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Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 1

May 2009 Mesh Meeting AgendaDate: 2009-04-16

Authors:

Name Address Affiliation Phone Email

Stuart J. Kerry 1020 White Cloud Drive, Morgan Hill, CA 95037, United States of America

OK-Brit +1 (408) 348-3171 [email protected]

Donald Eastlake 3rd

155 Beaver Street,Milford, MA 01757 USA

Stellar Switches

+1-508-634-2066 [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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IEEE 802.11s:Mesh Networking

Task GroupTGs Motto: Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to

add but when there is nothing left to take away.

Montreal, Quebec11-14 May, 2009

Temporary Chair: Stuart J. Kerry (OK-Brit)Temporary Technical Editor: Kazuyuki Sakoda (Sony)

Secretary: Stephen Rayment (BelAir Networks)Chair: Donald E. Eastlake 3rd (Stellar Switches) <[email protected]>

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Venue

Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Montreal, Quebec

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General Flow of the TGs Meeting• Monday

– Administrivia and Status– TGs Process Presentation– Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft

• Tuesday– Administrivia and Status– Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft

• Wednesday– Security Presentations– Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft

• Thursday– Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft– TGs Process Discussion– Teleconferences/Ad-Hoc Meetings Discussion and Votes

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Monday, 11 May 2009 10:30–12:00

• Call meeting to Order– Miscellaneous Announcements– Automated attendance reminder– Review of IEEE 802 and 802.11 Policies and Procedures on

Intellectual Property, Inappropriate Topics, Etc.

• Approval of Meeting Agenda • Approval of Minutes:

– Vancouver meeting minutes: 11-09/312r0– Teleconference minutes: May 6, 11-09/TBDr0

• Status of TGs Draft 3.0 and Comment Resolutions– “Resolution of comments from Letter Ballot 147”, 11-09/471rTBD

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Monday, 11 May 2009 10:30–12:30

• Presentation and Discussion on Process– “TGs Process, May”, 11-09/TBDr0

• LB147 Comment Categorization and Resolution.• Recess until 13:30

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Automated Attendance Recording• Go to http://newton/11/attendance

(Documents: http://802server.events.ieee.org/ or 172.16.0.10 or just http://newton)– Sign-in– Claim attendance credit for each session.

• Only “sign-in” and “claim credit” for yourself, do NOT “sign-in” for others.

• You have to log in every session!• Do NOT use 802wirelessworld for anything!

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Miscellaneous Announcements• Warning: Do not leave your laptops unattended!

– The meeting is not responsible for your unwatched stuff.• Wear your badge at all times in the meeting area!• Individual membership

– In all IEEE standards meetings, membership is by individual, hence you do not represent a company or organization.

• Photographs and Recordings– No sound recordings are permitted at 802.11 WG or TG meetings.– No photographs allowed without WG Chair permission.

• Media – Press and Analyst briefings– Only the 802.11/.15/.18/.19/.22 WG Chair and WG Vice-Chairs

are allowed to give verbal statements/interviews to the media on behalf of their respective IEEE working group.

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Important Stuff• Note the links from the items in red in the left column of all pages

of the Working Group meeting agenda.– Affiliation Frequently Asked Questions:

http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html – Anti-Trust:

http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf – IEEE Ethics:

http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/ethics/code_ethics.html – Letter of Assurance Form: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/loa.pdf – IEEE Patent Committee: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html – IEEE Patent Policy:

http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt – Patent FAQ: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/faq.pdf

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Participants, Patents, and Duty to InformAll participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants:

– “Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents

• “Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims

– “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents)

– The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group

Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2• Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged• No duty to perform a patent search

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Patent Related LinksAll participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development.Patent Policy is stated in these sources:

IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylawshttp://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manualhttp://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3

Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html

If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at [email protected] or visit http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html

This slide set is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt

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Call for Potentially Essential Patents

• If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance: – Either speak up now or– Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of

any and all such claims as soon as possible or– Cause an LOA to be submitted

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Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings

• All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. – Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent

claims.

– Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions.• Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different

technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings.

– Technical considerations remain primary focus

– Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets.

– Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation.

– Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object.---------------------------------------------------------------

See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause 5.3.10 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for

more details.

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Monday, 11 May 2009 13:30–15:30

• Call meeting to Order• IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder• LB147 Comment Categorization and Resolution.• Recess until 16:00

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Monday, 11 May 2009 16:00–18:00

• Call meeting to Order• IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder• LB147 Comment Categorization and Resolution.• Recess until 19:30

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Monday, 11 May 2009 19:30–21:30

• Call meeting to Order• IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder• LB147 Comment Categorization and Resolution.• Recess until 10:30 Tuesday

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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 10:30 – 12:30

• Call Meeting to Order• IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder• LB147 Comment Resolution.• Recess until 13:30

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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 13:30 – 15:30


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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 16:00 – 18:00


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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 19:30 – 21:30

• Call Meeting to Order• IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder• LB147 Comment Resolution.• Recess until 13:30 Wednesday

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Wednesday, 13 May 2009 13:30 – 15:30

• Call Meeting to Order• IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder• Security Presentations• LB147 Comment Resolution.• Recess until 16:00

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Wednesday, 13 May 2009 16:00 – 18:00

• Call Meeting to Order• IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder• LB147 Comment Resolution.• Recess until 10:30 Thursday

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Thursday, 14 May 2008 10:30 – 12:30


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Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:00 – 18:00

• Call Meeting to Order• IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder• Discussion and Votes re Process / ad hocs / teleconferences

– “TGs Process, May”, 11-09/TBDr1

• Motion: To direct the Editor to produce one or more revisions of the Draft so as to incorporate all changes and comment resolutions adopted before the end of this session.

• Adjourn sine die• TGs Motto: Perfection is achieved not when there is

nothing left to add but when there is nothing left to take away.

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[Reference Information]• Updated PAR at

http://standards.ieee.org/board/nes/projects/802-11s.pdf. – Original PAR for IEEE 802.11 ESS Mesh: 11-04/54r2.

Original Five Criteria for IEEE 802.11 ESS Mesh: 11-04/56r1.

• Comment Resolution Spreadsheet:– 11-09/471r0: Resolution of Letter Ballot #147 Comments

• TGs Technical Editors:– Kazuyuki Sakoda (Sony), Draft 2.03…D3.0…– Anthony Maida (3eTI), Drafts 2.01 and D2.02– Avinash Joshi (Motorola), Drafts 1.09 through D2.0– W. Steven Conner (Intel). Drafts 0.01 through D1.08

(also chair of the first Mesh Study Group Session)

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[Earlier Meeting Minutes]• Task Group “s” Meeting Minutes

– March 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia, 11-09/312r0– January 2009, Los Angeles, California, 11-09/110r0– November 2008, Dallas, Texas, 11-08/1431r0– September 2008, Waikoloa, Hawaii, 11-08/1078r0

• September 2008, ad hoc Meeting, Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, 11-08/1038r0– July 2008, Denver, Colorado, 11-08/835r0– May 2008, Jacksonville, Florida, 11-08/580r2

• May 2008, ad hoc meeting, Santa Clara, California, 11-08/539r0– March 2008, Orlando, Florida, 11-08/424r0– January 2008, Taipei, Taiwan, 11-08/170r2– November 2007, Atlanta, Georgia, 11-07/2826r1

• Recent Teleconference Minutes• February 4, 18, 11-09/227r0, 11-09/244r0