1. 802.11af Liaison Report Date: 2012-01-19 Authors: January 2012
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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 January Meeting
Comment resolution going on…
Group had telcos on November 22nd and 29th, December 6th, 13th and 20th and January 3rd and 10th .
Created the LB171 comment spreadsheet in 11-11/277r24.
Created speculative draft D1.05.
Some of the issues being discussed are PHY for af, spectrum mask and antenna gain representation, channelization, and security.
Plan for January meeting:
Approve the LB171 comment spreadsheet in 11-11/277r24
Approve speculative draft D1.05
Complete MAC/General comment resolution.
Review regulatory landscape.
Begin the process of creating the PHY clause 23, answering all LB 171 PHY comments (joint meeting with AC on Tuesday PM1). .
Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

4. January 2012
Current af Status
Approved comment spreadsheet (277r24) and speculative draft 1.05 as working draft.
Resolved all comments except PHY comments (197).
Decided to create new clause 23. This clause will refer to clause 22 (TGac) with differences for TGaf over TGac.
Need to review and discuss how much MAC modifications done by TGac will be used by TGaf.
Need to decide if transmit mask needs to be defined for TGaf.
Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

5. January 2012
Current af Status
Document 1544r proposes initial PHY details for TGaf based on TGac with possible enhancements based on TGah. Down clocking by 5, 20 MHz TGac signal will get 4 MHz TGaf signal for US and 40 MHz TGac signal will get 8 MHz TGaf signal for rest of the world.
Document 1623r1 proposes channelization for 4 MHz signal width. Center-on center for US. Center-on-center, center-on-lower half, and center-on-upper half for Europe and rest of world.
Document 1624r0 proposes to support representation of maximum antenna gain and spectral mask for different carrier frequencies.
Weekly on Tuesdays starting from January 31, Time: 21:00 ET for 2 hours.
Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

6. Plans for March Meeting
January 2012
Plans for March Meeting
Approve minutes from Jacksonville and teleconferences
Review draft PHY clause (23) and complete LB 171 comment resolution
Create Draft 2.0 and ask the WG for approval to begin a new Letter Ballot
Regulatory update
Prabodh Varshney, Nokia

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