TGmb Agenda, January 2010 Date: 2010-01-15 Authors: January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 TGmb Agenda, January 2010 Date: 2010-01-15 Authors: Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Abstract Agenda for the TGmb meeting in Los Angeles, California from January 18-21, 2010. Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Monday PM2 18 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Call meeting to order doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Monday PM2 18 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Call meeting to order Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 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 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 Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Patent Related Links January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 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 Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Call for Potentially Essential Patents January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 Call for Potentially Essential Patents January 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 Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 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. Slide #4 Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 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 Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 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. Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Monday PM2 (continued) 18 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Monday PM2 (continued) 18 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Attendance recording procedures See 11-09/0246r0 https://murphy.events.ieee.org/imat Must register before logging attendance Must log attendance during each 2 hour session Documentation http://mentor.ieee.org Use “TGm” for documents relating to the Revision PAR Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Monday PM2 (continued) 18 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Monday PM2 (continued) 18 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Results from LB160 (REVmb-D2.0) 166 affirmative (89%), 20 negative (11%), with 25 abstentions Change from LB 149: +11 affirmative, -3 negative, -4 abstensions This was a recirculation ballot; all comments must be against changed text 246 comments received (195 technical), stored in 11-09/0706r7 Plan of record on next slide Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Current TGmb Plan of Record January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Current TGmb Plan of Record May 2008 – Issue Call for Comment/Input July 2008 – begin process input and old Interpretation requests Acknowledge previous Task Group referrals Sept 2008 – PAR revision process started Nov 2008 – close receipt of new input Nov 2008 – WG/EC approval of PAR Revision Dec 2008 – NesCom/SASB approval PAR Revision May 2009 – First WG Letter ballot (includes All published Amendments as of May 2009) Nov 2009 – Recirc start January 2010 – Form Sponsor Pool (45 days) July 2010 – Sponsor Ballot Start (Include all published amendments as of July 2010) November 2010 – Sponsor Recirc March 2011 – WG/EC Final Approval June 2011 – RevCom/SASB Approval Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Monday PM2 (continued) 18 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Monday PM2 (continued) 18 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Approval of minutes of prior meetings November 2009 minutes: 11-09/1190r0 – https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/09/11-09-1190-00-000m-minutes-of-tgmb-nov-2009-atlanta-plenary.doc Draft Update D2.01 is on the server Includes the 11n update Editorial review to be carried out following this meeting – Volunteers Are Welcome! Editor’s Report Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Monday PM2 (continued) 18 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Monday PM2 (continued) 18 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Comment Resolution Three ad hoc databases: GEN, MAC, and SECURITY Comments are in 11-09/790r7 (filter on letter ballot column) Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Monday EVE 18 January 2010, 19:30 – 21:30 Comment Resolution doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Monday EVE 18 January 2010, 19:30 – 21:30 Comment Resolution Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Tuesday PM1 19 January 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 Comment Resolution doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Tuesday PM1 19 January 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 Comment Resolution Discussion of CIDs 2070, 2222, 2223 Additional comment resolution Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

January 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Tuesday PM2 19 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 GEN ad hoc Comment Resolution Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Wednesday PM1 20 January 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Wednesday PM1 20 January 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 Comment Resolution: Security Presentation: 11-10/0018r0 for CID 2219 (Adrian Stephens) Other Comment Resolution Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Wednesday PM2 20 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Wednesday PM2 20 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Comment Resolution Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Thursday PM1 21 January 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Thursday PM1 21 January 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 Comment Resolution Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

Thursday PM2 21 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0063r0 January 2010 Thursday PM2 21 January 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Comment Resolution Preparation for March 2010 meeting Teleconferences/ad hocs Review Timeline (slide 12) AOB Adjourn Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks