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TGn Opening Report – November 05
Notice: This document has been prepared to assist IEEE 802.11. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein.
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Date: 2005-11-14
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This Opening Report 05-1154
Administrative Intro
Attendance serverhttp://802wirelessworld.com
Is not available
Mark attendance at registration desk
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6. Patents
IEEE standards may include the known use of essential patents and patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard. This assurance shall be provided without coercion and prior to approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent becomes known after initial approval of the standard). This assurance shall be a letter that is in the form of either:
a) A general disclaimer to the effect that the patentee will not enforce any of its present or future patent(s) whose use would be required to implement the proposed IEEE standard against any person or entity using the patent(s) to comply with the standard or
b) A statement that a license will be made available without compensation or under reasonable rates, with reasonable terms and conditions that are demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination
This assurance shall apply, at a minimum, from the date of the standard's approval to the date of the standard's withdrawal and is irrevocable during that period.
Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – May 2004
IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
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Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings
• Don’t discuss licensing terms or conditions
• Don’t discuss product pricing, territorial restrictions or market share
• Don’t discuss ongoing litigation or threatened litigation
• Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed… do formally object.
If you have questions,contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator
Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – March 2003
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Additional Guidance1. After a patent letter of assurance (LoA) has been accepted by
PatCom, it is allowable for a presenter to state that an LoA has been filed by a Patent Holder, accepted by PatCom, and listed in the online listing of LoAs at http://standards.ieee.org/db/patents/index.html
2. Anyone seeking a copy of the accepted LoA should contact the PatCom Administrator.
3. Discussion of the content of accepted, submitted, or proposed LoAs is prohibited.
4. Discussion of licensing terms and conditions is prohibited.
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Attendance, Voting & Document Status If you have Attendance questions during the session talk to
Harry Worstell
• Questions on Voting status, Ballot pool, Access to Reflector• – see Harry Worstell –
• Make sure your badges are correct
• Make sure your submissions contain no company logos or advertising
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Attendance Recording -802.11• A sign-in sheet will be located at the 802 Concierge desk • Each member must sign-in “once” (1) per day, between the
hours of 0800 and 1700 local time• Participants must “sign” their name in the appropriate place
and state of attendance for 802.11 that day in terms of AM1/AM2, PM1/PM2, EV1 (if an evening meeting exists)– Only “sign-in” for yourself, do NOT “sign-in” for and other participate.
• Attendance will be checked against other 802 groups. • Those found abusing the honor system will lose ALL credit for
that day. • These sheets are provided daily. If you don’t sign up during the
“regular sign-in” hours, you will NOT be given credit for that day.
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TGn Quick Reviewof
Events prior to this meetingSeptember 05 Meeting
in Garden Grove, California, USA
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Historical Background
• We left the May meeting with a serious deadlock.
• In subsequent discussions with the 3 proposal groups they indicated that they would agree to participate in a joint proposal activity.
• When TGn met in July we agreed to proceed with a merger activity that would continue through the November session.
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Selection Procedure (continued)
11. During steps 9, 16 and 18, mergers will be allowed between remaining proposals, and between remaining proposals and proposals that have been eliminated. Mergers will not be allowed between eliminated proposals only. The TGn chair will provide an opportunity for the task group to decide by simple majority whether proposals that have merged or that have technical changes require normal time for consideration prior to a down-selection vote (4 meeting hours) or require extended time. Time extension beyond 24 hours shall require support of 2/3 of the voting members present.
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Motion: Moved: Because the TGn selection process allows proposals to ask
for time to complete mergers prior to consideration, M&T&W are granted time to complete a merged Joint Proposal (JP) that will replace the current three remaining TGn proposals.
The time line is: July 2005:
– Provide time this week (ref 5557R0 Bruce’s opening report) for these groups to go work on this effort.
Sept 2005– JP draft will be provided to TGn; Q&A sessions on JP to that time.
November 2005:– JP replaces current 3 proposals; Confirmation vote on JP.
