1. TGax January 2018 Ad Hoc Meeting Agenda (MAC-MU-SR)
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January 2018
TGax January 2018 Ad Hoc Meeting Agenda (MAC-MU-SR)
Date:
Authors:
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies
John Doe, Some Company

2. IEEE 802.11 TGax: High Efficiency WLAN Task Group
Month Year
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January 2018
IEEE TGax: High Efficiency WLAN Task Group
San Diego, California
January 10-12, 2018
Chair: Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)
Vice Chair: Simone Merlin (Qualcomm)
Vice Chair: Ron Porat (Broadcom)
Secretary: Yasuhiko Inoue (NTT)
Technical Editor: Robert Stacey (Intel)
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies
John Doe, Some Company

3. Month Year
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January 2018
Meeting Protocol
Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies
John Doe, Some Company

4. Patent Policy Following 4 slides January 2018
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5. Participants have a duty to inform the IEEE
January 2018
Participants have a duty to inform the IEEE
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
Participants should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed) of the identity of any other holders of potential Essential Patent Claims
Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is encouraged
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

6. January 2018
Ways to inform IEEE
Cause an LOA to be submitted to the IEEE-SA 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
Speak up now and respond to this 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, please respond at this time by providing relevant information to the WG Chair
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7. Other guidelines for IEEE WG meetings
January 2018
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 of different technical approaches that include relative costs of patent licensing terms may be discussed in standards development meetings.
Technical considerations remain the 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.
For more details, see IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and Antitrust and Competition Policy: What You Need to Know at
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8. Patent-related information
January 2018
Patent-related information
The patent policy and the procedures used to execute that policy are documented in the:
IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws (
IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual (
Material about the patent policy is available at
If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

9. Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings
January 2018
Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings
All participation in IEEE 802 Working Group meetings is on an individual basis
•     Participants in the IEEE standards development individual process shall act based on their qualifications and experience. ( section 5.2.1)
•    IEEE 802 Working Group membership is by individual; “Working Group members shall participate in the consensus process in a manner consistent with their professional expert opinion as individuals, and not as organizational representatives”. ( section 4.2.1)
You have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. Your obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders.
You shall not direct the actions or votes of any other member of an IEEE 802 Working Group or retaliate against any other member for their actions or votes within IEEE 802 Working Group meetings, see section and section 3.4.1, list item x
By participating in IEEE 802 meetings, you accept these requirements. If you do not agree to these policies then you shall not participate.
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

10. General Flow of the Meeting
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January 2018
General Flow of the Meeting
Wednesday (10:00 am – 6:00 pm)
Comment Resolution
Recess
Thursday (9:00 am – 6:00 pm)
Friday (9:00 am – 5:00 pm)
Adjourn
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies
John Doe, Some Company

11. Agenda for Wednesday January 10, 2018
Call meeting to order
Patent policy, etc.
Announcements
Call for submissions
Set agenda
Presentations and Comment Resolution
Recess
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

12. January 2018
10:00 Call the meeting to order 10:00 – 10:05 Administrative items 10:05 – 10:20 Call for submissions 10:20 – 12:00 Comment Resolution 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Break 1:00 – 3:00 Comment Resolution 3:00 – 3:30 Break 3:30 – 6:00 Comment Resolution 6:00 Recess
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

13. January 2018
Host Information
Thanks to Bin, George, and Qualcomm for hosting the meeting Host announcements, if any.
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

14. January 2018
Submissions
See the embedded spreadsheet (updated on January 10, PM)
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15. January 2018
Doc 17/1874r2
CID is pending from conference call Resolution in r3 is accepted
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16. January 2018
Doc 11-18/0105r0
Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs; 13873, 11011, 11858, 12734, 12867, 13862, 12379, 12170, 12254, (10 CIDs) in doc 11-18/0105r0? Defer and wait for Liwen to show up. More discussion is needed
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17. January 2018
Straw Poll
Which option in doc 11-18/105r0 do you prefer? Option #1: 6 Option #2: 8 Don’t care: 3
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

18. Doc 11-17/1857 (Abhishek Patil)
January 2018
Doc 11-17/1857 (Abhishek Patil)
Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs; 11000, 13806, 12392, 11016, 13189, 13190, 13191, 13192, 13193, in doc 11-17/1857r1? Accepted with no objection
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

19. Doc 11-17/1850 (Abhishek Patil)
January 2018
Doc 11-17/1850 (Abhishek Patil)
Do you accept resolutions to CIDs 11365, 11986, in doc 11-17/1850r1? Accepted with no objection
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

20. Doc 11-18/0066 (Abhishek Patil)
January 2018
Doc 11-18/0066 (Abhishek Patil)
Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs 11551, 11707, in doc 11-18/0066r0? Accepted with no objection
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

21. January 2018
11-17/1861 (Abhishek Patil)
Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs 13261, 11753, 13143, 12222, 11339, 11036, 13780, 13794, 12175, in doc 11-17/1861r1? Approved with no objection
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

22. 11-17/1852 (Laurent Cariou) January 2018
Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs 12081, 11769, 11770, 12017, 11239, 11771, 13151, 13831, 14091, 14276, 13062, 11240, 12609, 12018, 13929, 11556, 14114, 12188, 14213, 13152, 11257, 11773, 11811, 13153, 14277, 13154, 13931, 13930, 12541, 11937, 12189, 14115, 14214, 12080, 11741, 12019, 14116, 14117, 14278, 11238, 11736, 11775, 14279, 11774, 12021, 13063, 14281, 11776, 11777, 11772, 14282, 11778, 11939, 13932, 11779, 13064, 13933, 12022, 11938, 14283, 11557, 12247, 11828, 11831, 13855, 11829, 11832, 14284, 11558, 11559, 14118, 11780, 14285, 11942, 11940, 11781, 13934, 14286, 13702, 13935, 14287, 12249, 12540, 13155, 11812, 13156, 12070, 13065, 14216, 11941, 13420, 11813, 12250, 14288, 14289, 12069, 14119, 12542, 14280, 11256, 11470, 11548, 11549, 11550, 12232, 12429, 12606, 12655, 14226, 14227, in doc 11-17/1852r2? No issues with the CIDs written in black. More discussion is needed for CIDs written in red.
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

23. January 2018
11-17/0068
Do you agree to resolution to CID in doc /0068r0? Accepted with no objection
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

24. January 2018
11-18/0079 (Kome Oteri)
Do you agree to resolutions to CIDs 13379, 13413, and in doc 11-17/0079r1? Accepted with no objection for CIDs in black Resolution to CID will be affirmed later
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

25. January 2018
11-18/0080 (Kome Oteri)
Do you agree to resolution to CIDs 11121, 12683, 12684, 12690, 12701, 12702, 12746, 12769, 12771, 12772, 13696, in doc 11-18/0080r1? Accepting resolutions to CIDs written in black Resolutions to CIDs written in red will be revisited.
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

26. Agenda for Thursday January 11, 2018
Call meeting to order
Patent policy, etc.
Announcements
Call for submissions
Set agenda
Presentations and Comment Resolution
Recess
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies

27. Agenda for Friday January 12, 2018
Call meeting to order
Patent policy, etc.
Announcements
Call for submissions
Set agenda
Presentations and Comment Resolution
Adjourn
Osama Aboul-Magd, Huawei Technologies