1. January 2009 VHTL6 Meeting Agenda
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January 2009
January 2009 VHTL6 Meeting Agenda
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Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

2. IEEE 802.11ac: Very High Throughput < 6 GHz Task Group
January 2009
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January 2009
IEEE ac: Very High Throughput < 6 GHz Task Group
Los Angeles, California
19-22 January, 2009
Chair: Osama Aboul-Magd
(Nortel Networks)
Technical Editor: TBD
Secretary: TBD
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

3. General Flow of the TGac Meeting
January 2009
General Flow of the TGac Meeting
Monday AM2
Administrivia and Status
Submissions AND TGac Process Presentation
Wednesday PM1
Submissions and TGac Process Presentation
Wednesday PM2
Joint meeting with TGad
Thursday AM2
Submissions and TGs Process Discussion
Teleconferences/Ad-Hoc Meetings Discussion and Votes
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

4. Miscellaneous Announcements
January 2009
Miscellaneous Announcements
Warning: Do not leave your laptops unattended!
The meeting is not responsible for your unwatched stuff.
Wear your badge at all times in the meeting area!
Individual membership
In all IEEE standards meetings, membership is by individual, hence you do not represent a company or organization.
Photographs and Recordings
No sound recordings are permitted at WG or TG meetings.
No photographs allowed without WG Chair permission.
Media – Press and Analyst briefings
Only the /.15/.18/.19/.22 WG Chair and WG Vice-Chairs are allowed to give verbal statements/interviews to the media on behalf of their respective IEEE working group.
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

5. January 2009
Important Stuff
Note the links from the items in red in the left column of all pages of the Working Group meeting agenda.
Affiliation Frequently Asked Questions:
Anti-Trust:
IEEE Ethics:
Letter of Assurance Form:
IEEE Patent Committee:
IEEE Patent Policy:
Patent FAQ:
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6. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
January 2009
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
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

7. January 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
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

8. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
January 2009
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:
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
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

9. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
January 2009
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.
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

10. Automated Attendance Recording
January 2009
Automated Attendance Recording
Go to (Documents: or or just
Sign-in
Claim attendance credit for each session.
Only “sign-in” and “claim credit” for yourself, do NOT “sign-in” for others.
You have to log in every session!
Do NOT use 802wirelessworld for anything!
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

11. January 2009
Submissions
09/0035, “802.11ac Usage Models Starter Document”, Rolf de Vegt
09/0059, “802.11ac Selection Procedure”, Rolf de Vogt
09/0068, “IEEE TGac Usage Models- Preliminary States”, Phillipe Chambelin
09/0071, “Discussion on Functional Requirements”, Peter Loc
09/0088, “802.11ac Channel Models”, Qualcomm
09/0090, “Hi-Definition TV transmission over VHTL6 System”, Kunitoshi Nishijo, Baiko Sai, ShingoYoshizawa, Hiroshi Ochi, Kyushu Institute of Technology and Hokkaido University
09/0138, “OFDM-Related issues in VHTL6”, Marc Emmelmenn and James Gross, RWTH Aachen University
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

12. Monday, 19 January 2009 10:30– 12:30, Los Angeles Room
Call meeting to Order
Miscellaneous Announcements
Review of IEEE 802 and Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property, Inappropriate Topics, Etc.
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes:
Dallas meeting minutes: 11-08/1431r1
Teleconference minutes: None
Call for Submissions
Presentations
09/0086, “Task Group Process Overview”, Darwin Engwer
09/0059, “802.11ac Selection Procedure”, Rolf de Vogt
09/0090, “Hi-Definition TV transmission over VHTL6 System”, Kunitoshi Nishijo, Baiko Sai, ShingoYoshizawa, Hiroshi Ochi, Kyushu Institute of Technology and Hokkaido University
09/0035, “802.11ac Usage Models Starter Document”, Rolf de Vegt
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

13. Wednesday, 21 January 2009 13:30– 15:30, Los Angeles Room
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Call for Submissions
Presentations
09/0071, “Discussion on Functional Requirements”, Peter Loc
09/0068, “IEEE TGac Usage Models- Preliminary States”, Phillipe Chambelin
09/0088, “802.11ac Channel Models”, Rolf de Vegt, Qualcomm
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

14. January 2009
Wednesday, 21 January :00– 18:00, Los Angeles Room TGac/TGad Joint Meeting
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Call for Submissions
Presentations
09/0138, “OFDMA-Related issues in VHTL6”, Marc Emmelmenn and James Gross, RWTH Aachen University
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

15. January 2009
Straw Poll #1
In order to clearly highlight protocol efficiency and enabling a clear comparison of OFDMA- and SDMA-based approaches, scenarios for performance comparison shall also include a larger number of STAs (at least larger than number of spatial streams)
Yes: 6 No: 4 Abstain: 33
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

16. January 2009
Straw Poll #2
For a fair performance comparison, shall TGac clearly specify the degree of freedom available for OFDMA resource allocation (i.e. allocation of power and/or modulation per sub-carrier etc.)?
Yes: 5 No: 14 Abstain: 28
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

17. January 2009
Straw Poll #3
Should TGac define a reference OFDMA allocation algorithm for objective comparison of different proposals?
Yes: 4 No: 24 Abstain: 12
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

18. January 2009
Straw Poll #4
Should TGac clearly specify a scheduling approach on top of resource allocation algorithm?
Yes: 2 No: 23 Abstain 18
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

19. Thursday, 22 January 2009 10:30– 12:30, Los Angeles Room
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Call for Submissions
Presentations
09/00161, “802.11ac Usage Models Document”, Rolf de Vegt, Qualcomm
Straw Polls and Motions
Conference Calls
Osama Aboul-Magd, Nortel Networks

20. January 2009
References
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