1. IEEE P802.11af DRAFT Teleconference Plan and Agenda
April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
July 2010
IEEE P802.11af DRAFT Teleconference Plan and Agenda
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Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

2. April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
July 2010
Abstract
This presentation is the agenda and meeting plan for the July 27th 2010 IEEE TGaf teleconference.
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

3. Agenda Introduction Administrative items
July 2010
Agenda
Introduction
Administrative items
Review of PAR Scope and TG approved Purpose, Principles and Vision/Outcome
Review of San Diego meeting
Documents not yet presented
Plan for teleconferences
Plan for meeting in Waikoloa
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4. July 2010
Introduction
Welcome to the IEEE P802.11af July 27, 2010 teleconference
Chairs and secretary
Chair: Rich Kennedy (Research In Motion)
Vice-chair , Technical Editor and Webex Facilitator: Peter Ecclesine (Cisco)
Recording Secretary: Zhou Lan (NICT)
Recording your attendance
Send to: and
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5. July 2010
Administrative Items
Please be familiar with the documents at the following links:
IEEE Patent Policy -
Patent FAQ -
LoA Form -
Affiliation FAQ -
Anti-Trust FAQ -
Ethics -
IEEE Working Group Policies and Procedures -
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6. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
July 2010
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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7. Patent Related Links
July 2010
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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8. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
July 2010
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
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

9. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
July 2010
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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10. July 2010
PAR Scope and Purpose
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
PAR Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to allow wireless networks to be used in the TV white space
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11. July 2010
Purpose, Principles and Vision/Outcome “If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”*
cbp-and-david-allens-methods
Purpose: the Task Group should create an amendment whose implementation in solutions is likely to receive FCC approval for operation in the TV White Spaces under the 47 CFR Part 15 subpart H rules.
Principles:
If the FCC changes the rules, the Task Group should change the amendment accordingly
The amendment should not duplicate functionality that is being standardized in other Task Groups that are likely to complete before af.
There is no need for backwards compatibility with 2.45 GHz ISM operation.
The starting point is changes to Clauses 17 and 20 and Annexes I and J
Vision/Outcome: Use the OFDM PHYs with 5-, 10- and 20-MHz channel widths to specify the basis for a system that the regulators can approve for operation in the TVWS bands.
* Yogi Berra
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12. Task Group Chair’s Functions
July 2010
Task Group Chair’s Functions
[From the Working Group Operations Manual]
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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13. San Diego Meeting Results
July 2010
San Diego Meeting Results
Approved the minutes from Beijing and teleconferences
Approved Draft d0.03
Approved 11-10/595r8 as the comment spreadsheet
Aborted the joint session with and as there were no questions arising out of the Monday joint tutorial
Resolved some of the more difficult comments, clearing the way for progress on upcoming teleconferences
See nex slide
Updated the TGaf timeline
Planned for September and teleconferences (now weekly)
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14. Submissions Addressed
July 2010
Submissions Addressed
Voted to approve 11-10/731r0 to resolve spreadsheet comments 4, 5, 35 and 64 (approved 13/2/24)
Voted to approve 11-10/739r0 to resolve spreadsheet comments 4 and 5 (failed 10/9/22)
Voted to approve 11-10/737/r2 to resolve spreadsheet comments 4, 5, 6 23, 68, 75 and 82 (failed 23/13/12)
Voted to approve 11-10/633r0 and 11-10/700r0 (approved 19/1/4)
Voted to approve 11-10/724r3 to resolve spreadsheet (11-10/595r8) comments 113 and 114 (approved 34/0/15)
Decided to vote to approve r2 of document 11-10/737 (failed 33/13/7)
Voted to approve 11-10/737r3 with changes (failed 33/13/0)
Voted to approve 11-10/737r3 without changes (approved 33/0/3)
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15. Submissions Addressed [2]
July 2010
Submissions Addressed [2]
Voted to approve 11-10/790r2, with reference correction (approved 22/2/8)
Voted to approve 11-10/767r1 and direct the Editor to incorporate them in P802.11af d0.03 (approved 16/1/6)
Padam Kafle presented document 11-10/812r0 “TVWS WLAN Enablement- Review and Open Issues”
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16. Submissions Not Yet Addressed
July 2010
Submissions Not Yet Addressed
af-open-issues-in-tvws-enablement.ppt
af-normative-text-for-5-mhz-measurement-pilot-frame.doc
af-normative-text-for-slot-time-synchronization.doc
af-normative-text-for-tvws-sensing.doc
af-enabling-signals.doc
af-dse-status-query-response.doc
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17. July 2010
Submission Review
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18. Plan for Weekly Teleconferences
July 2010
Plan for Weekly Teleconferences
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19. July 2010
Plan for Waikoloa
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20. References July 2010 11-09-0749-03-0000-802.11-in-the-tvws
IEEE Std IEEE Standard for Information Technology— Telecommunications and information exchange between systems— Local and metropolitan area networks— Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
FCC Second Report and Order and Memorandum and Order (
tvws-par-nescom-form-plus-5c
cbp-and-david-allens-methods
af-meeting-plan-and-agenda-los-angeles-2010
m-lb160-cid-2113-proposed-resolution
af-draft-call-for-proposals
af-feb teleconferenc-plan
af-feb-16-telecon-minutes
af-petere-amendment-proposal
af-amendment-proposal-for-measurement-report
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21. July 2010
References [2]
af-modification-on-dfs-and-dcf-procedure-adapting-to-fcc-rules-in-tvws-part-2-hidden-node
af-modification-on-dfs-and-dcf-procedure-adapting-to-fcc-rules-in-tvws-part-1-synchronized-quiet
af-regulatory-operating-classes-specifications
af-mac-and-phy-proposal-for af
af-radio-resource-measurement-type-and-procedure-for-tvws-application-under-fcc-rules
af-enabling-procedure-of-communication-in-tvws-under-fcc-rules
af-requirements-and-amendments-regarding-tvws-database-access
af-amendment-proposal-for-tv-white-spaces-operation
af-mar teleconferenc-plan
af-summary-of-nict-fs-technical-proposals-for-tgaf
af-march-9-teleconference-minutes
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22. July 2010
References [3]
af-meeting-plan-and-agenda-orlando-2010
af-closing-report-orlando-2010
af-meeting-minutes-for-Orlando-2010
af-text-document-for-proposal
af-text-document-for-proposal
af-text-for-regulatory-operating-classes-specifications-proposal
af-mar teleconferenc-plan-and-agenda
af-march-30-teleconference-minutes
af-apr-13-teleconference-plan-and-agenda
af-normative-text-for-scanning-in-tv-whitespaces
af-april-13-teleconference-minutes
af-apr-27-teleconferenc-plan-and-agenda
af-global-operating-channels
af-relocating-3650mhz-enabling-signal
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

23. July 2010
References [4]
af-april-27th-teleconference-minutes
af-may-11-teleconferenc-plan-and-agenda
af-a-periodic-5mhz-measurement-pilot-for-channel-scan
af-slot-time-synchronization-for-coexistence-of-5-mhz-10-mhz-and-20-mhz-systems
af-clause17-2point5mhz
af-some-comments-on-white-space-map-ie
af-sensing-support-comments
af-May-11th-teleconference-minutes
af-meeting-plan-and-agenda-beijing-2010
af-multi-block-ofdm-for-tvws-operation
af-clause-20-changes-for-5-and-10-mhz-channel-widths-for-ht-operation
af-annex-i-j-changes-considering-adjacent-channel-separation-requirement
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

24. July 2010
References [5]
af-clause-7-changes-for-the-measurement-report-considering-adjacent-channel-separation-requirement
af-jun-8-teleconference-plan-and-agenda
af-normative-text-for-dse-measurement-reporting
af-proposed-changes-related-to-frequency-tolerance-and-receiver-maximum-input-level
af-June-8th-teleconference-minutes
af-jun-22-teleconference-plan-and-agenda
af-comment-spreadsheet-with-proposed-resolution-on-phy-channelization
af-normative-text-for-enablement-frame
af-tv-band-and-multi-band-dse-procedures
af-proposed-changes-regarding-to-dse-in-ieee af-d0-03
af-proposed-changes-regarding-measurement-in-ieee af-d0-02
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

25. July 2010
References [6]
af-comment-spreadsheet-with-proposed-resolution-on-enablement
af-proposed-changes-related-to-dse-deenablement
af-definitions-in-tvws
af-tvws-enablement-scenarios
af-normative-text-for-tvws-channel-enablement
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