September 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<12-0543-00> September 2012 Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [Liaison Report on 802.11 for 2012-09] Date Submitted: [20 September, 2012] Source: [Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison] Company [Samsung Electronics] Address [] Voice:[], FAX: [], E-Mail:[] Abstract: [Liaison Report on 802.11 for September, 2012.] Purpose: [Informative.] Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. 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 acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P802.15. Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)

Liaison Report on 802.11 for 2012-09 at Indian Wells, California, USA September 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<12-0543-00> September 2012 Liaison Report on 802.11 for 2012-09 at Indian Wells, California, USA Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)

IEEE 802.11 Standards Pipeline May 2011 September 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<12-0543-00> doc.: IEEE 802.11-11/0483r0 September 2012 September 2012 IEEE 802.11 Standards Pipeline 802.11 -2012 802.11-2015 MAC GLK 802.11aa Video Transport 802.11ai FILS PAD Smart Grid 802.11ae QoS Mgt Frames WNG 802.11 ah 802.11af TVWS 802.11ac VHT 5GHz 802.11 aj CMMW 802.11ad VHT 60 GHz PHY Discussion Topics Study groups WG Letter Ballot Sponsor Ballot Published Amendment Published Standard TG without Approved draft Slide 3 Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) Bruce Kraemer, Marvell Page 3 Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

802.11 Status Went out to first WG ballot: 802.11af September 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<12-0543-00> September 2012 802.11 Status Went out to first WG ballot: 802.11af Went out to recirculation WG ballot: Went out to first Sponsor ballot: Went out to recirculation Sponsor ballot: 802.11ad Going out for initial WG ballot: Going out for recirculation WG ballot: Going out for initial Sponsor Ballot: Going out for recirculation Sponsor ballot: Going to ExCom for Conditional Approval to Publish: Going to SASB for Final Approval: 802.11ad Asking to form Task Groups: 802.11PAD, 802.11GLK Asking to form Study Groups: Do not know. Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)

802.11 TGad Very High Throughput 60GHz September 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<12-0543-00> September 2012 802.11 TGad Very High Throughput 60GHz Fourth Recirculation Sponsor ballot on IEEE 802.11ad D9.0 closed July 20, 2012. Results: 174/3/11 98.31% 57 comments received: 36 technical, 21 editorial, 0 general Resolved all of the comments Fifth Recirculation Sponsor ballot on IEEE 802.11ad D9.0 closed August 12, 2012. Results: 176/3/11 98.32% 4 comments received: 2 technical, 0 editorial, 2 general On the RevCom schedule for October Eldad Perahia Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) 5 Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)

Working to address the comments September 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<12-0543-00> September 2012 802.11 TGaf TV White Space Second Initial WG Ballot LB189 on draft 2.0 closed August 19, 2012. Results 163/43/14 79.13% Received 998 comments: 595 technical, 316 editorial, 87 general comments. Working to address the comments Hoping to go out to recirculation in November Rich Kennedy Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) 6 Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)

Work continued on specification framework September 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<12-0543-00> September 2012 802.11 TGah Less than 1GHz Work continued on specification framework Passed 30 motions for updates to the specification framework doc Update to the spec framework adopted 11-11-1137-11-00ah-specification-framework-for-tgah.docx Dave Halasz Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) 7 Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)

802.11 WNG Wireless Next Generation SC September 2012 doc.: IEEE 802.15-<12-0543-00> September 2012 802.11 WNG Wireless Next Generation SC Seven presentations at September 2012 meeting 6-10GHz Rate-Range and Link Budget (11-12-1143-00-0wng-6-10ghz-rate-range-and-link-budget.ppt) – Jim Lansford Secure Key Storage and True Random Number Generation (11-12-1120-00-0wng-secure-key-storage-and-true-random-number-generation.pptx) – Rene Struik Carrier-Oriented Wi-Fi for Cellular Offload (https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/12/11-12-1123-00-0wng-carrier-oriented-wifi-for-cellular-offload.ppt) – Laurent Cariou IEEE 802 OmniRAN for Cellular Offload (11-12-1150-00-0wng-ieee-802-omniran-for-cellular-offload.pdf) – Roger Marks Requirements on WLAN Cellular Offload (11-12-1063-00-0wng-requirements-on-wlan-celllular-offload.pptx) - Yasuhiko Inoue WiFi techniques for hotspot deployments and cellular offload (https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/12/11-12-1126-00-0wng-wifi-for-hotspot-deployments-and-cellular-offload.ppt) - Krishna Sayana WLAN Standardization in 3GPP A Tutorial (11-12-1149-02-0wng-wlan-standardization-in-3gpp.pptx) – Stephen Rayment Clint Chaplin Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) 8 Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung)