1. TGn Opening Report – July ‘05
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July 2005
TGn Opening Report – July ‘05
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Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

2. This Opening Report 05-0557 Administrative Intro
July 2005
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July 2005
This Opening Report Administrative Intro
Attendance server
Is not available
Mark attendance at registration desk
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

3. IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
July 2005
doc.: IEEE /0557r0
July 2005 1.
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
July 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
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

5. July 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.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

6. Attendance, Voting & Document Status
July 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
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

7. Attendance Recording -802.11
July 2005
Attendance Recording
A sign-in sheet will be located at the 802 Concierge desk (Street level)
Each member must sign-in “once” (1) per day, between the hours of 0800 and 1800 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.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

8. July 2005
TGn Quick Review of May ’05 Meeting in Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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9. Activity Highlights - Plans for May
July 2005
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July 2005
Activity Highlights - Plans for May
Proposal team Presentation of responses (6 hrs)
Present original votes, remedies, responses
Present updated proposal
Group discussion, Q&A (6 hours)
Other technical presentations
Confirmation vote #2 (2 hr)
Elect technical editor
Coexistence Assurance document development with .19
Plans for July
Update timeline
Create ad hoc to consider single spatial stream change to FR
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

10. New Documents posted between May – July ’05 as of Monday July 18
Submissions
r1 Garth Hillman “TGn May Minutes”
r2 Single stream ad hoc telecon minutes
r3 Single Stream ad hoc group
r5 WWiSE Proposal
r5 MITMOT TGn Complete Proposal Detailed Description
r7 TGnSync Proposal “PHY results”
r12 TGnSync Proposal “Presentation”
r7 TGnSync Proposal “Technical Specification”
r6 TGnSync Proposal “MAC1 simulation results”
r6 TGnSync Proposal “MAC2 simulation results
r6 TGnSync Proposal “MAC simulation results”
r5 TGnSync Proposal “Technical Specification”
r7 TGnSync Proposal “MAC Results”
r1 Security aspects of MAC aggregation
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

11. Additional TGnSync Documents posted during Monday Session
July 2005
doc.: IEEE /0557r0
May 2005
Additional TGnSync Documents posted during Monday Session
Submissions
r0 TGnSync “Proposal Update to TGn May 2005” (ppt)
r1 TGnSync “PHY responses to reasons and cures” (ppt)
r0 TGnSync “MCS set details in response to reasons and cures”
r0 TGnSync “Calibration reasons and cures”
r0 TGnSync “LDPC codes responses to reasons and cures”
r1 TGnSync “MAC responses to reasons and cures”
r0 TGnSync “Link adaptation responses to reasons and cures”
r0 TGnSync “Frame-formats
r0 TGnSync “Aggregation
r0 TGnSync “Frame-formats
r0 TGnSync “Pair-wise spoofing
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

12. Additional TGnSync Documents posted during Tuesday Session
July 2005
doc.: IEEE /0557r0
May 2005
Additional TGnSync Documents posted during Tuesday Session
Submissions
r0 TGnSync “Reverse Direction response to reasons and cures” (ppt)
r0 TGnSync “ICB/DCB Frames response to reasons and cures” (ppt)
r0 TGnSync “PHY updates to Proposal”
r0 TGnSync “PHY questions for TGn”
r0 TGnSync “MAC questions for TGn”
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

13. Other Presentations Wed 1:30
July 2005
Other Presentations Wed 1:30
Handset related Technical requirements (30 min)
Security aspects of MAC aggregation (20 min)
Comments on TGnSync Proposal
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

14. Adopt proposal as initial spec
July 2005
doc.: IEEE /0557r0
May 2005
Next Steps
18. Confirmation vote #2
Approve 49.5 %
Succeeds: >75% approval
Fails: <75% approval
Mergers may occur
Proposals can change
Adopt proposal as initial spec
Last 3 proposals
Elimination vote
Editor prepares
Draft 0.1
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

15. .11n Technical Editor Election
July 2005
.11n Technical Editor Election
Nominations are closed
Technical editors meeting am
Meeting room #7
Elections planned for Thursday 16:00
Candidates: Adrian Stephens, Sean Coffey
Move to delay the technical editor election until a proposal is formally confirmed.
Move: Adrian
Second: Sean
Approved by unanimous consent
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

16. Plans for July Reuse Agenda for January as a place holder for now
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May 2005
Plans for July
Reuse Agenda for January as a place holder for now
Which in rough outline form will be:
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
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

