1. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 1 TGn Opening Report – November 05 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, 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 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.http:// ieee802.org/guides/bylaws/sb-bylaws.pdfstuart.kerry@philips.compatcom@ieee.org Date: 2005-11-14 Authors:

2. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 2 This Opening Report 05-1154 Administrative Intro Attendance server http://802wirelessworld.com Is not available Mark attendance at registration desk

3. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 3 6. Patents IEEE standards may include the known use of essential patents and 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. This assurance shall be provided without coercion and prior to approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent becomes known after initial approval of the standard). This assurance shall be a letter that is in the form of either: a) A general disclaimer to the effect that the patentee will not enforce any of its present or future patent(s) whose use would be required to implement the proposed IEEE standard against any person or entity using the patent(s) to comply with the standard or b) A statement that a license will be made available without compensation or under reasonable rates, with reasonable terms and conditions that are demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination This assurance shall apply, at a minimum, from the date of the standard's approval to the date of the standard's withdrawal and is irrevocable during that period. Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – May 2004 IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards

4. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 4 Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings Don’t discuss licensing terms or conditions Don’t discuss product pricing, territorial restrictions or market share Don’t discuss ongoing litigation or threatened litigation Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed… do formally object. If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – March 2003

5. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 5 Additional Guidance 1. After a patent letter of assurance (LoA) has been accepted by PatCom, it is allowable for a presenter to state that an LoA has been filed by a Patent Holder, accepted by PatCom, and listed in the online listing of LoAs at http://standards.ieee.org/db/patents/index.html http://standards.ieee.org/db/patents/index.html 2.Anyone seeking a copy of the accepted LoA should contact the PatCom Administrator. 3.Discussion of the content of accepted, submitted, or proposed LoAs is prohibited. 4.Discussion of licensing terms and conditions is prohibited.

6. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 6 Attendance, Voting & Document Status If you have Attendance questions during the session talk to Harry Worstell Questions on Voting status, Ballot pool, Access to Reflector – see Harry Worstell – – hworstell@att.com Make sure your badges are correct Make sure your submissions contain no company logos or advertising

7. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 7 Attendance Recording -802.11 A sign-in sheet will be located at the 802 Concierge desk Each member must sign-in “once” (1) per day, between the hours of 0800 and 1700 local time Participants must “sign” their name in the appropriate place and state of attendance for 802.11 that day in terms of AM1/AM2, PM1/PM2, EV1 (if an evening meeting exists) –Only “sign-in” for yourself, do NOT “sign-in” for and other participate. Attendance will be checked against other 802 groups. Those found abusing the honor system will lose ALL credit for that day. These sheets are provided daily. If you don’t sign up during the “regular sign-in” hours, you will NOT be given credit for that day.

8. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 8 TGn Quick Review of Events prior to this meeting September 05 Meeting in Garden Grove, California, USA

9. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 9 Historical Background We left the May meeting with a serious deadlock. In subsequent discussions with the 3 proposal groups they indicated that they would agree to participate in a joint proposal activity. When TGn met in July we agreed to proceed with a merger activity that would continue through the November session.

10. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 10 Selection Procedure (continued) 11.During steps 9, 16 and 18, mergers will be allowed between remaining proposals, and between remaining proposals and proposals that have been eliminated. Mergers will not be allowed between eliminated proposals only. The TGn chair will provide an opportunity for the task group to decide by simple majority whether proposals that have merged or that have technical changes require normal time for consideration prior to a down-selection vote (4 meeting hours) or require extended time. Time extension beyond 24 hours shall require support of 2/3 of the voting members present.

11. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 11 Motion: Moved: Because the TGn selection process allows proposals to ask for time to complete mergers prior to consideration, M&T&W are granted time to complete a merged Joint Proposal (JP) that will replace the current three remaining TGn proposals. The time line is: July 2005: –Provide time this week (ref 5557R0 Bruce’s opening report) for these groups to go work on this effort. Sept 2005 –JP draft will be provided to TGn; Q&A sessions on JP to that time. November 2005: –JP replaces current 3 proposals; Confirmation vote on JP. Vote: 195/2/3

12. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 12 September Agenda Plans and Accomplishments Between now and September Partial merged proposal draft posted to server & announced on reflector by Monday Sept 12 Question submission via email Thursday Sept 15 Responses will be presented beginning Monday Sept 19 September Meeting Plan (Monday = September 19) Merged proposal Presentation & Discussion Coexistence Assurance status update (802.15.4a, 802.15.3a, cordless phones) Review Document linkage for changed FR Formulate and Consider WFA liaison request

13. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 13 Key Documents from Sept Session 05-0923 r2 Wireless VoIP Eldad Perahia, Brett Douglas 05-0876 r1 JP Status Report (Monday) 05-1001 r0 JP Status Report (Thursday) 05-0854 r3 TGn Opening Report 05-0889 r0 TGn September Minutes 05-0939 r0 TGn Closing Report

14. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 14 Questions Considered Given the current joint proposal status, can we still expect a complete draft to be posted before the November meeting? Is there anything the chair or membership can do to further expedite or facilitate the process? Was the pause for merger the correct decision? What happens if the merged proposal is not completed on time? Decided to continue with JP plan as previously agreed

15. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 15 November 14-18, 2005 Vancouver Agenda Plan Between now and November No teleconference calls for SS or CA will be needed No teleconferences or interim meetings of TGn will be needed Merged proposal draft posted to server & announced on reflector by Monday, Nov 07 (1 week prior to meeting) Questions submitted via email by Thursday Nov 10 Technical Proposal and Responses will be presented beginning Monday Nov 14 November Meeting Plan (Monday = November 14) Merged proposal Presentation & Discussion, Q&A 1st Confirmation vote, “no” vote explanations & remedies if <75% “yes” Technical Editor Election Coexistence Assurance status update Review Timeline

16. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 16 Procedure from doc.: IEEE 802.11-03/665r9 Step 16: Rounds of voting will be held that successively eliminate one candidate proposal at a time. On each round of voting, the candidate proposal that receives the least number of votes shall be eliminated from consideration. In the event of a tie for the least number of votes, a separate vote shall be held to select which of the candidates receiving the least votes shall be eliminated in the current round. The other candidate(s) shall remain for the next round. Between rounds of voting, presenters will again have the opportunity to merge proposals and/or make technical changes to their proposals. If a merger occurs or if technical changes are made to a proposal, all presenters shall have the opportunity to present the details of their proposal again. If two or more proposals are left, time permitting and at the discretion of the TGn Chair there may be a Panel Discussion with all the remaining Presenters. The rounds of voting will continue until only one candidate proposal remains. The order in which the proposals are eliminated will be recorded in the minutes. This ordering will serve as the ranking of the eliminated proposals needed in step 18.

17. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 17 September TGn Minutes 05-1029r0 Executive Summary Executive Summary (also see Chairs’ meeting doc 11-05-0854r3 and closing report doc. 11-05- 0939r0): Only 3 out of the allotted 8 hours of session time was used to allow the JP as much time as possible to meet F2F. The JP gave two reports, an Opening Report (11-05-0876r1) in which reviewed the scope of the task, itemized the progress they have made since July and the topics currently being worked on as well as the topics remaining to be addressed, and a Closing Report (11-05- 1001r0) in which they described the progress made during the week and presented a time line. The JP time line indicated that their goal remained to deliver a baseline draft to the TG November 7. TGn chair, using the ‘draft in November’ assumption projected a best case scenario of ratified standard in April 2007. [See 11-05-845r3] One technical presentation on Wireless VoIP Design Considerations was made by Eldad Perahia, doc. 11-05-0932r2 The TGn chair presented a strawman agenda for the Nov meeting which was highly dependent on progress made between now and November by the JP team. JP team will give a status update after their Oct. F2F. If a draft is presented in November a confirmation vote could be held and a call for LB made at the November meeting.

18. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 18 Approve Minutes Motion to approve September TGn minutes as contained in 05-0889-r1 Move: Second:

19. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 19 Plans for November

20. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 20 802.11 Agenda Plan -November

21. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 21 TGn – Initial November Schedule Time MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday 8:00-10:00  4  10:30-12:30  6  10 13:30-15:30  812 16:00-18:00 2  19:30-21:30  Nov 14Nov 15Nov 16Nov 17Nov 18 Meeting Room: Regency C am 1 am 2 pm 1 pm 2 eve

22. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 22 TGn – Proposed November Schedule Monday TASK GROUP N AGENDA - Monday Nov 14th 2005 - 16:00 - 18:00 1 time block durati on start time 1IIMeeting Call to Order - KRAEMER / LI516:00 2II Chair's Status Update & Review of IEEE 802 & 802.11 Policies and Procedures (IP, Voting, Previous minutes, etc) - KRAEMER / LI1516:05 3IIPlans for the week - KRAEMER / LI3016:20 4MIApprove or Modify the Agenda - KRAEMER / LI1016:50 5DTProposal Presentations - VARIOUS6017:00 6MIRecess for the day - KRAEMER / LI018:00

23. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 23 TGn – Proposed November Schedule Tuesday TASK GROUP N AGENDA - Tuesday Nov 15th 2005 - 08:00 - 12:30 2 time blocks durati on start time 7IIMeeting Call to Order - KRAEMER / LI008:00 8DTTechnical presentations - VARIOUS12008:00 9MIRecess for break - KRAEMER / LI3010:00 10DTTechnical presentations + Q & A session # 1 - VARIOUS12010:30 11MIRecess for the day - KRAEMER / LI6012:30

24. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 24 TGn – Proposed November Schedule Wednesday TASK GROUP N AGENDA - Wednesday Nov 16th 2005 - 13:30 - 15:30 1 time block durati on start time 12IIMeeting Call to Order - KRAEMER / LI013:30 13DTTechnical presentations + Q & A session # 2 - VARIOUS12013:30 14MIRecess for the day - KRAEMER / LI015:30

25. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 25 TGn – Proposed November Schedule Thursday TASK GROUP N AGENDA - Thursday Nov 18th 2005 - 10:30 - 15:30 2 time blocks durati on start time 15IIMeeting Call to Order - KRAEMER / LI010:30 16DT Joint Proposal Presentation Current Status and submission of Proposal to TGn -VARIOUS6010:30 17DTConfirmation, technical editor and other votes as necessary-VARIOUS6011:30 18MIRecess for lunch - KRAEMER / LI6012:30 19DTStatus report of.19 and Coexistence - LI3013:30 20DTPlans for January + approval of telecons - KRAEMER / LI6014:00 21DTAny other business - KRAEMER / LI3015:00 22MIAdjourn for session - KRAEMER / LI015:30

26. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 26 New Documents posted between Sep ’05 & Nov meeting Submissions 05-1051 r0 JP Opening Report 05-1095 r0 JP MAC Proposal 05-1102 r0 JP PHY Proposal

27. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 27 Any other Presentations Any other Business

28. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 28 Approve Agenda Motion to approve November TGn agenda as contained on slides 22-25 of this document. Move: Second:

29. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 29 First Presentation Joint Proposal Status Report 05-1051 Collaborative status presentations from proposal groups: WWiSE TGn Sync MITMOT Email questions Questions from the floor

30. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 30

31. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 31 Questions Given the current joint proposal status, can we still expect a complete draft to be posted at the November meeting? Is there anything the chair or membership can do to further expedite or facilitate the process? Was the pause for merger the correct decision? What happens if the merged proposal is not completed on time?

32. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 32 Topics for Thursday

33. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 33 Coexistence Assurance Status Update and plans

34. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 34 Timeline

35. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 35 11n - Overall timeline PAR Approved TGn Formed Selection Process & Criteria Call for Proposals First Proposal Presentations Down Select First WG Letter Ballot First Sponsor Letter Ballot ExCom RevCom Stds Brd Approval Publication HT SG Formed 20072006200520042003 Joint proposal

36. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 36 Balloting to Publication Process (part 1) Conduct WG Letter Ballot Comment Resolution Letter Ballot Completed Approved? No Yes Submit documentation to 802 ExCom Submit documentation to RevCom Standards Board Approval Publication Draft 1.0 Complete Conduct Sponsor Ballot Comment Resolution Sponsor Ballot Completed Approved? No Yes Nov’05-Jan ‘06 Sep ‘06 Jan ‘07

37. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 37 Balloting to Publication Process (part 2) Letter Ballot Submit documentation to RevCom 40 days prior to Standards Board meeting sequence Submission RevCom Stds Board August 4, 2006 Sep 14 Sep 16, 2006 Feb 9, 2007 Mar 20 Mar 22, 2007 April 27, 2007 Jun 26 Jun 28, 2007 Aug 17, 2007 Sep 26 Sep 27, 2007 Publication (+30 days) April ‘07 Draft 1.0 Complete Sponsor Ballot Submit documentation to 802 ExCom 30 days prior to Plenary Submission ExCom June, 2006 Jul 17-21, 2006 Oct, 2006 Nov 13-17, 2006 Feb, 2007 Mar 12-16, 2007 May, 2007 Jul 16-20, 2007

38. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 38 Time Line Process Backup Material

39. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 39 RevCom (Standards Review Committee) All requests for approval of a standard shall be reviewed by RevCom prior to submission to the IEEE SA Standards Board to ensure that the submittal is complete and that appropriate IEEE procedures are followed completely and correctly (see the IEEE-SA Standards Board Working Guide for Submittal of Proposed Standards). The IEEE-SA Standards Board has assigned to RevCom the review of standards submittals and the responsibility for recommending final approval to the IEEE-SA Standards Board.IEEE-SA Standards Board Working Guide for Submittal of Proposed StandardsRevCom Approval or adoption of a standard requires a consensus of RevCom that the requirements of the procedures of RevCom and those of the IEEE-SA Standards Board (IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws and IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual ) have been satisfied. Specifically, this means that the final results of the ballot and statements submitted by balloters who participated in the development of the standard indicate that consensus has been achieved and unresolved negative ballots have been properly considered, together with reasons why the comments could not be resolved.IEEE-SA Standards Board BylawsIEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual All IEEE standards shall be approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board prior to publication. Approval requires a majority vote of the IEEE-SA Standards Board. 3 Meetings per year : March, June, September

40. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 40 IEEE-SA Standards Board 1. Chairman: Steve M.Mills 2. Vice Chairman: Richard H. Hulett 3. Past Chairman: Don Wright 4. Secretary: Judith Gorman 5. Members: Mark D. Bowman 6. Dennis B. Brophy 7. Joseph Bruder 8. Bob Davis 9. Joanna N. Guenin 10. Mark S. Halpin 11. Raymond Hapeman 12. William B. Hopf 13. Richard H. Hulett 14. Lowell G. Johnson 15. Hermann Koch 16. David J. Law 17. Daleep C. Mohla Paul Nikolich 18. Ted W. Olsen 19. Ronald C. Petersen 20. Gary S. Robinson 21. Frank Stone 22. Malcolm V. Thaden 23. Richard L. Townsend 24. Joe D. Watson 25. Richard V. Cox, Member/TAB Rep 26. Jay Forster, Member Emeritus 27. Joseph L. Koepfinger, Member Emeritus 28. Richard DeBlasio, DOE Representative 29. Alan H. Cookson, NIST Representative 30. Satish K. Aggarwal, NRC Representative The Board consists of no fewer than 18 nor more than 26 voting members, who are Members or higher grade of the Institute. A liaison from the IEEE Technical Activities Board serves as a voting member. Nonvoting members who may attend meetings include two Members Emeriti.

41. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 41 NesCom (New Standards Committee) This committee examines PARs and makes recommendations to the IEEE-SA Standards Board regarding their approval.PARs –responsible for ensuring that proposed standards projects are within the scope and purpose of the IEEE, that standards projects are assigned to the proper Society or other organizational body, and that interested parties are appropriately represented in the development of IEEE standards. The NesCom secretary is Jodi Haasz.Jodi Haasz

42. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 42 January Plans

43. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 43 Any Other Business?

44. doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/1154r0 Submission November 2005 Bruce Kraemer, ConexantSlide 44 Motion to Adjourn?