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January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 TGn-mac-adhoc-jan 2007 -report Date: 2007 -01 -14 Authors: Notice: This document has been prepared to assist IEEE 802. 11. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor grants a free, irrevocable license to the IEEE to incorporate material contained in this contribution, and any modifications thereof, in the creation of an IEEE Standards publication; to copyright in the IEEE’s name any IEEE Standards publication even though it may include portions of this contribution; and at the IEEE’s sole discretion to permit others to reproduce in whole or in part the resulting IEEE Standards publication. The contributor also acknowledges and accepts that this contribution may be made public by IEEE 802. 11. Patent Policy and Procedures: The contributor is familiar with the IEEE 802 Patent Policy and Procedures <http: // ieee 802. org/guides/bylaws/sb-bylaws. pdf>, including the statement "IEEE standards may include the known use of patent(s), including patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard. " Early disclosure to the Working Group of patent information that might be relevant to the standard is essential to reduce the possibility for delays in the development process and increase the likelihood that the draft publication will be approved for publication. Please notify the Chair stuart@ok -brit. com as early as possible, in written or electronic form, if patented technology (or technology under patent application) might be incorporated into a draft standard being developed within the IEEE 802. 11 Working Group. If you have questions, contact the IEEE Patent Committee Administrator at <patcom@ieee. org>. Submission 1 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 Abstract Agenda, Minutes, Results and Motions for TGn MAC adhoc group Submission 2 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 TGN MAC adhoc agenda 01/18/07 AM 2 • 01/18/07 – Thursday – AM 2 • 3 comments remaining (at MAC adhoc level) – Duration/ID value + “Long. NAV” + TXOPLimit=0 – -- THESE COMMENTS WERE FINALIZED IN TGN SESSION 01/17/07 PM 2 • 11 -06 -0822 -03 Matt, Amit – X - – Unaddressed items from 11 -06 -0690 -62 • First the items that have an assignee and an associated submission • Next the items that have an assignee • Last – the items that have no assignee Submission 3 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 TGN MAC adhoc agenda 01/17/07 AM 2 • 01/17/07 – Wednesday – AM 2 • 12 comments remaining (at MAC adhoc level) – 7 comments to be addressed by 822 • 11 -06 -0822 -03 Matt, Amit - – Unaddressed items from 11 -06 -0690 -62 • First the items that have an assignee and an associated submission • Next the items that have an assignee • Last – the items that have no assignee Submission 4 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 Straw polls 070117 – Would you support making the transmission of CF-End mandatory for a STA that has not used all of the time that was reserved by its initial NAV reservation, when that reservation was for the TXOPLimit value? • YES - 9 • NO – 20 Submission 5 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 TGN MAC adhoc agenda 01/17/07 AM 1 • 01/17/07 – Wednesday – AM 1 • • • 20 comments remaining (at MAC adhoc level) 11 -06 -1340 -03 Matt, Amit – withdrawn in favor of 11 -07 -0007 -02 11 -07 -0108 -01 Yuichi – accepted – 11 -06 -1399 -00 Amit – accepted - CID 10298 11 -07 -0019 -00, 01 Solomon – accepted - CID 1909 11 -06 -0822 -03 Matt, Amit - – Unaddressed items from 11 -06 -0690 -60 • First the items that have an assignee and an associated submission • Next the items that have an assignee • Last – the items that have no assignee Submission 6 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 TGN MAC adhoc agenda 01/16/07 • 01/16/07 – Tuesday • • 45 comments remaining (at MAC adhoc level) 11 -06 -1340 -02 Matt, Amit – postponed – 11 -07 -0108 -00 Yuichi – now waiting for r 1 – 11 -07 -0019 -00 Solomon - – Unaddressed items from 11 -06 -0690 -56 • First the items that have an