1. IEEE 802.1 OmniRAN TG June 5th , 2018 Conference Call
Max Riegel, Nokia Bell Labs
(TG Chair)

2. Conference Call Tuesday, June 5th , 2018 at 09:30-10:30am ET
September 2012
doc.: IEEE /0996r3
Conference Call
Tuesday, June 5th , 2018 at 09:30-10:30am ET
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Stephen McCann, RIM

3. P802.1CF/D2.0 comment resolution
September 2012
doc.: IEEE /0996r3
Agenda proposal
Minutes
Reports
P802.1CF/D2.0 comment resolution
P802.1CF/D2.0 WG ballot disposition documentation
P802.1CQ discussions depending on input
Next call
AOB
Stephen McCann, RIM

4. Participants have a duty to inform the IEEE
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
Participants should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed) of the identity of any other holders of potential Essential Patent Claims
Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is encouraged

5. Ways to inform IEEE
Cause an LOA to be submitted to the IEEE-SA 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
Speak up now and respond to this 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, please respond at this time by providing relevant information to the WG Chair.

6. 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 of different technical approaches that include relative costs of patent licensing terms may be discussed in standards development meetings.
Technical considerations remain the 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.
For more details, see IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and Antitrust and Competition Policy: What You Need to Know at

7. Patent-related information
The patent policy and the procedures used to execute that policy are documented in the:
IEEE-SA Standards Board 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

8. Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings
Dorothy Stanley, HP Enterprise
November 2016
doc.: ec EC
Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings
All participation in IEEE 802 Working Group meetings is on an individual basis
Participants in the IEEE standards development individual process shall act based on their qualifications and experience. ( section 5.2.1)
IEEE 802 Working Group membership is by individual; “Working Group members shall participate in the consensus process in a manner consistent with their professional expert opinion as individuals, and not as organizational representatives”. ( section 4.2.1)
You have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. Your obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders.
You shall not direct the actions or votes of any other member of an IEEE 802 Working Group or retaliate against any other member for their actions or votes within IEEE 802 Working Group meetings, see
section and
section 3.4.1, list item x
By participating in IEEE 802 meetings, you accept these requirements. If you do not agree to these policies then you shall not participate.

9. Business #1 Call Meeting to Order Minutes taker: Mandatory slides
Chair called meeting to order at 09:30 AM ET
Minutes taker:
Hao is taking notes.
Mandatory slides
Mandatory slides were presented, no announcements came up.
Roll Call
Name
Affiliation
Max Riegel
Nokia
Hao Wang
Fujitsu
Walter Pienciak
Adv. Cog. Arch.
Antonio de la Oliva
UC3M

10. P802.1CF/D2.0 comment resolution
September 2012
doc.: IEEE /0996r3
Agenda
Minutes
Reports
P802.1CF/D2.0 comment resolution
P802.1CF/D2.0 WG ballot disposition documentation
P802.1CQ discussions depending on input
Next call
AOB
Stephen McCann, RIM

11. Business #2 Minutes Reports
Approval postponed to next F2F
Reports
Chair informed about preparation for the sponsor ballot process for 802.1CF.
MEC (mandatory editorial coordination) and invitation for participation in sponsor balloting pool has been initiated.
All IEEE SA members are entitled to participate in sponsor ballot without any additional fee.
Participation in sponsor ballot is also possible to all other persons at a per-ballot fee. The process how to register for a single sponsor ballot pool without IEEE SA membership is described in section 6.6 of the myProject user guide:

12. Business #3 P802.1CF/D2.0 comment resolution
TG walked through Excel sheet and resolved remaining opens.
Group agreed with proposed additions to function specific attribute descriptions. Hao pointed out that structure of attributes for AN setup have been cleaned up requiring to update related figure 89 as well.
Group agreed with proposed resolution for cid 100 and cid 101.
All revised figures have been uploaded to shared dropbox folder for the editor for inclusion into D2.1
It was pointed out that Figure 88 has to be reviewed, as the image seems to be cut at the bottom. Hao will re-generate figure 88 checking that image is complete. Antonio explained that he provided all his figure in Visio format to the editor some time ago. It was agreed that Hao takes over editorial clean-up of the figures, as the editor does not have access to Visio.
P802.1CF/D2.0 WG ballot disposition documentation
The chair briefly showed the proposed disposition documentation, that he generated out of the Java database. It was agreed that the chair updates the Java database to the latest status (all comments resolved), generates a final proposed disposition documentation, and announces the proposed disposition on the mailing list for review until Monday, June 11th COB.

13. Business #4 P802.1CQ discussions depending on input Next meeting AoB
It was agreed to set a deadline 24hrs before meeting to indicate contributions; chair will make announcement on mailing list whether P802.1CQ discussions take place to indicate to1CQ-only participants whether it makes sense to dial-in.
Antonio announced that he will prepare a .1CQ contribution for the conference call on June 12th.
Next meeting
June 12th conference call
Agenda proposal and dial-in details published
AoB
None
Adjourned by chair at 10:30 AM ET.