17. TGn May Minutes 05-0416r1 Summary
July 2005
TGn May Minutes r1 Summary
Executive Summary (also see Chairs’ meeting doc r5 and closing report doc r0):
TGn Sync responded to all Reasons & Cures (6 hours).
There were a total of 20 input documents including the chair’s running agenda document.
There were 2 output documents, the closing report and these minutes.
Approximately 6 hours were devoted to Q&A from the floor.
Roll Call Confirmation Vote #2 was held and failed (96 for, 98 against) to achieve the required 75% threshold. [Roll Call vote spread sheet is appended to these minutes.]
The Time Line was not updated due to the uncertainty resulting from the failed Confirmation Vote #2.
The election of a Technical Editor was deterred until such time as a confirmation vote is successful and a baseline document therefore identified.
Motion was passed to hold TGn biweekly teleconference calls, starting June 6, to develop a Coexistence Assurance (CA) document. Note that TGn will likely be the first TG to develop a CA document. [Logistics TBD]
Motion was passed to form a subcommittee to update the Functional Requirements to recognize the importance and uniqueness of single stream devices (e.g., handhelds). Tim Wakeley and Marc de Courville volunteered to co-chair the subcommittee. Biweekly teleconference calls will be held starting June 1. [Logistics TBD]
Plans for July are dependent on the activities between this meeting and the July Plenary as a consequence of the failed Confirmation Vote #2. Roughly speaking, if there is no merger the agenda will revert to the January 2005 agenda where three proposals were considered – TGn Sync, TGn WWiSE and TGn MitMot (Motorola); and an Elimination Vote will be held.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

18. Approve Minutes Motion to approve minutes as contained in 05-0416-r1
July 2005
Approve Minutes
Motion to approve minutes as contained in r1
Move:
Second:
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

19. July 2005
Current Plans for July
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20. July 2005
WG Agenda – r2 – July 2005
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21. X 4 12 6 14 8 16 2 10 18 TGn - July Schedule Meeting Room: July 18
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:00-10:00 X 4 12
10:30-12:30 6 14
13:30-15:30 8 16
16:00-18:00 2 10 18
19:30-21:30
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

22. July 2005
Simplified graphic from TGn Selection Procedure r9 Step 13 to Step 17
Proposals
change
Step 13
Step 15
Step 14
>1 proposal
Left?
Presentation of
remaining proposals
Q & A no
Step 16
yes
Elimination
Vote
Step 17
Step 18
Roll Call
Confirmation Vote
Confirmation
Vote fails
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23. July 2005
03-665r Step 17
When one proposal is left, there shall be a confirmation roll call vote either in favor of the proposal or for none of the above. The proposal shall be required to achieve a 75% majority in order to be submitted to the IEEE n Editor as the initial technical specification. If the remaining proposal fails to achieve a 75% majority, the members who voted "no" shall be requested to provide to the chair their reason(s) for voting no and what would be required to change their vote to affirmative. The proposer shall have an opportunity to respond to the concerns of the no voters, after which a roll call vote will be taken to approve the proposal.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

24. Procedure from doc.: IEEE 802.11-03/665r9
July 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.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

25. Selection Procedure (continued)
July 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.
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

26. TGn - July Schedule – Meeting room:Grand A or B
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
8:00-10:00 X
Recess
10:30-12:30
1:30-3:30
UCLA Presentation
Proposal Updates
CA status
Merger Status
4:00-6:00
Opening, Agenda
Minutes,
CA & SS status
Single Stream
(if needed)
Sept plans
7:30-9:30
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

27. Merger Status Collaborative status presentations from proposal groups:
July 2005
Merger Status
Collaborative status presentations from proposal groups:
WWiSE- Sean
TGnSync – Aon
MITMOT - Marc
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28. TGn - July Schedule – Meeting room:Grand A or B
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
8:00-10:00 X
Recess
10:30-12:30
1:30-3:30
UCLA Presentation
Proposal Updates
CA status
Merger Status
Q&A
4:00-6:00
Opening, Agenda
Minutes,
CA & SS status & plans
Single Stream
(if needed)
Sept plans
7:30-9:30
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

29. Approve Agenda Motion to approve agenda as outlined in slide 28. Move:
July 2005
Approve Agenda
Motion to approve agenda as outlined in slide 28.
Move:
Second:
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant

30. July 2005
End of Opening Report
Bruce Kraemer, Conexant