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January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 TGac January 2013 Agenda Date: 2013 -01 -13 Authors: Submission Slide 1 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 IEEE 802. 11 ac: VHT < 6 GHz Task Group Vancouver, Canada January 13 -18, 2013 Chair: Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies) Vice Chair: Menzo Wentink (Qualcomm) Vice Chair: Joonsuk Kim (Apple) Technical Editor: Robert Stacey (Apple) Secretary: David Yang (Huawei Technologies) Submission Slide 2 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Meeting Protocol • Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot Submission Slide 3 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Attendance • https: //murphy. events. ieee. org/imat/attendance/index 1. Register 2. Indicate attendance See document 11 -09 -0517 r 0 for more details Submission Slide 4 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 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 – adrian. p. stephens@intel. com • Cell Phones Silent or Off Submission Slide 5 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Patent Policy • Following 5 slides Submission Slide 6 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 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 6. 3. 5 and in FAQs 12 and 12 a 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) Submission Slide 7 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 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 Slide #1 Submission Slide 8 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 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 http: //standards. ieee. org/guides/bylaws/sect 6 -7. html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http: //standards. ieee. org/guides/opman/sect 6. html#6. 3 Material about the patent policy is available at http: //standards. ieee. org/board/pat-material. html If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee. org or visit http: //standards. ieee. org/board/pat/index. html This slide set is available at http: //standards. ieee. org/board/pat-slideset. ppt Slide #2 Submission Slide 9 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 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 Slide #3 Submission Slide 10 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 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 5. 3. 10 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details. Slide #4 Submission Slide 11 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Agenda Items for the Week • Approve minutes from November and January Ad Hoc meetings. • Approve Telecon minutes. • Status Report and Review from November and January Ad Hoc meetings. • Ad Hoc group meetings – No Ad hoc group meetings • Continue comment resolution on draft D 4. 0. • TG motions • Schedule Telecons times and ad hoc meeting. Submission Slide 12 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 General Flow of the Meeting • Monday January 14 th, 10: 30 – 12: 30 – – – • • • Ad Hoc Group Meetings Presentations, Straw Polls, and Pre-Motions Thursday January 17 th, 08: 00 – 10: 00 – – – – IEEE IPR and Patent Policy Ad Hoc Meeting Comment Resolution Wednesday January 14 th 08: 00 – 10: 00 – – Tuesday January 15 th 08: 00 – 10: 00 – – – • IEEE IPR and Patent Policy Ad Hoc Meeting Comment Resolution Tuesday January 15 th 19: 30 – 21: 30 – – – Monday January 14 th 19: 30 – 21: 30 – – – • • Monday January 14 th 16: 00 – 18: 00 – – – • IEEE IPR and Patent Policy Approve of November meeting minutes, January ad hoc meeting minutes, and telecons minutes. Editor Report. TG Motions Comment Resolution TG Meeting Ad Hoc group reports and straw polls TG Motions Presentations Goals for March 2013 Ad Hoc meeting and Conference calls Adjourn IEEE IPR and Patent Policy Ad Hoc Meeting Comment Resolution Tuesday January 15 th 16: 00 – 18: 00 – – TG Meeting TG Motions Submission Slide 13 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Agenda for Monday, January 14 th, 10: 30 – 12: 30 • • TG Meeting Patent policy, etc. Status Report. TGac Plan and timeline for Sponsor Ballot Call for submissions Set agenda and Ad Hoc groups schedule. TG motions – – • Comment Resolution – – – • Approve minutes from the November meeting, January ad hoc meeting, and Telecons Approve resolutions to comments considered during