1. doc.: 11-09-1057-00 Submission September 2009 D. Stanley (Aruba), B.Kraemer (Marvell) Slide 1 P802.11v Report to EC on Conditional Approval to go to Sponsor Ballot Date: 2009-09-23 Authors:

2. doc.: 11-09-1057-00 Submission September 2009 D. Stanley (Aruba), B.Kraemer (Marvell) Slide 2 Introduction This document contains the report to the IEEE 802 Executive Committee in support of a request for conditional approval to send IEEE P802.11v to Sponsor Ballot. This document (11-09/1057-00) was approved during the closing plenary session of the 802.11 working group on September 25, 2009. –Passed in the Task Group x-y-z –Passed in the Working Group x-y-z

3. doc.: 11-09-1057-00 Submission September 2009 D. Stanley (Aruba), B.Kraemer (Marvell) Slide 3 Requirements Met for EC Conditional Approval to advance P802.11v Draft 7.0 to Sponsor Ballot a)Recirculation ballot is completed. Generally, the recirculation ballot and resolution should occur in accordance with the schedule presented at the time of conditional approval. –Condition Met. Recirculation ballot 155 completed on 07 August 2009, according to the schedule presented in https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/09/11-09-0720-02-000v-tgv-sponsor- ballot-request-presentation.ppt https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/09/11-09-0720-02-000v-tgv-sponsor- ballot-request-presentation.ppt b)After resolution of the recirculation ballot is completed, the approval percentage is at least 75% and there are no new valid DISAPPROVE votes. –Condition Met. The approval percentage is 92.19%. There were no new valid DISAPPROVE votes. c)No technical changes, as determined by the WG Chair, were made as a result of the recirculation ballot. –Condition Met. The comment resolutions in the last recirculation did not approve any changes to the draft.

4. doc.: 11-09-1057-00 Submission September 2009 D. Stanley (Aruba), B.Kraemer (Marvell) Slide 4 Requirements Met for EC Conditional Approval to advance P802.11v Draft 7.0 to Sponsor Ballot d.No new valid DISAPPROVE comments on new issues that are not resolved to the satisfaction of the submitter from existing DISAPPROVE voters. –Condition Met. There are no DISAPPROVE comments from existing DISAPPROVE voters. One existing DISAPPROVE voter submitted and subsequently withdrew 3 submitted comments. e.If the WG Chair determines that there is a new invalid DISAPPROVE comment or vote, the WG Chair shall promptly provide details to the Sponsor. –Explanation: There are no required comments received that were determined to be invalid. There are 2 not-required comments associated with DISAPPROVE votes that were determined to be invalid. These were ruled invalid as they did not relate to draft text changed, draft text affected by changed text or an existing unsatisfied DISAPPROVE comment from a DISAPPROVE voter. LB155 comments are on Slide 6. f.The WG Chair shall immediately report the results of the ballot to the Sponsor including: the date the ballot closed, vote tally and comments associated with any remaining disapproves (valid and invalid), the WG responses and the rationale for ruling any vote invalid. –The ballot closed on: 7 August 2009 –The vote tally is: 177 Approve, 15 Disapprove, 38 Abstain –The comments associated with remaining disapproves are on the next slide

5. doc.: 11-09-1057-00 Submission September 2009 D. Stanley (Aruba), B.Kraemer (Marvell) Slide 5 Unsatisfied comments The composite of all unsatisfied comments and the resolutions approved during working group ballot may be found in document: 11-09-0676-06, a copy of this is attached, https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/09/11-09-0676-06- 000v-lb-150-comments.xls. https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/09/11-09-0676-06- 000v-lb-150-comments.xls –Double click on the icon to the right to open this. A copy of the unsatisfied comments presented using MyBallot access database report format is attached. –Double click on the icon to the right to open this.

6. doc.: 11-09-1057-00 Submission September 2009 D. Stanley (Aruba), B.Kraemer (Marvell) Slide 6 LB155 comments The LB155 comments may be found in document: 11- 09-0929-04, a copy of this is attached, see https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/09/11-09-0929-04- 000v-lb155-comments.xls. https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/09/11-09-0929-04- 000v-lb155-comments.xls –Double click on the icon to the right to open this.

