1. TGn Meeting Report - March 09 ‘09
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March 2009
TGn Meeting Report - March 09 ‘09
Authors:
Date: 2009-March-09
Name
Company
Address
Phone
Bruce Kraemer
Marvell +1 -
321 4 27
4098
marvell
.com
5488 Marvell Lane,
Santa Clara, CA, 95054
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2. March 2009
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Welcome to Vancouver, BC, CA March Fairmont Hyatt Regency Hotel Meetings Room = Regency B One room – no parallel sessions
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3. March 2009
Meeting Protocol
Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot
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4. Register Indicate attendance Attendance
March 2009
Attendance
Register
Indicate attendance
See document r0 for more details
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

5. Attendance, Voting & Document Status
March 2009
Attendance, Voting & Document Status
Make sure your badges are correct
If you plan to make a submission be sure it does not contain company logos or advertising
Questions on Voting status, Ballot pool, Access to Reflector, Documentation, member’s area
see Adrian Stephens –
Cell Phones Silent or Off
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6. Policies March 2009 Policies and Procedures:
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Policies
Policies and Procedures:
IEEE Patent Policy -
Are there any patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that the participant believes may be essential for the use of that standard? Minute any responses that were given, specifically the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that were identified (if any) and by whom.
Affiliation FAQ -
Anti-Trust FAQ -
Ethics -
IEEE Policies and Procedures -
IEEE 802 Policies and Procedures -
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7. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
March 2009
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Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. 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
“Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims
“Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents)
The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group
Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2
Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged
No duty to perform a patent search
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8. March 2009
Patent Related Links
All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development.
Patent Policy is stated in these sources:
IEEE-SA Standards Boards 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 or visit
This slide set is available at
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9. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
March 2009
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:
Either speak up now 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
Cause an LOA to be submitted
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10. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
March 2009
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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, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings.
Technical considerations remain 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.
See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details.
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11. Secretary Candidates: Jon Rosdahl Other? March 2009
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12. TGn Minutes March 2009 Slide 12 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

13. TGn Minutes of January ’09 11-09-0106r0
March 2009
TGn Minutes of January ’ r0
Executive Summary (see also Chairs’ meeting doc and closing report doc ):
Draft 7.0 passed recirculation ballot LB138 with 281 approve, 14 not approve, 95.25% affirmative. This was a recirculation ballot on an unchanged draft leading to a sponsor ballot.
The first sponsor ballot for TGn completed on January 10, were eligible to vote votes were received, and the vote passed with 158 approve, 45 not approve, 17 abstain, 77.8% affirmative.
241 comments were submitted on the sponsor ballot. Resolution of these comments will continue into teleconferences after this meeting.
There were no changes to the timeline anticipating publication in March 2010.
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14. March 2009
Approve Minutes
Motion to approve January ‘09 (Los Angeles) TGn minutes as contained in r0
Move: Sheung
Second: Jon
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

15. TGn Quick Review of Events prior to this meeting
March 2009
TGn Quick Review of Events prior to this meeting
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

16. TGn Ad Hoc Organization
March 2009
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TGn Ad Hoc Organization
Ad Hoc Topic
Ad hoc leader
In Vancouver?
PHY
Vinko Erceg
Yes
MAC
Matt Fischer
Coexistence
Eldad Perahia
General
Joe Levy
Beamforming & Adaptation
John Ketchum
Joonsuk Kim No
TGn
Bruce Kraemer
Editorial
Adrian Stephens
CA Doc
Sheung Li
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

17. One Page History of TGn March 2009 March 2009 July 2008
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March 2009
One Page History of TGn
HTSG formed – First meeting (Sep-11-’02 Monterey)
TGn formed – First meeting (Sep-15-’03 Singapore)
Began call for proposals (May 17 ’04 Garden Grove)
32 First round presentations (Sep 13 ’04 Berlin)
Down selected to one proposal (Mar ’05 Atlanta) –first confirm vote failed. Confirmation vote #2 failed - reset to 3 proposals -left the May ‘05 meeting with a serious deadlock. (Cairns)
3 proposal groups agreed to a joint proposal activity (Jul ’05 San Francisco)
JP proposal accepted by vote of 184/0/4, editor instructed to create draft (Jan ’06 Waikoloa)
Baseline specification converted into Draft 1.0 (335p). Letter ballot issued (LB84) March 20, ’06 (Denver) and closed on April 29, ‘06 (failed)
Draft 1.0 Comment resolution begins (May ’06 Jacksonville)
Approved 6711 editorial and 1041 technical resolutions; Created Draft (Jul ’06 San Diego)
Approved 568 technical resolutions (Sep ’06 Melbourne); Created Draft 1.06 (388p)
Approved 703 technical resolutions (Nov ’06 Dallas); Created Draft 1.09 (444p)
Approved 496 technical resolutions (Jan ’07 London); created D (500p); went to WG letter ballot Feb 7, ’07 with D 2.0; closed March 9, ’07
LB97 on TGn D2.0 passed with 83.4% approval. (Mar ’07 Orlando) Began comment resolution on with target of Draft 3.0 completion and release to ballot in Sep ’07.
Approved 1470 editorial resolutions and approved TGn draft Also approved 450 technical comment resolutions. (May 07 Montreal) Cumulative insertion of resolutions contained in TGn draft (494p)
Approved 750 technical resolutions and approved TGn draft (July 07 San Francisco) Cumulative insertion of resolutions now contained in TGn draft (498p)
Approved 507 technical resolutions and approved recirculation ballot for TGn draft 3.0 (544p). (Sep 07 Waikoloa) Recirculation passed.
Approved 282 editorial resolutions and approved TGn draft Approved 97 technical resolutions. (Nov 07 Atlanta) Cumulative insertion of resolutions now contained in TGn draft (558p)
Approved 313 technical comment resolutions (Jan ‘08 Taipei). Cumulative approved comments now in D3.03. Additional ad hoc comment resolutions contained in speculative edits D3.04, D3.05, D3.06.
Approved 190 technical comment resolutions (Mar ’08 Orlando). Approved recirculation ballot for TGn draft 4.0 (547p).
Approved 349 comment resolutions (May ’08 Jacksonville). Approved recirculation ballot (LB129) for TGn draft 5.0 (547p). Ballot closed June 12 with 1112 comments.
Approved 1112 comment resolutions (July ’08 Denver). Approved recirculation ballot (LB134) for TGn draft 6.0 (557p). Ballot closed August 12 with 195 comments.
Approved 195 comment resolutions (Sep ’08 Waikoloa). Approved recirculation ballot (LB136) for TGn draft 7.0 (557p). Ballot closed Sep 30 with 48 comments.
Approved 48 comment resolutions resulting from LB136 (Nov ’08 Dallas). Approved recirculation ballot (LB138). Granted conditional approval to move to Sponsor ballot. Zero no votes received. Moved ahead with Sponsor ballot. Sponsor Ballot closed Jan 10 ’ comments received, 77.8 % affirmative.
TGn CRC began Sponsor ballot comment resolution (Jan ’09 Los Angeles). Completed comment resolution, prepared D8.0 and began 1st SB recirc 19 Feb 09 which closed 06 Mar Comments received % affirmative.
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Bruce Kraemer (Marvell), Sheung Li (SiBEAM)

18. TGn – Sponsor Ballot Recirc #1
March 2009
TGn – Sponsor Ballot Recirc #1
IEEE Recirculation Sponsor Ballot #1 asked the question “Should P802.11N Draft 8.0 be forwarded to RevCom?”
The official results for the 15 day Recirculation Sponsor Ballot #1 follow:  
Ballot Opening Date:   Thursday February 19 , 2009 - 23:59 ET Ballot Closing Date:   Friday March 06, 2009 - 23:59 ET 
RESPONSE RATE: This ballot has met the 50% returned ballot ratio requirement
This ballot has met the <30% abstention ratio requirement 277 eligible people are in this ballot group.     169 affirmative votes    42 negative votes  
17 abstention votes
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232 votes received  =  83 % valid returns                                   =  7 % valid abstentions   APPROVAL RATE: 169  affirmative votes       =   % affirmative   42  total negative votes  =     % negative
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19. SB Recirc #1 – Comments (77 Total)
March 2009
SB Recirc #1 – Comments (77 Total)
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20. Primary Vancouver Meeting Documents
March 2009
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March 2009
Primary Vancouver Meeting Documents
SB #1 Comment Composite r5
Meeting Report r0
Editors Report r0
Closing Report r0
Meeting Minutes r2
TGn Draft 8.0
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

21. SB Recirc #1 Ad hoc Documents
March 2009
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March 2009
SB Recirc #1 Ad hoc Documents
Ad hoc
CID
count
Resolution Spreadsheet
Report (ppt)
Resolutions (doc)
Monday, Mar 9, 1 pm
Beam
Coex
0297 r0
0298 r0
Gen
_ _ _ _ r0
BEAM + PHY
MAC
Editor
Composite
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

22. March TGn CRC Agenda March 2009 Slide 22 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

23. March 2009
Master Schedule Plan
Nov ’08 - Requested (conditional) approval for sponsor ballot
Sponsor ballot pool formed during July/August ‘08
Released Draft 7.0 to SB #0 in November ’08
Released Draft 8.0 to SB #1 recirc in Feb ‘09
Begin & Complete SB #1 comment resolution in March
Release Draft 9.0 for SB #2 before April 1
Conduct subsequent activities with target of EC Request for unconditional approval in July
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24. March WG11 Agenda am1 am2 pm1 pm2 eve March 2009 lunch dinner
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25. Agenda Plan and Topics Primary topic: Comment Resolution
March 2009
July 2008
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March 2009
Agenda Plan and Topics
Primary topic: Comment Resolution
General Order – TGn Full with topics introduced by ad hoc where appropriate, consider reverting to ad hoc when full business complete
Monday – TGn summary, ad hoc status and comment resolution planning
Tuesday – Discussion and Votes
Wednesday – Discussion and Votes
Thursday - Discussion and Votes
CRC Plans from March to May to July
Extend Teleconferences?
Timeline review
Any other Business for the agenda?
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Bruce Kraemer (Marvell), Sheung Li (SiBEAM)

26. TGn CRC – Mar ‘09 Schedule Mar 09 Mar 10 Mar 11 Mar 12 Time Monday
March 2009
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March 2009
TGn CRC – Mar ‘09 Schedule
Mar 09
Mar 10
Mar 11
Mar 12
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
am 1
8:00-10:00 X
Full TGn 8 12
am 2
10:30-12:30 4
lunch
12:30-13:30
pm 1
13:30-15:30 6 10
pm 2
16:00-18:00 2 14
eve
19:30-21:30
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27. TGn CRC – Mar ‘09 Schedule – Topics
March 2009
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TGn CRC – Mar ‘09 Schedule – Topics
Mar 09
Mar 10
Mar 11
Mar 12
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
am 1
8:00-10:00 X
Full TGn
MAC
MAC/COEX
am 2
10:30-12:30
PHY
lunch
12:30-13:30
pm 1
13:30-15:30
COEX
COEX/MAC
pm 2
16:00-18:00
Opening reports
MISC
eve
19:30-21:30
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28. Further details on CRC Topic plans
March 2009
Further details on CRC Topic plans
The composite comment data base r5 allocates comments to topic categories: COEX, PHY, MAC, EDITOR
For the first 3 comment resolution meetings we will have single subjects
On Tuesday AM2 only PHY comments will be discussed
On Tuesday pm1 only COEX will be discussed
Time block will begin with presentations by John Barr ( ) and Peter Loc
On Wednesday am1 only MAC will be discussed
Allocation of topics to subsequent time slots are expected to be as shown on slide 27 but may change after reviewing progress made in the above 3 sessions.
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29. Approve Work Plan Agenda
March 2009
Approve Work Plan Agenda
Motion to approve March ’09 TGn agenda as contained on slide (with any minuted amendments as contained in 0219 r2 ).
Move:
Second:
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30. TGn Newly Approved Timeline
March 2009
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March 2009
TGn Newly Approved Timeline
Event Name
Accepted Dates
Actual
Predicted
PAR Approved
Sep ‘03
Initial WG Letter Ballot
Mar ‘06
Recirculation WG Letter Ballot
Oct ‘07
Form Sponsor Ballot Pool
Jul ‘08
Initial Sponsor Ballot
Nov ‘08
Recirculation Sponsor Ballot
Jan ‘09
Final WG Approval
Jul ‘09
Final EC Approval
RevCom/ Stds Board Approval
Sep ‘09
Publication
Nov ‘09
Jan ‘09
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31. TGn Timeline – Best Prediction
March 2009
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March 2009
TGn Timeline – Best Prediction
Event Name
Accepted Dates
Actual
Currently Approved
Accepted
PAR Approved
Sep ‘03
Initial WG Letter Ballot
Mar ‘06
Recirculation WG Letter Ballot
Oct ‘07
Form Sponsor Ballot Pool
Jul ‘08
Initial Sponsor Ballot
Nov ‘08
Jan ‘09
Recirculation Sponsor Ballot
May ‘09
Final WG Approval
Jul ‘09
Nov ‘09
Final EC Approval
RevCom/ Stds Board Approval
Sep ‘09
Jan ‘10
Publication
Mar ‘10
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32. Mar ’09 to May ‘09 TGn Teleconference Plan
March 2009
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March 2009
Mar ’09 to May ‘09 TGn Teleconference Plan
Call time: 10:00 – 14:00 ET
Call number:
Wednesday
Blocking events
Ad hoc group
Meeting chair
Bridge #
Passcode
Mar 11
Plenary
Mar 18
Mar 25
Apr 01
Apr 08
Apr 15
Apr 22
Apr 29
May 06
May 13
Interim
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33. End of Chair's Opening Report
March 2009
End of Chair's
Opening Report
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

34. Technical Editor Report 11-09-0251 r0
March 2009
Technical Editor
Report r0
Slide 34
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

35. ad hoc Reports March 2009 Slide 35 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

36. SB Recirc #1 Ad hoc Documents
March 2009
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March 2009
SB Recirc #1 Ad hoc Documents
Ad hoc
CID
count
Resolution Spreadsheet
Report (ppt)
Resolutions (doc)
Monday, Mar 9, 1 pm
Beam
Coex
0297 r0
0298 r0
Gen
_ _ _ _ r0
BEAM + PHY
MAC
Editor
Composite
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Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

37. Any other business? March 2009 Slide 37 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell

38. Recess March 2009 Slide 38 Bruce Kraemer, Marvell