1. IEEE 802.11ah Sub 1 GHz license-exempt operation Agenda for March 2015
Month Year
doc.: IEEE /0xxxr0
March 2015
IEEE ah Sub 1 GHz license-exempt operation Agenda for March 2015
Date:
Authors:
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)
David Halasz, OakTree Wireless

2. IEEE 802.11ah Agenda Call for a secretary
Month Year
doc.: IEEE /0xxxr0
March 2015
IEEE ah Agenda
Call for a secretary
IPR and other relevant policy and procedures
Approve meeting minutes
January meeting minutes (11-15/0158r1)
Conference call minutes (11-15/0263r0, 11-15/0274r0, 11-15/0302r1)
Address Letter Ballot comments for Draft 4.0
Comment Spreadsheet (11-15/0261r4)
Motion for draft text
Conference call plan
Timeline review
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)
David Halasz, OakTree Wireless

3. Submissions (Monday PM2)
March 2015
Submissions (Monday PM2)
TGah Status Reports
TGah Letter Ballots Status
TGah Draft Status
TGah Draft 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 passed the WG motion
Can access TGah Draft 4.0 from IEEE store
TG/WG
BallotID
Ballot Close Date
Title
BallotType
Pool
Approve
Disapprove
Abstain
Return
%Return
%Abstain
%Approve
Invalid
TGah
200
04 November 2013
IEEE ah Draft 1.0 Technical
Technical
323
144 54 18
218
67.49
8.26
72.73 2
203
05 July 2014
IEEE ah Draft 2.0 Technical
330
204 43 24
274
83.03
8.76
82.59 3
205
25 October 2014
IEEE ah Draft 3.0 First Recirculation
Recirculation
234 27 17
280
84.85
6.07
89.66
207
14 February 2015
IEEE ah Draft 4.0 First Recirculation
245 19
284
86.06
6.34
92.8
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

4. Submissions (Monday PM2)
March 2015
Submissions (Monday PM2)
TGah Status Reports
TGah Mandatory Draft Review (MDR) Report
TGah Editor is implementing the MDR comments
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

5. Submissions (Monday PM2)
March 2015
Submissions (Monday PM2)
PHY and MAC
lb207-mac-miscellaneous-comment-resolution (11-15/275r1, Yongho)
6064 (1 CID)
LB 207 Comment Resolution for (11-15/0325r0, Po-Kai Huang)
6222, 6224, 6225, 6227 (4 CIDs)
lb207-TWT-CIDs (11-15/0393r1, Matthew)
6011, 6075, 6076, 6078, 6126, 6134, 6135, 6136, 6137, 6145, 6208, 6223, 6074, 6077, 6133, 6212 (16 CIDs)
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

6. Submissions (Tuesday PM1)
March 2015
Submissions (Tuesday PM1)
PHY and MAC
lb207-TWT-CIDs (11-15/0393r1, Matthew)
6011, 6075, 6076, 6078, 6126, 6134, 6135, 6136, 6137, 6145, 6208, 6223, 6074, 6077, 6133, 6212 (16 CIDs)
lb207-comment-resolution sectorization (11-15/0391r0, James)
6178, 6235 (2 CIDs)
Comment Resolutions on Clause for LB207 (15/0397r1, Jianhan)
6120, 6161, 6166 (3 CIDs)
lb207-mac-miscellaneous-comment-resolution-part2 (11-15/0400r0, Yongho)
6009, 6010, 6016, 6068, 6125, 6127, 6018, 6209, 6210 (9 CIDs)
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

7. Submissions (Tuesday PM1)
March 2015
Submissions (Tuesday PM1)
PHY and MAC
LB 207 Comment Resolution for Miscellaneous part 2 (11-15/0266r0, Alfred)
6226, 6057, 6058, 6101, 6130, 6201, 6202, 6203, 6204, 6141, 6200, 6214, 6215, 6094, 6096, 6131, 6097, 6132, 6211 (19 CIDs)
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

