802.11af Liaison Report Date: 2011-11-10 Authors: November 2011 Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.19-11-0090-00-0000 November 2011 802.11af Liaison Report Date: 2011-11-10 Authors: Notice: This document has been prepared to assist IEEE 802.19. 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. Prabodh Varshney, Nokia John Doe, Some Company

Abstract Liaison report from 802.11af as presented to 802.19. Month Year doc.: IEEE 802.19-11-0090-00-0000 November 2011 Abstract Liaison report from 802.11af as presented to 802.19. Prabodh Varshney, Nokia John Doe, Some Company

802.11af Status before November Meeting Comment resolution going on… Group had telcos on Oct 4th, 11th, 18th,25th and Nov. 1st . Created the LB171 comment spreadsheet in 11-11/277r20. Created speculative draft D1.04. Some of the issues being discussed are general spectrum mask representation, extended channel switch with power change, secure enablement and CVS without persistent association, white space map, and interference management. 18 CIDs on PHY and channelization and 69 MAC comments are without proposed resolutions. Plan for November meeting: Complete comment resolution. Review regulatory landscape. Begin the process of incorporating the TGac PHY. Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

November 2011 Current 802.11af Status Approved comment spreadsheet (277r20) and speculative draft 1.04 as working draft. Comments resolution approved mainly dealing with following MAC issues: Channel Power Management RLQP Network Channel Control Identifier WSM CVS DSE link identifier element Device location format Operating Channel Status DSE measurement report CAQ DSE and enabling MAC terminology Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

November 2011 Current 802.11af Status Discussion in 802.11 mid plenary about which PHY 802.11af should use: 802.11ac or some other. The 802.11 WG indicated that TGaf would have to wait for TGac to finish their work before it could be adapted by TGaf. Options: TGac adaptation, per initial proposal from Ron and Vinko Return to original direction New approach to use of TGn with a single bandwidth (no coexistence issues) Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

November 2011 Current 802.11af Status Document 1544r0 proposes initial PHY details for TGaf based on TGac with possible enhancements based on TGah: Envision direct down clocking of 11ac PHY with minimum modifications to accommodate the specific requirements of TGaf. Proposed BWs: 2 MHz (optional), 4 MHz, 8 MHz. Group agreed that now the starting point is to use the High throughput PHY with scaling and modifications for the TV bands. Total number of comments still needs to be resolved 220 (about 160 PHY comments). Weekly on Tuesdays. Time: 21:00 ET for up to 2 hours Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

Plans for January Meeting November 2011 Plans for January Meeting Approve minutes from Atlanta and teleconferences Approve draft 1.05 and spreadsheet 277r? Approve proposals from teleconferences Regulatory update Complete comment resolutions Create draft 2.0 Ask the WG to go to Letter Ballot Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

Official TGaf Timeline (Updated) November 2011 Official TGaf Timeline (Updated) Initial Working Group Letter Ballot: January 2011 Second Working Group Letter Ballot: January 2012 Recirculation Letter Ballot: May 2012 Form Sponsor Ballot Pool: October 2012 Initial Sponsor Ballot: November 2012 Recirculate Sponsor Ballot: January 2013 Final WG/EC Approval: July 2013 RevCom/Standards Board Approval: September 2013 Prabodh Varshney, Nokia