TGae Agenda Date: 2010-05-17 Authors: May 2010 September 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0983r0 May 2010 TGae Agenda Date: 2010-05-17 Authors: Michael Montemurro, RIM Michael Montemurro, RIM

Agenda for the TGae Task Group meeting for May 2010 September 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0983r0 May 2010 Abstract Agenda for the TGae Task Group meeting for May 2010 Michael Montemurro, RIM Michael Montemurro, RIM

Monday Session 17 May 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Call to Order September 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0983r0 May 2010 Monday Session 17 May 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Call to Order Review of IEEE Patent Policy and Conduct Call for Essential Patents Agenda approval Election of Task Group Officers Chair Candidates: Michael Montemurro (RIM), ? Secretary Candidates: ? Editor Candidates: ? Attendance Record your attendance on the attendance server. Documentation http://mentor.ieee.org Michael Montemurro, RIM Michael Montemurro, RIM

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform September 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0983r0 May 2010 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 July 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 Michael Montemurro, RIM Michael Montemurro, RIM

Patent Related Links May 2010 September 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0983r0 May 2010 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 Michael Montemurro, RIM Michael Montemurro, RIM

Call for Potentially Essential Patents September 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0983r0 Call for Potentially Essential Patents May 2010 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 Michael Montemurro, RIM Michael Montemurro, RIM

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings September 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0983r0 May 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 July 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 Michael Montemurro, RIM Michael Montemurro, RIM

Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation September 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0983r0 May 2010 Resources – URLs Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html Links to IEEE Antitrust Guidelines http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf Link to IEEE Code of Ethics http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/ethics/code_ethics.html Link to IEEE Patent Policy http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt Michael Montemurro, RIM Michael Montemurro, RIM

IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization September 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0983r0 May 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. Michael Montemurro, RIM Michael Montemurro, RIM

Monday Session (cont’d) 17 May 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 September 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0983r0 May 2010 Monday Session (cont’d) 17 May 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Approval of Meeting Minutes https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-0377-02-00ae-tgae-minutes-802plenary-mar-2010.doc https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-0461-02-00ae-tgae-teleconference-minutes-apr-may-2010.doc Background Material on this topic: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-0476-01-00ae-management-frame-policy-definition.ppt https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-0365-03-00ae-proposal-for-prioritization-of-management-frames.doc https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-0295-00-00ae-tech-proposals.doc Michael Montemurro, RIM Michael Montemurro, RIM

Monday Session (cont’d) 17 May 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 September 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0983r0 May 2010 Monday Session (cont’d) 17 May 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Discussion on TGae Presentations Discussion of document: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-0574-00-00ae-11ae-draft-amendment-proposal.doc Implicit signaling for prioritized management frames – Actions from teleconference calls. Preparation for July 2010 Meeting Teleconferences Old Business New Business Adjourn for the week. Michael Montemurro, RIM Michael Montemurro, RIM

Wednesday Session Call for essential patents. Agenda approval September 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0983r0 May 2010 Wednesday Session 19 May 2010, 08:00 – 10:00 Call for essential patents. Agenda approval Continued discussion on TGae Presentations Recess until Thursday at 08:00 Michael Montemurro, RIM Michael Montemurro, RIM

Thursday Session Call for essential patents Agenda approval September 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-09/0983r0 May 2010 Thursday Session 20 May 2010, 08:00 – 10:00 Call for essential patents Agenda approval Continued Discussion on TGae proposals and presentations. Preparation for July 2010 Meeting Teleconferences Old Business New Business Adjourn for the week. Michael Montemurro, RIM Michael Montemurro, RIM