8. Submissions (Tuesday PM2)
March 2015
Submissions (Tuesday PM2)
PHY and MAC
lb207-mac-comment-resolution-for-clauses and (11-15/0311r0, Jason)
6012, 6013, 6014, 6015, 6017 (5 CIDs)
lb207-mac-comment-resolution-for-clauses (11-15/0310r0, Jason)
6040, 6041,6042, 6098, 6089, 6090, 6043, 6044, 6045, 6046, 6205 (11 CIDs)
LB207 MAC comment resolutions (11-15/0389r0, Liwen)
6083, 6084, 6085, 6086, 6087, 6088, 6095, 6142 (8 CIDs)
Comment Resolution Relay Operation (11-15/0416r0, Menzo)
6001, 6024, 6139, 6140, 6151, 6152, 6153, 6163, 6164, 6169, 6170, 6171, 6228 (17 CIDs)
TGah Speculative Draft 4.1 (implementing MDR comments) Review
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

9. Submissions (Wednesday PM1)
March 2015
Submissions (Wednesday PM1)
PHY and MAC
lb207-comment-resolutions-sectorization (11-15/0433r0, George)
6091, 6122, 6123, 6124, 6129 (5 CIDs)
Proposed changes to P802.11ah D4.0 regarding the S1G Operation element (11-15/0252r1, Mitsuru)
6069, 6070, 6071, 6072 (4 CIDs)
LB 207 Comment Resolution for Miscellaneous part 2 (11-15/0266r0, Alfred)
6226, 6057, 6058, 6101, 6130, 6201, 6202, 6203, 6204, 6141, 6200, 6214, 6215, 6094, 6096, 6131, 6097, 6132, 6211 (19 CIDs)
MIB attribute proposal for TGah (11-15/0259r1, Menzo)
6162 (1 CIDs)
Comment Resolution Relay Operation (11-15/0416r3, Menzo)
6157, 6154, 6158, 6165, 6175, 6232 (7 CIDs)
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

10. Submissions (Wednesday PM1)
March 2015
Submissions (Wednesday PM1)
PHY and MAC
Comment Resolutions on Clause for LB207 (15/0397r3, Jianhan)
6120, 6161, 6166 (3 CIDs)
lb207-mac-miscellaneous-comment-resolution-part2 (11-15/0400r2, Yongho)
6009, 6010, 6016, 6068, 6125, 6127, 6018, 6209, 6210 (9 CIDs)
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

11. Submissions (Wednesday PM2)
March 2015
Submissions (Wednesday PM2)
PHY and MAC
Clause proposal for 11ah (11-15/0257r0, Mark)
6155 (1 CIDs)
Figure proposal for TGah (11-15/0258r1, Mark)
6159, 6156 (2 CIDs)
LB207_phy_and_CA_comment_resolutions (11-15/0394r1, Mingguang) :
6100, 6053, 6147, 6148 (4 CIDs)
lb207-TWT-CIDs (11-15/0393r2, Matthew)
6011, 6075, 6076, 6078, 6126, 6134, 6135, 6136, 6137, 6145, 6208, 6223, 6074, 6077, 6133, 6212 (16 CIDs)
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

12. Submissions (Thursday AM2)
March 2015
Submissions (Thursday AM2)
PHY and MAC
CID 6099
CID
Commenter
Comment
Proposed Change
Resolution
6099
Adrian Stephens
The WG chair has been informed by the IEEE-SA patent committee (PatCom) administrator of a statement sent to PatCom by Qualcomm, indicating a number of patents that might result in "Essential Patent Claims" with respect to ah. The PatCom administrator indicated that no LoA has been filed by Qualcomm related to ah. The WG chair has confirms that multiple requests for an LoA have been sent to Qualcomm (on , and ), without response.
I believe that the WG should ask PatCom whether any action by the WG is necessary in the light of events described in the comment.
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

13. Submissions (Thursday PM2)
March 2015
Submissions (Thursday PM2)
Submissions made during March F2F meeting and ready for motion on Thursday PM2
11-15/451r0
Channel Model
Corrections to TGah Channel Model (11-15/425r0, Eduard)
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

14. Task group document motions
March 2015
Task group document motions
Motion for update to draft text
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

15. Agenda cont. Teleconferences
March 2015
Agenda cont. Teleconferences
April 14, 8PM ET for 2 hour
April 21, 8PM ET for 2 hour
April 28, 8PM ET for 2 hour
May 5, 8PM ET for 2 hour
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

16. March 2015
Timeline
Review 11/285
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

17. Instructions for the WG Chair
March 2015
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)
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

18. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
March 2015
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
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

19. March 2015
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
Slide #2
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

20. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
March 2015
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
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

21. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
March 2015
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.
Slide #4
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

22. March 2015
Motion 1
Move to approve minutes of F2F January meeting (11-15/0158r1) and conf call minutes (11-15/0263r0, 11-15/0274r0, 11-15/0302r1)
Move: Alfred Asterjadhi Second: Menzo Wentink
Discussions: None
Motion : Unanimously passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

23. March 2015
Motion 2
Move to adopt the Comment Resolutions in 11-15/0451r0 with the following tabs:
“PHY” and “MAC”
Move: Second:
Discussions:
Yes: No: Abstain:
Motion
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

24. Motion 3 Move to adopt the comment resolutions of CID 6099
March 2015
Motion 3
Move to adopt the comment resolutions of CID 6099
Move: Second:
Discussions:
Yes: No: Abstain:
Motion
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

25. March 2015
Motion 4
Move to instruct the Editor to generate D4.2 of the draft based on P802.11ah MDR Report (11-15/0247r1)
Move: Second:
Discussions:
Yes: No: Abstain:
Motion
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

26. July 2010
doc.: IEEE /0291r0
March 2015
Motion 5
Having approved comment resolutions for all of the comments received from LB207 on P802.11ah D4.0
Instruct the TGah editor to prepare P802.11ah D5.0 from incorporating these resolutions and changes approved by TGah at this session and
Approve a 15 day Working Group Recirculation Ballot asking the question “Should P802.11ah D5.0 be forwarded to Sponsor Ballot?”  
Moved:
Seconded:
Result: (Yes No Abstain)
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)
Dorothy Stanley, Aruba Networks

27. March 2015
Pre-motion 1
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6222, 6224, 6225, 6227 as shown in 11-15/0325r2?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

28. March 2015
Pre-motion 2
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6011, 6075, 6076, 6078, 6126, 6134, 6135, 6136, 6137, 6145, 6208, 6223, 6074, 6077, 6133, 6212 as shown in 11-15/0393r3?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

29. March 2015
Pre-motion 3
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6178 and 6235 as shown in 11-15/0391r1?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

30. March 2015
Pre-motion 4
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6120, 6161, 6166 as shown in 11-15/0397r3?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

31. March 2015
Pre-motion 5
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6009, 6010, 6016, 6068, 6125, 6127, 6018, 6209, 6210 as shown in 11-15/0400r2?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

32. March 2015
Pre-motion 6
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6226, 6057, 6058, 6101, 6130, 6201, 6202, 6203, 6204, 6141, 6200, 6214, 6215, 6094, 6096, 6131, 6097, 6132, 6211 as shown in 11-15/0266r1?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

33. March 2015
Pre-motion 7
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6012, 6013, 6014, 6015, 6017 as shown in 11-15/0311r1?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

34. March 2015
Pre-motion 8
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6040, 6041,6042, 6098, 6089, 6090, 6043, 6044, 6045, 6046, 6205 as shown in 11-15/0310r1?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

35. March 2015
Pre-motion 9
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6083, 6084, 6085, 6086, 6087, 6088, 6095, 6142 as shown in 11-15/0389r1?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

36. March 2015
Pre-motion 10
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6091,6122, 6123, 6124, 6129 as shown in 11-15/0433r1?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

37. March 2015
Pre-motion 11
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6069, 6070, 6071, 6072 as shown in 11-15/0252r2?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

38. March 2015
Pre-motion 12
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6162 as shown in 11-15/0259r2?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

39. March 2015
Pre-motion 13
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6157, 6154, 6158, 6165, 6175, 6232 as shown in 11-15/0416r3?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

40. March 2015
Pre-motion 14
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6155 as shown in 11-15/0257r0 with removing the PS Defer Queuing from Relay STA?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

41. March 2015
Pre-motion 15
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6159, 6156 as shown in 11-15/0258r2 with changes from uplink BSS to upper BSS and from downlink BSS to lower BSS in Figure and not accepting the proposed changes in ?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

42. March 2015
Pre-motion 16
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6100, 6053, 6147, 6148 as shown in 11-15/394r2?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)

43. March 2015
Pre-motion 17
Do you accept the comment resolution for CID 6064 as shown in 11-15/0275r2?
Unanimously Passed
Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)