IEEE 802.21 Session #26 Jacksonville, Florida Opening Plenary May 2008 IEEE 802.21 Session #26 Jacksonville, Florida Opening Plenary Vivek Gupta vivek.g.gupta@intel.com Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

WG Officers Office Officer Chair Vivek Gupta Vice Chair Subir Das May 2008 WG Officers Office Officer Chair Vivek Gupta Vice Chair Subir Das Secretary Xiaoyu Liu Editor David Cypher 802.11 Liaison Clint Chaplin 802.16 Liaison Peretz Feder IETF Liaison Yoshihiro Ohba The WG has 69 voting members as of this meeting Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

IEEE 802.21 Meeting Server Details May 2008 IEEE 802.21 Meeting Server Details http://mentor.ieee.org/802.21/documents All documents from old website have been transferred to new system. Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Session Time and Location May 2008 Session Time and Location Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday AM-1 Joint Opening Plenary MRPM SG Security SG AM-2 HBBS SG 802.21 WG PM-1 PM-2 Eve Social Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Attendance Electronic Attendance ONLY Electronic Attendance May 2008 Attendance Electronic Attendance ONLY Electronic Attendance IMAT System http://murphy.events.ieee.org/imat Enter your personal information and profile Mark attendance during every session Total number of 802.21 WG sessions: 14 11 sessions for 75% attendance to be counted towards WG voting membership Room reserved for evening sessions: 7:30 – 9:30 pm or later in case we need to use it All attendance records on the 802.21 website Please check the attendance records for any manual errors Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Voting Membership 802.21 Voting Membership described in May 2008 Voting Membership 802.21 Voting Membership described in DCN#: 21-06-0075-02-0000 Maintenance of Voting Membership Two Plenary sessions out of four consecutive Plenary sessions on a moving window basis One out of the two Plenary session requirement could be substituted by an Interim session Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Miscellaneous Meeting Logistics May 2008 Miscellaneous Meeting Logistics Breaks 802.21 WG would break as follows: AM Coffee break: 10:00-10:30 am Lunch:12.30 noon until 1.30 pm PM Coffee break: 3:30 – 4:00 pm Wednesday Evening Social Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Registration and Media Recording Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 May 2008 Registration and Media Recording Each Attendee must provide contact information and pay conference fee Conference fee has to be paid through the registration desk at the hotel or through sponsor Failure to pay conference fee results in loss of credit for voting rights Photography not permitted unless approved by WG Chair Audio taping of IEEE 802.21 meetings is NOT allowed Media – Press and Analyst briefings Only the 802.21 WG Chair and WG Vice-Chair are allowed to give verbal statements/interviews to the media on behalf of the IEEE 802.21 working group Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21 17 John Doe, His Company

Membership & Anti-Trust Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 May 2008 Membership & Anti-Trust Individual membership In all IEEE standards meetings, membership is by individual, hence you do not represent a company or organization. Anti-Trust laws The Anti-Trust laws forbid the discussion of prices within our meetings. Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21 26 John Doe, His Company

Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 May 2008 The IEEE-SA strongly recommends that at each WG meeting the chair or a designee: Show slides #1 through #4 of this presentation Advise the WG attendees that: The IEEE’s patent policy is consistent with the ANSI patent policy and is described in Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws; Early identification of patent claims which may be essential for the use of standards under development is strongly encouraged; There may be Essential Patent Claims of which the IEEE is not aware. Additionally, neither the IEEE, the WG, nor the WG chair can ensure the accuracy or completeness of any assurance or whether any such assurance is, in fact, of a Patent Claim that is essential for the use of the standard under development. Instruct the WG Secretary to record in the minutes of the relevant WG meeting: That the foregoing information was provided and that slides 1 through 4 (and this slide 0, if applicable) were shown; That the chair or designee provided an opportunity for participants to identify patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) of which the participant is personally aware and that may be essential for the use of that standard Any responses that were given, specifically the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that were identified (if any) and by whom. The WG Chair shall ensure that a request is made to any identified holders of potential essential patent claim(s) to complete and submit a Letter of Assurance. It is recommended that the WG chair review the guidance in IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual 6.3.5 and in FAQs 12 and 12a on inclusion of potential Essential Patent Claims by incorporation or by reference. Note: WG includes Working Groups, Task Groups, and other standards-developing committees with a PAR approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board. (Optional to be shown) Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21 John Doe, His Company

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 May 2008 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All 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 Slide #1 Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21 John Doe, His Company

May 2008 Patent Related Links All 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 Bylaws http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://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 patcom@ieee.org 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 Slide #2 Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Call for Potentially Essential Patents May 2008 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 Slide #3 Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 May 2008 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. Slide #4 Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21 John Doe, His Company

Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 May 2008 Copyright Under the current US copyright law — the author of information is deemed to own the copyright from the moment of creation The IEEE Bylaws require copyright of all material to be held by the IEEE Must consult with IEEE for re-use of copyright material The IEEE Standards accomplishes transfer of copyright ownership through the Project Authorization Request (PAR) process 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. Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21 John Doe, His Company

