IEEE P802.11 - TASK GROUP BA - GROUP INFORMATION

Status of Project IEEE 802.11ba

Wake-up Radio (WUR) Operation

Minyoung Park, Chair

Yunsong Yang, Vice-Chair

Leif Wilhelmsson, Recording Secretary

Po-Kai Huang, Technical Editor

Background

In May 2016, the Wake-up Radio (WUR) Study Group was created within IEEE 802.11 Working Group to develop PAR (project authorization request) and CSD (criteria for standrd development) to enable an energy efficient data reception mode that consumes less than 1 milliwatt without increase of latency for the 802.11 standard.(See:https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/16/11-16-0722-01-0000-proposal-for-wake-up-receiver-study-group.pptx)

The WUR SG completed developing PAR and CSD documents in November 2016. The PAR and CSD was approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board in December 2016. A new task group TGba has been formed in the 802.11 Working Group to develop an amendment titled "Wake-up Radio Operation".

October 8, 2021: IEEE Std 802.11ba^TM-2021 published

March 2021: P802.11ba Draft 8.0 approved by IEEE-SA Standard Board

January 2021 (virtual face-to-face meeting)

• Comment resolution completed (January 4th TGba CRC telco)
  • CRC rejected the one received comment (not part of no vote)
• P802.11ba D8.0 will be on the March RevCom/SASB agenda for approval
• The TG completed the balloting process

December 2020

• Second recirculation SA ballot complete (December 11 - 21)
  • Result: 98% approval rate, one editorial comment received

November 2020 (virtual face-to-face meeting)

• Approved 10-day 2nd SA recirculation letter ballot - Start after TGay SA recirc
• Approved EC report (11-20/1707r3) and re-affirmed TGba CSD
• Reviewed TG timeline - RevCom approval: March 2021
• Agenda: doc:11-20/1622r3

October 2020

• Result of 1st recirculation SA ballot (September 16 – October 1)
• Approval rate: 95% (5 disapprove)
• 2 members changed their disapprove votes to approve (updated on October 26)
• Updated approval rate: 97% (3 disapprove)
• 4 comments received (3 MBS, 1 non-MBS)
• Comment resolution completed (October 12 telco)

September 2020 (virtual face-to-face meeting)

• Produced P802.11ba D7.0 - September 16, 2020
• 1st recirculation SA ballot started on September 17th and closes on October 1st
• RevCom approval date is now January 2021 to align with other task groups (TGmd, TGax, and TGay)

August 2020

• Approved a motion to produce P802.11ba D7.0 based on the resolutions and start 1st recirculation SA ballot

July 2020 (virtual face-to-face meeting)

• Completed comment resolution on the initial SA ballot - July 6, 2020
• Recirculation SA ballot planned in August after TGmd, TGax, and TGay

June 2020

• Comment resolution status: 90 % complete (11 remaining comments: 5 CIDs ready for motion, 6 unresolved comments) - June 16, 2020
• Produced P802.11ba D6.1 - June 4, 2020

May 2020 (face-to-face meeting at Warsaw, Poland - Cancelled)

• Comment resolution status: 60 % complete (47 unresolved comments)

March 2020 (face-to-face meeting at Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Cancelled)

• Initial SA Ballot opened on February 5, 2020 and closed on March 18, 2020
  • Results: 92 Approve, 9 Disapprove, 6 Abstain; Approval rate: 91%
  • Comments received: Total 116

January 2020, Irvine, California, USA

• LB 248 results (closed on December 17)
• Results: 258 Approve, 12 Disapprove, 22 Abstain; Approval rate: 96%
• Comments received: Total 22 (19 technical comments, 1 Editorial, 2 General)
• 5 members have changed votes to approve after the LB (updated disapprove votes = 7, updated approval rate=97%)
• Work completed
• Completed comment resolution on D5.0 (LB248)
• TGba and WG approved to generate TGba Draft 6.0 and start a 4th 15-day WG recirculation letter ballot
• Approved EC report for EC conditional approval (doc:11-20/130r1)
• Expected to start SA ballot early February if Draft 6.0 doesn't need another WG recirc letter ballot
• Reviewed TG timeline
• Agenda: doc:11-19/2124r6

November 2019, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA

• LB243 closed on October 15, received 146 comments on D4.0 (100 technical, 43 editorial, 3 general)
• Results: 90% approve votes
• 27 disapprove votes (10 disapprove votes related to one technical topic)
• 1 member changed vote from disapprove to approve after LB
• Completed resolving all 146 comments received on D4.0 (LB243) (see the comment database: doc.:11-19/1770r7)
• TGba and WG approved to generate TGba Draft 5.0 and start a 3rd 15-day WG recirculation letter ballot
• MDR completed
• Reviewed TG timeline - initial SA ballot planned after March 2020
• Agenda: doc:11-19/1743r12

