1. TGn Opening Report – September ‘05
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September 2005
TGn Opening Report – September ‘05
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Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
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2. This Opening Report 05-0854 Administrative Intro
September 2005
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This Opening Report Administrative Intro
Attendance server
Is not available
Mark attendance at registration desk
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3. IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
September 2005
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September 2005
IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – May 2004
6. Patents
IEEE standards may include the known use of essential patents and patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard. This assurance shall be provided without coercion and prior to approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent becomes known after initial approval of the standard). This assurance shall be a letter that is in the form of either:
a) A general disclaimer to the effect that the patentee will not enforce any of its present or future patent(s) whose use would be required to implement the proposed IEEE standard against any person or entity using the patent(s) to comply with the standard or
b) A statement that a license will be made available without compensation or under reasonable rates, with reasonable terms and conditions that are demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination
This assurance shall apply, at a minimum, from the date of the standard's approval to the date of the standard's withdrawal and is irrevocable during that period.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

4. Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings
September 2005 1.
Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings
Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – March 2003
Don’t discuss licensing terms or conditions
Don’t discuss product pricing, territorial restrictions or market share
Don’t discuss ongoing litigation or threatened litigation
Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed… do formally object.
If you have questions,
contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at
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5. September 2005
Additional Guidance
After a patent letter of assurance (LoA) has been accepted by PatCom, it is allowable for a presenter to state that an LoA has been filed by a Patent Holder, accepted by PatCom, and listed in the online listing of LoAs at
Anyone seeking a copy of the accepted LoA should contact the PatCom Administrator.
Discussion of the content of accepted, submitted, or proposed LoAs is prohibited.
3. Discussion of licensing terms and conditions is prohibited.
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6. Attendance, Voting & Document Status
September 2005
Attendance, Voting & Document Status
If you have Attendance questions during the session talk to Harry Worstell
Questions on Voting status, Ballot pool, Access to Reflector
– see Harry Worstell –
Make sure your badges are correct
Make sure your submissions contain no company logos or advertising
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7. Attendance Recording -802.11
September 2005
Attendance Recording
A sign-in sheet will be located at the 802 Concierge desk
Each member must sign-in “once” (1) per day, between the hours of 0800 and 1700 local time
Participants must “sign” their name in the appropriate place and state of attendance for that day in terms of AM1/AM2, PM1/PM2, EV1 (if an evening meeting exists)
Only “sign-in” for yourself, do NOT “sign-in” for and other participate.
Attendance will be checked against other 802 groups.
Those found abusing the honor system will loose ALL credit for that day.
These sheets are provided daily. If you don’t sign up during the “regular sign-in” hours, you will NOT be given credit for that day.
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8. September 2005
TGn Quick Review of July ’05 Meeting in San Francisco, California, USA
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9. Plans for July Initially reused Agenda for January as a place holder
September 2005
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Plans for July
Initially reused Agenda for January as a place holder
Which in rough outline form was:
Now to July
Update technical proposals posted by 10 days prior to July meeting
questions
Single Stream adhoc teleconferences every 2 weeks beginning June 6
In Session July 18-22
Proposal presentations
Q&A
Elimination vote
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10. Procedure from doc.: IEEE 802.11-03/665r9
September 2005
Procedure from doc.: IEEE /665r9
Step 16:
Rounds of voting will be held that successively eliminate one candidate proposal at a time. On each round of voting, the candidate proposal that receives the least number of votes shall be eliminated from consideration. In the event of a tie for the least number of votes, a separate vote shall be held to select which of the candidates receiving the least votes shall be eliminated in the current round. The other candidate(s) shall remain for the next round. Between rounds of voting, presenters will again have the opportunity to merge proposals and/or make technical changes to their proposals. If a merger occurs or if technical changes are made to a proposal, all presenters shall have the opportunity to present the details of their proposal again. If two or more proposals are left, time permitting and at the discretion of the TGn Chair there may be a Panel Discussion with all the remaining Presenters. The rounds of voting will continue until only one candidate proposal remains. The order in which the proposals are eliminated will be recorded in the minutes. This ordering will serve as the ranking of the eliminated proposals needed in step 18.
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11. Selection Procedure (continued)
September 2005
Selection Procedure (continued)
During steps 9, 16 and 18, mergers will be allowed between remaining proposals, and between remaining proposals and proposals that have been eliminated. Mergers will not be allowed between eliminated proposals only. The TGn chair will provide an opportunity for the task group to decide by simple majority whether proposals that have merged or that have technical changes require normal time for consideration prior to a down-selection vote (4 meeting hours) or require extended time. Time extension beyond 24 hours shall require support of 2/3 of the voting members present.
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12. September 2005
Motion:
Moved: Because the TGn selection process allows proposals to ask for time to complete mergers prior to consideration, M&T&W are granted time to complete a merged Joint Proposal (JP) that will replace the current three remaining TGn proposals.
The time line is:
July 2005:
Provide time this week (ref 5557R0 Bruce’s opening report) for these groups to go work on this effort.
Sept 2005
JP draft will be provided to TGn; Q&A sessions on JP to that time.
November 2005:
JP replaces current 3 proposals; Confirmation vote on JP.
Vote: 195/2/3
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

13. Motion on adding FR10 and FR11
September 2005
Motion on adding FR10 and FR11
Motion: adopt new revision of document n-functional-requirements containing the following changes: addition of FR10 and FR11.
FR10: Existence of single spatial stream transmission modes
Requirement:
Proposal shall define single spatial stream transmission modes that provide at least one mode of operation that supports a maximum throughput of at least 50 Mbps in a 20MHz channel as measured at the MAC data SAP.
FR11: Interoperability with single spatial stream non AP stations
A .11n AP or STA shall interoperate with a single spatial stream entity defined as a non-AP STA that complies with the .11n proposal with the exception of only supporting single spatial stream transmission modes as required by FR10.
Vote: 110/0/7
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

14. September Agenda Plan Between now and September
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September 2005
September Agenda Plan
Between now and September
No teleconference calls for SS or CA will be needed
Partial merged proposal draft posted to server & announced on reflector by Monday Sept 12
Question submission via Thursday Sept 15
Responses will be presented beginning Monday Sept 19
September Meeting Plan (Monday = September 19)
Merged proposal Presentation & Discussion
Coexistence Assurance status update
Review Document linkage for changed FR
Formulate and Consider WFA liaison request
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

15. New Documents posted during July ’05 meeting
September 2005
New Documents posted during July ’05 meeting
Submissions
r0 TGn Sync, WWiSE, MitMot Opening Report
r0 TGn Sync, WWiSE, MitMot Closing Report
r0 Single Stream ad hoc minutes of July 18
r5 Single Stream ad hoc group
r2 Experiments with an 11n radio test bed
r1 Soft Detector for n
r1 TGn Opening Report
r0 TGn July Minutes
r0 TGn Closing Report
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16. July TGn Minutes 05-665r0 September 2005 Executive Summary
Proposal Updates were received from MITMOT ( r0), TGn Sync ( r13) and WWiSE ( r1).
Formal announcement to merge by MITMOT-TGn Sync-WWiSE (MTW) was made.
MTW opening report ( r0) gave their time line goal as:
July – Formal announcement of Joint Proposal (JP) team and activities
Sept. – Draft JP
Nov. – JP for Confirmation Vote
MTW closing report ( r0) updated progress and process.
Coexistence Assurance ad hoc committee gave a verbal update and will not be having CCs between July and Sept. meetings.
Single Spatial Stream Devices (S3D) ad hoc committee completed its work (see r5) and will not be having CCs between July and Sept. meetings.
One of the alternatives to modify the FRs proposed by S3D was adopted namely - FR10 and FR11 were created to reflect the requirements of S3Ds and facilitate interoperability testing by WFA.
The Functional Requirements (doc r13) were updated.
Two technical presentations were received:
“802.11n Radio Test Bed” from UCLA (doc r2)
“Novel Soft MIMO-OFDM (802.11n) Receivers” from Un. of Utah (doc r1)
Agenda for September will include a progress report from MTW (to be put on .11n reflector Sept.12) and time for Q&A. Also, in Sept. a motion will be made to form a liaison with WFA to facilitate interoperability testing of .11n devices.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

17. September 2005
Approve Minutes
Motion to approve July TGn minutes as contained in r0
Move:
Second:
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18. September 2005
Plans for September
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19. September 2005
– September 2005 Agenda
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20. TGn – Initial September Schedule
Meeting Room: Grand A – South Tower
Sep 19
Sep 20
Sep 21
Sep 22
Sep 23
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:00-10:00 X 6 10
10:30-12:30 2 8 12
13:30-15:30 4
16:00-18:00 14
19:30-21:30
am 1
am 2
pm 1
pm 2
eve
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21. 802.11 - September Agenda 0814 r1 September 2005
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22. TGn – Revised September Schedule
Meeting Room: Grand A – South Tower
Sep 19
Sep 20
Sep 21
Sep 22
Sep 23
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:00-10:00 X
10:30-12:30 2 6
13:30-15:30 4
16:00-18:00 8
19:30-21:30
am 1
am 2
pm 1
pm 2
eve
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

23. TGn - September Schedule
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
8:00-10:00 X
10:30-12:30
Opening, Agenda
Minutes,
Merger Status
CA & SS status
Merger Report & Status
Q&A
1:30-3:30
Presentation
4:00-6:00
Timeline
Plans for Nov
Any other business
7:30-9:30
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24. Any other Presentations Any other business
September 2005
Any other Presentations
Any other business
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25. September 2005
Approve Agenda
Motion to approve September TGn agenda as contained on slide 23 of this document.
Move:
Second:
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

26. New Documents posted between July ’05 & Sep meeting
September 2005
New Documents posted between July ’05 & Sep meeting
Submissions
r1 TGn Sync, WWiSE, MitMot JP Report
r0 TGn July Minutes
r0 TGn Closing Report
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27. Joint Proposal Status Report 05-0876 r1
September 2005
Joint Proposal Status Report r1
Collaborative status presentations from proposal groups:
WWiSE
TGnSync
MITMOT
Jon Rosdahl, et al
questions
Questions from the floor
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

28. September 2005
Questions
Given the current joint proposal status , can we still expect a complete draft to be posted before the November meeting?
Is there anything the chair or membership can do to further expedite or facilitate the process?
Was the pause for merger the correct decision?
What happens if the merged proposal is not completed on time?
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

29. Coexistence Assurance
September 2005
Coexistence Assurance
Status Update and plans - Sheung
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30. FR 10 & 11 Status Update and plans - Marc September 2005
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31. Presentation 05-0923 r2 Wireless VoIP Eldad Perahia, Brett Douglas
September 2005
Presentation
r2 Wireless VoIP Eldad Perahia, Brett Douglas
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32. September 2005
Topics for Thursday
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33. September 2005
Timelines
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34. 11n - Overall timeline 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 September 2005 HT SG
Formed
Publication
PAR Approved
TGn Formed
ExCom
NESCOM
Approval
Selection
Process &
Criteria
First
Sponsor
Letter
Ballot
Call for
Proposals
First WG
Letter
Ballot
First Proposal
Presentations
Down
Select
Joint proposal
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35. .11n Technical Editor Election
September 2005
.11n Technical Editor Election
Technical Editor election postponed until a confirmed proposal exists
From May meeting:
Move to delay the technical editor election until a proposal is formally confirmed.
Move: Adrian
Second: Sean
Approved by unanimous consent
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36. September 2005
End of Opening Report
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