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TGac Meeting Minutes – Palm Springs, May 2011
Date: May 09, 2011
Author(s):
Name / Affiliation / Address / Phone / Email
David Yang / Huawei / Huawei Industrial Base, Shenzhen, Guangdong518129, China / +86 15914117462 /

Abstract

This document contains the minutes from the TGac meeting in Palm Springs, May 8-13, 2011, taken by Menzo Wentink (Qualcomm), TGac Vice Chair. Officers of TGac are Osama Abul-Magd (Samsung) as Chair, Menzo Wentink (Qualcomm) as Vice Chair and Joonsuk Kim (Broadcom) as Vice Chair.

TGac Meeting Minutes – Palm Springs, CA, USA

  1. Monday PM2, May 9, 2011
  2. Chair Osama Abdul-Magd (Samsung) calls the meeting to order at 4:02 pm.
  3. Osama introduces the Vice Chair Menzo Wentink (Qualcomm) and Joonsuk Kim (Broadcom).
  4. Osama presents IEEE SA SB Patent Policy and Procedures.
  5. The TG members did not express any concerns/issues that the WG chair needs to be aware of.
  6. There are 105 people in the room.
  7. Osama introduces David Yang (Huawei) to be the volunteer to take minutes for this session.
  8. The TGac agenda for the Palm Springs meeting is in 11-11-0582-00-00ac-may-2011-tgac-meeting-agenda.ppt.
  9. Osama reviews meeting agenda for May.
  10. Osama reviews the results of the TGac ad hoc meeting last week in the Bay area.
  11. Osama displays the list of submissions and completes it with suggestions from the floor.
  12. Osama presents the TGac agenda and allocations to the TGac ad-hocs PHY, MAC, COEX and MU-MIMO. Changes are made to the allocations based on comments from the floor.
  13. The updated agenda is 11-11-0582-01-000ac. There is no objection from the floor to go ahead with this agenda.
  14. Eldad (Intel) checks with Jarkko (Nokia) and Sandhya (Samsung) that the left commentsresolution will be solved till the end of this meeting.
  15. The Singapore minutes for the March meeting are in 11-11-0461r0-00-000ac, the day by day minutes for May ad hoc meeting are in:

•11/638r1 Ad Hoc meeting minutes 20110503

•11/657r0 Ad Hoc meeting minutes 2011-05-04

•11/671r0 Ad Hoc meeting minutes 20110505

and TGac Telecons minutes, Mar. 31, April 7, 14, 21, and 28 are in:

•11/496r1 TGac Telecon Minutes 20110331

•11/513r0 TGac Telecon Minutes 20110407

•11/555r0 TGac Telecon Minutes 20110414

•11/565r0 TGac Telecon Minutes 20110424

•11/608r0 TGac Telecon Minutes 20110428.

Motion to approve the minutes, moved by Menzo Wentink (Qualcomm), seconded by Joonsuk Kim (Broadcom). The motion passes unanimously.

  1. The number of comments resolutions are listed in11-11-0582-01-000ac. 7 Motions to approve the commentsresolutions,moved by Menzo Wentink (Qualcomm), seconded by Joonsuk Kim (Broadcom).The motion 1-6 pass unanimously, motion 7 postponed.
  2. Robert Stacey (Intel) reports with incoming comment resolutions on Tgac draft 0.1 with 11-11-0715r0.
  3. Editorial comments are resolved.
  4. 562 technical comments are resolved. The left 228 technical comments unresolved and 13 technical comments withdrawn.
  5. 3 general comments are editorial.
  6. Osama recesses the meeting at 4:59.
  7. PHY Motions:
  8. Motion 8: Moved Menzo, Second: Joonsuk, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  9. Motion 9: Moved Menzo, Second: Joonsuk, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  10. Motion 10: Moved Menzo, Second: Joonsuk, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  11. Motion 11: Moved Menzo, Second: Joonsuk, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  1. Wednesday AM1, May 11, 2011
  2. The meeting is called to order at 8:05am.
  3. Osama introduces the Vice Chair Menzo Wentink (Qualcomm) and Joonsuk Kim (Broadcom).
  4. There are 80 people in the room.
  5. Osama reviews the agenda.
  6. Osama nominates David Yang (Huawei) to be the secretary of this session without objection.
  7. Consolidated ad-hoc motions. 6 motions came from the ad-hocs, which are recited in 11-11-0582-02-00-000ac:
  8. MAC motions
  9. Motion 12: Moved Menzo, Second: Joonsuk, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  10. Motion 13: Moved Menzo, Second: Joonsuk, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  1. MU-MIMO motion
  2. Motion 14: Moved Menzo, Second: Joonsuk, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  1. COEX motion
  2. Motion 15: Moved Menzo, Second: Joonsuk, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  1. PHY motions
  2. Motion 16: Moved Menzo, Second: Joonsuk, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  3. Motion 17: Moved Menzo, Second: Joonsuk, no discussion, result: Unanimous

