1 TGax Ad Hoc PHY Session Mar 2017 Pre-Meeting AgendaDate: Authors: Bo Sun (ZTE), et al Brian Hart (Cisco Systems)

2 IEEE 802.11 TGax Ad Hoc High Efficiency WLAN PHY Ad HocMar 2017 IEEE TGax Ad Hoc High Efficiency WLAN PHY Ad Hoc Co-Chairs: Bo Sun (ZTE) Jianhan Liu (Mediatek) Hongyuan Zhang (Marvell) Bo Sun (ZTE), et al Brian Hart (Cisco Systems)

3 Agenda Items Call meeting to orderMar 2017 Agenda Items Call meeting to order Patent policy, etc. (Call for Potentially Essential Patents) Review ad hoc rules Set and approve agenda Comment resolution presentations approved by ax for presentation this week, and related straw polls Any other technical presentations Bo Sun (ZTE) , et al Brian Hart (Cisco Systems)

4 Meeting Protocol, Attendance, Voting & Document StatusMar 2017 Meeting Protocol, Attendance, Voting & Document Status Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot Cell Phones to be silent or Off Register your attendance via https://imat.ieee.org while on meeting SSID (e.g. Verilan-secure) Make sure your badges are correct If you plan to make a submission be sure it does not contain company logos or advertising Questions on Voting status, Ballot pool, Access to Reflector, Documentation, Member’s Area Contact Jon Rosdahl – Slide 4 Bo Sun (ZTE) , et al Brian Hart (Cisco Systems)

5 Patent Policy and Other GuidelinesMar 2017 Patent Policy and Other Guidelines Following 5 slides Bo Sun (ZTE) , et al Brian Hart (Cisco Systems)

6 Instructions for the WG Chairdoc.: IEEE /xxxxr0 January 2014 Mar 2017 Instructions for the WG Chair The IEEE-SA strongly recommends that at each WG meeting the chair or a designee: Show slides #1 through #4 of this presentation Advise the WG attendees that: The IEEE’s patent policy is described in Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws; Early identification of patent claims which January be essential for the use of standards under development is strongly encouraged; There January be Essential Patent Claims of which the IEEE is not aware. Additionally, neither the IEEE, the WG, nor the WG chair can ensure the accuracy or completeness of any assurance or whether any such assurance is, in fact, of a Patent Claim that is essential for the use of the standard under development. Instruct the WG Secretary to record in the minutes of the relevant WG meeting: That the foregoing information was provided and that slides 1 through 4 (and this slide 0, if applicable) were shown; That the chair or designee provided an opportunity for participants to identify patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) of which the participant is personally aware and that January be essential for the use of that standard Any responses that were given, specifically the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that were identified (if any) and by whom. The WG Chair shall ensure that a request is made to any identified holders of potential essential patent claim(s) to complete and submit a Letter of Assurance. It is recommended that the WG chair review the guidance in IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual and in FAQs 14 and 15 on inclusion of potential Essential Patent Claims by incorporation or by reference. Note: WG includes Working Groups, Task Groups, and other standards-developing committees with a PAR approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board. (Optional to be shown) Bo Sun (ZTE) , et al Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

7 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Informdoc.: IEEE /xxxxr0 January 2014 Mar 2017 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]: “Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents) The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged No duty to perform a patent search Slide #1 Bo Sun (ZTE) , et al Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

8 doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0 January 2014 Mar 2017 Patent Related Links All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development. Patent Policy is stated in these sources: IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual Material about the patent policy is available at If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit This slide set is available at https://development.standards.ieee.org/myproject/Public/mytools/mob/slideset.ppt Slide #2 Bo Sun (ZTE) , et al Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

9 Call for Potentially Essential Patentsdoc.: IEEE /xxxxr0 January 2014 Mar 2017 Call for Potentially Essential Patents If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance: Either speak up now or Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or Cause an LOA to be submitted Slide #3 Bo Sun (ZTE) , et al Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

10 Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetingsdoc.: IEEE /xxxxr0 January 2014 Mar 2017 Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches January be discussed in standards development meetings. Technical considerations remain primary focus Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object. See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details. Slide #4 Bo Sun (ZTE) , et al Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei Technologies)