telecon and January ad hoc meeting CIDs 7020, 7017, 7282, 7310 Dan Harkins and Andrew Myles CIDs 7203, 7201, 7202 Chao-Chun CIDs 7022 and 7023 Jae Seung Lee CIDs , 7396, 7213 Matthew Fischer CID 7021 Brian Hart Recess Submission Slide 14 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Status report • The agenda for the January ad hoc meeting is available at: https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/13/11 -13 -0006 -02 -00 ac-january-2013 -tgac-ad-hoc-meeting-agenda. ppt • Comment Spread sheet is available at: https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/12/11 -12 -1277 -0700 ac-lb 190 -comments-tgac-d 4 -0. xls Submission Slide 15 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Status Report (cntd) Assignee Andrew Myles/Dan Harkins Brian Chao-Chun Eric Jae Seung Mark Matt Menzo Osama Robert Youhan Yusuke Brian Submission Ad Hoc DCN 7020, 7017, 7282, 7310 CIDs MAC During IEEE 802. 11 WG Session 7021 7150, 7165, 7156, 7153, 7152, 7149, 7151, 7100, 7131, 7395, 7318, 7315 7384, 7385, 7203, 7204, 7201, 7202, 7228, 7246, 7247, 7248, 7249 7347, 7346 7023, 7022, 7024, 7285, 7253 7326, 7325, 7388, 7363, 7364, 7367, 7369, 7371, 7365, 7025 7316 MAC 7180, 7168, 7167, 7026, 7324, 7336, 7335, 7328, 7331, 7396, 7397, 7398, 7213, 7232, 7233 7139, 7138, 7019, 7018, 7099, 7004, 7087, 7343, 7341, 7327, 7330, 7221, 7211, 7399, 7306, 7307, 7231, 7238 7332 7381 7103 7063, 7102, 7183, 7029, 7031, 7033, 7050, 7051, 7052, 7032, 7226, 7263, 7264, 7182, 7234 7053 MAC 11 -13/0048 r 0 MAC 11 -12/1405 r 1 MAC PHY 11 -12/1295 r 2 PHY 11 -13/0069 r 1 Slide 16 11 -12/1448 r 0 MAC 11 -13/0058 MAC MAC 11 -12/1316 r 4 Not attending the ad hoc CID 7025 transferred from Brian to Mark 11 -13/0054 r 0 11 -12/1438 r 3 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 The Road to Sponsor Ballot Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors IEEE-SA Submission Dates 0 days Mon 24/09/12 Publication Dates of amendments 0 days Sat 15/03/14 802. 11 ac 0 days Sat 15/03/14 D 4 90 days Thu 18/10/12 Wed 16/01/13 Letter ballot 15 days Thu 18/10/12 Thu 01/11/12 Comment resolution 71 days Fri 02/11/12 Fri 11/01/13 21 Edit and Review Draft 4 days Sat 12/01/13 Tue 15/01/13 22 Motion WG ballot 0 days Wed 16/01/13 23 165 days Tue 09/10/12 Fri 22/03/13 20 Letter ballot 15 days Wed 16/01/13 Comment resolution 48 days Thu 31/01/13 Tue 19/03/13 26 Motion WG ballot 0 days Tue 19/03/13 27 Report to EC requesting cond. approval 3 days Tue 09/10/12 Thu 11/10/12 26 Request EC conditional approval 3 days Wed 20/03/13 Fri 22/03/13 27 D 6 35 days Sat 23/03/13 Fri 26/04/13 25 Letter Ballot 15 days Sat 23/03/13 Sat 06/04/13 Comment Resolution D 5 Wed 30/01/13 20 days Sun 07/04/13 Fri 26/04/13 32 D 6 unchanged 1 day? Mon 22/04/13 31 Letter ballot 10 days Mon 22/04/13 Wed 01/05/13 Comment Resolution 10 days Thu 02/05/13 Prepare for sponsor ballot 55 days Wed 20/03/13 Prepare sponsor ballot pool 30 days Wed 20/03/13 Thu 18/04/13 27 2 days Sun 12/05/13 Mon 13/05/13 36 Tue 11/06/13 37 Email to EC on meeting terms Sponsor ballot Tue 11/06/13 Fri 20/09/13 30 days Tue 11/06/13 Wed 10/07/13 Comment Resolution 102 days Tue 11/06/13 Fri 20/09/13 Edit and review Draft 3 wks Tue 11/06/13 Tue 25/06/13 Submission Accelerated process All comments are rejections Sat 11/05/13 35 1 day? Sponsor Ballot March session finishes 22 nd Mon 13/05/13 102 days D 6 (SB 0) Notes Slide 17 Valid for 6 months Overlaps Sept 802. 11 session Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Submissions (From The Ad Hoc) • • • 11 -12/1295 r 3, ” LB 190 Annex B Comment Resolution”, Osama Aboul. Magd 11 -12/1405, “LB 190 MAC comment resolutions Menzo » , Menzo Wentink 11 -12/1448, “d 4 comment resolution brianh part 3” Brian Hart 11 -13/0048, “lb 190 once upon a comment response”, Matthew Fischer 11 -13/0058, “LB 190 MAC comments resolution” Chao-Chun 11 -13/0054, “Proposed Resolution on CID 7103” Youhan Kim 11 -13/0056, “VHTLTF Equation”, Hogyuan Zhang 11 -12/1438 r 2, “Miscellaneous PHY Comments Resolution for LB 190” Yusuke Asai 11 -13/0067, “LB 190 comment resolutions on MAC CIDs in Clause 9. 7”, Jae Seung Lee 11 -12/1316, “LB 190 Comment Resolutions for Clause 9. 