1. September 2012 TGac Ad Hoc Meeting Agenda
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September 2012 TGac Ad Hoc Meeting Agenda
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Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

2. IEEE 802.11ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group
September 2012
IEEE ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group
San Diego, CA
September 12-14, 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)
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

3. September 2012
Meeting Protocol
Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot
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4. Patent Policy Following 5 slides September 2012 May 2012
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Patent Policy
Following 5 slides
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Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

5. 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.
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Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

6. 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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Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

7. 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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Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

8. 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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Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

9. 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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Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

10. September 2012
Host Information
Thanks to Vinko Erceg and Broadcom for hosting the meeting
Host announcements, if any.
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

11. General Flow of the Meeting
September 2012
General Flow of the Meeting
Wednesday (9:00 am – 5:00 pm)
Administrivia
Editor Report
Comment Resolution
Thursday (9:00 am – 5:00 pm)
Friday (9:00 am – 5:00 pm)
Adjourn
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

12. Submissions (leftover from July)
May 2012
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Submissions (leftover from July)
11-12/0807, “LB188 Annex B Comment Resolution”, Osama Aboul-Magd
11-12/810, LB188 Misc PHY Comments, Youhan Kim
11-12/0836, “LB188 Clause 8 Comment Resolutions Nihar Jindal
11-12/0711, “gcm-256-and-suite-b” Dan Harkins
11-12/0915, “LB188 MAC comment resolutions”, Sandhya
11-12/0917, “LB188 - CID 6855”, Simone Merlin
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)
Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

13. Submissions (Leftover from Telecons)
September 2012
Submissions (Leftover from Telecons)
11-12/903, “Next-Gen Security Built on 11ac” Brian Hart
11-12/0855, “LB188 Subclause Comment Resolution”, Liwen Chu
11-12/0856, “LB188 Subclause Comment Resolution” Liwen Chu
12/994r0 “LB 188 Comments Resolutions for Sub-Clause 9.19 (Part 1)” - Allan Zhu
11-12/1010, “D3.0 comment resolution misc PHY cids”, Vinko Erceg
11-12/1004, “lb188-clause-9-7-resolutions”, Robert Stacey, Adrian Stephens
11-12/1021, “-lb188-cid-6558-mu-exchange”, Matt Fischer
11-12/1073, “LB188 (D3.0) resolution for regulatory generalisation”, Mark Rison
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

14. Submissions (not discussed before)
September 2012
Submissions (not discussed before)
11-12/0853, “LB188 Subclause Comment Resolution” Liwen Chu
11-12/0864, “LB188 Clause Comment Resolutions”, Yongho Seok
11-12/987, LB188 Comment Resolutions for Clause 9.12, Eric Wong
11-12/988, LB188 Comment Resolutions for Clause thru , Eric Wong
11-12/1032, “d3-0-sounding-comment-resolutions”, Yong Liu
11-12/1036, “D3 comment resolution brianh part3” Brian Hart
11-12/1039, “LB188 Misc PHY Comments - Part 2”, Youhan Kim
11-12/1041, “Comment resolution clause 9.17a” Simone Merlin
11-12/1044, “LB188 MIB comments” Robert Stacey
11-12/1048, “LB 188 Comments Resolutions for Sub-Clause 9.19 (Part 2)”Allan Zhu
11-12/1007, “LB188 Stephens Remaining Resolutions” Adrian Stephens
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

15. Submissions (not discussed before)
September 2012
Submissions (not discussed before)
11-12/1048, “LB 188 Comments Resolutions for Sub-Clause 9.19 (Part 2)”, Allan Zhu
11-12/1055, “LB188 comments resolution (clause 22.1) , Bo Sun
11-12/1056, LB188 Miscellaneous Comment Resolutions for Clause 10, Eric Wong
11-12/1057, “Subclause comment resolution for LB188”, Yusuke Asai
11-12/1058, “Annexes D and E comment resolution for LB188” Yusuke Asai
11-12/1067, “Resolutions for CIDs related to DLS and TDLS”, James Wang
11-12/0918, “LB188 comments resolution (clause ) » Bo Sun
11-12/1073, LB188 CIDs, Vish Ponnampalam
11-12/1074, “LB188 comment resolution on clause ”, Minho Cheong
11-12/1075, “LB188 comment resolution on subclause ”, Kaiying Lv
11-12/1078, “CIDs ”, Simone Merlin
11-12/1088, “LB188 comment resolution on clause ”, Chao-Chun
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

