1. TGac January 2012 Agenda Date: 2012-01-10 Authors: January 2012
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TGac January 2012 Agenda
Date:
Authors:
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2. IEEE 802.11ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group
January 2012
IEEE ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group
Jacksonville
January 15-20, 2012
Chair: Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)
Vice Chair: Menzo Wentink (Qualcomm)
Vice Chair: Joonsuk Kim (Broadcom)
Technical Editor: Robert Stacey (Apple)
Secretary: David Yang (Huawei Technologies)
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3. January 2012
Meeting Protocol
Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot
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4. Register Indicate attendance Attendance
January 2012
Attendance
Register
Indicate attendance
See document r0 for more details
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5. Attendance, Voting & Document Status
January 2012
Attendance, Voting & Document Status
Make sure your badges are correct
If you plan to make a submission be sure it does not contain company logos or advertising
Questions on Voting status, Ballot pool, Access to Reflector, Documentation, member’s area
see Adrian Stephens –
Cell Phones Silent or Off
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6. Patent Policy Following 5 slides January 2012 November 2011
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Patent Policy
Following 5 slides
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7. Instructions for the WG Chair
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Instructions for the WG Chair
The IEEE-SA strongly recommends that at each WG meeting the chair or a designee:
Show slides #1 through #4 of this presentation
Advise the WG attendees that:
The IEEE’s patent policy is consistent with the ANSI patent policy and is described in Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws;
Early identification of patent claims which may be essential for the use of standards under development is strongly encouraged;
There may be Essential Patent Claims of which the IEEE is not aware. Additionally, neither the IEEE, the WG, nor the WG chair can ensure the accuracy or completeness of any assurance or whether any such assurance is, in fact, of a Patent Claim that is essential for the use of the standard under development.
Instruct the WG Secretary to record in the minutes of the relevant WG meeting:
That the foregoing information was provided and that slides 1 through 4 (and this slide 0, if applicable) were shown;
That the chair or designee provided an opportunity for participants to identify patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) of which the participant is personally aware and that may be essential for the use of that standard
Any responses that were given, specifically the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that were identified (if any) and by whom.
The WG Chair shall ensure that a request is made to any identified holders of potential essential patent claim(s) to complete and submit a Letter of Assurance.
It is recommended that the WG chair review the guidance in IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual and in FAQs 12 and 12a on inclusion of potential Essential Patent Claims by incorporation or by reference.
Note: WG includes Working Groups, Task Groups, and other standards-developing committees with a PAR approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board.
(Optional to be shown)
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8. 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:
“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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9. Patent Related Links Patent Policy is stated in these sources:
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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
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10. 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
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11. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
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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.
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12. Agenda Items for the Week
January 2012
Agenda Items for the Week
Editor Report and Review from November meeting.
Approve minutes from November meeting.
Approve Telecon minutes, (December 1st and December 15th, 2011).
Approve changes proposed during the December 15th, 2011 Telecon.
Ad Hoc group meetings (if necessary).
Motion to start a 30-day WG LB.
Review TG Timeline
Schedule Telecon times and ad hoc meeting.
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13. General Flow of the Meeting
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General Flow of the Meeting
Monday January 16th, 16:00 – 18:00
IEEE IPR and Patent Policy
Approve of November meeting minutes, and telecons minutes.
Review from November meeting.
Editor Report.
TG Motions
Presentations
Monday January 16th, 19:30 – 21:30
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Presentations, straw polls, and pre-motions
Tuesday January 17th 10:30 – 12:30
Tuesday January 17th 13:30 – 15:30
Tuesday January 17th 16:00 – 18:00
TG Meeting
Wednesday January 18th, 13:30 – 15:30
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Presentations, straw polls, and pre-motions.
Thursday January 19th, 08:00 – 10:00
Thursday January 19th, 16:00 – 18:00
TG Meeting
Ad Hoc group reports and straw polls
TG Motions
Presentations
Goals for February 2012
Ad Hoc meeting and Conference calls
Adjourn
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14. Agenda for Monday, January 16th, 16:00 – 18:00
TG Meeting
Patent policy, etc.
Call for submissions
Set agenda and Ad Hoc groups schedule.
Editor Report.
TG motions
Approve minutes from the November meeting and Telecons (December 1st and December 15th, 2011)
Approve changes to TGac draft D1.4 that were discussed during December 15th, 2011 Telecon.
Motion to proceed to WG LB
Ad Hoc Meetings and Telecons
TG documents and presentations
Waveform generation update ( r0) r0
Recess
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15. Submissions PHY MAC January 2012 November 2011
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Submissions
PHY
MAC
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16. Submission (Cntd) Coexistence MU-MIMO January 2012
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17. TGac Schedule in a Glance
January 2012
TGac Schedule in a Glance
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
AM1
Ad Hoc
AM2
Cancelled
PM1
PHY/TGaf
PM2
TGac
Evening
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18. Summary from Atlanta Meeting and Telecons
January 2012
Summary from Atlanta Meeting and Telecons
Completed the resolutions of all LB 178 comments on draft D1.0. Comment Resolution Spread sheet is available at:
A motion to start a 30-day WG letter ballot passed during the TG meeting (59/1/4).
The same motion failed during the WG closing plenary (33/12/9).
Two Telecons were held after the closing of the Atlanta meeting:
Dec. 1st, 2011  Discussed proposed changes to highest supported data rate based on submission r4.
Dec. 15th, 2011  Straw polls passed to accept changes to the TGac draft based on submissions:
r5: Resolutions for Highest Supported Data Rate CIDs
r0: MMPDU Length Corrections
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19. Editor Report Technical Editor: Robert Stacey January 2012
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20. Approval of Minutes (November 2011 Meeting, and Telecons)
January 2012
Approval of Minutes (November 2011 Meeting, and Telecons)
Move to approve
November 2011 TGac meeting minutes available at: .
TGac Telecons minutes available at: . .
Move: Menzo Second: Adrian
Motion accepted
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21. January 2012
Motion #1
Move to accept changes to TGac draft D1.4 based on Change Set # 2 as in document r5.
Move: Menzo
Second: Allert
Motion accepted with no objection
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22. January 2012
Motion #2
Move to accept changes to TGac draft D1.4 as in document r0.
Move: Menzo
Second: Adrian
Accepted with no objection
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23. January 2012
Motion #3
Having approved changes to TGac Draft D1.0, as defined in Doc r12.
Instruct the editor to prepare TGac Draft D2.0, and
Approve a 30 day Working Group Technical Letter Ballot asking the question “Should TGac Draft D2.0 be forwarded to Sponsor Ballot?”
Move: Menzo Wentink Second: Mark Rison
Yes: 42 No: 0 Abstain: 0
Motion Passes
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24. Agenda for Monday January 16th, 19:30 – 21:30
November 2011
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Agenda for Monday January 16th, 19:30 – 21:30
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Ad Hoc 1:
Ad Hoc 2:
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25. Agenda for Tuesday, January 17th, 10:30 – 12:30
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Agenda for Tuesday, January 17th, 10:30 – 12:30
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Ad Hoc 1:
Ad Hoc 2:
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26. Agenda for Tuesday, January 17th, 13:30 – 15:30
November 2011
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Agenda for Tuesday, January 17th, 13:30 – 15:30
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Ad Hoc 1:
Ad Hoc 2:
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27. Agenda for Tuesday, January 17th, 16:00 – 18:00
TGac Meeting
TG motions
Recess for Ad Hoc
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28. Agenda for Wednesday, January 18th, 13:30 – 15:30
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Ad Hoc 1:
Ad Hoc 2:
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29. Agenda for Thursday, January 18th, 08:00 – 10:00
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Ad Hoc 1:
Ad Hoc 2:
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30. Agenda for Thursday, January 19th, 16:00 – 18:00
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Agenda for Thursday, January 19th, 16:00 – 18:00
TG Meeting
Ad Hoc group reports and straw polls
TG Motions
Presentations
Goals for March 2012
Ad Hoc Meeting(s)
Conference calls
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31. Ad Hoc Meeting March 7-9 hosted by Intel in the Bay Area May 9-11
January 2012
Ad Hoc Meeting
March 7-9 hosted by Intel in the Bay Area
Approved by the WG during the November meeting.
May 9-11
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32. Motion for Ad Hoc Meeting
January 2012
Motion for Ad Hoc Meeting
Authorize TGac to hold an ad-hoc meeting on May 9-11 in the Bay area, for the purpose of resolving LB comments.
[Moved by ,name> on behalf of <group>
<group> vote:
Moved: Menzo Wentink, Seconded: Eldad Perhia, Result:
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33. Conference call times February 23 March 29, April 12, April 26,
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Conference call times
Not to overlap with Tgad
Jan 26, Feb 9, Feb 23, Mar 8, Mar 29, Apr 12
10:00 – 12:00 ET
Feb 2, Feb 16, Mar 1, Mar 22, Apr 5
20:00-22:00 ET
Previously Approved
January 26, Feb 9
20:00 – 22:00
February 2nd
10:00 – 12:00
February 23
12:00 – 2:00 ET
March 29, April 12, April 26,
20:00 – 22:00 ET
March 1st , March 22, April 5, April 19
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