1. TGac July 2012 Agenda Date: 2012-07-13 Authors: July 2012 May 2012
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TGac July 2012 Agenda
Date:
Authors:
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2. IEEE 802.11ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group
July 2012
IEEE ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group
San Diego, CA
July 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. July 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
July 2012
Attendance
Register
Indicate attendance
See document r0 for more details
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5. Attendance, Voting & Document Status
July 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 July 2012 May 2012
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Patent Policy
Following 5 slides
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7. Instructions for the WG Chair
May 2012
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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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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

8. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
May 2012
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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:
May 2012
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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
May 2012
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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
May 2012
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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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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

12. Agenda Items for the Week
July 2012
Agenda Items for the Week
Approve minutes from May meeting.
Approve Telecon minutes.
Status Report and Review from May and July Ad Hoc meetings.
Continue comment resolution on draft D3.0.
Discuss and approve TGac PAR extension.
Discuss proposal to remove PMD from TGac
Ad Hoc group meetings,
TG motions
Schedule Telecon times and ad hoc meeting.
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13. General Flow of the Meeting
May 2012
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General Flow of the Meeting
Monday July 16th, 09:00 – 11:00
IEEE IPR and Patent Policy
Ad Hoc Meeting
Comment Resolution
Monday July 16th, 16:00 – 18:00
Approve of May meeting minutes, July ad hoc meeting minutes, and telecons minutes.
Editor Report.
PAR Extension
PMD Discussion
TG Motions
Tuesday July 17th 08:00 – 10:00
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Presentations, straw polls, and pre-motions
Tuesday July 17th 10:30 – 12:30
Presentations, straw Polls, and Pre-Motions
Tuesday July 17th 16:00 – 18:00
TG Meeting
Wednesday July 18th, 16:00 – 18:00
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Presentations, straw polls, and pre-motions.
Thursday July 19th, 10:30 – 12:30
Thursday July 19th, 16:00 – 18:00
TG Meeting
Ad Hoc group reports and straw polls
TG Motions
Presentations
Goals for September 2012
Ad Hoc meeting and Conference calls
Adjourn
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

14. TGac Schedule in a Glance
July 2012
TGac Schedule in a Glance
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
AM1
TGac (Ad-Hoc)
Ad Hoc
AM2
PM1
PM2
TGac
Evening
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15. Submissions (from July Ad Hoc)
May 2012
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Submissions (from July Ad Hoc)
11-12/0782r0, “LB188 Stephens General comment resolutions” Adrian Stephens
11-12/0783, “LB188 Stephens Clause 8 Comment Resolutions” Adrian Stephens
11-12/0801, “D3_Comment_Resolution_brianh_part1” Brian Hart
11-12/0802, “LB188 operating mode comment resolution” Robert Stacey
11-12/0807, “LB188 Annex B Comment Resolution”, Osama Aboul-Magd
11-12/0808, “LB188 Clause Comment Resolution Osama Aboul-Magd
11-12/810, LB188 Misc PHY Comments, Youhan Kim
11-12/811, Subclause comment resolution for LB188, Yusuki Asai
11-12/812, Subclause comment resolution for LB188, Yusuki Asai
11-12/0836, “LB188 Clause 8 Comment Resolutions Nihar Jindal
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

16. Submissions 11-12/0711, “gcm-256-and-suite-b” Dan Harkins
July 2012
Submissions
11-12/0711, “gcm-256-and-suite-b” Dan Harkins
11-12/813, “LB188, COEX CIDs in Sub-clause 9.3”, Reza Hedayat
11-12/814, “LB188, PHY CIDs, Sub-clause ”, Reza Hedayat
11-12/0853, “LB188 Subclause Comment Resolution” Liwen Chu
11-12/0855, “LB188 Subclause Comment Resolution”, Liwen Chu
11-12/0856, “LB188 Subclause Comment Resolution”
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17. Agenda for Monday, July 16th, 09:00 – 11:00
TG Ad Hoc Meeting
Patent policy, etc.
Comment Resolution Adjourn
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18. Agenda for Monday, July 16th, 16:00 – 18:00
TG Meeting
Patent policy, etc.
TG Officers Election
Call for submissions
Set agenda and Ad Hoc groups schedule.
Status Report.
TG motions
Approve minutes from the May meeting, july ad hoc meeting (July 11-12), and Telecon (June 28, 2012)
Approve resolutions to comments considered during July ad hoc meeting.
PAR Extension Discussion
PMD Discussion
Recess
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19. July 2012
Status report
The agenda for the July ad hoc meeting is available at:
10 submissions were covered.
Close to 130 CIDs are resolved.
Comment Spread sheet is available at:
Editor Report: Robert Stacey
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20. July 2012
Approval of Minutes (May 2012 Meeting, July ad hoc Meeting, and Telecon Minutes)
Move to approve
Move: Second:
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21. Comment Resolution Motion #
July 2012
Comment Resolution Motion #
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22. TGac PAR Extension Discussion
July 2012
TGac PAR Extension Discussion
All
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23. PMD Deletion for TGac All, led by Eldad. July 2012
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24. Agenda for Tuesday July 17th, 08:00 – 10:00
Ad Hoc Meetings
Ad Hoc #1:
Ad Hoc #2:
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25. Agenda for Tuesday July 17th, 10:30 – 12:30
May 2012
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Agenda for Tuesday July 17th, 10:30 – 12:30
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Ad Hoc 1:
Ad Hoc 2:
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26. Agenda for Tuesday, July 17th, 16:00 – 18:00
May 2012
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Agenda for Tuesday, July 17th, 16:00 – 18:00
Task Group Meeting
PAR Extension Motion
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

27. Agenda for Wednesday, July18th, 16:00 – 18:00
Ad Hoc Group Meetings
Ad Hoc 1:
Ad Hoc 2:
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28. Agenda for Thursday, July 19th, 16:00 – 18:00
May 2012
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Agenda for Thursday, July 19th, 16:00 – 18:00
TG Meeting
Ad Hoc group reports and straw polls
TG Motions
Presentations
Goals for September 2012
Ad Hoc Meeting(s)
Conference calls
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

29. September Ad Hoc Meeting
July 2012
September Ad Hoc Meeting
September Ad Hoc meeting in California, September 12-14
Host hasn’t been conformed yet.
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30. Motion for Ad Hoc Meeting
July 2012
Motion for Ad Hoc Meeting
Authorize <group> to hold an ad-hoc meeting on <dates> in <location>, with the preferred venue being <preferred location>, for the purpose of <purpose>.
[Moved by <name> on behalf of <group>
<group> vote:
Moved: <name>, Seconded: <name>, Result: y-n-a]
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31. Conference call times June 14, 28, August 2
May 2012
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Conference call times
Not to overlap with Tgad
Previously Approved
10:00 – 12:00 July 26
20:00 – 22:00 August 2
June 14, 28, August 2
20:00 – 22:00 ET
June 21st , July 5, July 26
10:00 – 12:00 ET
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