March 2007 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/0303r0

IEEE P802.11
Wireless LANs

TGy March 6th Telecon Minutes
Date: 2007-03-06
Author(s):
Name / Company / Address / Phone / email
Peter Ecclesine / Cisco Systems / 170 W. Tasman Dr.
MS SJ-10-5
San Jose, CA 95134-1706 / +1-408-527-0815 /


Minutes from March 6th 2007 TGy Teleconference Call

Agenda:

Preliminary6 March Agenda:
1) Roll call
2) Approval of agenda
3) "Are you aware of, and understand the IEEE patent policy",
if not "Refer the correct section or IEEE Patcom URL"
http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt
4) Review27 Febteleconf minutes11-07/0291r0 and summary of progress since then.

5) Discussion of11-07/0008r9 TGy LB94 Comment Spreadsheet,which is updated to include the following submissions, all ofwhich are on the server:

07/0270r0 TGy LB94 3-4-5-6-9.8-Submission

07/0245r2 TGy LB94 7-10-11-Submission

07/0271r3 TGy LB94 A-D-I-J-Submission-doc

07/0272r1 phy comments

07/0282r0 TGy LB94 17-etc Submission

aligned withthe current baseline of REV-ma D9.0, 802.11k D7.0 and 802.11r D4.1, and802.11n D2.0.

Any other Submissions in the Server by end of Monday and announced to TGy mail list

6)Plan for Orlando sessions and after Orlando

7) Any other discussion – nextteleconf27March13:00 ET


8) Adjourn at or before16:00 ET

Proceedings:

§  Chair calls telecon to order 13:03 ET

§  Roll call

§  Chair reviews proposed telecon Agenda and asks for approval of same

§  Hearing no objections, the telecon agenda is approved

§  Chair reads IEEE patent policy statement (Patcom Statement)

§  Chair asks: "Are you aware of, and understand the IEEE patent policy? If not refer the correct section or IEEE Patcom URL: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt ”

§  Chair asks: “..does anyone not understand the IEEE patent policy as read?" No reply is heard

§  Chair asks: “Are there matters that the WG chair needs to be informed of?” No reply is heard

§  Chair asks: “Are there matters arising from the minutes of the February 27th teleconference (07/0291r0)?” No reply is heard

§  Chair asks: “Is there any objection to approving the minutes of the February 27th teleconference?” No reply is heard

§  Web conference http://meetingplace.cisco.com totally worked for all except Dick Roy, whose screen kept freezing.

Discussion and Review of WG LB94 comments on D1.00 (all comments)

TGy Documents discussed:

07/0270r0 TGy LB94 3-4-5-6-9.8-Submission

07/0245r2 TGy LB94 7-10-11-Submission

07/0271r3 TGy LB94 A-D-I-J-Submission-doc

07/0272r1 phy comments

07/0282r0 TGy LB94 17-etc Submission

11-07/0008r9 TGy LB94 Comment Spreadsheet with Proposed Comment Resolution text matching 07/0272r0.

For 11-07/0008, reviewing from clause 3 to Annex J, then General and Reference comments

Reviewing 07/0270r0 clause 9.8.4, last sentence about recalculating the different IFSs, agreed to change to

“replacing the current aAirPropagationTime with one indicated by the Coverage Class field, and the STA shall recalculate the different IFSs that are a function of aAirPropagationTime.

Reviewing 07/0245r2 clause 11.14, second paragraph, change “hidden nodes” to “hidden stations”. 11.14.3 Figure y204a, change legend in DS associated to “Receive and decode Enabling Signal from the enabling AP with which it is associated within dot11DSERenewalTime?”

Reviewing 07/0271r3 Table J.1 is missing 11k/D7.0 changes that insert Regulatory Class 12, editor to fix, and two places in clause J.2 change US to USA – “USA 4.94 GHz” and “USA 3650 MHz”.

We then reviewed the TGy Orlando agenda, including Joint .11y/.16h/.19 session 09:00 Tuesday 13 March, and a plan to recirc out of Orlando, then resolve comments in teleconference, and if possible go to Sponsor Ballot. Will have a motion Thursday 15 March asking for ANA assignments corresponding to D2.0, if such a draft is approved by the Task Group.

Motion to adjourn at 15:04 ET

Moved Scott B

Second Doug C

No discussion, we stand adjourned.

Attendees / March 6th
Peter Ecclesine / X
Douglas Chan / X
Scott Blue / X
Dan Lubar / X
Dick Roy / X

References:

FCC 05-56 ( http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-56A1.pdf )

IEEE 802.11 Drafts (in IEEE 802.11 Member Area)

P802.11-REVma-D9.0.pdf

P802.11k-D7.0

P802.11n-D2.0

P802.11r-D4.1

P802.11y-D1.00.pdf

TGy Reference Docs: (in ftp.802wirelessworld.com)

11-06-0571-00-000y-cbp-tg-telecon-minutes-19-april.doc

11-06-0607-00-000y-TGy-telecon-minutes-3May.doc

11-06-0668-01-000y-3650-3700-mhz-fcc-action.ppt

11-06-0680-01-000y-may-chairs-report.ppt

11-06-0740-00-000y-joint-tgy-rr-tag-may-minutes.doc

11-06-0855-03-000y-Annex-and-J-3650-MHz-band.doc

11-06-0863-02-000y-tgy-june-14th-2006-conference-call-minutes.doc

11-06-0864-04-000y-3650-mhz-mobile-service-enablement.doc

11-06-0867-02-000y-references-mobile-service-enablement.doc

11-06-0873-00-000y-tgy-june-28th-2006-conference-call-minutes.doc

11-06-0922-00-000y-tgy-july-11th-2006-conference-call-minutes.doc

11-06-0955-03-000y-ofdm-phy-3650-mhz-band.doc

11-06-1023-01-000y-proposal-tgy.ppt

11-06-1024-02-000y-tgy-july-chairs-report.ppt

11-06-1120-00-000y-Minutes-from-San-Diego-Plenary-2006.doc

11-06-1374-00-000y-aug15th-and-aug29th-2006-conference-call-minutes.doc

11-06-1427-00-000y-sept12th-2006-conference-call-minutes.doc

11-06-1432-01-000y-extended-channel-switch-announement-normative-text.doc

11-06-1433-00-000y-extended-channel-switch-announement-presentation.ppt

11-06-1466-01-000y-TGy-September-chairs-report.ppt

11-06-1536-00-000y-proprosed-draft-revision.doc

11-06-1537-00-000y-melbourne-minutes-september.doc

11-06-1561-00-000y-tgy-sept-26th-2006-conference-call-minutes.doc

11-06-1609-04-000y-tgy-internal-review-comment-submissions.xls

11-06-1830-00-000y-dse-in-licensed-band-operations.doc

11-06-1675-02-000y-tgy-November-chairs-report-ppt.ppt (from Dallas Plenary)

11-06-1865-00-000y-tgy-brief-intro-to-tgy.doc

11-06-1871-00-000y-TGy-2006-Dallas-Plenary-Minutes.doc

11-06-1934-05-000n-tgn-opening-report-london-jan-07

11-07-0008-10-000y-tgy-lb94-comment-spreadsheet

11-07-0098-03-000y-tgy-january-chairs-report

11-07-0121-00-000y-tgy-meeting-minutes-from-jan-2007-london-interim-session

11-07-0224-00-000y-TGy-Jan-30th-Telecon-Minutes.doc

11-07-0245-03-000y-TGy-LB94-7-10-11-Submission.doc

11-07-0251-00-000y-TGy-February-13th-Telecon-Minutes.doc

11-07-0270-01-000y-TGy-LB94-3-4-5-6-9.8-Submission.doc

11-07-0271-04-000y-TGy-LB94-a-d-i-j-submission-doc.doc

11-07-0272-00-000y-phy-comments.doc

11-07-0282-00-000y-TGy-LB94-17-etc-Submission.doc

11-07-0291-00-000y-TGy-February-27th-telecon-minutes.doc

11-07-0303-00-000y-TGy-March-6th-telecon-minutes.doc

Acronyms/Abbreviations

CBP – Contention-Based Protocol

CCA – Clear Channel Assessment

CSA – Channel Switch Announcement

CSMA/CD – Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect

DFS – Dynamic Frequency Selection

DSE – dependent station enablement

E-CSA – Extended Channel Switch Announcement

ED – Energy Detect

LCI – Location Configuration Information

PICS – Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

STA – Station

TPC – Transmit Power Control

Submission page 5 Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems