1. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 1 802.11 2 nd Vice Chair’s Report November 2013 Date: 2013-11-11 Authors:

2. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report Introduction This presentation is a status update on attendance, membership, balloting and documentation matters. November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 2

3. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report ANA Status The latest database is 11-11/0270r18 (October 2013) Changes since last meeting: –TGaf final changes (from Sponsor Ballot comment resolutions) November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 3

4. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 4 Current Membership Status Data as of 2013-09-15 Definitions: Aspirant: a member who has attended 1 qualifying meeting Potential Voter: a member who has attended 2 qualifying meetings and will become a voter at the start of the next plenary they attend StatusNumber Aspirant111 Potential Voter48 Voter323 Note, does not include effect of LB200 – 18 will lose membership

5. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 5 Recent voting member history

6. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 6 Recording Attendance It is a requirement that attendees record their participation at an 802.11 session and declare their affiliation. This record is usually made using the IMAT attendance system. –If you wish to participate without recording attendance, send an email per session to the WG 2 nd vice chair declaring your participation and affiliation. You cannot gain or maintain 802.11 voting membership using this method. You must record 75% attendance of eligible 802.11 slots in a session for that session to count towards gaining or maintaining 802.11 voting membership –You need a single IEEE-SA web account The IEEE SA web account requires a working email address do not remove your email address from the account –Use the email address associated with that web account when registering attendance If you change email addresses, update the web account, don’t create a new web account, or your membership status may not be calculated properly –Record attendance using this URL: https://imat.ieee.org/attendancehttps://imat.ieee.org/attendance

7. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 7 Session graphic – Nov 2013 17 Normal slots 4 extra slots –Sunday CAC –Monday evening (Ethernet Anniversary) –Tuesday editor’s Meeting –Tuesday evening (Tutorials) –Thursday CAC 75% attendance requires 13 slots attended Closing plenary requires only 1 registration for 2 slot credit Source: 11-13/1241r0 Register once

8. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report Online Calendar This session’s meetings are also shown on the 802.11 calendar on the 802.11 home page (http://www.ieee802.org/11).http://www.ieee802.org/11 This is a Google calendar “802_11_calendar@ieee.org” There are multiple ways of accessing this information, for example from a cell-phone, or as a remote calendar. Note: the schedule on this calendar will be updated, but any room changes will probably not be. Room changes will be posted on rooms. November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 8

9. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 9 Documentation

10. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 10 Local File Document Server information Local FTP server: ftp://griffin.events.ieee.org (anonymous)ftp://griffin.events.ieee.org External Document Server https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/documentshttps://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/documents

11. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report Synchronizing while at the meeting Particularly important when external bandwidth is limited and unreliable Use anonymous ftp –Host: ftp://griffin.events.ieee.orgftp://griffin.events.ieee.org –User: anonymous –Password: –Destination directory: /802.11/13 Freeware tools are available, for example search for “syncback free” ** ** Other tools are available. The IEEE does not endorse the use of any particular tool. November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 11

12. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report Posting of Liaison Response from the Wi-Fi Alliance When, as individual members of 802.11, we post a submission, we are bound by and implicitly acknowledge IEEE-SA copyright rules. When a liaison response is received from an organization that contains copyrighted material, permission must be sought and received before the document can be posted as an IEEE 802.11 submission. The IEEE-SA provides templates for both the request (from the WG chair) and the response. November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 12

13. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 13 Email Reflectors There is an email reflector for the working group, plus one for each task group. Write access to the reflectors allowed for those who are members with status: aspirant, nearly-voter, potential- voter, voter. To make a request, visit the reflector request page: http://www.ieee802.org/11/Reflector.html http://www.ieee802.org/11/Reflector.html –Gathers information and sends an email to Vice Chair If you change email address – please let me know. I will perform a global change to the list servers. Public read access to all reflectors is available via the 802.11 home page http://www.ieee802.org/11 on the “WG Email” menu.http://www.ieee802.org/11

14. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report WEDNESDAY November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 14

15. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report Webex** trial IEEE-SA is trialling the provision of Webex for telecons. The trial is open to all 802 groups. We will attempt to use IEEE-SA provided Webex sessions for all 802.11 telecons. Unknowns: –Who is host? Whether people/session limits are an issue. –Features supported. November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 15 ** other names and brands may be claimed as the properties of others

16. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report EC Workshop An opportunity for EC members and WG vice chairs to have an in-depth discussion/exchange on items that are not part of the normal business. All day Saturday, after the plenary. November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 16

17. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report EC workshop agenda November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 17 Should the 802 community consider separating from the IEEE SA and establishing an independent SDO? How much background info in a PAR Adherence to process for PARs. How strict does the EC want to be in applying existing rules? Next Gen publishing system 802 Marketing for 2014 Cooperation and contributions of the other WGs in the 802.1-OmniRAN project? What is the opportunity/impact on WGs? China outreach for March plenary Non-USA meetings services requirements Take feedback on Geneva meeting and identify any issues Review existing requirements and discuss if they are adequate Why are there term limits for elected members of the EC vs there are no term limits for chair of 802 and voting appointees. Technical interchange between WGs We have tutorials. But should there be a way of encouraging increased technical interchange between each others' groups.

18. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report Metadata repair project ~8000 documents on mentor have “N/A” for the Author (Affiliation) field. These were largely the result of moving between various documentation systems. At the request of 802.11, IEEE-SA provided a feature to download, correct, and upload the metadata. I “crowdsourced” the collection of corrected metadata to 802.11 members. Over a period of a few weeks, they supplied the corrected data, which have now been uploaded. November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 18

19. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report Thank you! November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 19 Volunteer Count of Rev Edward4772 Chris947 Jean-Pierre687 Filip297 Adrian267 GeorgeV250 Rene206 DaveH141 Ron127 HenryP110 Shahrnaz107 Rick81 Stephen62 (blank) Grand Total8054

20. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report Reference November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 20

21. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report 802.11 Assigned Numbers Authority (ANA) The 802.11 ANA is Adrian Stephens The purpose of the ANA is to ensure we have no conflicts for numbers between parallel 802.11 developments. Such a conflict has the potential to create interoperability problems. The ANA Process: –Request by TG Editor (or TG chair) to ANA –ANA checks for conflicts with TG Editors –ANA issues revised spreadsheet showing any changes November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 21

22. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report WG Balloting - ePoll Each WG letter ballot sequence (i.e., task group) has its own voting pool set to the voting members of 802.11 at the time the ballot first reaches 75% approval. –I get asked all the time “should I vote on this ballot” –The answer is “go check the voters list published with each and every ballot”. There’s a link on the 802.11 home page during the ballot. The mechanism we will use to collect votes/comments is the ePoll mechanism provided by the IEEE-SA. –Use either individual comments or the template.csv spreadsheet provided. –Can also supply comments using.xls format –You will need to sign in using your IEEE-SA web account –Last ballot (LB187) was successful – people seem to be getting used to the technology quickly. If you are new to writing comments or comment resolutions, please see document 11-11/1625. November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 22

23. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report Reciprocal Credit An 802.11 voting member will get attendance credit for attending any of the following groups: –802.18 (Radio Regulatory TAG) –802.19 (Coexistence WG) –OmniRAN ECSG SG –802.24 (Smart Grid TAG) Note that this means you can maintain 802.11 voting status while attending these groups, but you cannot gain 802.11 voting status. For 802.18 / 802.19 / ECSG SG attendance – There should be an option under IMAT to record reciprocal credit. November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 23

24. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report Meeting attendance – last 11 years November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 24

25. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report Membership by Country and Region November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 25

26. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report Membership – Historic Data November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 26

27. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 27

28. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report Backup November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 28

29. doc.: IEEE 802.11-13/0096r8 Report TGaj Inaugral voters 29 members attended the TGaj inaugural meeting (Sept 2012). Non-voters were granted immediate voting status – i.e., they are treated as an exception to the normal rules requiring “2 of 4 plenaries”. I propose to remove this exception after the March 2014 Plenary. This means they must meet the “2 of 4 plenaries” rule after March to maintain voting membership. Attendance at the January China Interim and March China Plenary suffices to maintain voting membership. November 2013 Adrian Stephens, Intel CorporationSlide 29