IEEE 802.11 Regulatory AHC Los Angeles Meeting Plan and Agenda April 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.19-09/xxxxr0 March 2010 IEEE 802.11 Regulatory AHC Los Angeles Meeting Plan and Agenda Date: 2010-03-16 Authors: Stephen McCann, RIM Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
April 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.19-09/xxxxr0 March 2010 Abstract This presentation is the plan for the March 16, 2010 IEEE 802.11 Regulatory Ad Hoc Committee meeting in Orlando. Stephen McCann, RIM Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Agenda Administrative items Introduction The regulatory summaries March 2010 Agenda Administrative items Required notices Review and approve teleconference minutes Introduction The regulatory summaries North America European Union Asia FOCUS: EN 300 328 v1.8.1 The National Broadband Plan Ofcom consultation Stephen McCann, RIM
Administrative Items March 2010 Ad Hoc Committee rules (per Adrian) Introduce the ethics etc... slides in your meetings, you should not call for essential patents AHC, is a "committee of the whole" of the WG - i.e. any WG member can contribute; in practice, anybody who turns up can speak During f2f meetings, you can hold formal votes of only the voting members of 802.11; on a telecon you can take straw polls, but not formal votes Required notices Affiliation FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html Anti-Trust FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf Ethics - http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/about/CoE_poster.pdf IEEE 802.11 Working Group Policies and Procedures - https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/public-file/07/11-07-0360-04-0000-802-11-policies-and-procedures.doc Chair and Secretary Chair is Rich Kennedy (Research In Motion) Recording Secretary needed Stephen McCann, RIM
Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings March 2010 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. Stephen McCann, RIM
March 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0265r1 March 2010 Meeting Etiquette IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization Meetings are to be conducted in an orderly and professional manner in accordance with the policies and procedures governed by the organization. Individuals are to address the “Technical” content of the subject under consideration and refrain from making “personal” comments to or about the presenter. The Copyright Act of 1976 made a dramatic change to U.S. copyright law. Copyright was now deemed to exist from the moment of creation. Thus anything that is created is deemed to be owned by its creator. Additionally, a work no longer needs to be published in order to be protected. Therefore, even your scribbles on a piece of note paper constitute copyrighted material that you own and control. The NII (National Information Infrastructure) and the GII (Global Information Infrastructure) are causing lawmakers and copyright owners to assess the ability of current copyright law to protect owners rights in a digital environment. While at this point the changes being talked about are not significant, they will make it clear that copyright protection is afforded to owners in the digital environment making it a requirement to honor the rights accorded to owners. It is a requirement under the IEEE Bylaws that copyright ownership of all material published by the IEEE resides with the IEEE. The Standards Department accomplishes the transfer of copyright ownership from the volunteer authors to the Institute via the Project Authorization Request (PAR) form. Stephen McCann, RIM Stephen McCann, RIM
Introduction Outputs from this group must go through 802.18 Purpose March 2010 Introduction Purpose Improve the working relationship between the technical experts and the regulatory specialists, especially when it comes to critical technical issues Scope The group will review new regulatory changes or impending changes affecting 802.11 standards Each meeting will focus on the most critical issue at the time Critical Issue Focus Direct impact on IEEE 802.11 current and future products Response/Input deadlines Coordination with IEEE 802.18 (RR-TAG) Coordination with the Wi-Fi Alliance Outputs from this group must go through 802.18 Stephen McCann, RIM
March 2010 Motion Approve the 802.11 Regulatory Ad Hoc Committee minutes of the March 4th teleconference: 11-10-0279-00-0reg-march-4-teleconference-minutes Moved by: Seconded by: Discussion on the motion? Vote: xx voters in the room Stephen McCann, RIM
Regulatory Summary – North America March 2010 Regulatory Summary – North America US FCC changes in the 5 GHz band National Broadband Plan March 17 (tomorrow) report to Congress Released this morning Canada Mexico Stephen McCann, RIM
Regulatory Summary – European Union March 2010 Regulatory Summary – European Union ERM TG11 - EN 300 328 revision update See FOCUS Ofcom Consultation: 600 MHz band and geographic interleaved spectrum Stephen McCann, RIM
Regulatory Summary - Asia March 2010 Regulatory Summary - Asia Singapore TVWS consultation closed without 802.18 or WFA comment. Stephen McCann, RIM
FOCUS: The National Broadband Plan March 2010 FOCUS: The National Broadband Plan Executive Summary published yesterday The Public Notice: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296859A1.pdf The Executive Summary: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296858A1.pdf Full text available today Stephen McCann, RIM
March 2010 FOCUS: ETSI EN 300 328 v1.8.1 Clause 4 – “Technical requirements” has been completed Stephen McCann, RIM
FOCUS: Ofcom Consultation March 2010 FOCUS: Ofcom Consultation Digital dividend: 600 MHz band and geographic interleaved spectrum Consultation on potential uses Closes April 29, 2010 Stephen McCann, RIM
April 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.19-09/xxxxr0 March 2010 References https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-0279-00-0reg-march-4th-teleconference-minutes.doc http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/clearedaward/condoc.pdf http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/ddrinterleaved/interleaved.pdf http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/bandmngr/condoc.pdf www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/600mhz_geographic/600condoc.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296859A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296858A1.pdf Stephen McCann, RIM Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion