1. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 AgendaStephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 1 TGaq Agenda Date: 2015-11-09 Authors: November 2015

2. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 2 Abstract Agenda for TGaq Pre-Association Discovery meeting for November 2015, Dallas, Texas, USA

3. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 3 Monday Ad-Hoc 9 November 2015, 08:00 – 10:00 Room: Call Meeting to Order Chair’s welcome

4. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 4 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]: –“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 –“Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of 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 Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged No duty to perform a patent search

5. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 5 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/develop/policies/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/materials.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

6. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 6 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

7. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 7 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.

8. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 8 Resources – URLs Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation –http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.htmlhttp://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html Links to IEEE Antitrust Guidelines –http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust- guidelines.pdfhttp://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust- guidelines.pdf Link to IEEE Code of Ethics –http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/ethics/code_ethic s.htmlhttp://www.ieee.org/web/membership/ethics/code_ethic s.html Link to IEEE Patent Policy –http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppthttp://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt

9. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 9 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.

10. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 10 Approve Agenda –11-15-1230r1 (this document) Comment Resolution Analysis –Comments received from LBxxx on 11aq D2.0 –Preparation of resolution material for this week AoB Adjourn Monday Ad-Hoc 9 November 2015, 08:00 – 10:00

11. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 11 Approve Agenda –11-15-1230r1 (this document) Secretary Position –Establish secretary for the week September 2015 Minutes –https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-1182-00-00aq-tgaq- meeting-minutes-september-2015-session.dochttps://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-1182-00-00aq-tgaq- meeting-minutes-september-2015-session.doc Teleconference October 2015 Minutes –None, as meeting was cancelled Monday 9 November 2015, 16:00 – 18:00

12. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 12 Re-present closing report from September 2015 –https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-1178-00-00aq- closing-report.pptxhttps://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-1178-00-00aq- closing-report.pptx Documentation Re-cap/Editor’s Report –Schedule and next steps Presentations Monday 9 November 2015, 16:00 – 18:00

13. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 13 Tuesday 10 November 2015, 13:30 – 15:30 Room: Letter Ballot –Continuation of analysis of comments from D2.0 letter ballot Presentations –Technical Editor’s comments

14. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 14 Wednesday 11 November 2015, 08:00 – 10:00 Room: Motions Letter Ballot –Continuation of analysis of comments from D1.0 letter ballot Presentations

15. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 15 Wednesday 11 November 2015, 13:30 – 15:30 Room: Presentations Letter Ballot –Continuation of analysis of comments from D1.0 letter ballot

16. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 16 Thursday 12 November 2015, 10:30 – 12:30 Room: Presentations Letter Ballot –Continuation of analysis of comments from D1.0 letter ballot

17. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 17 Thursday 12 November 2015, 16:00 – 18:00 Room: Presentations Motions Teleconference(s) –Friday xx November, xx December 12:00 noon ET for 1 hour Timeline update (see next slide) Preparation for January 2016 Interim –Room/Slot Allocation – 6 slots, room for 25 AOB Adjourn

18. doc.: IEEE 802.11-15/1230r0 Agenda November 2015 Stephen McCann, BlackBerrySlide 18 Timeline – November 2015 Approval of PAR & 5C: November 2012 Initial TG meeting: March 2013 Initial Working Group Letter Ballot: March 2015 Re-circulation Working Group Letter Ballot: November 2015 Form Sponsor Ballot Pool: March 2016 Mandatory Editorial Check: March 2016 Initial Sponsor Ballot: May 2016 Sponsor Ballot Recirculation: November 2016 Final WG/EC Approval: January 2017 RevCom/Standards Board Approval: January 2017