VHT SG May 2008 Report Date: 2008-05-012 Authors: May 2008 April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 VHT SG May 2008 Report Date: 2008-05-012 Authors: Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Patent Policy Following 5 slides May 2008 April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 Patent Policy Following 5 slides Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Instructions for the WG Chair April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 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 6.3.5 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) Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 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 #1 Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Patent Related Links Patent Policy is stated in these sources: April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 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/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/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/pat-slideset.ppt Slide #2 Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Call for Potentially Essential Patents April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 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 #3 Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 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 #4 Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Tentative Agenda for the Week April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 Tentative Agenda for the Week Monday May 12th, 10:30 – 12:30 Patent policy, etc. Set agenda Officer Elections Review from March Discussion of timeline Call for submissions Presentations Tuesday May 13th, 8:00 – 10:00 Reaffirm agenda Tuesday May 13th, 16:00 – 18:00 60 GHz amendment vs standard Wednesday May 14th, 8:00 – 10:00 Reaffirm agenda Presentations PAR motions Thursday May 15th, 8:00 – 10:00 Thursday May 15th, 10:30 – 12:30 12:30 Review time line Goals for July Conference calls Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Officer Elections The following are currently officers of VHT SG April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 Officer Elections The following are currently officers of VHT SG Chair: Eldad Perahia Secretary: Additional nominations? Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Review from March May 2008 April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 6 GHz PAR & 5C’s development Presentations 11-08-0307-01, On the feasibility of 1Gbps for various MAC/PHY architectures, Roberta Fracchia 11-08-0315-01, Coexistence Mechanisms at 5 GHz, Brian Hart PAR & 5C’s proposal discussion lead by Marc de Courville 11-08-0219-04-0vht-below-6ghz-11vht-par-5c-s-proposal.ppt Discussion on scope regarding metric, target data rate, and exclusion of 2.4GHz 60 GHz PAR & 5C’s development 11-08-0364-00, WLAN Overlay with 60 GHz Channels, John Barr 11-08-0349-01, Potential Benefits of Dual-radio VHT Systems, Harkirat Singh PAR & 5C’s proposal discussion lead by Gal Basson 11-08-0223-01-0vht-proposal-for-60ghz-vht-par.doc & 11-08-0224-00-0vht-proposal-for-60ghz-vht-5c.doc Discussion on compatibility with 802.15.3c PHY, amendment versus new standard 11-07-2988-04, Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) VHT Study Group Usage Models, presented by Rolf de Vegt Final report refining categories, usage models, and prioritization of usage models Goals for May Presentations related to “call for submissions” Should be prepared for presentation in the first VHT time slot Complete work on PAR & 5 C’s and submit motion to WG Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Review from Conference Calls April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 Review from Conference Calls Conference call on April 3 08/0451r0, Mapping WFA Usage Models to Operating Bands, Eldad Perahia Conference call on April 17 08/465r0, VHT metrics by Darwin Engwer 08/464r0, <6 GHz PAR discussion by Marc De Courville Conference call on April 24 08/464r1, <6 GHz PAR discussion by Marc De Courville Strawpoll 1: Do you agree to not give further detail where to measure the throughput metric in the PAR/scope (i.e. leave to comparison criteria)? Y: 11, N:0, abs: 6 Strawpoll 2: Do you agree with “A BSS peak aggregated throughput of at least 1Gbps as measured at the MAC data service access point (SAP)”? Y: 12, N:2, abs: 5 Need to clarify “aggregated” with submission Conference call on May 1 08/498r0, Modifications to the 60GHz PAR & 5 C’s Proposal, Eldad Perahia Suggested modifications addressing range/coverage, new standard, coexistence, limiting usage model Conference call on May 8 08/0525r0, Recommendation for 60GHz PAR to be an Amendment to the 802.11 Standard, Mark Grodzinsky Strawpoll: Do you agree that the 60GHz PAR should be an Amendment to the 802.11 standard? Y: 8, N: 5, A: 18 Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Time Line May 2008 May 2007 (Interim) July 2007 (Plenary) April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 Time Line May 2007 (Interim) Initial meeting July 2007 (Plenary) Presentations WG approval of SG extension to Nov Sept 2007 (Interim) Nov 2007 (Plenary) SG motion for extension to March Jan 2008 (Interim) Initial version of PAR & 5 C’s Mar 2008 (Plenary) Work on PAR & 5 C’s SG/WG/EC motion for extension to July May 2008 (Interim) final version of PAR & 5 C’s WG approval June 2008 EC submission by June 17 July 2008 (Plenary) WG re-approval (if necessary) SG/WG/EC motion for extension to Sept EC approval on July 18 VHT TG’s unofficially begin Aug 2008 NesCom submission by Aug 8 Sept 2008 (Interim) NesCom meeting on Sept 17 Nov 2008 (Plenary) Task Group’s officially start Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 Call for Submissions Information on following subjects will assist us in creating a PAR and 5 Criteria: Market needs, applications, usage scenarios Technology & feasibility MAC efficiency evaluation and enhancements, including evaluation of 11n MAC with higher PHY rates PHY enhancements to 11n new MAC & PHY technology Requirements metrics (i.e. throughput, network capacity, spectral efficiency, range) coexistence / interoperability Spectrum availability & regulatory options relationship with IMT-Advanced Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Submissions Rolf De Vegt Minyoung Park, 08/0535r0 April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 Submissions Rolf De Vegt Minyoung Park, 08/0535r0 Darwin Engwer, < 6 GHz metric, 08/0499r0 Yoo-seung Song < 6 GHz PAR & 5C’s 60 GHz PAR & 5C’s Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Agenda for Monday May 12th April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 Agenda for Monday May 12th Patent policy, etc. Set agenda Officer Elections Review from March Discussion of timeline Call for submissions Presentations Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Presentations for Monday May 12th April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 Presentations for Monday May 12th Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Minutes for Monday May 12th April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 Minutes for Monday May 12th Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Backup May 2008 April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 Motion Template Move to approve PAR/5C as specified in document 08-YYYY/rY and forward it to the 802.11 WG for approval. Moved: Seconded: Vote: Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Goals for July Presentations related to “call for submissions” April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 Goals for July Presentations related to “call for submissions” Should be prepared for presentation in the first VHT time slot Update PAR’s & 5C’s based on feedback Complete work on PAR & 5 C’s and re-submit motion to WG Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation

Conference call times Continue conference call times: Topics: April 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0570r0 May 2008 Conference call times Continue conference call times: Weekly on Thursday’s, 11:00 Eastern Time one hour Topics: Update PAR’s & 5C’s based on feedback Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation Eldad Perahia, Intel Corporation