Vote: 195/2/3
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September Agenda Plans and AccomplishmentsBetween now and September Partial merged proposal draft posted to server & announced
on reflector by Monday Sept 12 Question submission via email Thursday Sept 15 Responses will be presented beginning Monday Sept 19
September Meeting Plan (Monday = September 19) Merged proposal Presentation & Discussion Coexistence Assurance status update
• (802.15.4a, 802.15.3a, cordless phones) Review Document linkage for changed FR• Formulate and Consider WFA liaison request
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Key Documents from Sept Session
• 05-0923 r2 Wireless VoIP Eldad Perahia, Brett Douglas
• 05-0876 r1 JP Status Report (Monday)
• 05-1001 r0 JP Status Report (Thursday)
• 05-0854 r3 TGn Opening Report
• 05-0889 r0 TGn September Minutes
• 05-0939 r0 TGn Closing Report
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Questions Considered• Given the current joint proposal status , can we still
expect a complete draft to be posted before the November meeting?
• Is there anything the chair or membership can do to further expedite or facilitate the process?
• Was the pause for merger the correct decision?
• What happens if the merged proposal is not completed on time?
• Decided to continue with JP plan as previously agreed
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November 14-18, 2005 Vancouver Agenda PlanBetween now and November
• No teleconference calls for SS or CA will be needed
• No teleconferences or interim meetings of TGn will be needed
• Merged proposal draft posted to server & announced on reflector by Monday, Nov 07 (1 week prior to meeting)
• Questions submitted via email by Thursday Nov 10
• Technical Proposal and Responses will be presented beginning Monday Nov 14
November Meeting Plan (Monday = November 14)
• Merged proposal Presentation & Discussion , Q&A
• 1st Confirmation vote, “no” vote explanations & remedies if <75% “yes”
• Technical Editor Election
• Coexistence Assurance status update
• Review Timeline
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Procedure from doc.: IEEE 802.11-03/665r9
• Step 16:• Rounds of voting will be held that successively eliminate one candidate
proposal at a time. On each round of voting, the candidate proposal that receives the least number of votes shall be eliminated from consideration. In the event of a tie for the least number of votes, a separate vote shall be held to select which of the candidates receiving the least votes shall be eliminated in the current round. The other candidate(s) shall remain for the next round. Between rounds of voting, presenters will again have the opportunity to merge proposals and/or make technical changes to their proposals. If a merger occurs or if technical changes are made to a proposal, all presenters shall have the opportunity to present the details of their proposal again. If two or more proposals are left, time permitting and at the discretion of the TGn Chair there may be a Panel Discussion with all the remaining Presenters. The rounds of voting will continue until only one candidate proposal remains. The order in which the proposals are eliminated will be recorded in the minutes. This ordering will serve as the ranking of the eliminated proposals needed in step 18.
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September TGn Minutes 05-1029r0Executive Summary
Executive Summary (also see Chairs’ meeting doc 11-05-0854r3 and closing report doc. 11-05-0939r0):
Only 3 out of the allotted 8 hours of session time was used to allow the JP as much time as possible to meet F2F.
The JP gave two reports, an Opening Report (11-05-0876r1) in which reviewed the scope of the task, itemized the progress they have made since July and the topics currently being worked on as well as the topics remaining to be addressed, and a Closing Report (11-05-1001r0) in which they described the progress made during the week and presented a time line.
The JP time line indicated that their goal remained to deliver a baseline draft to the TG November 7.
TGn chair, using the ‘draft in November’ assumption projected a best case scenario of ratified standard in April 2007. [See 11-05-845r3]
One technical presentation on Wireless VoIP Design Considerations was made by Eldad Perahia, doc. 11-05-0932r2
The TGn chair presented a strawman agenda for the Nov meeting which was highly dependent on progress made between now and November by the JP team. JP team will give a status update after their Oct. F2F. If a draft is presented in November a confirmation vote could be held and a call for LB made at the November meeting.
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Approve Minutes
• Motion to approve September TGn minutes as contained in 05-0889-r1
• Move: • Second:
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Plans for November
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802.11 Agenda Plan -November
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TGn – Initial November Schedule
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:00-10:00 4 10:30-12:30 6 1013:30-15:30 8 1216:00-18:00 2 19:30-21:30
Nov 14 Nov 15 Nov 16 Nov 17 Nov 18
Meeting Room: Regency C
am 1
am 2
pm 1
pm 2
eve
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TGn – Proposed November Schedule Monday
TASK GROUP N AGENDA - Monday Nov 14th 2005 - 16:00 - 18:00 1 time block
duration
start time
1 II Meeting Call to Order -
KRAEMER / LI 5 16:00
2 IIChair's Status Update & Review of IEEE 802 & 802.11 Policies and Procedures (IP, Voting, Previous minutes, etc)
-
KRAEMER / LI 15 16:05
3 II Plans for the week -
KRAEMER / LI 30 16:20
4 MI Approve or Modify the Agenda -
KRAEMER / LI 10 16:50
5 DT Proposal Presentations -
VARIOUS 60 17:00
6 MI Recess for the day -
KRAEMER / LI 0 18:00
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TGn – Proposed November Schedule Tuesday
TASK GROUP N AGENDA - Tuesday Nov 15th 2005 - 08:00 - 12:30 2 time blocks
duration
start time
7 II Meeting Call to Order -
KRAEMER / LI 0 08:00
8 DT Technical presentations -
VARIOUS 120 08:00
9 MI Recess for break -
KRAEMER / LI 30 10:00
10 DT Technical presentations + Q & A session # 1 -
VARIOUS 120 10:30
11 MI Recess for the day -
KRAEMER / LI 60 12:30
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TGn – Proposed November Schedule Wednesday
TASK GROUP N AGENDA - Wednesday Nov 16th 2005 - 13:30 - 15:30 1 time block
durati
onstart time
12 II Meeting Call to Order -
KRAEMER / LI 0 13:30
13 DT Technical presentations + Q & A session # 2 -
VARIOUS 120 13:30
14 MI Recess for the day -
KRAEMER / LI 0 15:30
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TGn – Proposed November Schedule Thursday
TASK GROUP N AGENDA - Thursday Nov 18th 2005 - 10:30 - 15:30 2 time blocks
durati
onstart time
15 II Meeting Call to Order -
KRAEMER / LI 0 10:30
16 DTJoint Proposal Presentation Current Status and submission of Proposal to TGn
- VARIOUS 60 10:30
17 DT Confirmation, technical editor and other votes as necessary - VARIOUS 60 11:30
18 MI Recess for lunch -
KRAEMER / LI 60 12:30
19 DT Status report of .19 and Coexistence -
LI 30 13:30
20 DT Plans for January + approval of telecons -
KRAEMER / LI 60 14:00
21 DT Any other business -
KRAEMER / LI 30 15:00
22 MI Adjourn for session -
KRAEMER / LI 0 15:30
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New Documents posted between Sep ’05 & Nov meeting
Submissions• 05-1051 r0 JP Opening Report
• 05-1095 r0 JP MAC Proposal• 05-1102 r0 JP PHY Proposal
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• Any other Presentations
• Any other Business
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Approve Agenda
• Motion to approve November TGn agenda as contained on slides 22-25 of this document.
• Move: • Second:
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First PresentationJoint Proposal Status Report
05-1051
Collaborative status presentations from proposal groups:
• WWiSE
• TGn Sync
• MITMOT
• Email questions
• Questions from the floor
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Questions
• Given the current joint proposal status, can we still expect a complete draft to be posted at the November meeting?
• Is there anything the chair or membership can do to further expedite or facilitate the process?
• Was the pause for merger the correct decision?
• What happens if the merged proposal is not completed on time?
