1. IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER DCN: 21-13-0099-00-0000 Title: 802.11 Liaison Report for 2013-05 Date Submitted: May 16, 2013 Contributed to IEEE 802.21 on May 16, 2013 Authors or Source(s): Clint Chaplin, 802.11 Liaison (Samsung) Abstract: This document is the liaison report on 802.11

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3. 802.11ac – Very High Throughput <6GHz –Successor to 802.11n at frequencies less than 6GHz 802.11af – TVWS –TV White Space 802.11ah – Sub-1GHz –Sub-1GHz Operation 802.11ai – Fast Link Setup –Speed up initial link setup 802.11aj – CMMW –Chinese Millimeter Wave 802.11ak – General Link –Enhancements For Transit Links Within Bridged Networks 802.11aq – Pre-Association Discovery –Pre-Association Discovery 802.11mc – New Maintenance group (compilation of all approved amendments) –Working towards 802.11-2015 802.11 Groups

4. Slide 4 IEEE 802.11 Standards Pipeline PHY Sponsor Ballot MAC Study groups Published Standard WG Letter Ballot 802.11 -2012 802.11aa Video Transport 802.11ac VHT 5GHz TG without Approved draft Discussion Topics Published Amendment 802.11af TVWS 802.11ai FILS 802.11 ah WNG May 2013 802.11ae QoS Mgt Frames 802.11ad VHT 60 GHz PAD 802.11AQ 802.11aj 802.11-2015 GLK 802.11AK HEW

5. Osama Aboul-Magd 802.11 TGac Very High Throughput <6GHz Third Recirculation WG ballot LB191 on IEEE 802.11ac D5.0 closed February 1, 2013. Results: 249/12/10 95.40% 141 comments received: 84 technical, 56 editorial, 1 general All comments withdrawn Fourth Recirculation WG ballot LB194 on IEEE 802.11ac D5.0 closed April 4, 2013. Results: 252/10/10 96.18% 0 comments received Received permission to go out to sponsor ballot Initial Sponsor ballot on IEEE 802.11ac D5.0 closed May 5, 2013. Results: 155/11/11 93.37% 348 comments received: 148 technical, 198 editorial, 2 general Resolved all but 110 comments

6. Rich Kennedy 802.11 TGaf TV White Space First Recirculation WG Ballot LB192 on draft 3.0 closed February 8, 2013. Results 194/30/8 86.61% Received 166 comments Finished addressing all the comments Second Recirculation WG Ballot LB195 on draft 4.0 closed April 17, 2013. Results 211/19/7 91.74% Received 86 comments Finished addressing all the comments Will go out for recirculation after this meeting

7. Dave Halasz 802.11 TGah Less than 1GHz March –Work continued on specification framework Update to the spec framework adopted 11-11-1137-14-00ah-specification-framework-for-tgah.docx May –Work continued on specification framework Update to the spec framework adopted 11-11-1137-15-00ah-specification-framework-for-tgah.docx –Initial baseline draft text adopted Draft text submission 13/500. –Approved a 20 day Call for Comments on initial baseline draft text

8. Hiroshi Mano (needs to be updated) 802.11 TGai Fast Initial Authentication March –Experimental-test-report-of-FILS was reported on adhoc. –63 unsolved open technical before this session. –All comments were resolved. –21 Technical motions ( 20 passed/ 1 failed) –Instructed editor to prepare draft 0.5 and incorporating these resolutions and, approve 20 day peer review starting on/or after April 8th, 2013 to assist with producing an improved draft for working LB. May