assignee and an associated submission • Next the items that have an assignee • Last – the items that have no assignee Submission 7 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 TGN MAC adhoc agenda 01/15/07 • 01/15/07 – Monday • • 47 comments remaining (at MAC adhoc level) 11 -06 -1818 -15 Luke – accepted - now with CID list - GF protection 11 -06 -1344 -02 Matthew F – accepted - BSS membership selector 11 -06 -1052 -05 Amit – accepted - – Unaddressed items from 11 -06 -0690 -55 • First the items that have an assignee and an associated submission • Next the items that have an assignee • Last – the items that have no assignee Submission 8 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 For better viewing Replace the following text from 9. 13. 3. 1 D 1. 08: "The AP shall set the RIFS Mode field of the HT Information element to 1 if there are no APSD non-HT STAs associated, otherwise it shall be set to 0. (Ed: CID 1107 - moved from table n 21 in D 1. 02)" with the following: "An AP shall set the RIFS mode field of the HT information element to 0 under the following conditions: - if the Operating Mode is set to 3 - In the Operating Mode is set to 1, the AP may set the RIFS mode field Submission 9 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom) to 0 according to implementation-specific criteria (i. e. such as to

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 Straw polls 070116 – Would you support the removal of the RIFS mode field of HT Information Elements and associated text? • YES - 9 • NO – 18 – Would you support a broadened definition of the use of the RIFS mode field of the HT Information element that does not mention APSD STA? • YES - 28 • NO – 7 – Would you support a change to 11 -07 -0108 -00 of “STA B shall finish” to “STA B should finish”? • YES - 30 • NO – 4 – Would you support 11 -07 -0108 -00 with “should” instead of “shall” and a value of 250 msec for the timeout? • YES - 33 • NO - 0 Submission 10 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 TGN MAC adhoc agenda 01/12/07 • 01/12/07 – Friday • 11 -06 -1572 -03 Srini – adopted - protection rules • 11 -06 -1931 -00 Solomon - adopted - BA rules - reopen with complete CID list • 11 -06 -1818 -12 Luke – generally approved, but need to get CID resolutions - GF protection • 11 -06 -1886 -06 Matthew F – accepted - +HTC Submission 11 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 TGN MAC adhoc agenda 01/11/07 • 01/11/07 – Thursday • 11 -07 -0004 -00 Yuichi (cont. ) – partially accepted – resp frame width rules – Document r 03 proposed resolutions accepted U by adhoc, excluding resolution for CID 6787 • • 11 -06 -1904 -00 Solomon – accepted – 20/40 asymmetric MCS support signaling 11 -06 -1931 -00 Solomon - to be reopened with complete CID list on Friday x 11 -07 -0015 -01 Solomon – accepted – SM Power Save transition rules 11 -06 -1907 -01 Peter – x - +HTC restrictions – Do you support the fundamental concepts presented in submission 11 -06 -1907 -01 – Yes 5 – No 9 • 11 -07 -0046 -00 Peter – x –ppt +HTC restrictions • 11 -07 -0044 -00 Naveen – ppt – x – MTBA format fix (TID) • 11 -07 -0045 -00 Naveen – accepted – MTBA format fix (TID) Submission 12 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 TGN MAC adhoc agenda 01/10/07 • 01/10/07 – Wednesday – Specific submissions: • 11 -07 -00 Adrian – x – various CIDs • 11 -07 -0004 -00 Yuichi – x – response frame width rules – Straw poll: – Would you prefer no restrictions on the transmission of the control response frame width in the case that the frame that elicited the response was transmitted by a 40 -mhz capable STA? – Yes, no restrictions: 1 – No, restrictions necessary: 11 • Status at end of day: 38 blank, 13 D, 2 EMR, 4 S Submission 13 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 TGN MAC adhoc activity 11/15/06 – 11/16/06 • Reviewed submissions: – – 11 -06 -1660 r 2 - protection before beacon 11 -06 -1843 - A-MSDU submission 11 -06 -1572 r 1 – generalized protection rules consolidation/rewrite 11 -06 -1818 r 7 - OBSS non-HT STA present/protection propagation • Resolved 4 CIDs individually • Assigned about 10 CIDs Submission 14 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 MAC Motion Pending_motion_1843 r 2 • Set of 5 comments, all C – A-MSDU: • Result of acceptance of doc 11 -06 -1843 r 2 • Addresses A-MSDU comments suggesting that A-MSDU was too complex by allowing negotiation of use of A-MSDU • #115 Move to accept comment resolutions in 1106/0690 r 54 tab “Pending_motion_1843 r 2” – 07 -01 -15 PM 2 TGn action passed unanimously Submission 15 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 MAC Motion 070115_1 • Set of 79 comments, some each A, C, R – Various topics: • Protection frame rules • Block Ack rules – 11 -06 -1345 r 10 further modified by 11 -06 -1931 r 0 • • 20/40 supported MCS set Misc cleanup Others ALL accepted by MAC adhoc UNANi. MOus. LY • #116 Move to accept comment resolutions in 11 -06/0690 r 54 tab "motion_070115_1” except for CID 4522 – 07 -01 -15 PM 2 TGn action passed unanimously Submission 16 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 MAC Motion motion_070115_2 • Set of 1 comment, Counter – Rule regarding use of block ack in HT format • See doc 11 -07 -0007 r 1 which was accepted as the basis of the resolution of the comment • This resolution was passed by the MAC adhoc with by a nonunanimous vote of 11 -1 • Meets the MAC adhoc 75% threshold • #117 Move to accept comment resolutions in 1106/0690 r 54 tab “motion_070115_2” – 07 -01 -15 PM 2 TGn action passed unanimously Submission 17 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 MAC Motion motion_070116_1 • Set of 10 comments, A, C, R – All a result of MAC adhoc activity 07/01/15 • • • 1818 r 15 – GF protection improvement RDG question Figure changes BSSBasic. Rate STBC clarification All passed unanimously in the MAC adhoc • #125 Move to accept comment resolutions in 1106/0690 r 56 tab “motion_070116_1” – 07 -01 -16 PM 2 TGn action accepted unanimously Submission 18 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 MAC Motion motion_070117_1 • Set of 19 comments, A, C, R – All a result of MAC adhoc activity 07/01/16 • • • Generalized Protection rules +CF-ACK with RDG Long. NAV rules and mandatory/optional nature RDG rules A few miscellaneous All passed unanimously in the MAC adhoc • #134 Move to accept comment resolutions in 1106/0690 r 62 tab “motion_070117_1” – 07 -01 -17 PM 2 TGn action accepted unanimously Submission 19 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 MAC Motion motion_070117_2 • Set of 21 comments, A, C, R – All a result of MAC adhoc activity 07/01/17 • Some newly resolved • Some resurrected due to a submission • Topics addressed: – – – WEP use Long. NAV definition STBC ineraction with HCCA Calibration response timeout QOSNULL-embedded MA removal in favor of new MGMT Action subtype with NOACK – MCAST in A-MPDU • All passed unanimously in the MAC adhoc • #135 Move to accept comment resolutions in 11 -06/0690 r 62 tab “motion_070117_2” – 07 -01 -17 PM 2 TGn action accepted unanimously Submission 20 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 MAC Motion motion_070117_3 • Set of 1 comment, Accept – MAC adhoc activity 07/01/17 • CID 8276 – Buffer size meaning in ADDBA – Depends on negotiated A-MSDU max size • Passed MAC adhoc 11 -1 • #136 Move to accept comment resolutions in 1106/0690 r 62 tab “motion_070117_3” – 07 -01 -17 PM 2 TGn action accepted unanimously Submission 21 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 MAC Motion motion_070118_1 • Set of 5 comments, C, R – MAC adhoc activity 07/01/17 PM 1 • • RIFS mode bit settings Protection rules re: MCS selection Unscheduled PSMP response rate selection Passed MAC adhoc Unanimously • #140 Move to accept comment resolutions in 1106/0690 r 63 tab “motion_070118_1” except that the resolution for CID 3850 is to be as stated in the resolution column of CID 3850 from 11 -06/0690 r 62 – 07 -01 -17 PM 2 TGn action accepted unanimously Submission 22 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)

January 2007 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -07/0071 r 5 References Submission 23 Matthew Fischer (Broadcom)