(Eldad (Intel): It is very similar to Annex S.1 for HT)

  1. Robert Stacey (Intel) reviews the progress of comment resolutions on Tgac draft 0.1 with 11-11-0276r15
  2. Eldad (Intel) checks the left comments in COEX with Yuseke (NTT), Youhan (Atheros) and Allan (Samsung). Comments resolutions in COEX will finish in PM1
  3. Osama recesses the meeting at 8:33.
  4. Osama modifies the allocations to the TGac ad-hocs PHY, MAC, COEX and MU-MIMO in next two days
  5. Osama allocates a new room J for COEX PM1 today.
  6. General comments Motions:
  7. Motion 18: Moved Menzo, Second: Joonsuk, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  8. Motion 19: Moved Menzo, Second: Joonsuk, no discussion, result:
  9. Yes: 35, No: 0, Abs: 1
  10. Motion passes
  11. Osama presents the PICS: 11-11-0546-01-00ac-tgac-pics.docx
  12. The meeting converts into PHY ad-hoc at 9:07
  1. Thursday PM1, May 12, 2011
  2. Chair Osama Abdul-Magd (Samsung) calls the meeting to order at 1:35pm
  3. COEX motion
  4. Motion 20: Moved Menzo, Second: Vinko, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  1. PHY motions
  2. Motion 21: Moved Menzo, Second: Vinko, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  3. Motion 22: Moved Menzo, Second: Vinko, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  1. MAC motions
  2. Motion 23: Moved Menzo, Second: Vinko,

Allan (Samsung): Put CID 1187 into separate motion

result: Unanimous

  1. Motion 24: Moved Menzo, Second: Vinko, result:
  2. Yes:35, No:6, Abs:6
  3. Motion passes
  4. Motion 7: Moved Menzo, Second: Vinko, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  1. Osama presents 11-111-0546-02-00ac-tgac-pics.docx
  2. Motion 25: Moved Menzo, Second: Vinko, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  3. Robert Stacey (Intel) reports that almost all the comments have been resolved and requests for motion on the left 6 unsolved comments. Motions on editorial comments were included in draft D0.4.
  4. Osama recesses the meeting at 2:11 pm.
  5. Motion 26: Moved Menzo, Second: Vinko, no discussion, result: Unanimous
  6. Motion 27 (TGac Draft D1.0): Moved Eldad, Second: Menzo, no discussion, result:
  7. Yes: 46, No: 0, Abs: 0
  8. Motion passes
  9. Discuss the ad hoc meeting in July, few people support ad hoc meeting in July.
  10. Discuss the ad hoc meeting in Aug/Sep:

Location: Seoul (1st) / Bay area (2nd)

The conference location will be determined based on LG’s answer next week; the conference time will be fixed in next meeting.

  1. Teleconference schedule is discussed and agreed as proposed in 11-11-0582-05-00ac.
  2. Goals for July: Letter ballot comment resolution.
  3. TGac adjourns at 2:40pm.

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