9. Xiaoming PENG 802.11 TGaj China MM-Wave Meeting January 23-24, 2013 in Shenzen, China Reviewed the updated TG Usage Model – 11-12/1245r2 Reviewed the updated TG Functional Requirement – 11-12/1301r2 Reviewed the TG Evaluation Methodology – 11-12/1382r0 Presented a new contribution on Proposal of RoF Extension Link Backhaul – 11-13/0177r0 Presented a new contribution on Backward Compatibility Feature for 802.11aj - 11-13/0175r0 Presented a new contribution on Proposal of Channelization for 802.11aj - 11-13/176r0 Presented a new contribution on A Simplified Method for Beamforming Training Procedure for Multi-band Capable MM-Wave Device” - 11-13/0178r1 March plenary –Task Group documents reviewed: Usage model, 12/1245r2, Jiamin Chen –Submissions 13/292r0, Backward compatibility of 11aj with 11ad, Carlos Cordeiro 13/0177r1, Proposal of RoF Extension Link Backhaul for Category 4, Hiroyo Ogawa Meeting April 24-25, 2013 in Bejing, China –Reviewed TG documents 1)Usage Model – 11-12/1245r4 2)Functional Requirement – 11-12/1301r3 3)Evaluation Methodology – 11-12/1382r2 4)Selection Procedure, 11-12/1359r0 5)Process Overview, 11-13/0437r0 New Contributions 1)11-13/0175r1 – backward compatibility feature for 802.11aj 2)11-12/1361r3 – channel measurement for 45GHz, 3)11-13/0435r0 – Consideration of PHY design for 1.08GHz channel 4)11-13-0177r2 － backhaul-usage-model-proposal 5)11-13-0433r0 – MAC protocol to support dynamic bandwidth for IEEE 802.11aj (60GHz) 6)11-13/440r0 - Proposed Dynamic Channel Transfer (DCT) procedure for IEEE 802.11aj (60GHz) –Approved the following documents as baseline Usage Model – 11-12/1245r4 Functional Requirement – 11-12/1301r3 Evaluation Methodology – 11-12/1382r2 Selection Procedure, 11-12/1359r0 Process Overview, 11-13/0437r0

10. Donald Eastlake 802.11 TGak General Link March –Accomplishments Received and discussed 4 submissions Met jointly with 802.1 Thursday morning. The minutes of this TGak meeting are in 11-13/375 and an annotated agenda is in 11-13/0273r5. May –Accomplishments Received and discussed 4 submissions Met jointly with ARC SC Tuesday morning. The minutes of this TGak meeting are in 11-13/425 and an annotated agenda is in 11-13/0404r4.

11. Stephen McCann 802.11 TGaq Pre-Association Discovery March –Use case 11-13-0125-04-00aq-use-case-analysis.docx Use case collection now closed –Requirements and terminology documents 11-13-0299-00-00aq-draft-tgaq-terminology.docx –Initial protocol design discussion 11-13-0057-02-00aq-design-options.ppt –Detailed scoping discussion May –Initial protocol design discussion 11-13-0426-02-00aq-tgaq-design-option-for-one-way-service-discovery-protocol.ppt 11-13-0429-01-00aq-design-options-for-ibss.ppt 11-13-0501-00-00aq-service-registration-of-sta-to-an-ap.ppt –Use case update 11-13-0591-00-00aq-use-cases-for-tgaq.ppt –Requirements and terminology documents 11-13-0299-00-00aq-draft-tgaq-terminology.docx –Press release update 11-13-0410-01-0000-pre-association-discovery-press-release.doc

12. Dorothy Stanley (needs to be updated) 802.11 TGmc 802.11 Accumulated Maintenance Changes First Initial WG ballot LB193 on draft 1.0 closed March 4, 2013. Results 197/26/22 88.34% 1085 comments received: 591 technical, 418 editorial, 76 general

13. Laurent Cariou (needs to be updated) 802.11 High Efficiency Wireless (HEW) SG

14. Clint Chaplin 802.11 WNG Wireless Next Generation SC Five presentations at May 2013 meeting 1.DSRC Supporting Information (11-13-0543-01-0wng-dsrc-support- information.pptx) – Lee Armstrong 2.Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) Applications Tutorial (11-13-0541-00-0wng-dsrc-applications-tutorial.pptx) – John Kenney 3.Coexistence issues between 802.11p and 802.11ac in the proposed UNII-4 band (11-13-0552-00-0wng-802-11p-dsrc-and- 802-11ac-coexistence.ppt) – Jim Lansford 4.Backoff protocol for IEEE 802.11 devices (11-13-0494-00-0wng- ieee-presentation-backoff.ppt) – Andrey Lukyanenko 5.IEEE 802.11 Accounting Extensions (11-13-0504-00-0wng-802- 11-accounting-extensions.pptx) – Max Riegel

