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Report to LMSC EC on IEEE 802.11 TGai dominance allegation

Report on investigation into dominance allegations in 802.11 TGai, including errors discovered and outcomes of specific topics discussed during the investigation in 2016.

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Report to LMSC EC on IEEE 802.11 TGai dominance allegation

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  1. Report to LMSC EC on IEEE 802.11 TGai dominance allegation Authors: Date:2016-11-06 Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

  2. This submission is a report out from the 802.11 WG chair on the outcome of the 802.11 task group ai (TGai) dominance allegation investigation Purpose Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

  3. An allegation of dominance in 802.11 TGai was received in June 2016 • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/16/11-16-0799-00-0000-dominance-allegation-in-tgai.doc • The allegation was investigated using a process described to the EC and discussed in the July 2016 opening EC plenary. • James Gilb kindly offered to be the EC observer/participant. He attended all interviews and co-authored the report. • The report was delivered to 802.11 in Sept 2016 • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/16/11-16-1187-01-0000-investigation-of-dominance-allegation-in-tgai.doc • Errors were thus discovered, and an updated report prepared for the Nov 2016 session • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/16/11-16-1187-02-0000-investigation-of-dominance-allegation-in-tgai.doc History Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

  4. The outcome of the DILS topic is that this feature remained in the draft standard, but as an optional feature. Under alternative voting regimes, the DILS feature would have been removed. If there was evidence of coercion, the outcome of motion 302 would have been a clear demonstration of dominant behaviour. The outcome of the State Machine topic is that state 5 was removed. The alleged dominant behaviour might have delayed its removal. AES-SIV remains as the only authenticated-encryption scheme in the draft standard. Any alleged dominant behaviour had no effect on this outcome. Questionable behaviour was displayed by Huawei affiliates in the Geneva meeting (July 2013). This did not repeat. There was no evidence of coercion There was evidence that individuals were voting when they were not sufficiently expert so to do Findings (from 11-16/1187r2) Adrian Stephens, Intel Corporation

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