1. November 2014 802.11 Session Supplementary Material
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
November 2014
November Session Supplementary Material
Date:
Authors:
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

2. November 2014
Introduction
This report provides supplementary material related to attending the November plenary session.
Refer to the agenda: 11-14/1322r1
R1: updated china interim details, plus discussion and proposals for Element ID space extension.
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3. November 2014
Monday
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4. M2.3.1 Summary of Liaisons and Status
November 2014
M2.3.1 Summary of Liaisons and Status
New
Liaison from the NGMN (Next Generation Mobile Networks)
Document 11-14/1366r0
Question: how should the WG respond?
Liaison from 3GPP
Stephen McCann has the initial action to bring changes to REVmc.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

5. M3.2 Joint meetings and Reciprocal Credit
November 2014
M3.2 Joint meetings and Reciprocal Credit
Joint Meetings
TGaq and TGai (Mon am1)
TGak, 802.1Qbz, 802.1AC, and ARC (Thu am1)
Reciprocal credit is provided to voters for attendance at: , , and 802.1
Reciprocal credit for is for “Coexistence lessons learned”
Reciprocal credit for is for 801.1Qbz and 802.1CF
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6. M3.10 Topics for Wednesday plenary
November 2014
M3.10 Topics for Wednesday plenary
Relationship with WFA (Stephens)
Study Group motion for Next Generation Positioning (Segev) **
Request for guidance on rules for allocation of last Element IDs. (Stephens)
IEEE Next Generation Enterprise Access BASE-T PHY call for interest (Kim/Jones)
802.11ac rates being used to justify connectivity options for APs
802c PAR – briefing from Mon. Night & Discussion
** Tentative based on sentiment in WNG on tuesday
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7. M3.11 802 EC and IEEE-SA Standards Board decisions
November 2014
M EC and IEEE-SA Standards Board decisions
PARS
The P802.11ah & P802.11ai PAR Extension requests were approved by the IEEE-SA standards board on
Approval of draft standards
None
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8. November 2014
Wednesday
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9. W2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
November 2014
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

10. W2.3 – Thursday CAC reminder
November 2014
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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11. November 2014
W2.4 – 802 EC Workshop
The 802 EC meets roughly yearly to have a full day executive session to consider matters of strategic importance to It is meeting on Saturday.
Topics to be discussed include:
Long Range Financial Planning
International Venue Expectations (Wi-Fi, Cancellation Policy etc)
WG Rules Update
Further discussion on the IEEE indemnification policy
LTE-Unlicensed IEEE 802 Strategy
IEEE-SA Internet Governance
Definition of market relevance in context of Broad Market Potential
Address Confidential Communications Policy/Process
BOF and Tutorial Definition and Effectiveness
If you have a strong opinion you would like to be considered, discuss with the WG officers, and/or raise on the closing Friday plenary.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

12. M5.2 Looking at relationship with the WiFi Alliance
November 2014
M5.2 Looking at relationship with the WiFi Alliance
IEEE and the WiFi Alliance are mutually dependent.
The relationship between the two organizations is generally effective, helped by a large number of participants common to both.
The WG chair addressed the WFA board at their recent meeting on the topic of improving this relationship.
We plan for the WG executive committee to meet with a number of the WFA executive/board members to consider how to improve the relationship. Expect a report in March 2015.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

13. May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
November 2014
W5.4 ANA – Request for guidance on rules for allocation of last Element IDs
has 19 unused and 6 reserved (was allocated) values.
TGai has asked for >50% of these numbers to be allocated to it.
In Sept, TGmc was tasked with creating an extension mechanism.
Wed pm2 has a scheduled agenda item to discuss this
Should we create criteria for use of the remaining ElementIDs, or allocate on a first-come, first-served basis? Should we re-cycle old Element IDs?
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

14. Captured Discussion Points
November 2014
Captured Discussion Points
Extension per group?
Preserve existing for beacon?
Revoke existing allocations?
Delay ANA allocations?
Wait until TGmc mechanism decided?
Limit allocation of base to 1 per amendment?
Get TGai to fix it
Make a decision this week?
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15. Possible Rules First-come, first-service
November 2014
Possible Rules
First-come, first-service
Reserve the slightly more efficient “legacy” format for frames sent at basic rates
+ your favourite rule here…
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16. Straw poll Text TBD based on discussion / consensus November 2014
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17. W5.6 – Discuss 802.11 response to 802c PAR
November 2014
W5.6 – Discuss response to 802c PAR
802c would like a protocol to allocate MAC addresses from the locally administered address space
One solution being considered to improve privacy is to use a randomized MAC address from the locally administered address space.
There is apparently a conflict for this resource.
This was discussed on Monday, and the outcome was:
TBD
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18. November 2014
So what happens next?
The WG chair, as an EC member, will vote on the 802c PAR during the Friday closing 802 EC.
NOTE, the WG chair votes as an individual in the EC using his or her best understanding of the issues, except when a “directed position” has been established in the WG (75%).
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19. November 2014
friday
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20. F2.2 Call for Potentially Essential Patents
May 2011
doc.: IEEE /0051r2
November 2014
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

21. F2.4 Administrative Reminders
November 2014
F2.4 Administrative Reminders
Next Session: January
1st CAC telecon – Thu 8th Dec at 13:00 ET ()
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 – 5th Jan at noon ET (-1 week)
Snapshots to be send to Dorothy Stanley before this telecon.
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22. F2.5 Letters of Assurance Database is here
November 2014
F2.5 Letters of Assurance
Database is here
15 Entries have 2014 submission dates
8 Request for LoAs sent out since October 2013
4 requests pending**: Marvell (802.11ai), Qualcomm (802.11ah), Broadcom (802.11ai), Texas A&M University System (802.11n, .11ac, .11ad)
Data as of
** i.e. Chair has not received a substantive response
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23. F2.6 Availability of documents- Oct 2014
November 2011
doc.: IEEE /0203r2
March 2014
November 2014
F2.6 Availability of documents- Oct 2014
Publication
Draft in
TechStreet
Draft in Members Area
Published in
Get 802?
Published by ISO?
IEEE P802.11REVmc
D3.0 $600 pdf
D3.3
IEEE P802.11ai
D2.0 $165 pdf
D3.0 requested
D3.0
IEEE P802.11ah
D2.0 $433 pdf
D2.1
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
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)

24. F2.7 802.11 drafts to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6
November 2011
doc.: IEEE /0203r2
March 2014
November 2014
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
P802.11REVmc D3 LB202 (June 2014)
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Andrew Myles, Cisco

25. F6.1 Use of remaining Element IDs
November 2014
F6.1 Use of remaining Element IDs
Document 11-14/1353r3 was approved by TGmc on Thursday. This provides an Element ID Extension mechanism and reserves 3 of the existing Element IDs for this purpose.
After Wednesday’s session, and based on hallway discussion, two alternative proposals are brought for discussion, modification and selection:
“First come first served”
“Controlled”
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

26. “First Come First Served”
November 2014
“First Come First Served”
Requests will be honoured by the ANA in the order received
Previously allocated Element IDs will not be recycled
These are marked as “reserved (was allocated)” in the ANA database
Once all Element IDs are allocated, any further allocations will come from the Element ID Extension namespace
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

27. November 2014
“Controlled”
By default, all requests for Element IDs will be allocated from the Element ID Extension space
Legacy Element IDs are intended for elements to go in Beacon and Probe Request/Response frames, including any current and future “beacon-like” frames
WG approval by motion is required for any request for a legacy Element ID
At the time previously reserved Element IDs would need to be re-used, their disposition will be debated in the WG.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

28. Do you prefer: Straw Poll “First come first served” - 0
November 2014
Straw Poll
Do you prefer:
“First come first served” - 0
“Controlled” - 52
Something else - 0
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

29. What formal action is required?
November 2014
What formal action is required?
The operation of the ANA is described in the operating manual (11-14/629r4) section 9.
We probably need to document any decision made here in the OM for reference, and definitely need to do it if we create a requirement for a formal motion.
Text for an OM change can be considered at the next session, but should not delay the fulfilment of any pending requests using the new mechanism.
Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

30. F7.1 802 Wireless Chairs meeting
November 2014
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

31. F7.2 Next Meeting – IEEE 802 Plenary
November 2014
F7.2 Next Meeting – IEEE 802 Plenary
January 11-16, Atlanta, Tx, USA
At the Hyatt Regency
Meeting Registration and Hotel Registration are open
January 21-22, China Interim, Xiamen, China
At the Kempinski Hotel Xiamen
Details will be finalized in Mid November
For information and registration links, see
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