11 Participation in IEEE 802 MeetingsMar 2017 Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings All participation in IEEE 802 Working Group meetings is on an individual basis •     Participants in the IEEE standards development individual process shall act based on their qualifications and experience. (https://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws.pdf section 5.2.1) •    IEEE 802 Working Group membership is by individual; “Working Group members shall participate in the consensus process in a manner consistent with their professional expert opinion as individuals, and not as organizational representatives”. (http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 4.2.1) You have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. Your obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders. You shall not direct the actions or votes of any other member of an IEEE 802 Working Group or retaliate against any other member for their actions or votes within IEEE 802 Working Group meetings, see https://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws.pdf section and section 3.4.1, list item x By participating in IEEE 802 meetings, you accept these requirements. If you do not agree to these policies then you shall not participate. Bo Sun (ZTE) , et al

12 Ad Hoc Groups OperationMar 2017 Ad Hoc Groups Operation Straw Polls are only allowed during Ad Hoc group meeting // no motions, anyone can vote A straw poll needs to achieves at least 75% to be converted to a motion at the TG level. Pre-Meeting week: focus on consensus CID resolutions, leave controversial topics in main IEEE meeting. Each Presentation is suggested to have 30 minutes including presenting and Q&A. Bo Sun (ZTE) , et al Brian Hart (Cisco Systems)

13 TGax PHY Adhoc Pre-Meeting ScheduleMar 2017 TGax PHY Adhoc Pre-Meeting Schedule Wednesday, March 8:  PHY ad hoc                          10:00 – 12:00 Lunch                                    12:00 – 1:00 PHY ad hoc                          1:00 – 6:00 (including one break) Thursday, March 9:  PHY ad hoc                          09:00 – 12:00 (we can start at 8:00 if there is no objection) Friday, March 10: PHY ad hoc                          1:00 – 4:00 (hard stop) Bo Sun (ZTE))

14 PHY Submissions (1) Mar 2017 Notes:Docs in green color have been presented. Docs in red color have been withdrawn. Docs in black color have NOT been presented. Docs presented but need more discussion or deferred ax-cr-he-phy-introduction-part-1 (Lochan) – (1 CID left) ax-cr-he-phy-introduction-part-2 (Lochan) – (4 CIDs left) ax-cr-he-phy-capabilities-part-2 (Lochan) – (1 CID left) ax-cr-he-phy-capabilities-part-3 (Lochan) – (1 CID left) ax-cr-he-phy-introduction-part-3 (Lochan) –(4 CIDs left) ax-cr-he-phy-introduction-part-4 (Lochan) ax-cr-he-phy-transmit-requirements-he-trig-ppdu-part-1 (Lochan) ax-cr-he-phy-beamforming-report-information-part-1 (Lochan) ax-11ax-comment-resolutions-for-clause (Yan) ax-NDP-Short-Feedback-Design (Ron) ax-crs-for-clause and-28-5 (Bin) ax-lb225-comment-resolution-for-cids-for coding (Jianhan) ax-lb225-comment-resolution-for-cids-for-3-definitions-acronyms-and-abbreviations (Jianhan) ax-lb225-comment-resolution-for-cids-for constellation-mapping (Jianhan) Bo Sun (ZTE) Brian Hart (Cisco Systems)

15 Jan 2017 PHY Submissions (2) ax-lb225-comment-resolution-for-cids-for he-preamble (Jianhan) ax-lb225-comment-resolution-for-cids-for non-ht-duplicate-transmission(Jianhan) CRs on HE-SIG-B part 1 (Yujin) CRs on HE-SIG-B terminologies on (Yujin) CR-on-HE-SIG-B (Dongguk Lim) CR-on-Clause (Dongguk Lim) CR-on-subsection-of-clause (Dongguk Lim) CRs-on-Rx-Specification (Bin) CR-for (Eunsung Park) CR-for (Eunsung Park) Link-Adaptation-Feedback-for-Combating-Interferences (Feng Jiang) ax-cr-clause (Xiaogang) ax-cr-clause (Xiaogang) ax-cr-4905 (Xiaogang) CRs on TX specification (Yujin) Bo Sun (ZTE) , et al