A TG ad hoc meeting was held in the Bay area with focus on LB187 comment resolution. The TG ad hoc meeting Agenda is available at May 2012 ad hoc Meeting Agenda
Achievements
The TG meeting Agenda is available at May 2012 Meeting Agenda
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Completed the resolution of all comments received during LB 187 on draft D2.0. The D2.0 comment resolution spreadsheet is available at Comments Spread Sheet
- A WG motion passed to prepare draft D3.0 and start a 20-day recirculation ballot.
- A TG ad hoc meeting is planned for July 11-13, 2012 (the week before the IEEE 802 Plenary meeting in San Diego) in San Diego. To attend the ad hoc, please approve epoll
July 2012 Goals
- Work on the resolution of comments received on draft D3.0.
March 2012
Achievements
WG Letter Ballot 187 (LB 187)on TGac draft D2.0 passed with 88.8%.
1499 comments were received on draft D2.0.
The TG meeting Agenda is available at March 2012 Meeting Agenda
The main achievements of this meeting were
- The focus of the meeting was on LB187 comment resolutions.
- A totoal of 850 non-editorial comments are received. Resolutions to about 400 comments were approved during the meeting. The Editor Report at the start of the meeting is available at, Editor Report .
- Draft 2.0 is available in the member ares.
- The D2.0 comment resolution spreadsheet is available at Comments Spread Sheet
- A TG ad hoc meeting took place on March 7-9, in the Bay area. The agenda of the March ad hoc meeting is available at: March 2012 Ad Hoc Meeting Agenda . The focus of the meeting was on comment resolution.
- A TG ad hoc meeting is planned for May 9-11, 2012 (the week before the IEEE 802 Plenary meeting in Atlanta) in the Bay area.
May 2012 Goals
- Complete the resolution of comments received on draft D2.0.
- Prepar draft D3.0 and proceed to Recirculation ballot.
January 2012
Achievements
TG Agenda is available at January 2012 Agenda
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Motions passed at both the TG and the WG to instruct the Editor to preapre draft D2.0 and to start a 30-day WG letter ballot.
- Draft 2.0 is available in the member ares.
- Ballot started on January 19, 2012 and closes on Febraury 18, 2012.
- The D1.0 comment resolution spreadsheet is available at Comments Spread Sheet
- A TG ad hoc meeting is planned for March 7-9, 2012 (the week before the IEEE 802 Plenary meeting in Hawaii) in the Bay area. To register for the meeting, please respond to the epoll .
March 2012 Goals
- Resolve comments received on draft D2.0.
November 2011
Achievements
TG Agenda is available at November 2011 Agenda
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Completed the resolution of all comments received on draft D1.0.
- The D1.0 comment resolution spreadsheet is available at Comments Spread Sheet
- A motion to procedd to working group letter ballot passed during the TG meetin (59/1/4). The same motion failed during the IEEE 802.11 WG closing plenary (33/12/9).
- next opportunity to go to WG LB is on January 2012 during the Jacksonville meeting.
- The IEEE 802.11 WG approved a TGac Ad Hoc meeting to be held in the Bay area on March 7-9, 2012. The purpose of the Ad Hc meetig is to advance work relted to TG activities.
Jnauary 2012 Goals
- Discuss any proposed changes to the TGac draft.
- proceed to a 30-day WG letter ballot.
September 2011
Achievements
Agenda is available at September 2011 Agenda
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Continued to work on the resolutions of comments received on D1.0.
- Resolved all comments related to GCMP issue.
- The D1.0 comment resolution spreadsheet is available at Comments Spread Sheet
November 2011 Goals
- Continue the work on the resolution of letter ballot (LB 178) comments.
July 2011
Achievements
Agenda is available at July 2011 Agenda
The main achievements of this meeting were
- IEEE 802.11 WG LB 178 on TGac draft D1.0 has failed, 74%-26%
- Comment resolution on Draft D1.0 has started.
- The D1.0 comment resolution spreadsheet is available at Comments Spread Sheet
- A Task Group Ad Hoc meeting will take place in Seoul, Korea during the period September 14-16 (the week before the IEEE 802.11 meeting in Okinawa).The purpose of the AD Hoc meeting is to speed up progress on comment resolution.
- Table below summarizes the status of the comment resolution as of the close of the July 2011 WG meeting.
| |
Resolved |
Not Resolved |
Duplicate |
Total |
| MAC |
71 |
287 |
83 |
441 |
| PHY |
21 |
295 |
28 |
344 |
| MU-MIMO |
44 |
92 |
31 |
167 |
| COEX |
16 |
37 |
8 |
61 |
| General |
0 |
50 |
2 |
52 |
| Editorial |
134 |
522 |
97 |
753 |
| TOTAL |
286 |
1283 |
249 |
1818 |
September 2011 Goals
Work on the resolution of letter ballot comments.
May 2011
Achievements
Agenda is available at May 2011 Agenda
The main achievements of this meeting were
- The TG finished resolving all comments on draft D0.1.
- Motions passed in both the TG and the IEEE 802.11 WG to prepare draft D1.0 and start a 30-day WG letter ballot.
- WG letter ballot is expcetd to start around May 27.
- Conference calls are scheduled starting Thursday, June 30 to address letter ballot comments.
- The D0.1 comment resolution spreadsheet is available at Comments Spread Sheet
July 2011 Goals
- Work on the resolutions of letter ballot comments.
March 2011
Achievements
Agenda is available at March 2011 Agenda
The main achievements of this meeting were
- The TG focus was on Draft D0.1 comments resolution.
- 1814 comments were received. 1000 comments are editorial and 814 comments are technical.
- Resolutions for 232 technical comments (28.5%) were approved.
- The rest of the technical comments wll be resolved during weekly conference calls and an ad hoc meeting, May 3-5.
- The comment resolution spreadsheet is available at Comments Spread Sheet
May 2011 Goals
- Complete draft D0.1 comments resolutions.
- Generate draft D1.0 and go to WG Letter Ballot.
January 2011
Achievements
Agenda is available at January 2011 Agenda
The main achievements of this meeting were
- The TG approved the first TG draft D0.1
- Agreed to start an internal review period starting on January 28, 2011 and ends on February 27, 2011.
- Motions passed to update the TG Sepcifcation Framework document.
- The current approved revision of the Task Group Specification Framework is
11-09-0992r21
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March 2011 Goals
- Resolve comments receievd as a result of D0.1 review
November 2010
Achievements
Agenda is available at November 2010 Agenda
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Motions passed to update the TG Specification Framework in areas related to:
- MAC:
- VHT Capability Element;
- VHT Operation Element;
- TXOP POwer Save; and
- VHT Load Element
- PHY:
- Spectral Mask for Non-Contiguous 160 MHz Transmission;
- Compressed V matrix feedback as the only feedback for SU and MU-MIMO, and the related VHT MIMO Control field;
- 160 MHz Stream Parser,
- LDP Coding; and
- Enabling the beamformer to control the explicit feedback dimension for each user in MU-MIMO operation.
- Coexistence:
- RTS/CTS for Wider Channels; and
- BW and Dynamic/Static operation indication.
- MU-MIMO:
- Frame Format for Group ID Management.
- The current approved revision of the Task Group Specification Framework is
11-09-0992r18
- Submission
11-10-1361r2
includes a proposal for the TGac draft amendmend.
January 2011 goals
- Continue with Ad Hoc group meetings and straw polls
- Approve TGac Draft D0.1 and start TG review process
- Technical Presentations.
September 2010
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Motions passed to update the TG Specification Framework in areas related to:
- MAC: AID Selection, DL MU-MIMO TXOP Sharing, A-MPDU Delimiter, Max MPDU/A-MPDU Sizes
- Explicit Sounding, Phase rotation, Spectral mask, BCC coding rates, NDP sounding, 160 MHz transmission flow, support for channelization in China
- Coexistence: Medium access for wider BW, 160 MHz channelization.
- MU-MIMO: Sounding frame exchange protocol and formats, backoff procedure for MU-MIMO
- The current approved revision of the specification Framework is 09/0992r15
November 2010 goals
- Continue with Ad Hoc group meetings and straw polls
- Update TG documents as needed.
- Technical Presentations.
July 2010
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Motions passed to update the TG Specification Framework in areas related to:
- Harmonized preamble structure that enables autodetection and spoofing, include VHT SIG A and SIG B fields, packet length indication and frame padding
- PHY motions related to 40/80/160 MHz transmission, 256 QAM mapping, etc
- Coexistence motions related to improved CCA, primary and secondary channels for 80 MHz, etc
- The current approved revision of the specification Framework is 09/0992r13
- Accepted a new revision of the TGac Functional Requirements and Evaluation Methodology, 09/0451r15
September 2010 goals
- Continue with Ad Hoc group meetings and straw polls
- Update TG documents as needed.
- Technical Presentations.