16. Agenda for Wednesday, September 12th , 09:00 – 17:00
TG meeting call to order
Patent policy, etc
Host Information
Editor Report
Call for submissions
Set and approve genda
Comment Resolution
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

17. Schedule for Wednesday
September 2012
Schedule for Wednesday
9:00 – 9:15 Call meeting to order and IPR policy
9:15 – 9:30 Editor Report
9:30 -12:00 Comment Resolution Submissions
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:50 Comment Resolution Submissions
3:00 – 4:00 Recess for VHT5G TTG Call
4:00 – 5:00 Comment Resolution Submissions
5:00 Recess
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18. Editor Report Osama Aboul-Magd
September 2012
Editor Report
Osama Aboul-Magd
Comment resolution spread sheet:
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19. September 2012
Straw Poll #1
Do you agree to the resolution of CIDs 6606, 6607, 6608, 6609, 6180 and 6335 as in doc 11-12/810r3?
No objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

20. September 2012
Straw Poll #2
Do you agree to the resolutions of CIDs : 6610, 6322, 6611, 6612, 6613, and 6614 in doc 11-12/1039r1?
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

21. September 2012
Straw Poll #3
Do you agree to the resolutions to CIDs 6201in doc 11-12/1036r1?
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

22. September 2012
Straw Poll #4
Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs 6400, 6401, 6402, 6328, 6640, and 6504 in doc 11-12/1055r1?
No objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

23. September 2012
Straw Poll #5
Do you agree to resolutions of CIDs 6251, 6174, 6387, 6827, 6232, 6323, 6054, 6050, 6051, 6053, 6052, 6001, 6661, 6678, 6615, 6616, 6789, and 6484 in doc 11-12/1073r1?
No objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

24. September 2012
Straw Poll #6
Do you agree to the resolutions of CIDs, 6194, 6289, 6290, 6291, and 6841 in doc 11-12/1041r1?
No objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

25. September 2012
Straw Poll #7
Do you agree with resolutions of CIDs 6798, 6204, 6208, 6023, 6496, 6809, 6196, 6366, 6460, 6480, 6693, 6634, 6091, 6779, 6318, 6443, 6390, and in doc 11-12/1007r3?
No Objection.
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

26. Agenda for Thursday, September 13th, 9:00 – 17:00
9:00 call meeting to order
9:00 – 9:05 Summary from yesterday
9:05 – 10:30 Comment Resolution
10:30 – 10:40 break
10:40 – 12:00 Comment Resolution
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Break
1:00 – 3:00 Comment Resolution
3:00 – 3:10 Break
3:10 – 5:00 Comment Resolution
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

27. September 2012
Straw Poll #8
Do you agree to resolutions of CIDs, 6038, 6039, 6040, 6113, 6114, 6284, 6286, 6555, 6556, 6676, 6752, 6753, 6754, 6755, 6759 in doc 11-12/987r1?
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

28. September 2012
Straw Poll #9
Do you agree to resolutions of CIDs, 6414, 6294, 6498, 6175, 6388, 6834, 6559, 6092, 6560, 6835, 6833, 6831, 6095, 6702, 6296, 6096, 6367, 6097, 6056, 6098, 6099, 6167, 6501, 6500, 6297, 6057, 6058, 6059, 6463, 6380, 6100, 6299, 6176 and 6679 in doc 11-12/1032r1?
No objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

29. September 2012
Straw Poll #10
Do you agree to the resolutions to CIDs, 6265, 6302, 6160, 6123, 6158, 6159, and 6630 in doc 11-12/1067r1?
No objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

30. September 2012
Straw Poll #11
Do you agree to resolutions of CIDs 6320, 6340, 6581, 6582, 6583, 6584, 6585, 6586, 6587 and 6588 in doc 11-12/1074r1?
No objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

31. September 2012
Straw Poll #12
Do you agree to resolutions of CIDs, 6093, 6094, 6295, and 6298 in doc 11-12/1032r1?
No objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

32. September 2012
Straw Poll #13
Do you agree to resolutions of CIDs, 6011, 6013, 6065, 6157, 6303, 6304, 6306, 6307, 6398, 6507, 6561, 6562, 6703, 6704, 6781, 6810 in doc 11-12/0988r1?
No objection
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

33. September 2012
Straw Poll #14
Do you agree to the resolutions of CIDs, 6279, 6280, 6839, 6466, 6468, and 6469 in doc 11-12/1075r1?
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)

34. Agenda for Friday, September 15th, 9:00 – 17:00
Comment Resolution
Editor Report
Adjourn
Osama Aboul-Magd (HuaweiTechnologies)