March 2010IEEE 802.11-10/0276r0

IEEE P802.11
Wireless LANs

March 3rd 2010 TGs Telecon Minutes
Author(s):
Name / Affiliation / Address / Phone / email
Stephen G. Rayment / BelAir Networks / 603 March Road
Kanata ON
Canada K2K2M5 / +1 613 254 7070 x112 /

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Minutes

Minutes were taken and edited by Dee Denteneer, Chair.

The Chair convened the call at 10:05 EST.

The telecon announcement included the following informational pointers:

IEEE Patent Policy

Patent FAQ

LoA Form
Affiliation FAQ
Anti-Trust FAQ
Ethics

IEEE 802.11 Working Group Policies and Procedures

The Chair reminded everyone that we are operating under the IEEE Patent Policy. The Chair inquired if anyone on the call was personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of TGs and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance. Such persons must either speak up now or provide 802.11 Chair Bruce Kraemer with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or cause an LOA to be submitted.

In response, no one spoke up.

The Chair reviewed the proposed Agenda:

1. Attendance
2. Secretary selection
3. IPR and other relevant IEEE policies (see pointers above)
4. Agenda for this call
5. Progress since Los Angeles
6. Request from TGae:
Could you, or somebody who participates in 11s, go through the TGae Management Frame Analysis document to review the TGs frames to confirm what the default priority should be for each frame type?
The lastest document is posted here:

7. Ad Hoc Meeting

8. Orlando Preliminary Agenda

9. Other business

10. Adjourn

The Chair asked if there were any suggested changes to or questions on the Agenda.

Kaz requested to present document 11-10/0268r0

Rene requested to present document 11-10/0269r0

Kaz requested to present document11-10/0032r5

5. Progress since Los Angeles

Kaz presented document 11-10/0268r0 “General discovery comment resolution overview”

Comments / discussion ensued . . .

  • Slide 6 – who will take the actions?
    These additions are in the document 11-10/0236r0. No more action required
  • Need to specify how MIBs are used?
    Also in document 11-10/0236r0

Rene presented document 11-10/0269r0 “Emergency Call Support”

Comments / discussion ensued . . .

  • What is necessary to say you’re supporting Emergency?
    User doesn’t know he is connected to mesh. Mesh has to tell if it supports Emergency.
  • What is the technical requirement? What is needed to do?
    This should be second submission. e.g. Mesh Peering should be ignored if it goes beyond certain number
  • How is this recognized? What’s distinction?
    Will add in second submission. First let MSTA know we support. Then tell network.
  • Would prefer to say how and why emergency calls are supported, define signaling later
    Maybe Rene can present in MAC group and circulate to others
  • Figure S32. PANN should only contain fields or sub-elements. Interworking should be new. Need to change structure
    Define frame format PANN IE and Interworking IE
    As long as a valid structure is used
  • Page 6. Mesh STA not MSTA

Kaz reviewed the latest LB159 Comment Resolution Spreadsheet document 11-10/0032r5.

Uploaded today. Contains pointers to LA submissions.

Unresolved comment count: 135 General, 62 MAC, 118 RFI, 41 Security. RFI has work to do.

Comments / discussion ensued . . .

  • Michael and Guenael have done some resolutions but not published yet
  • Chair urged the team that we want to go to re-circulation in Orlando
  • Peer link management needs an owner – Dan Harkins is working on some

6. Request from TGae.

The Chair has asked the TGae Chair for the exact definition of the L/M/H priorities. We are waiting for a response

7. Ad Hoc Meeting

The Chair suggested an Ad Hoc would be useful if we re-circulate from Orlando and if there is interest. It was offered to hold the Ad Hoc in Tokyo near Beijing to minimize travel. Kaz is willing to host the meeting at his location. An Ad Hoc would help to re-circ from Beijing. Members are urged to check their ability to attend.

Comments / discussion ensued . . .

  • Michael will likely not be able to attend due to other meetings
  • When and how many days?
    End of week preceding Beijing – so Ad Hoc would be May 13th, 14th
  • Will confirm in Orlando

8. Orlando Preliminary Agenda

The Chair reviewed the preliminary Agenda for the Orlando meeting, document 11-10/0241r0. Tuesday evening will not be available due to a special event. It’s a simple agenda – comment resolution and Motion to re-circulate meeting. Please send comments to the Chair

9. Other Business

No further items were raised.

The Chair adjourned the call at 10:50AM.

Participants

  1. Dee Denteneer – Philips
  2. Stephen Rayment – BelAir Networks
  3. Kazuyuki Sakoda – Sony
  4. Guenael Strutt – Motorola
  5. Rene Purnadi – Research In Motion
  6. Michael Bahr – Siemens

Submissionpage 1Stephen G. Rayment, BelAir Networks