April 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0447r1

IEEE P802.11
Wireless LANs

TGy April 1st Telecon Minutes
Date: 2008-4-1
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 /
Rich Kennedy / OakTree Wireless/ETS-Lindgren / Austin, TX / +1-281-222-6299 /


Minutes from April 1st 2008 TGy Teleconference Call

Agenda:

Preliminary1 April 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) Review and approveOrlando minutes,08/0359r0

5)Review of comment validity rules(http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect5.html#5.4)

6) Discussion ofP802.11yD9.0 (in the member's area)and D9Comment spreadsheet 08/0443, andgoing to recirculation SB.

7)Plansto workuntil it ends

8) Any other discussion – nextteleconf8 April 13:00 ET will be cancelled if P802.11y SB recirculationis underway


9) Adjourn at or before14:30 ET

Proceedings:

§  Chair calls telecon to order 13:04 ET

§  Roll call – Chair Peter Ecclesine (Cisco Inc.), Rich Kennedy (ETS-Lundgren), Eldad Perahia (Intel Corporation), Bruce Kraemer (Marvell), Dan Lubar (RelayServices), Scott Blue (SensibleRadio), Charles Cook (Quest), Douglas Chan (Cisco)

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

§  Hearing no objections, the telecon agenda is approved.

§  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?" No reply is heard.

§  Chair asks: “Are there matters regarding essential patent claims that the WG chair should be made aware of?” No reply is heard.

§  Chair briefly displayed comment validity rules and obligations. He asked if there were any questions.

§  Chair displayed 08/0443r2 (r1 to be updated on the call).

§  Chair explained how he is managing the spreadsheet. He stated he is going to accept all of the comments.

§  Chair discussed Adrian’sa comments. He stated he would change his “General” comment

§  Any discussion on these two comments? Hearing none, chair displayed D10.0 with the comment resolution included.

§  Eldad expressed concern about confusing the transmit spectral masks between the regulatory and the standard. Dan stated that it is not that clear in the base standard.

§  Chair changed the sentence in I.2.3 to say that these are for information only, and are subject to change. Eldad was satisfied that his concerns were assuaged.

§  Chair showed comments with revised resolutions from the initial ballot and CID 1006 from the first recirculation. He stated that initially they were listed as AIP, with no detail on the resolutions. He stated that they have now been accepted or accepted in principle with comment resolutions provided for CIDs 34, 43, 44, 86 and 124.

§  CID 43 and 44 refer to J.2. This was completely rewritten and the commenter has accepted this resolution.

§  All of the other comments on the “Revised Resolutions” sheet were Accepted.

§  Chair asked there were any other comments or comments on resolutions of comments? Hearing none. The chair recessed while he put the 08/0443r3 on the server. He then downloaded it for the vote on the motion.

§  Dan asked if this will be discussed on the April REVCOM call. Chair said we missed that cutoff date, but it could be up for June approval.

§  Move to accept the comment resolutions in 08/0443r3; and instruct the technical editor to create P802.11y draft 10.0 accordingly.

o  Moved by: Rich

Seconded by: Dan

Any discussion on the motion? None heard.

Vote (by rollcall vote): 7/0/0

o  Motion passes.

§  Move to authorize a 15-day Sponsor Recirculation Letter Ballot of P802.11y draft 10.0, asking the question "Should the P802.11y draft 10.0 be forwarded to RevCom?"

o  Moved by: Scott

Seconded by: Rich

Comments? None heard.

Vote (by rollcall vote): 7/0/0

o  Motion passes.

§  Chair discussed the plan between here and the end.

§  Chair stated that he believed that all of the resolutions should be acceptable to REVCOM.

§  Chair stated that the calls for April 8th and April 15th are cancelled, and the next teleconf will be April 22nd, after the third recirculation ballot closes.

§  Chair asked if there was any further discussion. None heard.

§  Rich moved to adjourn, Scott seconded, and no one objected to the motion, so we adjourned at 13:37 ET.

References:

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

FCC 07-99 ( http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-99A1.pdf )

IEEE 802.11 Drafts (in IEEE 802.11 Member Area)

IEEE Std. 802.11-2007

P802.11k-D13.0

P802.11r-D9.0

P802.11y-D10.0.pdf

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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 6 Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems