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WG11 Opening Report Snapshot slides 2015-11Date: 2015-11-04

Name Affiliation Address Phone email Dorothy Stanley HPE-Aruba 1322 Crossman Ave

Sunnyvale, CA +1 630-363-1389

dstanley@arubanetworks.com

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Abstract

This presentation contains the IEEE 802.11 WG snapshot slides for the November 2015 session:

• Editors Meeting• Architecture (ARC) SC• Project Authorization Request

(PAR) SC • Regulatory SC• Wireless Next Generation

(WNG) SC• 802 JTC1• TGmc (Revision)• TGah (Sub 1GHz PHY)

• TGai (Fast Initial Link Setup)• TGaj (China millimeter wave)• TGak (Enhancements For Transit

Links Within Bridged Networks)• TGaq (Pre-Association Discovery)• TGax (High Efficiency WLAN)

• TGay (Next Generation 60GHz)• TGaz (Next Generation

Positioning)• Long Range Low Power (LRLP)

Topic Interest Group (TIG)

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Editors Meeting – November 2015Chairs: Peter Ecclesine, Adrian Stephens

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• Roll Call / Contacts / Reflector• Go round table and get brief status report• ANA Status / Process / What is administered• Numbering Alignment process / Spreadsheet• MDR Status• Amendment Ordering / Draft Snapshots• Style Guide for 802.11 • Editor backup practices

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802.11 ARC – November 2015Chair: Mark Hamilton

• DS-SAP and Annex R becoming normative (last review)– 11-15/0555r04

• IETF/802 coordination– IETF discussions about multicast over 802.11

• 802.11 as a component– Can/should implementations use 802.11 as a “plug in”: 11-15/0757r1, 11-15/0593r2,

11-15/0842r1, 11-15/1133r0

• MIB attributes Design Pattern– 11-15/0355r3, 11-15/0891r0

• Clause 5 (Figure 5-1, et al) architecture (for REVmc)– 11-15/0540r2

• Review/Discussion of 802.1AC draft and ballot comments• AP/DS/Portal architecture and 802 concepts - 11-15/0454r0,

11-14/1213r1 (slides 9-11)

• Joint session Thurs AM1 with TGak and 802.1

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PAR SC – November 2015Project Authorization Request

Chair: Jon Rosdahl

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• Review of Proposed 802 PAR documents 1. 802d - Amendment: URN Namespace, PAR and CSD2. 802.1CQ- Standard: Multicast and Local Address Assignment, PAR and CSD3. 802.3ca - Amendment, 25 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Passive Optical Networks, PAR and

CSD4. 802.3cb - Amendment, 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation over Backplane and Copper

Cables , PAR and CSD5. 802.15.3d - 100Gbps wireless switched point-to-point physical layer, 

PAR Modification and 5C6. 802.15.4t Standard: Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs)

Amendment for a High(er) Rate Physical (PHY) Layer, PAR and CSD 7. 802.15.4u Amendment, Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs)

Amendment for use of the Indian 865-867 MHz band. PAR and CSD 8. 802.16s - Amendment, Fixed and Mobile Wireless Access in Channel Sizes up to

1.25 MHz,  PAR and CSD

• Meeting times: Monday PM2, Tuesday AM2, Thursday AM2

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Regulatory SC – November 2015Chair: Richard Kennedy

• Global regulatory updates• Updates from ETSI TC BRAN and ERM TG11 and

preparation for the upcoming meetings– LAA-LTE / 802.11 coexistence work progress– 2.4 GHz “Spectrum Load Factor” proposal– Receiver requirements and the EU Radio Equipment Directive for

2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 60 Ghz and the TVWS

• Implications of FCC 14-30 changes deadline (6/2/16)• WRC-15 in progress• Changes to the IEEE 802 regulatory process

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WNG SC – November 2015Chair: Jim Lansford

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Tuesday AM1 (08:00-10:00)• Vice-chair election

– Close nominations– Voting

• Presentations– “Packet appending in bit-interleaved coded modulation,” Matt Krasicki, Poznan

University of Technology– “TBD,” Minyoung Park, Intel

• Plans for January 2016– Chair will make a call for presentations in advance

• Adjournment

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IEEE 802 JTC1 SC – November 2015Chair: Andrew Myles

The agenda items that will be addressed this week are:• Review extended goals

– Confirmed by 802 EC in Mar 2014

• Review status of SC6 interactions– Review liaisons of drafts to SC6 – Review notifications of projects to SC6– Review status of FDIS ballots

• Prepare for SC6 meeting in February 2016– Not much because no agenda yet

• Prepare for SC6/WG7 meeting in November 2015– One minor item

• It will be a quiet week

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IEEE 802 has eight standards in the pipeline for ratification under the PSDO

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IEEE 802standard

60 daypre-ballot

5 monthFDIS ballot

Comments resolved

802 Passed Oct 2014 Closes 2 Nov 15 Sent in Feb 2015

802.1Xbx Closed 19 Mar 15 Closes 28 Jan 16 Sent in Jun 2015

802.1Q-Rev Closed 13 Mar 15 Closes 28 Jan 16 Sent in Jun 2015

802.1AX Closed 30 May 15 Closes 20 Nov 15 No comments

802.1BA Closed 23 Sep 15 - - Will be sent in Nov

802.1BR Closed 23 Sep 15 - - Will be sent in Nov

802.22a On hold - - - -

802.3bx On hold - - - -

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TGmc 802.11 Revision – November 2015Chair: Dorothy Stanley

