IEEE 802.11 Regulatory AHC Palm Springs Meeting Plan and Agenda April 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.19-09/xxxxr0 May 2011 IEEE 802.11 Regulatory AHC Palm Springs Meeting Plan and Agenda Date: 2011-05-10 Authors: Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

April 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.19-09/xxxxr0 May 2011 Abstract This presentation is the plan for the May 10, 2011 IEEE 802.11 Regulatory Ad Hoc Committee meeting in Palm Springs. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Agenda Assign a recording secretary Administrative items Introduction May 2011 Agenda Assign a recording secretary Administrative items Required notices Introduction The regulatory summaries Regulatory issues status FCC open issues Test plan for TVDBs EN 300 328 revision update FCC 5 GHz rules changes update Critical issues actions 802.18 document for ITU-R on TV White Spaces projects in 802 FCC specified measurement method for TVBD transmit power Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Administrative Items May 2011 Ad Hoc Committee rules (per Adrian) Introduce the ethics etc... slides in your meetings,  you should not call for essential patents AHC,  is a "committee of the whole" of the WG - i.e. any WG member can contribute; in practice, anybody who turns up can speak During f2f meetings,  you can hold formal votes of only the voting members of 802.11; on a telecon you can take straw polls,  but not formal votes Required notices Affiliation FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html Anti-Trust FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf Ethics - http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/about/CoE_poster.pdf IEEE 802.11 Working Group Policies and Procedures - https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/public-file/07/11-07-0360-04-0000-802-11-policies-and-procedures.doc Chair and Secretary Chair is Rich Kennedy (Research In Motion) could not attend Peter Ecclesine will act as Recording Secretary Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings May 2011 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. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

March 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0265r1 May 2011 Meeting Etiquette IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization Meetings are to be conducted in an orderly and professional manner in accordance with the policies and procedures governed by the organization. Individuals are to address the “Technical” content of the subject under consideration and refrain from making “personal” comments to or about the presenter. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion Stephen McCann, RIM

Introduction Outputs from this group must go through 802.18 Purpose May 2011 Introduction Purpose Improve the working relationship between the technical experts and the regulatory specialists, especially when it comes to critical technical issues Scope The group will review new regulatory changes or impending changes affecting 802.11 standards Each meeting will focus on the most critical issue at the time Critical Issue Focus Direct impact on IEEE 802.11 current and future standards Response/Input deadlines Coordination with IEEE 802.18 (RR-TAG) Coordination with the Wi-Fi Alliance Outputs from this group must go through 802.18 Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Regulatory Summary – North America May 2011 Regulatory Summary – North America US The FCC TVBD Test Plan FCC 5 GHz rules changes update Canada Mexico Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Regulatory Summary – European Union May 2011 Regulatory Summary – European Union ERM TG11 - EN 300 328 revision update Document complete Vote in ERM #30, week of June 27th ETSI BRAN EN 301 893 revisions To revise EN 301 893 v 1.5.1 in line with TCAM (26)83 Chair expects work to be completed at the next meeting (Spring 2011); process complete in the Fall 2011 Andy Gowans supervising the EU TV band database development Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Regulatory Summary - Asia May 2011 Regulatory Summary - Asia India’s “Draft National Frequency Allocation Plan 2011” http://www.dot.gov.in/as/Draft%20NFAP-2011.pdf The  sections starting page #150 specifically mentions the intention to use particular frequency ranges for IMT and WLAN [IND30, IND35, IND38,IND63,etc] Thank you Anirudh Bhatt (Samsung) for bringing this to our attention Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Critical Issues Actions May 2011 Critical Issues Actions RR-TAG document for ITU-R on TV White Spaces projects in IEEE 802 http://griffin.events.ieee.org/docs/802.22/11/22-11-0054-01-0000-itu-r-contribution-on-ieee-sa-standardization-for-tvws-operation.doc FCC specified measurement method for TVBD transmit power Laboratory Division Publication 416721 http://apps.fcc.gov/eas/comments/GetPublishedDocument.html?id=223&tn=194631 Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion