May 2005 Mesh Agenda Authors: May 2005 Date: 2005-05-17 May 2005 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 May 2005 Mesh Agenda Date: 2005-05-17 Authors: Name Address Company Phone Email Donald Eastlake 3rd 111 Locke Drive, Marlborough, MA 01752 USA Motorola +1-508-786-7554 Donald.Eastlake@motorola.com Notice: This document has been prepared to assist IEEE 802.11. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor grants a free, irrevocable license to the IEEE to incorporate material contained in this contribution, and any modifications thereof, in the creation of an IEEE Standards publication; to copyright in the IEEE’s name any IEEE Standards publication even though it may include portions of this contribution; and at the IEEE’s sole discretion to permit others to reproduce in whole or in part the resulting IEEE Standards publication. The contributor also acknowledges and accepts that this contribution may be made public by IEEE 802.11. Patent Policy and Procedures: The contributor is familiar with the IEEE 802 Patent Policy and Procedures <http:// ieee802.org/guides/bylaws/sb-bylaws.pdf>, including the statement "IEEE standards may include the known use of patent(s), including patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard." Early disclosure to the Working Group of patent information that might be relevant to the standard is essential to reduce the possibility for delays in the development process and increase the likelihood that the draft publication will be approved for publication. Please notify the Chair <stuart.kerry@philips.com> as early as possible, in written or electronic form, if patented technology (or technology under patent application) might be incorporated into a draft standard being developed within the IEEE 802.11 Working Group. If you have questions, contact the IEEE Patent Committee Administrator at <patcom@ieee.org>. Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

IEEE 802.11s: ESS Mesh Networking Task Group May 2005 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 IEEE 802.11s: ESS Mesh Networking Task Group TGs Motto: Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add but when there is nothing left to take away. Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia 16-18 May 2005 Chair: Donald E. Eastlake 3rd Donald.Eastlake@motorola.com +1-508-786-7554 Technical Editor: Steve Conner – Recording Secretary: Stephen Rayment Acting Secretary: Lily Yang Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

Estimated General Flow of the TGs Meeting May 2005 Estimated General Flow of the TGs Meeting Monday Evening Administrivia and Status of the Task Group Task Group Process Discussion and Development of Proposal Presentation and Selection Procedures Tuesday Other Presentations Brief Presentations Related to Proposals Wednesday Panels of Proposal Presenters Votes on teleconferences/ad-hoc meetings Thursday Morning Joint meeting with TGu Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

Monday Evening, 16 May 2005 Meeting Room 2, 19:30-21:30 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 Monday Evening, 16 May 2005 Meeting Room 2, 19:30-21:30 Call to Order Selection of Secretary for the May Meeting: Lily Yang Review of IEEE 802 and 802.11 Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property and Inappropriate Topics Attendance / File Server for Cairns Meeting, Mailing Lists Minutes Minutes of the March 2005 Meeting, 11-05/261r0, approved unanimously Minutes of the Teleconference held 20 April 2005, 11-05/341r1, approved unanimously Agenda approved unanimously Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards May 2005 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards 6. Patents IEEE standards may include the known use of patent(s), including patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard. This assurance shall be provided without coercion and prior to approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent becomes known after initial approval of the standard). This assurance shall be a letter that is in the form of either a) A general disclaimer to the effect that the patentee will not enforce any of its present or future patent(s) whose use would be required to implement the proposed IEEE standard against any person or entity using the patent(s) to comply with the standard or b) A statement that a license will be made available without compensation or under reasonable rates, with reasonable terms and conditions that are demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination This assurance shall apply, at a minimum, from the date of the standard's approval to the date of the standard's withdrawal and is irrevocable during that period. Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – December 2002, Reaffirmed May 2005 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

Inappropriate Topics for IEEE TG Meetings May 2005 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 Inappropriate Topics for IEEE TG Meetings Don’t discuss licensing terms or conditions Don’t discuss product pricing, territorial restrictions or market share Don’t discuss ongoing litigation or threatened litigation Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed… do formally object. If you have questions, contact the IEEE Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – December 2002 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

Attendance Recording -802.11 May 2005 Attendance Recording -802.11 A sign-in sheet will be located at the Registration desk Each member must sign-in “once” (1) per day, between the hours of 0800 and 1800 local time Participants must “sign” their name in the appropriate place and state % of attendance that day in 802.11 Attendance will be checked against other 802 groups. Those found abusing the honor system will loose ALL credit for that day. These sheets are provided daily. If you don’t sign up during the “regular sign-in” hours, you will NOT be given credit for that day. Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

ftp://server/ May 2005 IP Address: 10.0.0.5 www.802wirelessworld.com Will NOT be used for this Session! Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

ftp://server/802-11/ Upload ALL Submissions May 2005 ftp://server/802-11/ Upload ALL Submissions Into the INCOMING Documents folder Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

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Monday Evening, 16 May 2005 (continued) 19:30-21:30 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 Monday Evening, 16 May 2005 (continued) 19:30-21:30 Status of Task Group, Donald Eastlake 3rd 35 Notices received of intent to submit a proposal received and accepted, 11-05/112r11 9 brief proposal linked presentations in March 10 requests for proposal linked presentation slots at May meeting We have a request from TGw to see if we have any requirements for them. Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

Monday Evening, 16 May 2005 (continued) 19:30-21:30 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 Monday Evening, 16 May 2005 (continued) 19:30-21:30 Presentations, Discussion, and Votes on Process “TGs Process”, Donald Eastlake 3rd, 11-05/366r0 “TGs Downselect Alternative Timelines”, Donald Eastlake 3rd, 11-05/295r1 “TGs Selection Procedure”, Juan Carlos Zuniga, 11-05/274r4 Section 1 reviewed Straw poll on method of summation after presentations and before vote: 2 none 20 solo summaries of around 5 minutes 10 panels Modified to resolve other comments by attendees Section 3 reviewed and discussed but comments not resolved Recess until 10:30 Tuesday Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

Tuesday Morning, 17 May 2005 Meeting Room 3, 10:30-12:30 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 Tuesday Morning, 17 May 2005 Meeting Room 3, 10:30-12:30 Manual attendance reminder Presentations, Discussion, and Votes on Process “TGs Selection Procedure”, Juan Carlos Zuniga, 11-05/274r5 Reviewed and resoled comments on sections 3 and 4 Voter polls in favor of having a low hurdle (drop 25% or worse Yes Ratio) for July and dropping the bottom 1/3 of proposals in September. Consensus to remove all but sections 1, 3, and 4. Voter straw poll of 26-0 in favor of adoption. Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

Tuesday Morning, 17 May 2005 (continued) 10:30-12:30 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 Tuesday Morning, 17 May 2005 (continued) 10:30-12:30 Technical Presentations and Discussion “A distributed MAC algorithm for wireless mesh networks”, 11-05/392r2, Ray-Guang Cheng Moved, to adopt 11-05/274r6 Moved Juan Carlos Zuniga Seconded Steve Conner Passed >75%: Vote 16-0-1 Recess until 13:30 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

Tuesday Afternoon, 17 May 2005 Meeting Room 3, 13:30 – 15:30 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 Tuesday Afternoon, 17 May 2005 Meeting Room 3, 13:30 – 15:30 Manual attendance reminder 13:35 Slot A, Proposal Intent # 22, “A possible architecture for the Mesh Coordination Function”, 11-05/422r0 Straw poll, Yes: 24 No: 0 13:58 Slot B, Proposal Intent #15, “Mesh Formation and Higher Layer Interactions”, 11-05/384r0 Straw poll, Yes: 32 No: 0 14:21 Slot C, Proposal Intent #34, “Extensible Security and Routing Proposal”, 11-05/443r0 Straw poll, Yes: 29 No: 0 14:44 Slot D, Proposal Intent #17, “A high speed packet relay irrespective of hop counts”, 11-05/375r0 Straw poll, Yes: 19 No: 1 15:07 Slot E, Proposal Intent #32, “Proposal for ESS Mesh (ESS Mesh Security)”, s1-11-05/0000 Straw poll, Yes: 33 No: 0 Adjourn until 08:00 Wednesday Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