September 2019, Hanoi, Vietnam

• Completed resolving all 418 comments received on D3.0 (LB241) (see the comment database: doc.:11-19/1016r10)
• TGba and WG approved to generate TGba Draft 4.0 and start a second 15-day WG recirculation letter ballot
• Reviewed TG timeline - initial SA ballot planned after January 2020 (TGba is waiting for TGmd to start initial SA ballot)
• Agenda: doc:11-19/1418r9

July 2019, Vienna, Austria

• LB241 closed on June 18, received 418 comments on D3.0
• Results: 84% approve votes
• 40 disapprove votes
• 10 disapprove votes carried over from the previous WGLB (LB237)
• 5 members changed their disapprove votes to approve
• Resolved 185 technical comments, 139 editorial comments received on D3.0 (LB241)
• Total unresolved comments: 94
• Reviewed TG timeline
• Agenda: doc:11-19/988r11

May 2019, Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

• Completed resolving all 827 comments received on D2.0 (LB237)
• TGba approved to generate TGba Draft 3.0 and start an intial 15-day WG recirculation letter ballot - approved by 802.11WG
• Reviewed TG timeline - sponser ballot planned by the end of 2019
• Agenda: doc:11-19/617r11

March 2019, Vancouver, BC, Canada

• LB237 on TGba Draft 2.0 passed (82.4% approval)
• TGba worked on the comment resolution on D2.0
• 40% completed (327 comments resolved out of 827)
• WG approved to hold an ad-hoc meeting at the Bay area on April 17-18, 2019
• Reviewed TG timeline - sponser ballot planned by the end of 2019
• Agenda: doc:11-19/242r8

January 2019, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

• Completed comment resolution on TGba Draft 1.0
• TGba approved to generate TGba Draft 2.0 and start 30 day initial WG letter ballot - approved by 802.11WG
• TGba approved TGba coexistence assurance document (11-18/1069r1) - approved by 802.11WG
• Reviewed TG timeline
• Agenda: doc:11-18/2109r10

November 2018, Bangkok, Thailand

• Worked on comment resolution, resolved 582 out of 1253 comments (46%)
• Reviewed TG timeline
• Agenda: doc:11-18/1717r10

September 2018, Waikoloa, HI, USA

• Approved TGba D0.4
• Resolved remaining TBDs in D0.4 to produce D1.0
• The TG passed a motion to enable the TG Editor to prepare draft D1.0 and start a 30-day WG letter Ballot
• The TG approved TGba Coexistence Assurance document (11-18/1069r0)
• TGba power management presented to ARC
• Reviewed TG timeline
• Agenda: doc:11-18/1381r9

July 2018, San Diego, CA, USA

• Approved TGba D0.3
• Reviewed technical presentations
• Reviewed and approved spec text documents for generating TGba D0.4
• Discussed Draft status
• TGba/ARC joint session – TGba architecture discussion
• Reviewed and changed TG timeline
• Agenda: doc:11-18/1042r11

May 2018, Warsaw, Poland

• Approved TGba SFD and TGba D0.2
• Closed TGba SFD (Final document is 11-18/575r11)
• Reviewed spec text documents for TGba D0.3
• Reviewed technical presentations
• TGba/ARC joint session – TGba architecture discussion
• Reviewed TG timeline
• Agenda: doc:11-18/647r11

March 2018, Rosemont, Illinois, USA

• Approved TGba Spec Framework Document (SFD) IEEE 802.11-17/575r9
• Approved TGba D0.1 as the initial TGba draft
• Approved PHY/MAC spec text documents to create TGba D0.2
• Reviewed technical presentations
• Reviewed the TG timeline – schedule delayed by 2 months (Now TGba D1.0 is targeted in July 2018)
• Set goals for the May 2018 meeting
• Agenda: see doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/313r9

January 2018, Irvine, California, USA

• Approved TGba Spec Framework Document (SFD) IEEE 802.11-17/575r8
• Approved PHY/MAC spec text documents to create TGba D0.1
• Reviewed technical presentations
• Reviewed the TG timeline
• Set goals for the March 2018 meeting
• Agenda: see doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/1862r8

November 2017, Orlando, Florida, USA

• Reviewed technical presentations
• Approved TGba Spec Framework Document (SFD) IEEE 802.11-17/575r5
• Confirmed TGba technical editor Po-Kai Huang
• Identified subclauses in TGba D0.0 that have enough technical details to start writing draft text
• Reviewed the TG timeline
• Set goals for the January 2018 meeting and teleconference schedule
• Agenda: see doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/1549r7

September 2017, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA

• Reviewed technical presentations
• Approved TGba Spec Framework Document (SFD) IEEE 802.11-17/575r3
• Reviewed and approved TGba task group documents
  • Usage model document
  • Simulation Scenarios and Evaluation Methodology Document
• Reviewed and revised the TG timeline Draft 0.1 in January 2018, Draft 1.0 in May 2018
• Set goals for the November 2017 meeting and teleconference schedule
• Agenda: see doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/1223r9

July 2017, Berlin, Germany

• Discussed MAC architecture implications of TGba
• Reviewed technical presentations
  • 14 PHY/11 MAC presentations
• Approved TGba Spec Framework Document (SFD)
  • IEEE 802.11-17/575r1
• Reviewed TGba task group documents
  • Usage model document
  • Simulation Scenarios and Evaluation Methodology Document
• Reviewed the TG timeline
• Set goals for the September 2017 meeting and teleconference schedule
• Agenda: see doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/883r8

May 2017, Daejeon, Korea

• Reviewed technical presentations (33 out of 43 submissions)
  • PHY and MAC
• Made progress reaching consensus on basic design of PHY/MAC
• Approved TGba Spec Framework Document (SFD): IEEE 802.11-17/575r0
• Reviewed TGba task group documents
  • Usage model document
  • Simulation Scenarios and Evaluation Methodology Document
• Reviewed the TG timeline
• Set goals for the July 2017 meeting and teleconference schedule
Agenda: see doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/545r11

March 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada

·       TG elected 2 Vice-Chairs

o    1st VC: Yunsong Yang (Huawei): Y/N/A = 62/0/1

o    2nd VC: Eunsung Park (LG Electronics): Y/N/A = 60/0/1

·       Reviewed technical presentations (17 out of 35 submissions)

o    Started to reach consensus on high-level technical PHY/MAC concepts

·       TGba Spec Framework Document will be created based on the passed motions

o    TG passed 16 technical motions and 2 use case motions 

·       Updated TGba task group documents

o    Functional Requirements Document ( IEEE 802.11-17/38r2 )

o    Simulation Scenarios and Evaluation Methodology Document ( IEEE 802.11-17/188r4 )

·       Reviewed the TG timeline

·       Set goals for the May 2017 meeting and teleconference schedule

·       Agenda: see doc.: IEEE 802.11-17/193r7

January 2017, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

• TG approved the TG leadership structure
• Chair, 2 Vice-chairs, Secretary
• Vice-chairs election in March 2017
• TG Secretary confirmed by the TG (Y/N/A: 57/0/2)
• TG Secretary: LeifWilhelmsson
• Discussed TG spec development process
• TG approved to create four TG documents
• Use case document (1st draft [11-17/0029r4] approved by the TG)
• Functional requirements document
• Evaluation methodology and simulation scenario document
• Spec framework document
• Reviewed technical presentations (21 out of 27 submissions)
• The submission list can be found in the agenda ( IEEE 802.11-16/1593r6 )
• Approved the TG timeline
• 2017
• January:TGbaformation meeting
• November:TGbaDraft 0.1
• 2018
• March:TGbaDraft 1.0
• September:TGbaDraft 2.0
• 2019:
• March: MDR (mandatory document review)
• July: formation of sponsor ballot pool
• September: Sponsor ballot
• 2020 July:
• RevCom
• Agenda: see doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1593r6

IEEE 802.11 Wake-up Radio Study Group

November 2016, San Antonio, Texas, USA

• Work completed during the November 2016 F2F
• Reviewed the comments on the PAR and CSD from 802.11 PAR SC, other WGs, and EC
• Resolved all the comments and revised the PAR and CSD
• Revised PAR: 802.11-16/1045r9
• Revised CSD: 802.11-16/936r4
• The revised PAR and CSD have been approved by the SG and 802.11 WG 
• Approved the comment responses
• Approved SG extension
• Reviewed the presentations
• 11-16/1379, On error rate performance of OOK in AWGN, Simon Qu (Blackberry), 20min
• 11-16/1400r0, Power Efficient WUR AP Discovery, Xiaofei Wang (InterDigital)
• 11-16/1445 Overall MAC Procedure for WUR, Kiseon Ryu (LG Electronics)
• 11-16/1501, AP Discovery using WUR, Igor Kim (ETRI)
• 11-16/1504, Discussion of WUR Packets Design, Ke Yao (ZTE)
• 11-16/1506r0, Coexistence Mechanism for Wakeup Radio Signal Follow-up, Yongho Seok (NEWRACOM)
• 11-16/1465, WUR usage model, Ross (Huawei)
• 11-16/1470, Wake-up and Data Exchange Sequences, John Son (WILUS)
• 11-16/1460, WUR MAC discussion, Liwen Chu (Marvell)
• 11-16/1326r1, Feedback from the 802.11 PAR Review SC, Jon Rosdahl
• Reviewed the SG timeline
• Set goals for the January 2017 meeting
• Decide Task Group leadership structure
• Decide TG specification development process
• Review TG timeline
• Review technical presentations
• Teleconference schedule
• December 12th Monday 18:00 ET (1 hour)
• Agenda: see doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/1324r7

September 2016, Warsaw, Poland

• Summary since July 2016 F2F
• Call for comments on the initial PAR (11-16/1045r3) and CSD (11-16/936r1) documents announced on August 4th and closed on August 14th
• Collected 22 comments on the PAR and 2 editorial comments on the CSD
• PAR comments:11-16/1095r2
• CSD comments: 11-16/1096/r0
• Held three teleconference calls on August 15th, 23rd, and 29th to discuss and resolve the comments
• The SG Chair appointed Shahrnaz Azizi to lead the comment resolution for the PAR (email)
• Resolutions for the PAR comments were discussed through email threads   
• Invitation email sent to the 802.11 WG reflector
• The discussions summarized in 11-16/1119r0 and reviewed with the SG on Aug. 29th
• Work completed during the September 2016 F2F
• Completed the development of the PAR and CSD
• PAR:11-16/1045r6
• CSD: 11-16/936r3
• The PAR and CSD contained in 11-16/1045r6 and 11-16/936r3 have been approved by the SG and 802.11 WG to be posted to the IEEE 802 Executive Committee (EC) agenda for 802 WG preview and EC approval
• 802.11 WG motion results (11-16/1125r2)
• PAR: 104-1-8 (passes)
• CSD: 103-1-8 (passes)
• Reviewed the following presentations
•  PAR related submissions:
• 11-16/1229r2, WUR update on PAR comment resolution, Shahrnaz Azizi (Intel)
• 11-16/1045r4, A PAR proposal for WUR SG, Shahrnaz Azizi (Intel)
• CSD related submissions:
• 11-16/936r2, A CSD proposal for wake-up radio (WUR), Osama Aboul-Magd (Huawei)
• Other submissions:
• 11-16/1144r0, Further investigation on WUR performance, Eunsung Park (LGE)
• 11-16/1147r0, WUR and efficiency tradeoffs (Newracom)
• 11-16/1215r0, Demand of Being Waken Up While Moving Follow-up, Ke Yao (ZTE)
• 11-16/1217r0, WUR based Broadcast Reference Signal, John Son (WILUS)
• 11-16/1243r0, Multi user access for Wakeup Radio, Hanseul Hong (Yonsei Univ.)
• Reviewed the SG timeline
• September meeting agenda:
• IEEE 802.11-16/1080r6
• September closing report:
• IEEE 802.11-16/1272r1
• Goals for the November meeting
• Review and resolve comments from other WGs and EC members by the WG mid-week plenary meeting
• Revise PAR and CSD based on the resolutions
• Submit the revised PAR and CSD for the 802.11 WG approval

July 2016, San Diego, California, USA

• Submissions reviewed:
• PAR related submissions:
• 11-16/974r0, WUR usage scenarios and applications, Shahrnaz Azizi (Intel Corp.)
• 11-16/970r0, Input on WUR PAR scope, Steve Shellhammer (Qualcomm)
• 11-16/935r0, A PAR proposal for Wake-up Radio (WUR), Osama AboulMagd (Huawei)
• 11-16/859r0, WUR SG Proposed PAR, Minyoung Park (Intel Corp.)
• CSD related submissions:
• 11-16/936r0, A CSD proposal for Wake-up Radio (WUR), Osama AboulMagd (Huawei)
• Other submissions:
• 11-16/865r0, Performance investigation on wake-up receiver, Eunsung Park (LGE)
• 11-16/927r0, Securing the WUR, Yunsong Yang (Huawei)
• 11-16/931r0, Demand on roaming for WUR, Bo Sun (ZTE)
• 11-16/939r0, WUR-based Power Save Operations of AP, John Son (WILUS)
• 11-16/950r0, Considerations on WUR design, Igor Kim (ETRI)
• 11-16/968r0, Discussion of Duty-Cycled Wake-Up Receivers, Leif Wilhelmsson (Ericsson)
• Decided the study group leadership structure
•  Conducted Vice-Chair election Yunsong Yang (81% approval rate)
• Appointed Secretary and confirmed by a SG motion Leif Wilhelmsson (unanimous consent)
• Reviewed and discussed presentations to develop PAR and CSD documents:
• Use cases, problem statements, scope and purpose
• Reviewed a merged PAR document in the SG
• 11-16/1045r2, A PAR proposal for Wake-up Radio, Shahrnaz Azizi (Intel Corp.)
• Reviewed SG timeline
• Approved WUR SG extension
• Set teleconference schedule
• Latest agenda:
• doc.: IEEE 802.11-16/794r4
• Goals for the September meeting
• Develop PAR and CSD documents R and CSD documents
• Complete PAR and CSD documents for WG approval
• Submit PAR and CSD for WG approval

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