doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 1 TGn-SB0-mac-adhoc-report Date: Authors:

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 2 Abstract Running record of Agenda, Minutes, Results and Motions for the TGn Sponsor Ballot 0 MAC adhoc comment resolution group from January interim meeting through the meeting during which MAC SB0 comment processing is completed.

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 3 Policies Policies and Procedures: IEEE Patent Policy - Are there any patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that the participant believes may be essential for the use of that standard? Minute 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. Affiliation FAQ - Anti-Trust FAQ - Ethics - IEEE Policies and Procedures - and-proceedures.htm and-proceedures.htm IEEE 802 Policies and Procedures -

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 4 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

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 5 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 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual Material about the patent policy is available at If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit This slide set is available at

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 6 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 Minute 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.

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 7 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 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details.

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 8 Member Affiliation It is defined in the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws, as: “An individual is deemed “affiliated” with any individual or entity that has been, or will be, financially or materially supporting that individual’s participation in a particular IEEE standards activity. This includes, but is not limited to, his or her employer and any individual or entity that has or will have, either directly or indirectly, requested, paid for, or otherwise sponsored his or her participation.

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 9 Declaration of Affiliation Revision: May 2007 Standards Board Bylaw – Openness Openness is defined as the quality of being not restricted to a particular type or category of participants. All meetings involving standards development an all IEEE Sponsor ballots shall be open toa all interested parties. Each individual participant in IEEE Standards activities shall disclose his or her affiliations when requested. A person who knows or reasonably should know, that a participant’s disclosure is materially incomplete or incorrect should report that fact to the Secretary of the IEEE-SA Standards Board and the appropriate Sponsors. –

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 10 Affiliation Policy Requirement to declare affiliation at all standards development meetings – each 2-hour session block - and recorded in the minutes –Affiliation not necessarily same as employer –Declaration requirement may be familiar to some 802 WGs, though WG declaration process may evolve 11. What if I refuse to disclose my affiliation? –As outlined in IEEE-SA governance documents, you will lose certain rights. In a working group where voting rights are gained through attendance, no attendance credit will be granted if affiliation isn’t declared. Similarly, voting rights are to be removed if affiliation isn’t declared. Affiliation declaration will be added to Sponsor ballot

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 11 MAC adhoc meeting agenda-notes pages Most recent agenda-notes pages are at the top of this document (i.e. have lower slide numbers).

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 12 Interpretive guide Text coloring: –Black = pending agenda item –Red = item partially addressed –Green = item completed –Gray = item not addressed in the session indicated at the top of the slide

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 13 Agenda for 20 January 2009 IEEE Patent policy review –status Question of IP claims (See slide 12) –status Attendance –status Request for volunteers to write submissions for remaining comments Submissions related to CIDs – SB0 MAC ALL CIDS – Matthew Fischer status Recycled CIDs Other CIDs

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 14 TGn MAC adhoc Nov 12, 2007 minutes IEEE patent policy discussed, no one asked for a reading In response to the question of essential claims (see slide 12), no response was elicited Attendance –Matthew Fischer, Broadcom Reviewed CIDs in documents: Straw polls: TEMPLATE

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 15 For better viewing Place text here

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 16 MAC adhoc Motions All MAC adhoc motions are contained in this section, with the most recent motions appearing first.

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 17 MAC Motion motion_sb0_a Set of 20 comments –Topics Relevant documents n-sb0-mac-all-cids.doc Examples of subjects covered: –Change in location of PSMP support bit –Naming of capability bits vs their function –Rate selection –Dual CTS –MCAST A-MPDU #xxx Move to accept comment resolutions in /0083r1 tab “motion_sb0_a” – PM2 TGn action xxxx

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 18 MAC Motion motion_example Set of x comments –Topic Relevant documents xxxxRy General nature #xxx NOT REALLY A MOTION - Move to accept comment resolutions in 11-08/0510rX tab “motion_example” – PM2 TGn action xxxx TEMPLATE

doc.: IEEE /0084r1 Submission January 2009 Matthew Fischer, BroadcomSlide 19 References n-SB0-mac-adhoc-report.ppt –(this document) n-tgn-SB0-MAC-comments.xls –Comment spreadsheet for MAC adhoc for SB n-tgn-MAC-LB84-Ad-Hoc- Operation.ppt –LB84 MAC adhoc rules to be re-used for SB0