15. Andrew Myles (needs to be updated) JTC1/SC6 SC ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 March –Reviewed latest liaisons to SC6 802.11ac D5.0 liaised Responses to comments on 802.11-2012 liaised –Reviewed status of PSDO activity Pre-ballots in SC6 on 802.1X & 802.1AE passed –5 month ballot delayed until comments resolved –11-13-336r5 on 802.1X, 11-13- 337r4 on 802.1AE will be considered by EC Pre-ballots in SC6 on 802.11aa/ad/ae are still open –Close on 7 April 802.3 WG will submit 802.3-2012 under PSDO 802.1 WG will submit 802.1AS, 802.1AB, 802.1AR under PSDO –Reviewed status of various China NB proposals in SC6 No known changes to status for : –WAPI –TEPA-AC –TLSec –TAAA IETF are now tracking TISec and may send representative to next SC6 meeting Nufront will present on EUHT and coexistence with 802.11 in May in Hawaii; possibly in SC? –Prepared for next SC6 meeting in June in Korea Reviewed agenda Empowered Bruce Kraemer as HoD Completed contribution process for SC6 NBs to “participate” in development & maintenance of 802 standards –11-12-1454r8 will be considered by EC –Also discussed in 802.1 WG & 802.3 WG Discussed a Swiss NB “explanatory report” on the SC6 resolutions from Graz –Further discussion and any action will occur in Hawaii Discussed a response to Swiss NB comparison of 802.1X and TEPA-AC –Will be completed in Hawaii May

16. Rich Kennedy Regulatory SC March –Approved Vancouver meeting and teleconference minutes –Heard regulatory update summaries for North America, the EU and Asia –Approved a liaison to ITU-R WP5A on expansion of the 5 GHz spectrum –Heard two presentations on transmit beamforming antenna gain (relating to a TCB test document for multiple antennas) –Developed and approved a framework document for the development of Comments for NPRM FCC 13-22 (proceeding 13-49) May –Approved Orlando meeting and teleconference minutes –Heard regulatory update summaries for North America, the EU and Asia –Developed and approved a final draft response for the Comments in NPRM FCC 13- 22 (proceeding 13-49) on the 5 GHz bands Approved by the SC: 16 Y / 4 N / 2 A Approved in 802.18: 7 Y / 0 N / 0 A –Planned to form a “Tiger Team-like” sub-group to: Develop a list of 802.11 questions to help develop a clear and definitive scheme for sharing with ITS / DSRC in the 5850 to 5925 MHz band Meet with ITS representatives to discuss the list and have questions answered Make recommendations for 802.11ac / ITS agreement on sharing plan –Decided that response to Ofcom consultation unnecessary

17. Mark Hamilton Architecture SC March –IETF/802 coordination Reviewed RFC 4441 update. Trying to balance between redundant with CBPs versus enough information here. Still open for comments – please get comments to Dorothy Stanley Also, Operations Area working group has gotten submissions on CAPWAP, and will be considering. –Brief update on General Links (11ak) and 802.1 bridging discussions Most presentations will be in Thursday AM1 joint session Looks like changes are needed in 802.1AC, which will need a PAR –802 Overview and Architecture Draft 1.6 sponsor ballot Ballot deadline extended to Mar 22. Some comments addressed this week, more on telecons. Reviewed 802.11 section (Annex B.2) and comments submitted. Noted that PLCP/PMD split is being removed from 802.11, so need to describe potential changes in our architecture pictures –Architecture of APs/DS/Portals, and 802.1 concepts Reviewed submission: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0115-03-0arc-considerations-on-ap-architectural-models.dochttps://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0115-03-0arc-considerations-on-ap-architectural-models.doc Agreed 802.11 Figure 5-1 (MAC data plane architecture) has issues and confusing parts. Started work toward a proposed replacement. Need to get clarification on all (architectural) interface points within 802.11 specification – all MAC-SAPs (are there more than one?), etc. May –IETF/802 coordination – Dorothy Stanley Update on joint activities between IETF and IEEE 802 Reviewed RFC 4441 update (rev4). One comment proposed, Dorothy will carry to editing committee –802 Overview and Architecture Draft 1.6 sponsor ballot Three 802.11 comments needed us to do homework and submit a proposed resolution. That was done (an updated architectural picture drawn), and captured in https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0115-05-0arc-considerations-on-ap-architectural- models.doc page 15.https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0115-05-0arc-considerations-on-ap-architectural- models.doc Reviewed all 802.11 comments and their proposed resolutions. All are acceptable (with the above) –Brief update on General Links (GLK SC) and 802.1 bridging discussions – Donald Eastlake Making progress and having productive discussions 802.1Qbz Draft 0.1 has been posted on the 802.1 document server Biggest challenge is understanding the architecture of AP/DS/Portal –Architecture of APs/DS/Portals, and 802.1 concepts Reviewed submission: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0115-04-0arc-considerations-on-ap-architectural-models.dochttps://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0115-04-0arc-considerations-on-ap-architectural-models.doc General agreement with direction headed on Figure 5-1 replacement, updates suggested.