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July 2008 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 TGn Chairs’ Report Denver, CO, US 802 Plenary – 14 -18 July ‘ 08 Date: 2008 -07 -12 Authors: Name Company Address Bruce Kraemer Marvell 5488 Marvell Lane, +1 (321) Santa Clara, CA, 95054 427 -4098 Sheung Li Si. BEAM Adrian Stephens Intel Corporation 15 JJ Thompson Submission Phone 555 Mathilda Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Avenue, Cambridge, CB 3 0 FD, UK 1 email bkraemer@marvell. com +1 (408) 245 -3120 sli@sibeam. com +1 (503) 616 -3800 adrian. p. stephens@ intel. com Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 Primary Meeting Documents • • Chair’s Opening Report Chair’s Closing Report Meeting Minutes Editor’s Reports 11 -08 -0748 r 0 11 -08 -0830 r 0 11 -08 -0828 r 0 11 -08 -0792 r 1 • 11 -08 -0713 -01 -000 n-tgn-lb 129 -composite-comments. xls • 11 -08 -0714 -01 -000 n-tgn-lb 129 -editor-comments. xls Submission 2 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 Welcome to the Hyatt Regency Denver July 14 -18 The 110 th 802. 11 Session TGn Meeting rooms and Mon Tue Wed The 30 th TGn Session Capital 1+2 (150) Capital 1 (80) Capital 2 (70) Submission 3 Thu Capital 2 (70) Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 Meeting Protocol • Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot Submission 4 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 Attendance • https: //murphy. events. ieee. org/imat/attendance/index 1. Register 2. Indicate attendance See document 11 -08 -0827 r 0 for more details Submission 5 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 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 6 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 Current Policies • Policies and Procedures: • IEEE Patent Policy - http: //standards. ieee. org/board/pat-slideset. ppt • Are there any patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that the participant believes may be essential for the use of that standard? Minute 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. • Affiliation FAQ - http: //standards. ieee. org/faqs/affiliation. FAQ. html • Anti-Trust FAQ - http: //standards. ieee. org/resources/antitrust-guidelines. pdf • Ethics - http: //www. ieee. org/portal/cms_docs/about/Co. E_poster. pdf • IEEE 802. 11 Policies and Procedures http: //www. ieee 802. org/11/Doc. Files/06/11 -06 -0812 -03 -0000 -802 -11 -policiesand-proceedures. htm • IEEE 802 Policies and Procedures - http: //www. ieee 802. org/policies-andprocedures. pdf Submission 7 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 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 Submission #1 8 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 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 Submission #2 9 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 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 Submission #3 10 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 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 Submission #4 11 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 Question • Are there any patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that the participant believes may be essential for the use of that standard? • Minute 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. Submission 12 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 TGn Minutes Submission 13 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 TGn Minutes of May ’ 08 11 -08 -0505 r 1 Executive Summary (also see Chairs’ meeting doc 11 -080503 r 0 and closing report doc. 11 -08 -0504 r 0): • Draft 4. 0 passed recirculation ballot LB 124 with 253 approve, 34 not approve, 25 abstain • All 349 comments from LB 124 were resolved • The task group requested that the working group issue a recirculation ballot on D 5. 0 based on the approved resolutions • There were no further modifications of the timeline from the changes made in the March 2008 meeting • The task group is targeting July 10 -11 for an ad hoc meeting to resolve comments from the recirculation ballot on D 5. 0. The details will be finalized during the previously approved teleconference calls. Submission 14 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 Approve Minutes • Motion to approve May ‘ 08 (Jacksonville) TGn minutes as contained in 11 -08 -0505 r 1 • Move: • Second: Submission 15 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 TGn Quick Review of Events prior to this meeting Submission 16 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 One Page History of TGn • • • • • • HTSG formed – First meeting (Sep-11 -’ 02 Monterey) TGn formed – First meeting (Sep-15 -’ 03 Singapore) Began call for proposals (May 17 ’ 04 Garden Grove) 32 First round presentations (Sep 13 ’ 04 Berlin) Down selected to one proposal (Mar ’ 05 Atlanta) –first confirm vote failed Confirmation vote #2 failed - reset to 3 proposals -left the May ‘ 05 meeting with a serious deadlock. (Cairns) 3 proposal groups agreed to a joint proposal activity (Jul ’ 05 San Francisco) JP proposal accepted by vote of 184/0/4, editor instructed to create draft (Jan ’ 06 Waikoloa) Baseline specification converted into Draft 1. 0 (335 p). Letter ballot issued (LB 84) March 20, ’ 06 (Denver) and closed on April 29, ‘ 06 (failed) Draft 1. 0 Comment resolution begins (May ’ 06 Jacksonville) Approved 6711 editorial and 1041 technical resolutions; Created Draft 1. 03 (Jul ’ 06 San Diego) Approved 568 technical resolutions (Sep ’ 06 Melbourne); Created Draft 1. 06 (388 p) Approved 703 technical resolutions (Nov ’ 06 Dallas); Created Draft 1. 09 (444 p) Approved 496 technical resolutions (Jan ’ 07 London); created D 1. 