Wednesday Morning, 18 May 2005 Meeting Room 2, 08:00 – 10:00 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 Wednesday Morning, 18 May 2005 Meeting Room 2, 08:00 – 10:00 Manual attendance reminder 08:05 Slot F, Proposal Intent #35, “Proactive Mesh Networks (ProM)”, 11-05/386-01 Straw poll, Yes: No: 08:28 Slot G, Proposal Intent #34, 11-05/ 08:51 Slot H, Proposal Intent #18, 11-05/395r0 09:14 Slot I, Proposal Intent #30, “Media Protection Enhancement to Improve Efficiency for Mesh”, 11-05/ 09:37 Slot J, Proposal Intent #1, 11-05/ Straw poll, Yes: No: Recess until 13:30 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

Wednesday Afternoon, 18 May 2005 Meeting Room 2, 13:30 – 15:30 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 Wednesday Afternoon, 18 May 2005 Meeting Room 2, 13:30 – 15:30 Manual attendance reminder Technical Presentations and Discussion DFS Regulatory Update, 11-05/397r0, Greg Chesson (Atheros), Donald Eastlake (Motorola) On broadcast and multicast frames in mesh, Jesse Walker (Intel) Starting not later than 14:30 First Panel of Proposal Intenders Second Panel of Proposal Intenders Recess until 16:00 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

Wednesday Afternoon, 18 May 2005 Meeting Room 2, 16:00 – 18:00 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 Wednesday Afternoon, 18 May 2005 Meeting Room 2, 16:00 – 18:00 Manual attendance reminder Discussion and Motions on Process / Teleconferences / ad hoc Meetings “TGs Process”, Donald Eastlake, 11-05/366r1 Note that we currently have 802.11 working group permission to hold an ad hoc meeting August 30th through September 1st in Portland, Oregon, to discuss proposals. No later than 17:30: Adjourn until 10:30 Thursday. NOTE: Although this session theoretically should last until 6pm, that’s when the buses start for the Social! Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

Thursday Morning, 19 May 2005 Meeting Room 2, 10:30 – 11:30 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 Thursday Morning, 19 May 2005 Meeting Room 2, 10:30 – 11:30 Joint meeting with TGu for the first hour of this slot Discuss external entities and interfaces. 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. Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

[Reference Information] May 2005 [Reference Information] PAR for IEEE 802.11 ESS Mesh: 11-04/54r2 Five Criteria for IEEE 802.11 ESS Mesh: 11-04/56r1 Call for Proposals: 11-04/1430r12 Proposal Presentation Procedures: 11-04/1539r3 (Only the March and May procedures had been adopted) Proposal Intents: 11-05/112r11 Adopted Task Group Working Documents as of 1/19/2005 11-04/1477r4: Terms and Definitions for 802.11s 11-04/1174r13: Functional Specification and Scope 11-04/1175r10: Comparison Categories and Informative Checklists 11-04/662r16: Usage Models 11-04/1543r4: Informative Reference Bibliography for 802.11s Miscellaneous Earlier Mesh Submissions to WNG Study Group, see 11-04/0047r0 Graphs and Mesh, see 11-04-420r0 “Free the APs” Button Graphics: 11-04/518r0 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

[Earlier Minutes] Task Group “s” Meeting Minutes May 2005 doc.: IEEE 802.11-05/322r6 May 2005 [Earlier Minutes] Task Group “s” Meeting Minutes March 2005 Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 11-05/261r0 January 2005 Meeting, Monterey, California, 11-05/45r0 November 2004 Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 11-04/1464r0 September 2004 Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 11-04/1125r1 July 2004 Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 11-04/853r0 Recent Teleconference Minutes 20 April 2005, 11-05/341r1 23 February 2005, 11-05/125r1 MESH Study Group Meeting Minutes May 2004 Meeting, Garden Grove, California, 11-04/652r1 March 2004 Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 11-04/395r2 January 2004 Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, 11-04/110r2 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola