cycles of Comments and Resolution
Call for Informal Comments
Comment Resolution
WG Letter Ballot
Comment Resolution, Recirculation
Sponsor Ballot
Comment Resolution, Recirculation
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27. References Go to https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/documents
March 2011
References
Go to
In the box labeled “All Groups”, pull down the menu and select “TGaf”
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