1. 802.11af Liaison Report Date: 2011-11-10 Authors: November 2011
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Prabodh Varshney, Nokia
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2. Abstract Liaison report from 802.11af as presented to 802.19.
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Liaison report from af as presented to
Prabodh Varshney, Nokia
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3. 802.11af Status before November Meeting
Comment resolution going on…
Group had telcos on Oct 4th, 11th, 18th,25th and Nov. 1st .
Created the LB171 comment spreadsheet in 11-11/277r20.
Created speculative draft D1.04.
Some of the issues being discussed are general spectrum mask representation, extended channel switch with power change, secure enablement and CVS without persistent association, white space map, and interference management.
18 CIDs on PHY and channelization and 69 MAC comments are without proposed resolutions.
Plan for November meeting:
Complete comment resolution.
Review regulatory landscape.
Begin the process of incorporating the TGac PHY.
Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

4. November 2011
Current af Status
Approved comment spreadsheet (277r20) and speculative draft 1.04 as working draft.
Comments resolution approved mainly dealing with following MAC issues:
Channel Power Management
RLQP
Network Channel Control Identifier
WSM
CVS
DSE link identifier element
Device location format
Operating Channel Status
DSE measurement report
CAQ
DSE and enabling
MAC terminology
Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

5. November 2011
Current af Status
Discussion in mid plenary about which PHY af should use: ac or some other.
The WG indicated that TGaf would have to wait for TGac to finish their work before it could be adapted by TGaf.
Options:
TGac adaptation, per initial proposal from Ron and Vinko
Return to original direction
New approach to use of TGn with a single bandwidth (no coexistence issues)
Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

6. November 2011
Current af Status
Document 1544r0 proposes initial PHY details for TGaf based on TGac with possible enhancements based on TGah:
Envision direct down clocking of 11ac PHY with minimum modifications to accommodate the specific requirements of TGaf.
Proposed BWs: 2 MHz (optional), 4 MHz, 8 MHz.
Group agreed that now the starting point is to use the High throughput PHY with scaling and modifications for the TV bands.
Total number of comments still needs to be resolved 220 (about 160 PHY comments).
Weekly on Tuesdays. Time: 21:00 ET for up to 2 hours
Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

7. Plans for January Meeting
November 2011
Plans for January Meeting
Approve minutes from Atlanta and teleconferences
Approve draft 1.05 and spreadsheet 277r?
Approve proposals from teleconferences
Regulatory update
Complete comment resolutions
Create draft 2.0
Ask the WG to go to Letter Ballot
Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

8. Official TGaf Timeline (Updated)
November 2011
Official TGaf Timeline (Updated)
Initial Working Group Letter Ballot: January 2011
Second Working Group Letter Ballot: January 2012
Recirculation Letter Ballot: May 2012
Form Sponsor Ballot Pool: October 2012
Initial Sponsor Ballot: November 2012
Recirculate Sponsor Ballot: January 2013
Final WG/EC Approval: July 2013
RevCom/Standards Board Approval: September 2013
Prabodh Varshney, Nokia