• Since the September 2015 meeting: – TGmc acting as a sponsor Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) – 1899 comments received (initial SB, 89% approval) on P802.11REVmc

D4.0; about 400 comments unresolved – Comment spreadsheet: 11-15-0532 – 6 teleconferences (Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 28, 30, Nov 6) and a Cambridge

face-to-face (with teleconference facilities) held: comment resolution

• Goals for this November Meeting: – Comment resolution, agenda in 11-15-1223– Review schedule; December 7-10 BRC comment resolution meeting in

Piscataway NJ

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IEEE 802.11ah – November 2015sub 1GHz PHY

Chair: Yongho Seok

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• Since the September 2015 meeting:– Recirculation Letter Ballot 215 for Draft 5.0 (unchanged) closed on Oct 3

• 97.76 approval ratio: Motion Passes• 1 comment received in LB215 but it was withdrawn

– After getting an EC approval, an initial Sponsor Ballot for Draft 5.0 started from October 6 and closed on November 5

– Initial Sponsor Ballot for Draft 5.0 closed on November 5• <TBD> approval ratio: Motion Passes• <TBD> comments received in SB: <TBD> editorial comments, <TBD>

technical comments • Goals for November 2015 Meeting:

– Start comment resolution of the initial SB comments

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IEEE 802.11 FILS TGai – November 2015Fast Initial Link Setup

Chair: Hiroshi Mano

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• Goals for the week– Approve minutes of past meeting and teleconference– Comment resolution of 1st sponsor LB – Approve Timeline– Approve Teleconference schedule– Approve Plan for Jan

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IEEE 802.11aj – November 2015China Millimeter Wave

Chair: Xiaoming Peng

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• Resolve the outstanding CIDs

• TGaj Technical Specification D1.0 ready for WG Initial Letter Ballot

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Task Group 802.11ak – November 2015Enhancements For Transit Links Within Bridged Networks

Chair: Donald Eastlake• Since the September meeting, 11ak Draft D1.3 has

been posted and 3 teleconferences were held to work on resolution of comments from LB 212.

• September Goals:• Resolve more comments from WG LB #212 and any other issues

on P802.11ak Draft D1.3. See 11-15/556 for comments.• Receive and discuss technical presentations.• Joint meeting with 802.1 IWK and 802.11 ARC SC Thursday

morning.• Go to WG recirculation.

• Agenda: See 11-15/1220

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IEEE 802.11aq – November 2015Pre-Association Discovery

Chair: Stephen McCann• Letter Ballot 216 (D3.0)

– Finished on Saturday November 7th

– Comment analysis– Preparing comment resolutions

• Presentations– Service Proxy Architecture– Proxy and service storage mechanisms

• Agenda for this meeting is 11-15/1230r1

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IEEE 802.11ax – November 2015High Efficiency WLAN

Chair: Osama Aboul-Magd• Approval of meeting and telecon minutes since September 2015.• Continue with technical presentations and Ad Hoc meetings.• Continue to advance TG documents with emphasize on the TG

Specification Framework document– https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-0132-09-00ax-spec-framework.docx – https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/14/11-14-0571-10-00ax-evaluation-methodology.docx – https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/14/11-14-0980-14-00ax-simulation-scenarios.docx– https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/14/11-14-0882-04-00ax-tgax-channel-model-document.do

cx

– https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/14/11-14-1009-02-00ax-proposed-802-11ax-functional-requirements.doc

• Agenda for this meeting is available in document 11-15/1232r0.

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IEEE 802.11ay – November 2015Next Generation 60GHzChair: Edward Au

• Approval of meeting minutes of September interim• Advance in Task group documents

– Usage model– Functional requirements– Channel model– Evaluation methodology– Selection procedure

• Technical presentations• Start preparation on Specification Framework Document• Agenda for this meeting is available in document 11-15/1200

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TGaz – November 2015Next Generation Positioning Study Group

Chair: Jonathan Segev• Current status:

• Formation meeting held at Bangkok. • Agreed on development process and timelines.

• Nov. Goals:• Complete use case document development.• Initiate Functional Requirement Document.• Continue review of technical submissions (performance analysis,

positioning techniques, challenges etc.).

• Agenda: See 11-15/1237

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TGaz - Schedule in a Glance

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MON TUE WED THU FRI

AM1

AM2 NGP NGP

PM1

PM2 NGP

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LRLP TIG – November 2015Long Range Low Power Topic Interest Group

Chair: Tim Godfrey

• Current status:• Second TIG Meeting this week (initial meeting Sept 2015)

• November Goals:• Presentations of contributions on LRLP Use Cases• Presentations of contributions regarding technical approaches and

feasibility of achieving the requirements• Development of TIG output report (outline in 11-15-1181r0)

• Agenda in 11-15/1277

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