7. doc.: 11-09-1057-00 Submission September 2009 D. Stanley (Aruba), B.Kraemer (Marvell) Slide 7 Post LB155 vote and comment changes E-mail from Clint Chaplin, changing his vote to “Approve with comment” –Bruce, –This email is to officially change my vote status at this time on IEEE 802.11v to "Approve with Comments" –Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin E-mail from Qi Wang withdrawing LB 155 comments 10, 11, 12 –Dorothy, –I withdraw LB155 CID_12 and will resubmit it during the upcoming 11v sponsor ballot. –Qi Wang –Dorothy, –I withdraw my LB155 comments with CID-10 and CID-11 (as indicated in 09/929r1) and will submit them in the upcoming sponsor ballot. –Qi E-mail from Nakjung Choi changing his comment to “T” to “TR” – Hi, Dorothy. – Please change my LB155 comment from “TR” to “T”. – Thanks in advance. –Nakjung Choi E-mail from Yongho Seok changing his comment to “T” from “TR” –Please change my LB155 comment from “TR” to “T”. –Regards, –Yongho

8. doc.: 11-09-1057-00 Submission September 2009 D. Stanley (Aruba), B.Kraemer (Marvell) Slide 8 TGv draft text stability 0 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 Jan-07Jul-07Jan-08Jul-08Jan-09Jul-09 # pages 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 AP MIB added 6.0 7.0

9. doc.: 11-09-1057-00 Submission September 2009 D. Stanley (Aruba), B.Kraemer (Marvell) Slide 9 802.11 WG Letter Ballot Results – P802.11v Ballot ID Ballot Close Date TitleBallot TypePoolReturn%ReturnAbstain % Abstain Appr ove Disap prove %Appro ve 14019 Dec 2008 Technical Letter Ballot for Task Group-v Draft 4.0 Technical25422588.584017.781493680.54 1464 Apr 2009 Recirculation Letter Ballot for Task Group-v Draft 5.0 Recirculation25422889.764117.981553282.88 15012 Jun 2009 Second Recirculation Ballot for Task Group-v Draft 6.0 Recirculation25423090.553816.101722089.58 150.115 Jul 09 Second Recirculation Ballot for Draft 6.0 Post ballot results Recirculation25423090.553816.101741890.6 1557 Aug 2009 Third Recirculation for Task Group-v Draft 7.0 Recirculation25423090.553816.101761691.6 155.123 Sept 2009 Third Recirculation for Task Group-v Draft 7.0 Post ballot results Recirculation25423090.553816.101771592.19

10. doc.: 11-09-1057-00 Submission September 2009 D. Stanley (Aruba), B.Kraemer (Marvell) Slide 10 802.11 WG Letter Ballot Comments – P802.11v Ballot ID Ballot Close Date TitleBallot Type Number of Comments received 14019 Dec 2008Technical Letter Ballot for Task Group-v Draft 4.0 Technical586 (418T, 168E) 1464 Apr 2009Recirculation Letter Ballot for Task Group-v Draft 5.0 Recirculation321 (225T, 96E) 15012 Jun 2009Second Recirculation Ballot for Task Group-v Draft 6.0 Recirculation140 (93T, 47E) 1557 Aug 2009Third Recirculation Ballot for Task Group-v Draft 7.0 Recirculation24 (12T, 12E)

11. doc.: 11-09-1057-00 Submission September 2009 D. Stanley (Aruba), B.Kraemer (Marvell) Slide 11 TGv Timeline Third recirculation (TGv draft 7.0) Open 23-Jul-09 Close 7-Aug-09 Clean recirculation (TGv draft 7.0)25-Sep-0910-Oct-09 Pool formation17-Aug-091-Oct-09 First sponsor ballot5-Oct-094-Nov-09 Second sponsor ballot3-Feb-1018-Feb-10 Third sponsor ballot30-Mar-1015-Apr-10 Fourth sponsor ballot15-May-10 30-May-10 EC to RevCom Mar-10 (cond.) or Jul-10 RevCom to SBJun-10 or Sep-10

12. doc.: 11-09-1057-00 Submission September 2009 D. Stanley (Aruba), B.Kraemer (Marvell) Slide 12 References