1. General 802.11-Opening-Presentation
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General Opening-Presentation
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Authors:
Notice: This document has been prepared to assist IEEE 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.
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Patent Policy and Procedures: The contributor is familiar with the IEEE 802 Patent Policy and Procedures < 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 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 Working Group. If you have questions, contact the IEEE Patent Committee Administrator at
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2. General Agenda Information
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IEEE 802 Wireless Groups
General Agenda Information
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3. Working Group Officer Duties
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Working Group Officer Duties
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4. Voting Tokens Registration badges are Voting Tokens for 802.11 James
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Voting Tokens
Once you become a Voter, a Voting “token” will be printed for each session and can be obtained at the opening of a session, providing you have paid your attendance fee!
Display session Badge at ALL times
If you loose your Voting token during a session please see Al Petrick, Harry Worstell or Stuart J. Kerry for a replacement in
See Rick Alfvin for voting tokens
See Mike Lynch for voting tokens
See Steve Shellhammer for voting tokens
See Jerry Upton for voting tokens
See Michael Williams for voting tokens
See Carl Stevenson for voting tokens
Voters are required to use this “token” when a vote in progress on a Motion.
Registration badges are
Voting Tokens for
James
Bond
007
Acrobat Document
VM .11
Hilton, Hawaii 2006
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5. Operating Policies and Procedures
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Operating Policies and Procedures
Operating Policies and Procedures in order of priority
IEEE Project 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures
IEEE Working Group Policies and Procedures
Document IEEE for
Document 9900/R6P802-15_Policies and Procedures for
document r0
document IEEE Policies and Procedures July 2005.pdf
document – PD-05
draft in progress
document –
Robert’s Rules of Order
Latest Edition
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6. Registration and Media Recording
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Registration and Media Recording
Each Attendee must provide contact information and pay conference fee
Conference fee has to be paid through the registration desk / hotel or 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 /.22 meetings is NOT allowed
Media – Press and Analyst briefings
Only the /.15/.18/.19/.22 WG Chair and WG Vice-Chairs are allowed to give verbal statements/interviews to the media on behalf of the respective IEEE /.15/.18/.19/.22 working groups
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7. ftp://172.16.0.11 /var/ftp/11 Use this address whenever possible
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ftp:// /var/ftp/11
Use this address
whenever possible
For local server
Obtain Doc numbers
Upload Docs
File synchronization to
local FTP site will be
handled periodically
throughout the day
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11. Attendance list Attendance list is provided in WG session minutes
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Attendance list
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Attendance list is provided in WG session minutes
ALL Attendees are responsible for providing correct addresses and contact information to the follow officers in addition to updates on the Electronic Attendance Server
For changes to
Harry Worstell
For changes to
Rick Alfvin
For changes to
Mike Lynch
For changes to
Steve Shellhammer
For changes to
Jerry Upton
For changes to
Ajay Rajkumar
For changes to
Carl Stevenson:
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12. January 2006
Voting Rights
Earned by attending and participating in meetings for each session in progress.
Two (2) types of meeting sessions
Plenary:….3 sessions per calendar year (March, July, November)
Organized by IEEE 802
Interim: .. Currently 3 sessions per calendar year (January, May, September)
Organized by working group IEEE /15/18/19/22 and sponsored by a host
Voting rights can be earned by participation in 2 plenary sessions within 4 consecutive plenary sessions
One (1) Interim session may be substituted for a plenary
Definition of participation…..
Must be present in at least 75% of ALL meetings in a session
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13. Voting Rights Must be present at a session to VOTE
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Voting Rights
IEEE
Working Group (WG)
Plenary Meetings
Task Groups (TG)
Meetings
Must be present at a session to VOTE
Participation in debates, Motion(s) moved, seconded is only permitted by VOTING members in ALL /15/18/19/22 meetings
However WG & TG Chairs may permit observers/attendees to participate in debates and discussions….
Study Groups (SG)
Meetings
In Study Groups ALL attendees and have VOTING rights
For more details Refer to doc: New Participants-Orientation
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14. Attendance Recording -802.11
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Attendance Recording
A sign-in sheet will be located at the Concierge desk
Each member must sign-in “once” (1) per day, between the hours of 07:30 and 17:30 local time
Participants must “sign” their name in the appropriate place and state of attendance for that day in terms of AM1/AM2, PM1/PM2, EV1 (if an evening meeting exists)
Only “sign-in” for yourself, do NOT “sign-in” for and other participate.
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.
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Attendance Policy
Attendance credit will be provided as follows:
Collective pool from which the 100% attendance is based on AM/PM meetings.
Evening meetings and tutorials will be counted as “optional” or substituted for AM/PM meetings.
Exception: Tuesday evening NO credit is given
No Tutorials or meetings scheduled
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16. Membership & Anti-Trust
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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.
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17. IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
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IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
6. Patents
IEEE standards may include the known use of essential patents, and 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 –, March 2003, July 2005
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18. IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
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IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
6. Patents
IEEE standards may include the known use of essential patents and patent applications provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents whose infringement is, or in the case of patent applications, potential future infringement the applicant asserts will be, unavoidable in a compliant implementation of either mandatory or optional portions of the standard [essential patents]. This assurance shall be provided without coercion. The patent holder or applicant should provide this assurance as soon as reasonably feasible in the standards development process. This assurance shall be provided no later than the approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent or patent application becomes known after initial approval of the standard). This assurance shall be 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 either mandatory or optional portions of the proposed IEEE standard against any person or entity complying with the standard; or
b) A statement that a license for such implementation 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 – March 2003 (Revised January 2006)
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19. Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings
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Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings
Don’t discuss the validity/essentiality of patents/patent claims
Don’t discuss the cost of specific patent use
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-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit
This slide set is available at
Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – March 2003 (Revised January 2006)
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20. January 2006
IEEE 802 Paul Nikolich
Local and Metropolitan Area Network Standards Committee Chair, IEEE 802 LMSC
TO: 802 PARTICIPANTS
SUBJECT: INDEMNIFICATION
DATE: 13 JAN 2006 CC:
Dear 802 Member:
As we begin the new year, it is good to remind ourselves of the IEEE’s mission: promoting the
process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electro- and
information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession. The IEEE-SA
carries this mission forward through the development of standards. This is important work
that we do, and we have reason to take pride in it.
The IEEE-SA accomplishes its mission through its commitment to a fair and open process. This
commitment has become increasingly important with the passage of the Standards Development
Organization (SDO) Advancement Act of 2004, because legal protection for the IEEE-SA’s work
is available under that Act only as long as the IEEE-SA’s procedures incorporate attributes of
openness, balance of interests, due process, an appeals process, and consensus. The IEEE-SA
expects that other contemplated legislative protections for SDOs will require similar procedures.
Without those legal protections, the IEEE-SA and participants in the process have far greater
legal exposure.
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The IEEE-SA wants to make sure that the volunteers who share its commitment are protected
from challenges to their conduct within the IEEE standards development process. Toward that
end, the IEEE several years ago adopted an indemnification policy. The policy is stated in Bylaw
I-300.3, and the IEEE-SA has published a brochure explaining it (available at
Briefly stated, the policy protects volunteers
where the IEEE Board of Directors finds that the volunteers’ service was duly authorized, lawful,
in good faith, and consistent with the purposes and objectives of IEEE.
One area of concern for SDOs and their participants in recent years has been potential antitrust
claims arising from abuse of an SDO’s process. The 802 group offered a tutorial at the July 2005
plenary to explain IEEE indemnification policy in the antitrust context, and our legal counsel
wanted to make sure that all 802 participants have some sense of how the policy would work in
this context. Of course the vast majority of IEEE-SA volunteers demonstrate their commitment
to IEEE-SA’s operating principles every day, and we have not – yet – had a claim against a
volunteer in the standards process where the IEEE Board was required to make a final decision on
indemnification. I cannot speak for the IEEE Board of Directors, but if a volunteer in the
standards process brings relevant professional training and experience to bear, participates
thoughtfully, and acts impartially, in good faith, and without a financial interest in the outcome,
and is nonetheless named in an antitrust claim, it would be difficult for me to think of any
antitrust claims that could plausibly be brought against them that would not be covered under our policy.
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Without wishing to focus on the negative, however, here are two examples of conduct
that likely would result in denial of any request for indemnification:
• A group representing one proposed technology seeks to dominate a working group. The
working group chairman is aligned with that faction. At meetings of the working group, the chair
adopts a practice of recognizing only members of that faction and declining to recognize any
other speakers. In that circumstance, it is highly unlikely that the IEEE would indemnify the
chair. (while IEEE procedures do not require absolute equality of floor time between or among
different interests, clearly biasing the proceedings against a particular position is unacceptable).
• A Company hires a consulting firm to ensure that a number of the consulting firm’s
employees are members of a working group. These employees disclose their affiliation with the
consulting firm but do not disclose their affiliation with the Company. These employees do not
substantively participate in the working group meetings but attend a sufficient number of
meetings to achieve and maintain working group voting rights. The employees cast their votes as
directed by the Company that has engaged their consulting firm. It is highly unlikely that the
IEEE would indemnify any of these individuals.
I want to thank you and your fellow 802 members for your continuing commitment to the IEEESA’s
fundamental operating principles, and for your contributions to the betterment of humanity
and the profession. With best wishes for another successful year in 802, under the oversight of
the IEEE-SA.
Best regards,
Paul Nikolich
Chair, IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee
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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.
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24. Standards Compliance Disclaimer
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Standards Compliance Disclaimer
IEEE 802 “Unapproved Drafts” are to be used for the purposes of IEEE Standardization activities
IEEE 802 “Unapproved Drafts” must NOT be used to claim conformance/compliance, as Drafts are subject to change
You are at RISK if IEEE 802 “Unapproved Drafts” are USED for anything other that IEEE Standardization activities
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25. IEEE 802.11-22 Meeting Etiquette
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IEEE 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.
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26. Thank you for your attention! Questions?
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Thank you for your attention! Questions?
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.
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