12” Eric Wong Submission Slide 18 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Submissions Submission Slide 19 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 TGac Schedule in a Glance Monday AM 1 AM 2 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday TGac PM 1 PM 2 Submission TGac Evening TGac Slide 20 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Approval of Minutes (November 2012 Meeting, January 2013 ad hoc Meeting, and Telecons Minutes) • Move to approve – https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/12/11 -12 -1426 -00 -00 ac-tgacmeeting-minutes-san-antonio-nov-2012. doc – https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/12/11 -12 -1443 -00 -00 ac-tgacteleconference-minutes-20121213. doc – https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/13/11 -13 -0086 -00 -00 ac-tgac-ad -hoc-meeting-minutes-20130110. doc – https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/13/11 -13 -0088 -00 -00 ac-tgac-ad -hoc-meeting-minutes-20130111. doc • Move: Menzo Second: David • Accepted with no objection Submission Slide 21 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Motion • Move accept changes to Equation 22 -42, Draft D 4. 0, as in doc 11 -13/0056 r 1. • Move: Menzo • Second: Robert • Motion accepted with no objection Submission Slide 22 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Comment Resolution Motion #49 • Move to approve resolutions of comments: – https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/12/11 -12 -1277 -08 -00 ac-lb 190 comments-tgac-d 4 -0. xls • MAC 20130111 • MAC 20130110 • Move: Menzo • Second: Robert • Accepted with no objection Submission Slide 23 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Comment Resolution Motion #50 • TGac approves the following resolution to CIDs 7020, 7282, 7017 & 7310 • “Revised” • “Incorporate the changes specified in 11 -12/711 r 2” • • Moved: Andrew Myles Seconded: Dan Harkins Yes: 16 No: 0, Abstain: 10 Motion passes. Submission Slide 24 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Comment Resolution Motion #51 • Move to accept resolution to CIDs 7201, 7202, and 7203 in doc 11 -13/0058 r 5 • Move: Chao-Chun • Second: Menzo • Accepted with no objection Submission Slide 25 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Comment Resolution Motion #52 • Move to accept resolution to CIDs 7022, and 7023 in doc 11 -13/0067 r 2 • Move: Jae Seung Lee • Second: Menzo • Accepted with no objection Submission Slide 26 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Comment Resolution Motion #53 • TGac approves the following resolution to CIDs 7021 • “Rejected” • A presentation and discussion are required to make any progress on this topic. No such presentation was made in this letter ballot. Commenter is invited to resubmit the comment and bring a presentation. • Move: Brian Hart • Second Menzo Wentink • Accepted with no objection Submission Slide 27 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Straw Poll • Do you accept resolutions to CIDs 7396 and 7213 in doc 11 -13/0048 r 3? Submission Slide 28 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Agenda for Tuesday January 15 th, 08: 00 – 10: 00 • TG Motions, if any • Comment Resolution Submission Slide 29 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Agenda for Tuesday, January 15 th, 16: 00 – 18: 00 • TG Motions, if any • Comment Resolution Submission Slide 30 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Agenda for Wednesday, January 16 th, 08: 00 – 10: 00 • TG Motions, if any • Comment Resolution Submission Slide 31 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Agenda for Thursday, January 17 th, 08: 00 – 10: 00 • • TG Meeting Call Meeting to order TG Motions Presentations Goals for March 2013 Ad Hoc Meeting(s) Conference calls Submission Slide 32 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 January 2013 Ad Hoc Meeting • Passed in November – Authorize TGac to hold an ad-hoc meeting on March 13 -15 in Bay Area, for the purpose of advancing comment resolution. • No host for this meeting Submission Slide 33 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 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] Submission Slide 34 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

January 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/0007 r 1 Conference call times • Not to overlap with TGaj • Previously Approved – January 24 • 20: 00 – 22: 00 ET – January 31 • 10: 00 – 12: 00 ET • February – 20: 00 – 22: 00 ET • Febraury – 10: 00 – 12: 00 ET Submission Slide 35 Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)