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Topics for Thursday
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Coexistence Assurance
• Status Update and plans
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Timeline
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11n - Overall timeline
PAR ApprovedTGn Formed
SelectionProcess &
Criteria
Call forProposals
First ProposalPresentations
DownSelect
First WG
LetterBallot
First Sponsor
LetterBallot
ExComRevComStds BrdApproval
PublicationHTSG
Formed
20072006200520042003
Joint proposal
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Balloting to Publication Process (part 1)
Conduct WG Letter Ballot
Comment Resolution
Letter Ballot Completed
Approved?No
Yes
•Submit documentation to 802 ExCom•Submit documentation to RevCom•Standards Board Approval
Publication
Draft 1.0 Complete
Conduct Sponsor Ballot
Comment Resolution
Sponsor Ballot Completed
Approved?No
Yes
Nov’05-Jan ‘06
Sep ‘06
Sep ‘06
Jan ‘07
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Balloting to Publication Process (part 2)
Letter Ballot
•Submit documentation to RevCom 40 days prior to Standards Board meeting sequence Submission RevCom Stds Board
• August 4, 2006 Sep 14 Sep 16, 2006• Feb 9, 2007 Mar 20 Mar 22, 2007• April 27, 2007 Jun 26 Jun 28, 2007• Aug 17, 2007 Sep 26 Sep 27, 2007
Publication (+30 days) April ‘07
Draft 1.0 Complete
Sponsor Ballot
Submit documentation to 802 ExCom 30 days prior to PlenarySubmission ExCom
June, 2006 Jul 17-21, 2006 Oct, 2006 Nov 13-17, 2006 Feb, 2007 Mar 12-16, 2007 May, 2007 Jul 16-20, 2007
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Time Line
Process Backup Material
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RevCom (Standards Review Committee)• All requests for approval of a standard shall be reviewed by RevCom prior to
submission to the IEEE SA Standards Board to ensure that the submittal is complete and that appropriate IEEE procedures are followed completely and correctly (see the IEEE-SA Standards Board Working Guide for Submittal of Proposed Standards). The IEEE-SA Standards Board has assigned to RevCom the review of standards submittals and the responsibility for recommending final approval to the IEEE-SA Standards Board.
• Approval or adoption of a standard requires a consensus of RevCom that the requirements of the procedures of RevCom and those of the IEEE-SA Standards Board (IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws and IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual ) have been satisfied. Specifically, this means that the final results of the ballot and statements submitted by balloters who participated in the development of the standard indicate that consensus has been achieved and unresolved negative ballots have been properly considered, together with reasons why the comments could not be resolved.
• All IEEE standards shall be approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board prior to publication. Approval requires a majority vote of the IEEE-SA Standards Board .
• 3 Meetings per year : March, June, September
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IEEE-SA Standards Board
1. Chairman: Steve M.Mills 2. Vice Chairman: Richard H. Hulett3. Past Chairman: Don Wright4. Secretary: Judith Gorman5. Members: Mark D. Bowman6. Dennis B. Brophy7. Joseph Bruder 8. Bob Davis 9. Joanna N. Guenin10. Mark S. Halpin 11. Raymond Hapeman 12. William B. Hopf 13. Richard H. Hulett 14. Lowell G. Johnson 15. Hermann Koch
16. David J. Law 17. Daleep C. Mohla Paul Nikolich 18. Ted W. Olsen 19. Ronald C. Petersen 20. Gary S. Robinson 21. Frank Stone 22. Malcolm V. Thaden 23. Richard L. Townsend 24. Joe D. Watson 25. Richard V. Cox, Member/TAB Rep 26. Jay Forster, Member Emeritus 27. Joseph L. Koepfinger, Member Emeritus 28. Richard DeBlasio, DOE Representative 29. Alan H. Cookson, NIST Representative30. Satish K. Aggarwal, NRC Representative
The Board consists of no fewer than 18 nor more than 26 voting members, who are Members or higher grade of the Institute. A liaison from the IEEE Technical Activities Board serves as a voting member. Nonvoting members who may attend meetings include two Members Emeriti.
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NesCom (New Standards Committee)
• This committee examines PARs and makes recommendations to the IEEE-SA Standards Board regarding their approval. – responsible for ensuring that proposed standards projects
are within the scope and purpose of the IEEE, that standards projects are assigned to the proper Society or other organizational body, and that interested parties are appropriately represented in the development of IEEE standards. The NesCom secretary is Jodi Haasz.
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January Plans
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• Any Other Business?
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• Motion to Adjourn?