10 (500 p); went to WG letter ballot Feb 7, ’ 07 with D 2. 0; closed March 9, ’ 07 LB 97 on TGn D 2. 0 passed with 83. 4% approval. (Mar ’ 07 Orlando) Began comment resolution on with target of Draft 3. 0 completion and release to ballot in Sep ’ 07. Approved 1470 editorial resolutions and approved TGn draft 2. 02. Also approved 450 technical comment resolutions. (May 07 Montreal) Cumulative insertion of resolutions contained in TGn draft 2. 04. (494 p) Approved 750 technical resolutions and approved TGn draft 2. 05. (July 07 San Francisco) Cumulative insertion of resolutions now contained in TGn draft 2. 07. (498 p) Approved 507 technical resolutions and approved recirculation ballot for TGn draft 3. 0 (544 p). (Sep 07 Waikoloa) Recirculation passed. Approved 282 editorial resolutions and approved TGn draft 3. 01. Approved 97 technical resolutions. (Nov 07 Atlanta) Cumulative insertion of resolutions now contained in TGn draft 3. 02. (558 p) Approved 313 technical comment resolutions (Jan ‘ 08 Taipei). Cumulative approved comments now in D 3. 03. Additional ad hoc comment resolutions contained in speculative edits D 3. 04, D 3. 05, D 3. 06. Approved 190 technical comment resolutions (Mar ’ 08 Orlando). Approved recirculation ballot for TGn draft 4. 0 (547 p). Approved 349 comment resolutions (May ’ 08 Jacksonville). Approved recirculation ballot (LB 129) for TGn draft 5. 0 (547 p). Ballot closed June 12 with 1112 comments. Submission 17 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 LB 129 on TGn D 5. 0 • 20 day Recirculation ballot closed on June 12 • Passed with 261 Approve, 29 Not Approve, 23 Abstain • • 539 Technical, 573 Editorial (1112 Total) Comments 539 Technical split Beam 26 Coex 146 PHY 83 Gen 58 Misc 126 MAC 100 • Editor has posted a speculative D 5. 01 based on resolutions in 11 -08 -0459 r 0 Submission 18 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 TGn LB 129 Technical Comment Distribution Submission 19 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 TGn Ad Hoc Organization Ad Hoc Topic Ad hoc leader In Denver ad hoc? In Denver plenary? PHY Vinko Erceg Yes MAC Matt Fischer Yes Coexistence Eldad Perahia Yes Joe Levy Yes Beamforming & Adaptation John Ketchum Joonsuk Kim No No No Yes TGn Bruce Kraemer Yes Editorial Adrian Stephens Yes CA Doc Sheung Li Yes General Submission 20 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 Submission 21 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 WG 11 – Jul ‘ 08 Schedule am 1 am 2 pm 1 pm 2 Submission 22 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 Agenda Plan and Topics • Primary topic: Comment Resolution • General Order – TGn Full with topics introduced by ad hoc where appropriate, consider reverting to ad hoc when full business complete • Monday – TGn summary, ad hoc status and comment resolution discussions – Editor Motions • Tuesday – Discussion and Votes • Wednesday – Discussion and Votes • Thursday - Voting on prepared comment resolutions – Timeline review – Plans • Teleconferences • Approval of ad hoc in Hawaii during September ‘ 08 • Any other Business for the agenda? Submission 23 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 TGn – Jul ‘ 08 Schedule Time Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Monday Tuesday Wednesd ay Thursday am 1 8: 00 -10: 00 X TGn 1 CAP 2 Full TGn CAP 2 am 2 10: 30 -12: 30 TGn 1+2 CAP 1 CAP 2 X X lunch 12: 30 -13: 30 pm 1 13: 30 -15: 30 X Full TGn CAP 1 TGn 1 CAP 2 X pm 2 16: 00 -18: 00 Full TGn CAP 1+2 X Full TGn CAP 1 Full TGn CAP 2 eve 19: 30 -21: 30 X X Submission 24 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 TGn – Jul ‘ 08 Schedule Jul 14 Time Monday Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday am 1 8: 00 -10: 00 X TGn 1 GEN Full TGn (GEN + MAC) am 2 10: 30 -12: 30 TGn 1+2 GEN MAC X X lunch 12: 30 -13: 30 pm 1 13: 30 -15: 30 X Full TGn GEN MAC TGn 1 COEX 40 in 2. 4 CCA, GF X pm 2 16: 00 -18: 00 Full TGn Opening + intro X Full TGn 12 Full TGn 16 eve 19: 30 -21: 30 X X Submission 25 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 Approve Agenda • Motion to approve July ’ 08 TGn agenda as contained on slide 23 - 25 (with any minuted amendments). • Move: • Second: • Submission 26 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 Thursday topics Plans from May to July Time Line Ad hoc meeting Teleconferences Submission 27 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 802. 11 Timeline Events Event Name Currently Published Date Actual PAR Approved Sep ‘ 03 Initial WG Letter Ballot Mar ‘ 06 Recirculation WG Letter Ballot Oct ‘ 07 Predicted Form Sponsor Ballot Pool Jul ‘ 08 Initial Sponsor Ballot Jul ‘ 08 Recirculation Sponsor Ballot Nov ‘ 08 Final WG Approval Mar ‘ 09 Final EC Approval Mar ‘ 09 Rev. Com/ Stds Board Approval Jun ‘ 09 Publication Jul ‘ 09 Submission 28 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 TGn Teleconference Plan Call number: 916 -356 -2663 Call time: 11: 00 – 13: 00 ET Wednesday Blocking events July 16 Plenary Sep 23 Interim Submission Ad hoc group Meeting chair 29 Bridge # Passcode Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 Ad hoc in September 2008 Request authorization for TGn to hold an ad hoc • on Dates TBD • in Hawaii, US • with the venue of choice being the 802 Interim conference hotel (Hilton Waikoloa) • for the purpose of resolving comments received during LB 1 xx on Draft 6. 0 Submission 30 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

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doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -08/0748 r 0 July 2008 • Any other business? Submission 34 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

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