New Members New Member Count = Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 May 2008 New Members New Member Count = 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. Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21 John Doe, His Company

Summary of Completed Work May 2008 Summary of Completed Work Draft Specification (P802-21-D01) confirmed in May 2005 WG Letter Ballot Completed in July 2007 Initiated Sponsor Ballot in Aug 2007, 62% Approval, 650 Comments SB Recirculation Jan-2008, 83% Approval, 330 Comments SB Recirculation Feb-2008, 90% Approval, 246 Comments Requirements submitted to ITU through 802.18 for IMT-Advanced Interaction with other 802 groups and other SDOs 802.16: MIH solution incorporated in 802.16g in Nov 2005 802.11: MIH solution incorporated in 802.11u in Sep 2006 3GPP: Requirements for IS Accepted at SA2#52 in May-2006, Concept of Information Service accepted at SA2# 58 in Orlando, 802.21 Dual Radio Solution submitted for Jan-2008 SA2 meeting in Marina Del Rey Study Groups Security Signaling in Handovers Multi-Radio Power Conservation Management Handover between Broadcast Services Emergency Services Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Objectives for the May Meeting Complete SB Recirculation-2 Comment Resolution Technical Comment Resolution Discuss submitted contributions Study Group Activities Security Signaling during Handovers Multi-radio Power Conservation Management Handover b/w Broadcast Services Interaction with other 802 groups & other presentations 3GPP next steps discussion IMT-Advanced next steps discussion Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Revised 802.21 Timeline (Jan 2007) May 2008 Revised 802.21 Timeline (Jan 2007) IEEE 802.21 ECSG formed – March 2003 IEEE 802.21 WG formed – March 2004 Requirements development – September 2004 Call for Proposals – October 2004 Harmonized Single Proposal Confirmed by the WG – May 2005 Ongoing WG Comment Resolution started – July 2005 WG Comment Resolution completed – January 2006 Start of WG Letter Ballot – March 2006 Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot –July-07 IEEE 802 Draft Standard submitted to RevCom – July 2008 Ongoing Interaction with Other Standards Organization (3GPP, 3GPP2, IETF, 802.11, 802.16, 802.3) - adoption of it depends on the timeline of work items within these groups Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

May 2008 Plan to meet 802.21 Timeline Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot – (July 2007) For RevCom Approval in March 2008 => Draft Approval Rating > 90% (minimum), preferably >95% SB : Starts Aug-17, Ends Sept 16: Return Ratio: 78% Approval Ratio 62% Comment Resolution for SB (Sep-Nov) =>Recirculation SB-Recirc #1 (recirculation 15 days): Starts Dec-20, Ends Jan-09: Return Ratio: 83%, Approval Ratio: 83% Comment Resolution for SB #1 (Jan meeting) =>Recirculation SB-Recirc #2 (recirculation 15 days): Starts Feb 05, Ends Feb 22: Return Ratio: 84%, Approval Ratio: 88% Comment Resolution for SB #1 (Feb Ad Hoc/March) => Recirculation SB-Recirc #3 (recirculation 15 days): Starts April ??, Ends April ??: Return Ratio: ??%, Approval Ratio: ??% Comment Resolution for SB #1 (May) => RevCom Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

May 2008 Future Sessions - 2008 Plenary: July 13th – 18th, 2008, Denver, Colorado Co-located with all 802 groups Interim: Sept 7th – 12th ,2008, (Big Island, Hawaii) Meeting co-located with 802.11/15/18/19/20/22 Plenary: Nov 9th – 14th,2008, Dallas, TX Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

May 2008 Future Sessions - 2009 Interim: Jan 18-23, 2009, Hyatt Century Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, USA Meeting co-located with 802.11/15/18/19/20/22 Plenary: March 8-13, 2009, Hyatt Regency & Fairmont Vancouver, BC, Canada Co-located with all 802 groups Interim: May 10-15, 2009, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Montreal, Canada Plenary: July 12-17, 2009, Hyatt Regency San Francisco, CA Interim: Sept 20-25, 2009, Hilton Waikola Village, Big Island, Hawaii Plenary: Nov 15-20, 2009, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, GA Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Future Sessions - 2010 Interim: Jan, 2010, Location TBD May 2008 Future Sessions - 2010 Interim: Jan, 2010, Location TBD Meeting co-located with 802.11/15/18/19/20/22 Plenary: March 14-19, 2010, Caribe Royale, Orlando Co-located with all 802 groups Interim: May 16-21, 2010, Location TBD Plenary: July 11-16, 2010, Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA Interim: Sept 12-17, 2010, Hilton Waikola Village, Big Island, Hawaii Plenary: Nov 7-12, 2010, Hyatt Regency, Dallas, Texas Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21