May 2010
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Motions passed to update the TG Specification Framework in areas related to:
- MU-MIMO GroupID
- PHY-related motions on SU MCS, Subcarrier, Tone Allocation, P-Matrix, VHT SIG bit allocation, etc
- 160 MHz PHY transmission
- The current approved revision of the specification Framework is 09/0992r11
- Accepted a new revision of the TGac Functional Requirements and Evaluation Methodology
July 2010 goals
- Continue with Ad Hoc group meetings and straw polls
- Update TG documents as needed.
- Technical Presentations.
March 2010
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Motions passed to update the TG Specification Framework in areas related to:
- Preamble structure with two VHT SIG fields and TBD auto detect form (R3.2.1.F and R3.2.1.G)
- PHY Numerology excluding the maximum number of users for MU (R3.2.2.A)
- Interference cancellation and Resolvable LTFs (R4.1)
- Same modulation the same coding rate and coding type for all streams in SU transmission (R3.4.D)
- VHT SIG A to include STBC and BW bit(s) (R3.2.1.H)
- Accepted a new revision of the TGac Channel Models Addendum document
- Accepted a new revision of the TGac Functional Requirements and Evaluation Methodology
May 2010 goals
- Continue with Ad Hoc group meetings and straw polls
- Update TG documents as needed.
- Technical Presentations.
January 2010
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Approved a set of rules for Ad Hoc groups operation (09-0059r5)
- Accepted a new revision of the TG Specification Framework document (09-0992r3) that includes a new MAC section
- Accepted a new revision of the TG Channel Models Addendum document (09-0381r10)
March 2010 goals
- Continue with Ad Hoc group meetings and straw polls
- Update TG documents as needed.
- Technical Presentations.
November 2009
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- The selection of ad hoc group chairs is completed
- PHY AD Hoc(Vinko Erceg, Minho Cheong, Raja Banerjea)
- MAC (Matthew Fischer, Allan Zhu, Jae Seung Lee)
- MU-MIMO (Brian Hart, Robert Stacey, Sameer Vermani)
- Coexistence (Youhan Kim, Eldad Perahia, Yasushi Takatori)
- The TG accepted a new revision of the Functional Requirements and Evaluation Methodology document (09/0451r8)
- The TG agreed on an initial guideline for Ad Hoc scope (09/1175r1)
- Ad Hoc groups conducted their first meetings with focus on procedure discussion
January 2010 goals
- Continue with Ad Hoc group meetings and straw polls
- Update TG documents as needed.
- Technical Presentations.
September 2009
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- A new revision of the TG Channel Models Addendum document was approved by the TG (09/0308r8)
- Coherence time is set at 400 msec
- Added a new Appendix related to Matlab coding.
- Further consideration for mobile users is needed.
- A motion was passed to accept 09/992r2 as the starting point for TGac Specification Framework.
- Motion passed to add Enterprise scenario with OBSS to the Functional Requirements and Evaluation Methodology document
- Home scenario with OBSS was presented.
November 2009 goals
- Update TG documents as needed.
- Technical Presentations.
- Form Ad Hoc groups and chairs selection.
July 2009
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- A new revision of the TG Channel Models Addendum document was approved by the TG (09/0308r6)
- Consensus on the AoD and AoA ranges and distributions
- Need more work on Doppler model
- A motion passed to accept document 09/0451r7 as the baseline document. Future enhancements to Enterprise simulation scenarios are expected.
- TGaa presentation on progress related to OBSS issues
- Proposals to introduce changes to the TG selection procedure. The discussion will continue during September meeting.
September 2009 goals
- Update TG documents as needed.
- Technical Presentations.
May 2009
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- A motion was passed to accept 11-09-308r5 as the baseline document for TGac Channel models
- Progress on the Functional Requirements discussion. The objective is to adapt functional requirements document during the July meeting.
- Channel models : More work is needed before agreeing on TGac channel models
- presentation on Specification Framework. Discussion will continue on conference calls
July 2009 goals
- Update TG documents as needed.
- Approve the TG document on functional Requirements and Evaluation Methodology.
- Technical Presentations.
March 2009
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were
- Elections of two Vice Chairs (Joonsuk Kim, Broadcom and Menzo Wentink, Qualcomm)
- Functional Requirements: Agreed to include simulation scenarios and comparison criteria in the functional Requirements document
- Channel models : More work is needed before agreeing on TGac channel models
- Process and Selection Procedure: 09-059r4 as the TGac baseline document for the selection procedure
- Usage models: 09-0161r2 as the TGac baseline document for usage models
May 2009 goals
- Update TG documents as needed.
- Technical Presentations.
January 2009
Achievements
The main achievements of this meeting were